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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 121 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2022 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 121 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#
SphereGLOBE5Across1 CeaseSTOP4Across1 Discomfit seaman WoodABASH5Across1 SwabMOP3Across4 ThawsMELTS5Across6 Not even stylishly!ODDLY5Across6 QuoteCITE4Across6 ContendSTRIVE6Across8 Card gameOLDMAID7Across9 EarningsINCOME6Across9 It's polite to include nothing in rudely brief styleCOURTLY7Across9 Indian dishBALTI5Across10 BrownTAN3Across10 To the likes of Billy Bunter, it was an imposition!IMPOT5Across10 Obligations best dealt with by the deputy-headDEBTS5Across11 ApproachesNEARS5Across11 UnsoiledCLEAN5Across12 Writings that flow like rivers?POEMS5Across12 LustreSHEEN5Across12 PlantBEGONIA7Across13 Uncle's place (selling music?)POPSHOP7Across13 LawfulLEGAL5Across14 Favourite trumpet piecePET3Across15 JokeGAG3Across15 PlayedTOYED5Across15 He has both love and money in poor accommodationHOLE4Across17 Boy's nameADAM4Across17 EbbRECEDE6Across18 CharacterNATURE6Across18 Pious emperor and dramatistPINERO6Across18 The cold leg, perhaps, I hadGELID5Across19 TriteBANAL5Across19 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across20 SourceORIGIN6Across20 Easter problem?TEASER6Across20 She stutters like MimiFIFI4Across22 SlenderSLIM4Across22 SingerTENOR5Across24 ManagedRAN3Across24 Like some schooldays of the pastOLD3Across24 Crafty enough to make Ian an MP?POLITIC7Across25 DebilitatesWEAKENS7Across25 RogueSCAMP5Across26 Was fishy?SMELT5Across26 FearDREAD5Across26 Violinist's big sister?VIOLA5Across27 Work doughKNEAD5Across27 LukewarmTEPID5Across28 Is said to be permissive with LatviansLETTS5Across28 SoarTOWER5Across28 It's manoeuvred best in a French portANTIBES7Across29 TutorTEACHER7Across29 Such prosperous days, my pal made possiblePALMY5Across30 BuryINTER5Across30 Pig-penSTY3Across30 PallidASHEN5Across31 You can have a 'jump' one, of courseSTART5Across31 KegBARREL6Across32 ReviserEDITOR6Across33 RemainSTAY4Across34 ChartMAP3Across35 IncreasedGREW4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WealthyLOADED6Down2 Kind of curtain chewed up by a panda?BAMBOO6Down2 SumTOTAL5Down2 ApePRIMATE7Down3 Lowest partBOTTOM6Down3 Northern dialect most Scots useSCOUSE6Down3 EncounterMEET4Down4 Biblical priestELI3Down4 How some like it, weather-wiseHOT3Down4 AchePAIN4Down5 Look exhausted as you fall out of the ring!DROOP5Down5 US cityOMAHA5Down5 StoreCACHE5Down6 The game of sorting odd mailOLDMAID7Down6 Inorganic matterMINERAL7Down6 ParadiseEDEN4Down7 DrumsTIMPANI7Down7 They can help make a muddy estuary a bit colourful!DYES4Down7 Deposit on the teethTARTAR6Down8 Untidy little pigs!LITTER6Down8 WonderAWE3Down11 Ability to develop a certain amount of prowessPOWER5Down12 VehicleCAR3Down12 Musical instrumentSITAR5Down12 Maker of breadBAKER5Down13 BowNOD3Down13 A graphic picturePHOTO5Down13 Ask earnestly for piano wirePLEAD5Down14 Street urchinGAMIN5Down14 French soccer star, not really smallPETIT5Down15 CunningGUILE5Down15 It stimulates high speed, I seeTONIC5Down16 MicrobesGERMS5Down16 StillYET3Down16 FellowDON3Down17 NudeNAKED5Down18 Did terrible toil, on the quiet, get him his wings?PILOT5Down18 CharmENCHANT7Down19 Land of the man in grey, perhapsGERMANY7Down19 LodgerBOARDER7Down19 Name an unusually live artistELVIRA6Down21 Become apparentDAWNON6Down21 DecayROT3Down21 PressingIRONING7Down22 It's best if returning homeFINEST6Down22 Winter sportsmenSKIERS6Down22 One doing a more appropriate job?FITTER6Down23 And notNOR3Down23 ProvokeINCITE6Down23 It's clear the party leader had been lyingPLAIN5Down25 ConsumeEAT3Down25 SpectateWATCH5Down25 FruitDATE4Down26 Severely criticise the chap round the cornerSLAM4Down26 WedMARRY5Down27 Harlesden man?LES3Down28 BeverageTEA3Down28 ElicitEVOKE5Down29 YapYELP4Down31

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