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Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 25 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
TriteBANAL5Across1 HalveBISECT6Across5 EludeDODGE5Across8 Maintained I had got myself dressed to go outCLAIMED7Across8 Furniture itemSOFABED7Across8 PerfectFAULTLESS9Across9 Understands guns won't shoot with themCATCHESON9Across9 AppearEMERGE6Across10 BedouinARAB4Across11 CreatureBEING5Across13 Should you say anythingAUGHT5Across13 Cuban danceRUMBA5Across14 DefameMALIGN6Across14 The object is to get the spare keyTHING5Across14 Show-caseCABINET7Across15 Not one of the big bands popular in the Shirley Temple eraRINGLET7Across15 EnterpriseVENTURE7Across15 Regard as a businessCONCERN7Across16 Japanese warriorsSAMURAI7Across16 How many, about, will be in the container?THREE5Across17 SurpassEXCEL5Across17 Late - or earlierPRIOR5Across18 EntrapNET3Across18 New Zealand nativeMAORI5Across18 CoverLID3Across19 Drinks to go with the pies I put outTOPES5Across20 Australian wild dogDINGO5Across20 TradeDEAL4Across21 And snapped capturing the outlawBANDIT6Across22 U.S. coinNICKEL6Across22 Though sent off, kept informed aboutPOSTED6Across23 DesignMOTIF5Across23 Connected to the InternetONLINE6Across23 NourishmentFOOD4Across24 Managed to get the wine you are searching forRANSACK7Across25 GuessSURMISE7Across25 VerbatimLITERAL7Across27 FriendPAL3Across27 What luck and a lottery ticket may get youFORTUNE7Across27 PinPEG3Across29 Annoyed at being given an anaestheticPUTOUT6Across30 Psychiatrist, informallySHRINK6Across30 MeshNETWORK7Across31 ProtectSHIELD6Across31 The face shows a woman's date of birthVISAGE6Across31 Talk of erasing us from the recordsDISCS5Across32 TalentedCLEVER6Across32 Assumed nameALIAS5Across32 ObserveNOTE4Across34 To change the heading would be simpleSHEER5Across35 DirtFILTH5Across35 AffairMATTER6Across35 A promontory we haven't yet come toAHEAD5Across36 CorrectRIGHT5Across36 DullHUMDRUM7Across37 Is no longer forgotten by fansHASBEEN7Across37 CutSLASH5Across38 Notable successTRIUMPH7Across39 Choose a single mother as the bestOPTIMUM7Across39 ModernRECENT6Across39 CentreHEART5Across40 See the tot is playing a gameLOTTO5Across41 Light woodBALSA5Across41 Push off and breakLEAVE5Across42 Male relativeUNCLE5Across42 Buy something at a furniture shop within easy reachGETATABLE9Across43 SuperfluousREDUNDANT9Across43 Rock, or stone, it is embedded inAGITATE7Across44 Cut offSEVERED7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PlatformPODIUM6Down1 The bottle and tart, leave insideFLAGON6Down1 MarsupialKANGAROO8Down2 Upright but lacking driveLISTLESS8Down2 DirectAIM3Down2 Give evidenceBEARWITNESS11Down3 Wreaking vengeance, or recoveringGETTINGBACK11Down3 SkilfulADROIT6Down3 Available jobs or roomsVACANCIES9Down4 What Comte Dracula ordered on a hot day, with aplomb?SANGFROID9Down4 RecordLOG3Down4 RayBEAM4Down5 QualificationsALEVELS7Down5 Very embarrassed, clumsily alters a figure in itSCARLET7Down5 ClimbedSCALED6Down6 Cold dessertBLANCMANGE10Down6 Only a person involved in Chinese cooking will use itBEANSPROUT10Down6 ShaftTUNNEL6Down7 Biblical characterESAU4Down7 Take in the dessertFOOL4Down7 EvolveDEVELOP7Down9 Ill-usedABUSED6Down10 It works like a charm and the boy goes up to bedMASCOT6Down10 Bring an accusation againstIMPEACH7Down11 Isn't at work the day before - far from itDISTANT7Down11 ManagedRAN3Down12 BerateREVILE6Down12 Kept from the sun, taking to the shadeSTORED6Down12 NibbleBITE4Down13 TooALSO4Down16 GiantTITAN5Down17 Paper-folding artORIGAMI7Down19 Means the tin is defective, one concludesINTENDS7Down19 QuandaryDILEMMA7Down20 Talk while there's time left to talk aboutPRATTLE7Down21 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down21 AssertAVER4Down22 Experienced, had looked at, one by oneGONETHROUGH11Down24 Weatherproof coatWINDCHEATER11Down24 AgentFACTOR6Down24 CandidOPEN4Down25 DedicateDEVOTE6Down26 Plenty to eat at the Piazza Restaurant?SQUAREMEAL10Down26 Boiled sweetMINTHUMBUG10Down26 BandageSWATHE6Down28 FemurTHIGHBONE9Down28 A carnivorous plant?TIGERLILY9Down28 Cold-blooded creatureREPTILE7Down29 Order, for the fellow, fruitMANDATE7Down29 ObtainGET3Down30 A good many stand by the gunPISTOL6Down30 Absence of dangerSAFETY6Down30 Having a protective coverARMOURED8Down32 Very sorry, but it's uninhabitedDESOLATE8Down32 Poetry is kid stuff!SONNET6Down33 ReposeREST4Down33 SeasonSUMMER6Down33 Starts slicing a meat loaf found in the kitchenOATMEAL7Down34 PlantsORCHIDS7Down34 TreeASH3Down36 StrayERR3Down37 WealthRICHES6Down38 Wrests from the wild catsEXACTS6Down38 That was you being objective!THEE4Down40 ArticleITEM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 25, 2018. 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.