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Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2021 answers. The Thursday 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#
SaveREDEEM6Across1 BluntOBTUSE6Across4 Last to suffer?ENDURE6Across4 OrationSPEECH6Across5 Geographical clue you can solve with easeWHITESEA8Across7 Person finishing secondRUNNERUP8Across7 Ornamental tuftTASSEL6Across8 Diminutive swimmers baiting greater onesSPRATS6Across8 ElectorVOTER5Across9 Cleans up for lubberly loutsSWABS5Across10 LargerBIGGER6Across10 OverheadABOVE5Across10 CourtingWOOING6Across11 RushedRACED5Across12 Anxious to get knowledge about the EastKEEN4Across13 What is owedDEBT4Across13 Military capKEPI4Across14 LecheryLUST4Across14 Some of us gathered in this placeHERE4Across14 MarriesWEDS4Across15 It has an interesting link with potteryKILN4Across15 NumberTEN3Across16 A forename of Sir Percy BlakeneyKEN3Across16 Eject out of spite?SPIT4Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 EmperorTSAR4Across17 SenseFEEL4Across18 Servant crazy to get out of lineMAID4Across19 ResoundECHO4Across19 Go inENTER5Across20 Forester's skill with timber shipsWOODCRAFT9Across21 Exact copyFACSIMILE9Across21 BarrierHEDGE5Across22 The French race native to Latvia!LETT4Across23 RaspFILE4Across23 MammalPOLECAT7Across23 ValleyDALE4Across24 Pursuit for which to be in the pink?HUNT4Across24 SendREMIT5Across24 CartonBOX3Across26 DissuadeDETER5Across26 She's back from East AustraliaZOE3Across26 RequireNEED4Across27 No longer the pointTHEN4Across27 Top of a houseROOF4Across29 ParchedARID4Across29 Urges to have breakfast?EGGS4Across29 NetworkWEB3Across30 Young actress, perhaps, but it's usually a fellowSEAN4Across32 FruitDATE4Across32 Chest bonesRIBS4Across32 An effectively directional missileARROW5Across33 DrinkCIDER5Across33 Large raySKATE5Across33 The spuds Buster mashed?TUBERS6Across34 Central American countryMEXICO6Across34 Rascal responsible for a rip-off?TEARAWAY8Across35 InformsNOTIFIES8Across35 CollectGATHER6Across35 StableSTEADY6Across36 Dull material with a happy endingSTUFFY6Across36 KnockedRAPPED6Across36 PostponeDEFER5Across37 DimpledDENTED6Across38 OfferTENDER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FractureBREAK5Down1 Fashionable ways lead to his undoingSWISH5Down1 DebrisRUBBLE6Down1 PrySNOOP5Down2 Instrument most artists can play?SITAR5Down2 SummaryDIGEST6Down2 This placeHERE4Down3 Like mother's share?HERS4Down3 AlwaysEVER4Down3 ChoseOPTED5Down4 EthicalMORAL5Down4 A support, often of canvasEASEL5Down4 StitchedSEWED5Down5 Try outTEST4Down5 Many a service involves needleworkDARN4Down5 PokePROD4Down6 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down6 That deserter Edward was treacherousRATTED6Down6 RevisedEDITED6Down7 BargainHAGGLE6Down8 Writer of an enclosure for somebodyPENMAN6Down9 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down9 BeseechBEG3Down11 We start building a trapWEB3Down11 EssentialVITAL5Down12 To be a drinker can intoxicateBESOT5Down12 CavortedCAPERED7Down13 A room you'll want Mr Livingstone out of!KITCHEN7Down13 RidiculesDERIDES7Down13 Young fox?KID3Down15 BeneathUNDER5Down15 Used to beWAS3Down15 Clobber Christopher!KIT3Down16 LukewarmTEPID5Down16 Definite articleTHE3Down16 EntertainedFETED5Down18 Expert in ceramics and snooker?POTTER6Down18 PicturesqueSCENIC6Down18 HeronEGRET5Down19 Following the monarch at a short distanceAFTER5Down20 Office workerCLERK5Down20 DecayROT3Down21 RepairFIX3Down21 We heard very littleWEE3Down21 InsaneMAD3Down22 Manage to move fastRUN3Down22 OwnedHAD3Down22 WoodFOREST6Down23 Wildly clouts an unwanted creatureLOCUST6Down23 TeasedRAGGED6Down24 CribCOT3Down25 Wagon centre in historyAGO3Down25 GloveMITTEN6Down25 KnockedTAPPED6Down27 Dark woodEBONY5Down28 GiveRENDER6Down28 Is obliged to get out of Torquay - quick!HASTY5Down28 Fertile spotOASIS5Down30 Developed the wrong way!GROWN5Down30 CabledWIRED5Down30 Moves a certain distance in a shipSWAYS5Down31 BanquetFEAST5Down31 CapBERET5Down31 Girl's nameRITA4Down32 The minion starts freshening upSERF4Down32 'Continental' hairstyle for a change!AFRO4Down33 YieldCEDE4Down33 FlaySKIN4Down33 UnusualRARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 27, 2021. 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.