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Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Ship of the desertCAMEL5Across1 AstoundedAGHAST6Across1 Is he nothing but a blemish?OSCAR5Across1 SearSCORCH6Across5 Figure a measure to be a sure thingCINCH5Across6 SidestepDODGE5Across6 ThrowPITCH5Across9 Sort out a sick pup to helpSUPPORT7Across9 Reveal, discloseLAYOPEN7Across9 ImprovedBETTER6Across10 After finishing first, a ceremony is commonplaceTRITE5Across10 Watch bandSTRAP5Across10 WaveRIPPLE6Across11 Office workerCLERK5Across11 A clever word, really sharp!ACUTE5Across11 Refund, reimburseREPAY5Across12 OutcomingDEBUT5Across12 Sit and fishPERCH5Across12 Athletic bird?HARRIER7Across13 CommonGENERAL7Across13 PitcherEWER4Across14 A local housePUB3Across15 Food fishBIB3Across15 DryARID4Across17 Is one wrong about there being ten such beasts?OXEN4Across17 FlatfishDAB3Across17 Decline to let us in free, possiblyREFUSE6Across18 Origin or causeSOURCE6Across18 EvilVICE4Across18 Holy bookKORAN5Across19 As a result of our going round the club?OCCUR5Across19 FavourPREFER6Across20 Can handling roses be such a problem?THORNY6Across20 ChallengedDARED5Across20 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Across22 An informal drinkVINO4Across22 CharteredHIRED5Across22 PoisonARSENIC7Across23 Do a bit of close workSEW3Across24 ShabbySEEDY5Across24 Teacher’s titleSIR3Across24 TediumBOREDOM7Across25 A name for balsam prepared out of loveABSALOM7Across25 Figure to snoop around for what’s secretPRIVY5Across26 AcceptedTAKEN5Across26 SwaggerSTRUT5Across26 Threshing implementFLAIL5Across27 Manuscript that can make a fool out of oneFOLIO5Across27 Being a bird, it’s after seedPIPIT5Across28 Strong pointFORTE5Across28 To give a low fellow promises of money, seems strangeCURIOUS7Across29 StressTENSION7Across29 SalverTRAY4Across29 Canny controllers of costs?SCOTS5Across30 CavitiesHOLES5Across30 WhelpCUB3Across30 VergesEDGES5Across31 His friends may deprive him of his ultimate rightPETER5Across31 TravelRIDE4Across32 PerforatedHOLED5Across33 WrotePENNED6Across35 PantedGASPED6Across36 RefuteREBUT5Across37 EvadedDODGED6Across38 ApproachedNEARED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StrolledAMBLED6Down1 Branched hornANTLER6Down2 MillinerHATTER6Down2 It’s never been a burden to the poorSURTAX6Down2 Pasternak’s position, afloatASTERN6Down3 RushedSPED4Down3 Very happyELATED6Down3 WearyTIRED5Down4 Plant raised in EuropeRUE3Down4 CircuitLAP3Down4 ScourSCRUB5Down5 Being superior, a higher price for each?UPPER5Down5 Drying clothTOWEL5Down5 VoucherCHIT4Down6 A biscuit for Xmas?CRACKER7Down6 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Down6 SolelyONLY4Down7 MendREPAIR6Down7 I get a bit tetchy when it irritatesITCH4Down7 A fruity descriptionCITRUS6Down8 Pungent bulbGARLIC6Down8 ListedHEELED6Down8 Shaving implementRAZOR5Down12 After losing some hope, he gives a wild cryPERCY5Down12 VindictiveBALEFUL7Down13 Armies of entertainers?HOSTS5Down13 PantsGASPS5Down13 Repeat broadcast?RESOW5Down14 African countryNIGER5Down14 BetWAGER5Down15 An opening in opticsPUPIL5Down15 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down15 PromptREADY5Down16 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down16 Twigs handled in the gardenBESOM5Down16 ClergymanVICAR5Down18 Wooden shoeSABOT5Down18 Where to play the game?RUGBY5Down18 Demanding individual, possibly sourONEROUS7Down19 YieldedCEDED5Down19 Kitchen devicesKETTLES7Down19 Like Leander’s efforts swimming the Hellespont?HEROIC6Down21 ParchedDRY3Down21 Market or exchangeRIALTO6Down21 Unit of timeSECOND6Down22 StrikeHIT3Down22 I waltz around with a bagVALISE6Down22 Pointed tuft-like beardGOATEE6Down23 Seemingly faultless learnerNOVICE6Down23 IdioticSTUPID6Down24 RuptureBURST5Down25 The usefulness of a veil?AVAIL5Down25 DeservedEARNED6Down25 Just one ancient associate of the “30 Across”PICT4Down26 LocateSITE4Down26 HerringKIPPER6Down27 Young of the coypu, perhapsPUP3Down28 RequiredNEEDED6Down28 EnemyFOE3Down28 EncipheredCODED5Down30 StartedBEGUN5Down31 PresentHERE4Down33 FruitDATE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. 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.