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Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PushedSHOVED6Across1 An engineer of towering reputationEIFFEL6Across1 StaidSOBER5Across3 Formally kill the wild boar at the field entranceABROGATE8Across7 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across7 MultitudeHOST4Across8 Not exactly town dress?GOWN4Across8 DealerTRADER6Across9 Garden shrubAZALEA6Across10 WriterAUTHOR6Across10 Became more sociable, needing a new hat to get marriedTHAWED6Across10 MysteriousARCANE6Across11 DecreeEDICT5Across11 The man composed a songANTHEM6Across11 StandardFLAG4Across12 Permitted a degree of doubletalkLET3Across14 ContendVIE3Across14 IgnobleBASE4Across15 Musical soundsNOTES5Across16 Appetising, being of Rita's typeTASTY5Across16 EnthusiastFANATIC7Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across17 Animal of retrograde breeding?DEER4Across17 HoodwinkedDUPED5Across19 Being whirled, roughly speaking, its goes roundWORLD5Across19 EnclosurePEN3Across20 Raid, inroadFORAY5Across21 NewNOVEL5Across21 Group of fliers bashful about a day of victoryCOVEY5Across21 FilletedBONED5Across22 Pulled or kicked out of the wayTOWED5Across22 Come across and congregateMEET4Across23 CrewGANG4Across23 Better than goodBEST4Across23 AwfulDIRE4Across25 I'm not possibly associable with AthensTIMON5Across26 DomesticatedTAMED5Across26 TagLABEL5Across26 It could be the one with sunDAY3Across28 Unit of weightTON3Across28 DelveDIG3Across28 Enthusiastic about centralisation?HEARTY6Across29 Primary sourceORIGIN6Across29 Sort of canoe an old soldier may rememberDUGOUT6Across30 Fairies, elvesPIXIES6Across30 RecoveryREVIVAL7Across30 Violently separated; but again, not lovelessRENT4Across31 Corrosive substanceACID4Across31 Heading for the nineteenth hole?ONCOURSE8Across32 Shinto, for exampleRELIGION8Across32 PantihoseTIGHTS6Across33 Weaken, having hesitationWITHER6Across33 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 ValleyDALE4Across35 HeathenPAGAN5Across36 SteeredGUIDED6Across38 Ill-treatMISUSE6Across39 RevoltREBEL5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ComfortSOLACE6Down1 Excited, robbed of a century, departed from the sceneEXITED6Down1 RodSTAFF5Down1 Stringed instrumentVIOLIN6Down2 Best of the bunch?FLOWER6Down2 DevilSATAN5Down2 InfoDATA4Down3 Real property, money alsoLAND4Down3 VoyageJOURNEY7Down4 AppointORDAIN6Down4 How the butchers went into business?JOINTLY7Down4 EveryEACH4Down5 Former gold coinDUCAT5Down5 Brief study?MATHS5Down5 GrooveRUT3Down6 YieldsCEDES5Down6 Cracksman's companionJEMMY5Down6 InexpensiveCHEAP5Down7 PossessHAVE4Down8 InexperiencedGREEN5Down8 Good beer goes like the wind!GALE4Down8 ObserveSEE3Down9 For such days, we need a perfect endingWET3Down9 FishCOD3Down12 Most data is wrong, just a littleTAD3Down12 ListlessLANGUID7Down13 ApproachesNEARS5Down13 Study of French?ETUDE5Down13 LeanGAUNT5Down14 Many finished at the seasideDOVER5Down15 HealsCURES5Down15 VariousSEVERAL7Down16 LidCOVER5Down18 He's said to be in current circulationEDDIE5Down18 ExcludeDEBAR5Down18 CotBED3Down19 Put onDON3Down19 Being a success, is apt to take a bowWOW3Down19 Looking embarrassed, having only three of the lettersRED3Down20 Residence, informallyPAD3Down20 Relief for a civic leader on tourCONTOUR7Down21 Leaves of a plantFOLIAGE7Down21 High point of an oratorioTOR3Down22 BeseechBEG3Down22 AngryLIVID5Down22 PugilismBOXING6Down23 Something like a horseshoeMAGNET6Down23 JokeGAG3Down24 A sound eight watchable from the river bankEYOT4Down24 Girl's nameENID4Down24 Stagger like an old junk man?TOTTER6Down25 ChucksTOSSES6Down25 TruckLORRY5Down26 Pulsating way to make brothTHROB5Down26 Holy bookBIBLE5Down27 Game involving a striker?MATCH5Down27 VilifyDEFAME6Down27 DullDINGY5Down28 Facial twitchTIC3Down28 Expected a nobleman to lose a kiloDUE3Down28 SpriteGENIE5Down29 Extracted moisture outright!DREW4Down30 GaspPANT4Down30 WorthVALUE5Down31 EvenLEVEL5Down32 WitherFADE4Down34 ThroughPER3Down36 NothingNIL3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.