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Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
StopCEASE5Across2 Cold dishSALAD5Across3 Her tea comes out of a steaming vesselTESSA5Across3 GlobeWORLD5Across7 Where the islanders are a bit timorous?TIMOR5Across8 DrainSEWER5Across8 TribunalFORUM5Across8 Take many an objectiveCLAIM5Across10 IndistinctVAGUE5Across10 SickenedAILED5Across10 SpiritRUM3Across11 Talk a lot in good Anglo-Saxon!GAS3Across11 BeretCAP3Across12 A bit of a bloomerPETAL5Across12 Male voiceTENOR5Across12 Apply to become a painter?PERTAIN7Across13 BonyANGULAR7Across13 LiabilityDEBIT5Across13 DeterminedDECIDED7Across15 Prison roomsCELLS5Across15 Plenty of young men possess nothingLOADS5Across15 WanderedROAMED6Across17 It changes colourDYE3Across18 StriplingLAD3Across18 Escape, having taken a knock?GETOUT6Across19 BedCOT3Across19 Next toBESIDE6Across19 PostponedDELAYED7Across20 BackingSUPPORT7Across21 On the western circuit, a crashed rider was in troubleWORRIED7Across21 GratuitiesTIPS4Across22 Eager to have a shot at goal, initiallyAGOG4Across22 QueueLINE4Across23 FinishedOVER4Across23 Move the jug of porridgeSTIR4Across23 IllegalILLICIT7Across24 Toss an essayist a flowerLOBELIA7Across24 ExpensiveDEAR4Across25 Coat split by a bachelor in a fightCOMBAT6Across26 SpanBRIDGE6Across26 OrdainedDECREED7Across26 To do so gets you little approbationROB3Across29 WeepSOB3Across29 ProsecuteSUE3Across30 PolluteDEFILE6Across31 FabricSATIN5Across31 Attack on a cliqueONSET5Across31 RevokesREPEALS7Across32 Shoot out of the side!LATERAL7Across32 Certainly not the best of spirits!GHOUL5Across34 StormTEMPEST7Across34 SnakeVIPER5Across34 Component of a cage, naturallyRIB3Across35 Chest boneRIB3Across35 A scrap of shelter from the wind at half timeMELEE5Across36 Fastening pinRIVET5Across36 You can see them playing a part in mountain ascents!LIMBS5Across37 DiseaseVIRUS5Across37 ApportionALLOT5Across37 RelaxesRESTS5Across38 One attempting to get a place abroadTRIER5Across38 ObserveSEE3Across38 FurSABLE5Across39 SeatBENCH5Across40 WeirdEERIE5Across41 CentreHEART5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TriteCORNY5Down1 Round-upRODEO5Down1 Fierce type showing extraordinary grit out EastTIGER5Down1 CloudCUMULUS7Down2 Stray sausage possibly found at Battersea?LOSTDOG7Down2 DemandCLAIM5Down2 RevisedEDITED6Down3 AssertAVER4Down4 PipSEED4Down4 Flat shared by a woman and a motherless manEVEN4Down4 RehearsedRECITED7Down5 Went up in a series of graduations to 500SCALED6Down5 Shore birdAVOCET6Down5 RepulseREPEL5Down6 ChallengesDARES5Down6 Share things out, as everybody may have toALLOT5Down6 Put upBUILD5Down7 Stan may join him in IndiaHINDU5Down7 MatRUG3Down9 LumpWAD3Down9 Spoil a horse, docking the tailMAR3Down9 RottedDECAYED7Down11 Immature frogTADPOLE7Down12 Entertainer or tripe processorPIERROT7Down12 SagDROOP5Down13 FoundedBASED5Down14 United in team play, regularlyAYR3Down14 CircuitLAP3Down14 It's mainly concerned with the circulation of a letter or two!AORTA5Down16 RestrictLIMIT5Down16 ShyCOY3Down16 Flier making delivery?STORK5Down17 Underground drainSEWER5Down17 DisheartenDEPRESS7Down18 Is his command all over?GENERAL7Down19 Strong personBRUISER7Down19 At the casino, a call for no cab?BANCO5Down20 CounterfoilsSTUBS5Down20 DemonDEVIL5Down21 Not all squirms can be attributed to these!WORMS5Down21 CleaveSPLIT5Down21 SaluteGREET5Down22 The land I left to get to Serbia, somehowSIBERIA7Down23 African republicLIBERIA7Down23 Catch fireIGNITE6Down24 VenerationRESPECT7Down24 Form of halter sometimes seen on a horseLATHER6Down24 Some clothing for sale?LOT3Down25 PolicemanCOP3Down25 WirelessRADIO5Down27 HintCUE3Down27 It meant a pound note (formerly, at the end of the war)ONCER5Down27 TraderDEALER6Down28 FrogmanDIVER5Down28 Cause some of one's wages to be put in hazardBEGET5Down28 BeleaguerBESET5Down29 Photo bookALBUM5Down30 Cat or bat flying wildly pastTABBY5Down30 Tenant's paymentRENT4Down32 SwiftFLEET5Down32 Has it a plucky player?LUTE4Down32 The perimeter's edgeRIM3Down33 ReasoningLOGIC5Down33 VentilateAIR3Down33 MalesMEN3Down35 StoryTALE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 23, 2022. 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.