Evening Standard Crossword May 26 2023 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 26 2023. 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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Pace41 AcrossReveal answer → Tune34 AcrossReveal answer → Group46 AcrossReveal answer → Ruin the opening78 AcrossReveal answer → Whet78 AcrossReveal answer → Tax on documents99 AcrossReveal answer → Edge39 AcrossReveal answer → The plumber's fantasy?99 AcrossReveal answer → Dead810 AcrossReveal answer → Pleased411 AcrossReveal answer → Go on and on about how you're at home in?513 AcrossReveal answer → Normal513 AcrossReveal answer → Snake514 AcrossReveal answer → Serpent314 AcrossReveal answer → Categorise as students514 AcrossReveal answer → Dried fruit715 AcrossReveal answer → Book, though it's a formality715 AcrossReveal answer → Drop back after the right turn, please716 AcrossReveal answer → Appended516 AcrossReveal answer → Timid716 AcrossReveal answer → Of the nose517 AcrossReveal answer → Agrees to a change of name517 AcrossReveal answer → Angry518 AcrossReveal answer → The painting has been returned to once more518 AcrossReveal answer → Coined819 AcrossReveal answer → Shot in the avenue520 AcrossReveal answer → Elementary520 AcrossReveal answer → Principle521 AcrossReveal answer → China clay622 AcrossReveal answer → Figures accommodation will include it622 AcrossReveal answer → Affront623 AcrossReveal answer → Harmful823 AcrossReveal answer → Anything but a bad hat!623 AcrossReveal answer → Evade524 AcrossReveal answer → Compass bearing725 AcrossReveal answer → The fish swim back, hemming in the non-swimmers725 AcrossReveal answer → Sportsman727 AcrossReveal answer → Corroborate it's to do with business727 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit327 AcrossReveal answer → Show630 AcrossReveal answer → In about an hour, the murderer's in shackles630 AcrossReveal answer → Travel431 AcrossReveal answer → Noiseless631 AcrossReveal answer → "24" turns a little to give a sign631 AcrossReveal answer → Goes along with, as the second date532 AcrossReveal answer → Bedtime drink532 AcrossReveal answer → Ratified833 AcrossReveal answer → Strive334 AcrossReveal answer → Give a seat to somebody who's standing535 AcrossReveal answer → Arbiter535 AcrossReveal answer → Despatch435 AcrossReveal answer → Say yes, it is about time to capture536 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country536 AcrossReveal answer → Goat336 AcrossReveal answer → Championed the conceited737 AcrossReveal answer → Flightless bird737 AcrossReveal answer → Neat437 AcrossReveal answer → The porter is prepared to carry one for the entertainer739 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy knife739 AcrossReveal answer → Man with a degree in music541 AcrossReveal answer → Loft541 AcrossReveal answer → At that point, giving an exclamation of triumph542 AcrossReveal answer → Waterway542 AcrossReveal answer → Always take it in good part. Don't worry943 AcrossReveal answer → Steep sheer cliff face943 AcrossReveal answer → Lets slip about the vehicle and is very embarrassed744 AcrossReveal answer → Ghost744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Not thoroughly out of sorts?61 DownReveal answer → Woody plants61 DownReveal answer → Fruitful82 DownReveal answer → In a terribly close round, break down82 DownReveal answer → Rank42 DownReveal answer → Clothing item113 DownReveal answer → Having been sold, was demolished113 DownReveal answer → Excuse43 DownReveal answer → Vessel94 DownReveal answer → The very good trees, treat differently94 DownReveal answer → Helped84 DownReveal answer → Discourteous45 DownReveal answer → Gemstone75 DownReveal answer → Be told the time has come to give encouragement75 DownReveal answer → Exhorted56 DownReveal answer → Extra106 DownReveal answer → Fed up to find the ring isn't really gold?106 DownReveal answer → Nothing37 DownReveal answer → Needlecase47 DownReveal answer → Just as lovely47 DownReveal answer → Likeness58 DownReveal answer → Uproar610 DownReveal answer → Either got dead worried about it or loved it610 DownReveal answer → Desert711 DownReveal answer → Trip the fool attendant coming out711 DownReveal answer → Demon512 DownReveal answer → Go off with the agent to have a look612 DownReveal answer → Facet612 DownReveal answer → Shun513 DownReveal answer → Insect314 DownReveal answer → Punitive515 DownReveal answer → Liability517 DownReveal answer → Lament518 DownReveal answer → A ribbon, brightly coloured and narrower at one end than the other719 DownReveal answer → Of water719 DownReveal answer → Claimed820 DownReveal answer → Deprived of food721 DownReveal answer → Copy and I get a friend to frame it721 DownReveal answer → Faucet322 DownReveal answer → As an example, France is not bad1124 DownReveal answer → Doctor's listening aid1124 DownReveal answer → Colour525 DownReveal answer → Crockery set1026 DownReveal answer → Not being a novice, he's not running in the race1026 DownReveal answer → Avarice526 DownReveal answer → Once more there to act as proxy928 DownReveal answer → Obstacle928 DownReveal answer → Feeble428 DownReveal answer → The cover-up woman is the problem729 DownReveal answer → Punishment729 DownReveal answer → Worry429 DownReveal answer → Repair430 DownReveal answer → Feeling of revulsion sneaks give you630 DownReveal answer → Discard630 DownReveal answer → Waterfall832 DownReveal answer → They don't open the covers832 DownReveal answer → Noise332 DownReveal answer → Exceptionally quiet during the meal633 DownReveal answer → Stick633 DownReveal answer → Throw into disorder734 DownReveal answer → "A leisure activity that's beyond me," I put in734 DownReveal answer → Turn upside-down638 DownReveal answer → He maintains a uniform usually goes with his job638 DownReveal answer → Quits the flat440 DownReveal answer → Nobleman440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 26, 2023. 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.