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Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
PaceSTEP4Across1 TuneAIR3Across4 GroupUNIT4Across6 Ruin the openingUNDOING7Across8 WhetSHARPEN7Across8 Tax on documentsSTAMPDUTY9Across9 EdgeRIM3Across9 The plumber's fantasy?PIPEDREAM9Across9 DeadDECEASED8Across10 PleasedGLAD4Across11 Go on and on about how you're at home in?DWELL5Across13 NormalUSUAL5Across13 SnakeCOBRA5Across14 SerpentASP3Across14 Categorise as studentsCLASS5Across14 Dried fruitRAISINS7Across15 Book, though it's a formalityRESERVE7Across15 Drop back after the right turn, pleaseRELAPSE7Across16 AppendedADDED5Across16 TimidBASHFUL7Across16 Of the noseNASAL5Across17 Agrees to a change of nameSERGE5Across17 AngryIRATE5Across18 The painting has been returned to once moreEXTRA5Across18 CoinedINVENTED8Across19 Shot in the avenueDRIVE5Across20 ElementaryBASIC5Across20 PrincipleTENET5Across21 China clayKAOLIN6Across22 Figures accommodation will include itDIGITS6Across22 AffrontINSULT6Across23 HarmfulDAMAGING8Across23 Anything but a bad hat!TOPPER6Across23 EvadeDODGE5Across24 Compass bearingEASTERN7Across25 The fish swim back, hemming in the non-swimmersMINNOWS7Across25 SportsmanATHLETE7Across27 Corroborate it's to do with businessCONFIRM7Across27 CircuitLAP3Across27 ShowREVEAL6Across30 In about an hour, the murderer's in shacklesCHAINS6Across30 TravelRIDE4Across31 NoiselessSILENT6Across31 "24" turns a little to give a signGEMINI6Across31 Goes along with, as the second dateSIDES5Across32 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Across32 RatifiedENDORSED8Across33 StriveVIE3Across34 Give a seat to somebody who's standingELECT5Across35 ArbiterJUDGE5Across35 DespatchSEND4Across35 Say yes, it is about time to captureAGREE5Across36 Asian countryINDIA5Across36 GoatKID3Across36 Championed the conceitedSTUCKUP7Across37 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Across37 NeatTIDY4Across37 The porter is prepared to carry one for the entertainerPIERROT7Across39 Heavy knifeCLEAVER7Across39 Man with a degree in musicSAMBA5Across41 LoftATTIC5Across41 At that point, giving an exclamation of triumphTHERE5Across42 WaterwayRIVER5Across42 Always take it in good part. Don't worryNEVERMIND9Across43 Steep sheer cliff facePRECIPICE9Across43 Lets slip about the vehicle and is very embarrassedSCARLET7Across44 GhostSPECTRE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not thoroughly out of sorts?UNWELL6Down1 Woody plantsSHRUBS6Down1 FruitfulPROLIFIC8Down2 In a terribly close round, break downCOLLAPSE8Down2 RankTIER4Down2 Clothing itemPENCILSKIRT11Down3 Having been sold, was demolishedKNOCKEDDOWN11Down3 ExcusePLEA4Down3 VesselSTEAMSHIP9Down4 The very good trees, treat differentlyFIRSTRATE9Down4 HelpedASSISTED8Down4 DiscourteousRUDE4Down5 GemstoneEMERALD7Down5 Be told the time has come to give encouragementHEARTEN7Down5 ExhortedURGED5Down6 ExtraADDITIONAL10Down6 Fed up to find the ring isn't really gold?BRASSEDOFF10Down6 NothingNIL3Down7 NeedlecaseETUI4Down7 Just as lovelyFAIR4Down7 LikenessIMAGE5Down8 UproarHUBBUB6Down10 Either got dead worried about it or loved itADORED6Down10 DesertABANDON7Down11 Trip the fool attendant coming outPASSAGE7Down11 DemonFIEND5Down12 Go off with the agent to have a lookREPAIR6Down12 FacetASPECT6Down12 ShunAVOID5Down13 InsectANT3Down14 PunitivePENAL5Down15 LiabilityDEBIT5Down17 LamentDIRGE5Down18 A ribbon, brightly coloured and narrower at one end than the otherTAPERED7Down19 Of waterAQUATIC7Down19 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down20 Deprived of foodSTARVED7Down21 Copy and I get a friend to frame itIMITATE7Down21 FaucetTAP3Down22 As an example, France is not badFORINSTANCE11Down24 Doctor's listening aidSTETHOSCOPE11Down24 ColourOLIVE5Down25 Crockery setTEASERVICE10Down26 Not being a novice, he's not running in the raceNONSTARTER10Down26 AvariceGREED5Down26 Once more there to act as proxyREPRESENT9Down28 ObstacleHINDRANCE9Down28 FeebleWEAK4Down28 The cover-up woman is the problemDILEMMA7Down29 PunishmentPENALTY7Down29 WorryFRET4Down29 RepairMEND4Down30 Feeling of revulsion sneaks give youCREEPS6Down30 DiscardREJECT6Down30 WaterfallCATARACT8Down32 They don't open the coversSHUTTERS8Down32 NoiseDIN3Down32 Exceptionally quiet during the mealSUPPER6Down33 StickADHERE6Down33 Throw into disorderDISRUPT7Down34 "A leisure activity that's beyond me," I put inPASTIME7Down34 Turn upside-downINVERT6Down38 He maintains a uniform usually goes with his jobKEEPER6Down38 Quits the flatEVEN4Down40 NoblemanEARL4Down40

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