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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
PreciseFORMAL6Across1 Authorises walls to be built around a circuitALLOWS6Across4 Eastern rulerSULTAN6Across4 CookCHEF4Across5 Job opportunities for beginners?OPENINGS8Across7 Group of lettersALPHABET8Across7 Play about a dissolute bar at the seasideTORBAY6Across8 Bacon sliceRASHER6Across8 DimVAGUE5Across8 TinCAN3Across9 Melting snowSLUSH5Across10 SeetheBOIL4Across10 Is quick to get a grasp of thingsGRABS5Across10 GenuineREAL4Across11 PungentACRID5Across12 Coarse fileRASP4Across13 Tear somewhat horrendouslyREND4Across13 EmptyDEVOID6Across13 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across14 A fearful cry of 'OW', perhaps?YELL4Across14 Unpolluted water at the deep endPURE4Across15 No votesNAYS4Across15 EmbraceHUG3Across16 Money, for instance, as supportLEG3Across16 InformTELL4Across16 A noted water barrier near AmsterdamEDAM4Across17 CelebritySTAR4Across17 ImpelURGE4Across18 Fencing swordEPEE4Across19 The letters one left for motherMAIL4Across19 ConsumedATE3Across20 WoodworkerCARPENTER9Across21 Something Brian came boozily to splice?MAINBRACE9Across21 BeverageTEA3Across22 FishTUNA4Across23 Was a pig thrust in one?POKE4Across23 DroopSAG3Across23 Fabric used by a hospital internLINT4Across24 SummitAPEX4Across24 EmployerBOSS4Across24 SpeedRATE4Across25 He's hardly the finished lady's manLAD3Across26 SphereORB3Across26 Put your foot downSTEP4Across27 EmptyVOID4Across27 RouseEXCITE6Across28 The burden on the StatesONUS4Across29 StumbleTRIP4Across29 CollapseSLUMP5Across30 Scrawny person with a small figureWEED4Across32 CurvedBENT4Across32 ThreesomeTRIO4Across32 Allowance a little old lady gets on TuesdayGRANT5Across33 ComfortEASE4Across33 WillowOSIER5Across33 The people around the pubsLOCALS6Across34 BornNEE3Across34 Wall paintingsMURALS6Across34 Acid description of a fierce fellow, I seeTARTARIC8Across35 TendencyTREND5Across35 Large retail shopEMPORIUM8Across35 Annual appeal for helpMAYDAY6Across36 MirthGLEE4Across36 Fine mortarCEMENT6Across36 DullSTOLID6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Body partWAIST5Down1 FrontFACADE6Down1 My accommodating a duck, a horse and a catMOGGY5Down1 RepairRENOVATE8Down2 NozzleSPOUT5Down2 To be a leg man is not against the lawLEGAL5Down2 Discrimination that upset some of the SabinesBIAS4Down3 Ready moneyCASH4Down3 AlthoughALBEIT6Down3 It can grow at various ratesASTER5Down4 Homeless dogSTRAY5Down4 ComputeCALCULATE9Down4 InquisitiveCURIOUS7Down5 Speech defectLISP4Down5 Not exactly the fat of the landLARD4Down5 ObserveHEED4Down6 In a beastly way, we brew alesWEASEL6Down6 Broad streetAVENUE6Down6 DeclineFALL4Down7 By way ofVIA3Down8 Valuable thingsASSETS6Down9 As a bandsman, he's uniqueONEMAN6Down9 Drag with effortLUG3Down11 Fireplace salesman?REP3Down11 Depressing entry of water at the bulkheadBLEAK5Down12 Girl's nameSUSAN5Down12 Doctor ruled out when discoveredRUMBLED7Down13 Welsh rabbitRAREBIT7Down13 HarmDETRIMENT9Down14 DozeNAP3Down15 OvumEGG3Down15 All for a piperPAN3Down15 That womanHER3Down16 Not all bullies are untruthfulLIE3Down16 MeadowLEA3Down17 In Leeds perhaps, one needs no spark plugsDIESEL6Down18 See the worldTRAVEL6Down18 SaneRATIONAL8Down19 Refractory player?ACTOR5Down20 CopyAPE3Down20 NuisancesPESTS5Down20 Youth associable with consMOD3Down21 Young foxCUB3Down21 ExamineEXPLORE7Down21 Dissolute character, evidently fastRIP3Down22 Signal agreementNOD3Down22 Bung money as partial consolation ?PAYOLA6Down23 Company of actorsTROUPE6Down23 FalsehoodLIE3Down25 Manage to get a ruling head to join a unionRUN3Down25 AceEXPERT6Down26 ProtectDEFEND6Down27 BeginningONSET5Down28 Mostly set up and easily upsetTESTY5Down28 AnimalSTAG4Down29 Scottish town with terrible rain to the northNAIRN5Down30 LocationSITE4Down30 StiffRIGID5Down30 First-ratePRIME5Down31 CushionPAD3Down31 What's in store?STOCK5Down31 One guarded when there's fighting at Land's EndWARD4Down32 Bottom, foundationBASE4Down32 Get a system for entering the fieldGATE4Down33 Musical instrumentOBOE4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 24, 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.