Evening Standard Crossword May 24 2026 Answers

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Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 24 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Suture61 AcrossReveal answer → Shout41 AcrossReveal answer → Shoot up a locomotive61 AcrossReveal answer → Sink34 AcrossReveal answer → Mince46 AcrossReveal answer → Really87 AcrossReveal answer → Way back87 AcrossReveal answer → Mary, transformed48 AcrossReveal answer → Rotary file48 AcrossReveal answer → Fitting39 AcrossReveal answer → Jack and Sean embracing mum610 AcrossReveal answer → Talk810 AcrossReveal answer → Apish610 AcrossReveal answer → Cope, somehow, having lb1 in coppers611 AcrossReveal answer → Appear411 AcrossReveal answer → Changes611 AcrossReveal answer → Colour314 AcrossReveal answer → Border314 AcrossReveal answer → In many enterprises, there's money314 AcrossReveal answer → Friendly516 AcrossReveal answer → Blithe516 AcrossReveal answer → Singer arranging a piece for cornet516 AcrossReveal answer → Skin problem417 AcrossReveal answer → Andean cleric?417 AcrossReveal answer → Excused819 AcrossReveal answer → Heathen519 AcrossReveal answer → Sent by tube519 AcrossReveal answer → Danger521 AcrossReveal answer → Stared at a spaceman?521 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name521 AcrossReveal answer → Senior member522 AcrossReveal answer → Assume it's a hoax522 AcrossReveal answer → Metal fastening423 AcrossReveal answer → An upright position423 AcrossReveal answer → Unearth823 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic524 AcrossReveal answer → It's easy to see for miles on one526 AcrossReveal answer → Bobbin526 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet327 AcrossReveal answer → Meat328 AcrossReveal answer → Cockney's diminutive boss328 AcrossReveal answer → Like a bird in the wake of a ship629 AcrossReveal answer → Edible seed629 AcrossReveal answer → Interment630 AcrossReveal answer → Military display may be dear to dad630 AcrossReveal answer → Abraham Lincoln, initial victim of fratricide431 AcrossReveal answer → Grasped431 AcrossReveal answer → Peruse431 AcrossReveal answer → Coerces cavalrymen832 AcrossReveal answer → Deficiency832 AcrossReveal answer → Subside833 AcrossReveal answer → Attempting to be tedious633 AcrossReveal answer → Squanders633 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten334 AcrossReveal answer → Cast435 AcrossReveal answer → Defective336 AcrossReveal answer → Rotate437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Afternoon nap61 DownReveal answer → Like a rabble stirred or exploited?61 DownReveal answer → Soon42 DownReveal answer → Vital players (pianists, etc?)62 DownReveal answer → Hairpiece62 DownReveal answer → Difficult43 DownReveal answer → Adore43 DownReveal answer → Thankless word to find a synonym for!43 DownReveal answer → Relegated, Tom's upset indeed74 DownReveal answer → Hidden84 DownReveal answer → Railway coach74 DownReveal answer → Increased45 DownReveal answer → Precipitation55 DownReveal answer → Villain having a drink with the soccer people55 DownReveal answer → Hurry56 DownReveal answer → Creature possibly dead by summer's end56 DownReveal answer → Romany56 DownReveal answer → Imitate37 DownReveal answer → Guide58 DownReveal answer → Blaze48 DownReveal answer → A yam raising race?48 DownReveal answer → Free39 DownReveal answer → Managed to get away fast?39 DownReveal answer → Brown312 DownReveal answer → Room512 DownReveal answer → Was first to make that heavy metal sound312 DownReveal answer → Veracity513 DownReveal answer → Raises513 DownReveal answer → Those providing shelter for customers?513 DownReveal answer → Jump314 DownReveal answer → Shelter515 DownReveal answer → Deserve515 DownReveal answer → Northern part of Orpington, perhaps515 DownReveal answer → Course517 DownReveal answer → Long518 DownReveal answer → Style of car518 DownReveal answer → Bad things Elvis put right?518 DownReveal answer → Butter turns up in a staple diet319 DownReveal answer → Wages319 DownReveal answer → A writer with quiet ways320 DownReveal answer → Deactivated820 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic spirit320 DownReveal answer → Biblical giant721 DownReveal answer → Where to keep a firearm with a single chamber721 DownReveal answer → Edge322 DownReveal answer → Speck322 DownReveal answer → Food's standard of niceness322 DownReveal answer → Badger623 DownReveal answer → Simply depend on turning up623 DownReveal answer → Shape of Kennington?424 DownReveal answer → Among424 DownReveal answer → The contemptible fellow got sorted - about time!625 DownReveal answer → Cogs525 DownReveal answer → Fliers625 DownReveal answer → Finished526 DownReveal answer → In ill humour, pay out extremes of demand526 DownReveal answer → Cut526 DownReveal answer → It's bound to have maps527 DownReveal answer → Edible bulb527 DownReveal answer → Shade328 DownReveal answer → Talk of a grand seaman328 DownReveal answer → Tart428 DownReveal answer → Dash429 DownReveal answer → Make beer430 DownReveal answer → It's all over dad's shirt tail!430 DownReveal answer → Employer430 DownReveal answer → Untruth332 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.