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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2019 answers. The Friday 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#
PlanPLOT4Across1 WatchEYE3Across4 JobTASK4Across6 Cut offAMPUTATE8Across9 SheepEWE3Across9 Indicator as to where to put your name to the letters?SIGNPOST8Across9 A coin you bring us back with a hole in itSOU3Across10 PeeledSTRIPPED8Across10 FussADO3Across10 Exhibit from the robberyHOLDUP6Across11 TornRENT4Across11 FuroreUPROAR6Across11 Scratch the two first letters out, dearABRADE6Across12 Mother or fatherPARENT6Across12 TrailblazerPIONEER7Across13 A hint the dog gives youPOINTER7Across13 So is heard complainingSICK4Across14 HillTOR3Across14 DenLAIR4Across14 Ring a bell - or shout a warningCALLTOMIND10Across15 English countyDERBYSHIRE10Across15 FlatLEVEL5Across16 Interested in money, possessions and stuffMATERIAL8Across17 WisdomSAGACITY8Across17 SavouryPIQUANT7Across18 She put in the clue for “controlled”LEASHED7Across18 RecordDISC4Across19 Having knocked back drinks, driveSPIN4Across19 ContemplateCONSIDER8Across19 Not everNEVER5Across21 ExcursionOUTING6Across21 Worn in all weathersERODED6Across21 DedicationDEVOTION8Across23 Scotching the mugging?KNOCKINGONTHEHEAD17Across24 SweetsLIQUORICEALLSORTS17Across24 DangerPERIL5Across24 PermitLET3Across27 Sound choice of toy for someone very youngRATTLE6Across27 AgreementASSENT6Across27 Cash registerTILL4Across29 In particular, I time myself coming backITEM4Across29 Where an airplane might disappoint the pilot?LETDOWN7Across30 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across30 SwiftFAST4Across31 EntertainDISTRACT8Across33 Shoes, boots, etc.FOOTWEAR8Across33 About five among the cases treated have deep depressionCREVASSE8Across33 Golf pegTEE3Across34 AleBEER4Across35 Don’t agree I’d broken the agreement aboutCONTRADICT10Across35 Great abundanceCORNUCOPIA10Across35 As soon as the figure is divided by a hundredONCE4Across36 YouthLAD3Across36 ApplaudCLAP4Across36 NeatTIDY4Across37 He gossips about the race being crooked laterTATTLER7Across37 TreeHICKORY7Across37 AllocateASSIGN6Across38 Having more time off for exercise?LESSON6Across38 HandyUSEFUL6Across40 Show or leave out, right at the beginningREVEAL6Across40 ColourRED3Across41 Manage to get a ladderRUN3Across41 Set freeRELEASED8Across42 The holy father came in with the priorPREVIOUS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Come first in the spooning competition?WINBYANECK10Down1 UnimportantIMMATERIAL10Down1 NoblemanDUKE4Down2 Also backing “Ex-tender”ANNA4Down2 TardyLATE4Down2 BiasedPARTISAN8Down3 Cavity the driller droned on and on about?BOREHOLE8Down3 ExcursionTRIP4Down3 Give up hopeDESPAIR7Down4 Intervenes on the flight approaching it?STEPSIN7Down4 BurstEXPLODED8Down4 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down5 Fragrant shrubHONEYSUCKLE11Down5 Hey! Only a very little!JUSTAMINUTE11Down5 AbruptTERSE5Down6 FlagrantOUTRAGEOUS10Down6 On hand repeatedly with words of sympathyTHERETHERE10Down6 WonderAWE3Down7 GambolFROLIC6Down7 “Fastener” is more analogousCLOSER6Down7 FeelingSENSE5Down8 Asian countryPAKISTAN8Down8 Acquire leveragePURCHASE8Down8 Saw inside, playing the pianoSPIED5Down10 HomeABODE5Down10 FragmentSCRAP5Down12 BeneathUNDER5Down13 CanTIN3Down14 SpreeREVEL5Down15 Short and abruptBRUSQUE7Down16 Leaving after all the others, show endurance?LASTOUT7Down16 SoundVALID5Down17 MendaciousLYING5Down18 PerfectIDEAL5Down20 Lying as before, on getting caughtPRONE5Down20 BackedREVERSED8Down20 DecayROT3Down22 Drove badly, I figure, and went too farOVERDID7Down22 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Down22 The low-down from one of the prisoners?INSIDESTORY11Down23 King, queen or jackPICTURECARD11Down23 Freezes and it remains fresh to this dayKEEPSSTILL10Down25 ExhilarateELATE5Down25 GenerallyONTHEWHOLE10Down25 The early morning air?DAWNCHORUS10Down26 BuryINTER5Down26 SaturatedSOAKINGWET10Down26 ImageIDOL4Down28 Having called through, read out, as pre-plannedARRANGED8Down28 ImmaculateSPOTLESS8Down28 WorryFRET4Down29 TartACID4Down30 Registered the need to repair the table withinENROLLED8Down31 PraiseworthyLAUDABLE8Down31 ObserveSEE3Down32 Swiss cheeseGRUYERE7Down32 Opens and allows us to consume the prawn concoctionUNWRAPS7Down32 ExemplifyTYPIFY6Down34 Competed and we went in and watchedVIEWED6Down34 The punctuation, pass overCOLON5Down35 HordeCROWD5Down35 Shut noisilySLAM4Down39 A mistake in the chitSLIP4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 24, 2019. 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.