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Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 23 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
Preserve after deathEMBALM6Across1 Move to the end of the street, it's cheapBUDGET6Across1 FormBENCH5Across2 Dutch liqueurADVOCAAT8Across7 PlantPHLOX5Across7 Eastern endHARAKIRI8Across7 For some sound to echo, is only fairSOSO4Across8 TimepieceCLOCK5Across8 EnclosuresPENS4Across8 Fragment of wrought silver?SLIVER6Across10 RusticRURAL5Across10 Handsome youthADONIS6Across10 The rent payer's occupationTENURE6Across11 VitalityVIGOUR6Across11 EpochERA3Across12 EnticedLURED5Across13 A semi-equine exclamation?GEE3Across14 RamTUP3Across14 MaimDISABLE7Across15 Contestant who lacked resolution in returning?LOSER5Across16 Prison roomsCELLS5Across16 Good ladies of endlessly sunny dispositionNUNS4Across17 GaelicERSE4Across17 AvoidedELUDED6Across17 Escape with an injured foot?HOPIT5Across19 MaleMAN3Across19 FaithfulLOYAL5Across19 DeterminedDECIDED7Across20 Its significance is good to figure outTOKEN5Across21 CantBEVEL5Across21 ForeignALIEN5Across22 Begged, doggedly, to have had a late night?SATUP5Across22 Farm buildingBARN4Across23 Sort of book that gets torn?RENT4Across23 StrivedVIED4Across23 FallDROP4Across25 PostponedDELAYED7Across26 To break a plate is a bit of a bloomerPETAL5Across26 GangwayAISLE5Across26 PrecipitationDEW3Across28 We and hundreds more got marriedWED3Across28 One rings from exotic islandsATOLLS6Across29 SeriousSOLEMN6Across29 BightBAY3Across30 Wrongdoings in the giving of medication?DOSING6Across30 Gems from oystersPEARLS6Across30 One or manyUNIT4Across31 DedicateDEVOTE6Across31 JealousyENVY4Across31 Make a start in commerce? Not exactlyCOMMENCE8Across32 CrucialDECISIVE8Across32 In which we serve, preferably faultlesslyTENNIS6Across33 FlauntPARADE6Across33 DevastatedRAVAGED7Across34 AgreeableSAPID5Across37 TankVAT3Across38 SatanDEVIL5Across39 Booby-trappedMINED5Across40 DonatedGIVEN5Across41 ImposingGRAND5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Burner of bakery products, having only half an ovenBUNSEN6Down1 Breathe outEXHALE6Down1 FiendGHOUL5Down1 Broad streetAVENUE6Down2 Grand amours that give a certain warmthGLOVES6Down2 DrilledBORED5Down2 Body of matterMASS4Down3 Ancient god of chariot horsesTHOR4Down3 OozedEXUDED6Down3 ClothedCLAD4Down4 FunnyCOMICAL7Down4 It enables the sportsperson to have their flingJAVELIN7Down4 CollectedGLEANED7Down5 Sign of deprivation?MINUS5Down5 Christmas hymnCAROL5Down5 ClimbSCALE5Down6 CelebritiesSTARS5Down6 Woods, as in golfTIGER5Down6 Round vesselsPOTS4Down8 Indication of resignation?SIGN4Down8 PinchNIP3Down9 SphereORB3Down9 View from the bishop's windowSEE3Down9 RestrictedLIMITED7Down11 Ton-up? By no means!NOT3Down12 CongealGEL3Down12 Foreign rule?REIGN5Down13 Open soreULCER5Down13 DepartLEAVE5Down13 ReignedRULED5Down14 Though satisfactory in sound, mere claptrapHOKUM5Down15 LidCOVER5Down15 UnhappySAD3Down16 ProportionRATIO5Down18 RottedDECAYED7Down18 Much dispute can possibly cause annoyanceUPSET5Down18 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down19 Return to Southend when it's sunnyHOT3Down19 Monetary unitYEN3Down20 Go in hope, perhapsPEP3Down20 Agrees that everybody lashes outTALLIES7Down21 SagDROOP5Down21 StainBLEMISH7Down21 RateSPEED5Down22 Alcoholic drinkALE3Down22 She goes to Peru for her reading!SAL3Down22 Amphibious rodentBEAVER6Down23 About to sing drunkenly and give upRESIGN6Down23 Literally arrange a new dietEDIT4Down24 DiscussedDEBATED7Down24 AskewAWRY4Down24 In acrobatic gear, nobody slacksTIGHTS6Down25 SnuggleNESTLE6Down25 Stage whisperASIDE5Down26 Name the dog as a possibly apt companionPATCH5Down26 LooseSLACK5Down27 LoiterLAG3Down27 The gun for Mr Atkins?TOMMY5Down27 LairDEN3Down28 Was the victor, being one point aheadWON3Down28 PatternDESIGN6Down28 CarpCAVIL5Down29 PeekPEEP4Down30 Expected half of it to be a musical performanceDUET4Down30 SoundVALID5Down32 WearyTIRED5Down33 VehicleVAN3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. 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.