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Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 127 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#
DandyBEAU4Across1 RotterCAD3Across4 FamishSTARVE6Across8 EnthusiastZEALOT6Across9 Finish off with an excellent leftCAPITALL8Across9 Finnish capitalHELSINKI8Across9 EnemyFOE3Across10 Gosh, key-holes - two of them!COO3Across10 Health resortSPA3Across10 Affects, when one applies itPUTSON6Across11 Crowd scene actorsEXTRAS6Across11 Wrapped up in and sheltered from the elementsINTENT6Across12 FreightCARGO5Across12 Complete failureFIASCO6Across12 Natural homeHABITAT7Across13 Is all over, giving the wrong ideas toTOADIES7Across13 Not, you say, the green collarRUFF4Across14 HoaxSPOOF5Across14 Military forceARMY4Across14 Slow downDECELERATE10Across15 Shed and shamble away fromSHUFFLEOFF10Across15 CustomHABIT5Across15 Eat too much egg ourselves: it's lovelyGORGEOUS8Across17 Channel islandGUERNSEY8Across17 SheenLUSTRE6Across18 University departmentFACULTY7Across18 Cooked (it's British-grown)BRAISED7Across18 InformationDATA4Across19 A certain amount is mentionedSOME4Across19 ReplyANSWER6Across20 Now in trim for the processionPARADE6Across21 MonthAUGUST6Across21 The Virgin QueenELIZABETHTHEFIRST17Across24 Accepting the rebuke for having taken the wrong seat?STANDINGCORRECTED17Across24 CoatTUNIC5Across24 ThickDENSE5Across26 Equally proficiently, tooASWELL6Across27 FlawDEFECT6Across27 TranquillityPEACE5Across28 Ladder stepRUNG4Across29 Animal fur, we're toldHARE4Across29 SeamenSAILORS7Across30 InsectANT3Across30 Bringing the boys back to carry the can is disgracefulSCANDAL7Across30 AbandonDESERT6Across32 ChoiceOPTION6Across33 Could be a hunter with a gunREPEATER8Across33 EruptionOUTBURST8Across33 EmployerUSER4Across34 The re-opening is a revelationDISCLOSURE10Across35 RabbleMOB3Across35 Tall buildingSKYSCRAPER10Across35 YieldCEDE4Across36 ContinentASIA4Across36 Shut up and run!BOLT4Across36 AgonyANGUISH7Across37 Bill has a t-titleACCOUNT7Across37 Baby's playthingRATTLE6Across38 Being observant, but not in the middle of the night!NOTING6Across38 SqualidSORDID6Across40 Is, perhaps, not given to being uncommunicativeSILENT6Across40 After deductionsNET3Across41 See an indication of going to seedEYE3Across41 ResidentOCCUPANT8Across42 Posted a worker on guard, but he's not thereABSENTEE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
IntentionalDELIBERATE10Down1 Peeping at the sun in the morningDAWNCHORUS10Down1 EmploysUSES4Down2 AdditionalEXTRA5Down2 It's a job to cover the insideLINE4Down2 LazyINDOLENT8Down3 Be framing a picture of the old prisonBASTILLE8Down3 PerpendicularUPRIGHT7Down3 KeyCLEF4Down4 RoadHIGHWAY7Down4 Aim to capture, also, the soldiersPLATOON7Down4 NapDOZE4Down5 Map-makingCARTOGRAPHY11Down5 In love with, but being discouraged byLOSINGHEART11Down5 VagrantTRAMP5Down6 FootballerCENTREHALF10Down6 Sign that reveals a lack of characterAPOSTROPHE10Down6 SuggestPROPOSE7Down7 ReachATTAIN6Down7 Deprive of a pension, but few tears are shed about thatSTARVE6Down7 Opposed to, one learned, darn it!CONFOUND8Down8 InnocuousHARMLESS8Down8 Just kidding - refuseCHAFF5Down10 SwordSABRE5Down10 SashOBI3Down11 PassCOL3Down12 ScullOAR3Down13 GambleBET3Down16 Difficult to catchELUSIVE7Down16 Worried after the soldier climbs aboard the shipFRIGATE7Down16 BrownTAN3Down17 VainUSELESS7Down19 PaleASHEN5Down20 Happen to have the duplicate keys in our possessionOCCUR5Down20 PinchNIP3Down21 ApeGORILLA7Down22 Reprimands some members of the crewRATINGS7Down22 DoubterSCEPTIC7Down22 SpySECRETAGENT11Down23 Certain to order tea to be brought in. It's typical ofINCHARACTER11Down23 RegretRUE3Down23 "The Amateur Poet," the title is translated intoDILETTANTE10Down25 VaseURN3Down25 SubsequentlyAFTERWARDS10Down25 PastaTORTELLINI10Down26 It's exactly like "The Phantom Bellman"DEADRINGER10Down26 GuideSTEER5Down27 PaintEMULSION8Down28 Hurry up and start climbing the ladder!STEPONIT8Down28 ThrongCROWD5Down29 ParticleATOM4Down30 GraveTOMB4Down31 PrecisionACCURACY8Down31 People pass on - one's hidden insideCOLONISE8Down31 Tropical stormTYPHOON7Down32 A discarded cigarette-holderASHTRAY7Down32 Alcoholic drinkBRANDY6Down34 What the "in" people have to eatENTREE6Down34 Penniless, informallySKINT5Down35 Two forty for bothDEUCE5Down35 Sound that will blend in with the others?TONE4Down39 SortTYPE4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 24, 2024. 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.