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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
EmployedUSED4Across1 EvilWICKED6Across4 RodentRAT3Across4 Official whose duty is to go round with a key and close the shopDEPUTY6Across4 ChoosePICK4Across6 Demure girl's bloomerPRIMROSE8Across7 Emery boardNAILFILE8Across7 ShopkeeperGROCER6Across8 ScheduleAGENDA6Across8 Way to address the man who obscures thingsMISTER6Across8 PassionateARDENT6Across9 DetestABHOR5Across10 TreeELM3Across10 Revise notes from the very beginningONSET5Across10 UndressSTRIP5Across12 A winning position?POST4Across13 BirdCROW4Across13 Charge pounds to handle something?FEEL4Across14 ConsiderDEEM4Across14 ChangeALTER5Across14 Holds back a bargain!PINS4Across15 No votesNAYS4Across15 EssentialVITAL5Across15 Extremely useful suggestion?TIP3Across16 DroopSAG3Across16 AmongAMID4Across17 Derogatory term for a big-headed dirty dog?BRAT4Across17 MaintainALLEGE6Across18 FruitPEAR4Across19 Preposition used in pools couponsUPON4Across19 EmpowerENABLE6Across20 Bit of a hog at the pubBOARSHEAD9Across21 Stamp collectingPHILATELY9Across21 Depressed, as many have to confessDOWN4Across23 InterpretREAD4Across23 Go inENTER5Across24 Small rodentVOLE4Across24 Ordered to finish breakfast before messing about with DIYTIDY4Across24 ManufacturerMAKER5Across26 CribCOT3Across26 Little room to work inLAB3Across26 SketchedDREW4Across27 Duck into bed, being bald?COOT4Across27 VestigeTRACE5Across28 SnatchGRAB4Across29 Wearer of baggy trousersUSER4Across29 FittingAPT3Across30 Slighting remarkSLUR4Across32 Walk in slow, floppy style?LIMP4Across32 ConcernMATTER6Across32 Tool with unusual pads on the end of the handleSPADE5Across33 FameRENOWN6Across33 Wild animalHYENA5Across33 Share out as a go-between might do?DIVIDE6Across34 InformTELL4Across34 RotaROSTER6Across34 Where Americans get hot at footballGRIDIRON8Across35 JumpHOP3Across35 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across35 Mountaineers' turn of phraseSHERPA6Across36 DeserveEARN4Across36 Of the starsASTRAL6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Work doughKNEAD5Down1 Start spending money just for a larkSPOOF5Down1 SuppleLITHE5Down2 Wash right, in a wayRINSE5Down2 BraceSTRUT5Down2 Way offAFAR4Down3 On icy roads, courage can helpGRIT4Down3 CheatDECEIVE7Down3 JadedWEARY5Down4 UnusualRARE4Down4 The devil makes men do wrongDEMON5Down4 SideTEAM4Down5 MasticateCHEW4Down5 Dad's mid-century historyPAST4Down5 Foot-leverPEDAL5Down6 Make belovedENDEAR6Down6 Something pointed to type in, sayTIEPIN6Down6 CurdleCONGEAL7Down7 Unquestionable truthGOSPEL6Down9 Is prosecuted for having publishedISSUED6Down9 BeseechBEG3Down11 Original points?NEW3Down11 MeadowLEA3Down11 Joint the Spanish have to bendELBOW5Down12 OceanSEA3Down12 American cityOMAHA5Down12 HogPIG3Down13 An arresting incident during the racePITSTOP7Down13 CorpseCADAVER7Down13 NothingNIL3Down15 Apparent standard?PAR3Down15 SpeakSAY3Down16 Golf-pegTEE3Down16 The solitary Mr SloanTOD3Down16 PermitLET3Down17 Organised a police department in a bad wayRANCID6Down18 CentralMIDDLE6Down18 SeepageLEAKAGE7Down19 What employers do who can't keep wages downPAYUP5Down20 LamentELEGY5Down20 He may well be suspendedBOB3Down21 FavouritePET3Down21 EntrapNET3Down21 It's at Crouch End that one has successHIT3Down22 DisposeARRANGE7Down22 HaulTOW3Down22 AutomataROBOTS6Down23 WatchEYE3Down23 Europeans making a dash out of Northern IrelandDANISH6Down23 PinchNIP3Down25 Karate expertDAN3Down25 Went ahead in terrible dangerLED3Down25 PraiseEXTOL5Down27 Last letter from GreeceOMEGA5Down28 RusticRURAL5Down28 CringeCOWER5Down29 Tree sapRESIN5Down30 A rattling good weapon?SABRE5Down30 CunningARCH4Down30 ExcursionTRIP4Down31 Drip hot fat overBASTE5Down31 Checks on the horsesREINS5Down31 At 51, hard-hearted deceiverLIAR4Down32 MoveSTIR4Down32 The whole team sighed audiblySIDE4Down33 Perceive soundHEAR4Down33

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