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Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
TagLABEL5Across4 BurrowTUNNEL6Across7 FriendPAL3Across9 LoatheABOMINATE9Across9 Where the healthy bee is to be found?INTHEPINK9Across9 BarrierDAM3Across10 As usual, the men do wrong and there’s an apologyPARDONME8Across10 NumberTHIRTEEN8Across10 TautTENSE5Across12 Afraid to get married, for a startAWED4Across12 JotIOTA4Across12 RequireNEED4Across13 I went off key in it and that’s a pain!TWINGE6Across13 DogSETTER6Across13 BuildingEDIFICE7Across14 It even may serve to conceal a gullibilityNAIVETE7Across14 ZooMENAGERIE9Across15 FresherNEWER5Across15 How one enjoys something that’s really great?IMMENSELY9Across15 ListlessLETHARGIC9Across17 EbbRECEDE6Across17 Answered that reeds spread around a source of waterRESPONDED9Across17 OffensiveNOISOME7Across18 Taking a rum concoction into work results in chaosTURMOIL7Across18 SideTEAM4Across19 Very keen to get the daughter into the other conglomerateREDHOT6Across20 ConcealingHIDING6Across20 InnHOTEL5Across20 Work on a large gemOPAL4Across21 ResideLIVE4Across21 KindILK3Across22 Understood to have been brought to fruitionREALISED8Across24 ClankedRATTLED7Across24 RanCANTERED8Across24 Stand a drink to almost all the soft drink drinkersTEETOTAL8Across26 ParticularSPECIFIC8Across26 VegetablePEA3Across27 The English translation, say, is no problemEASY4Across28 NotionIDEA4Across28 UprightERECT5Across28 SkilfulADROIT6Across29 She is carrying a gun? Aha!AGATHA6Across29 SauceCATCHUP7Across31 Stops and delivers a reprimandPULLSUP7Across31 AdoFUSS4Across31 PittedSTONED6Across33 A shopkeeper? Wrong: a mechanicOUTFITTER9Across34 SightSPECTACLE9Across34 IrrigateWATER5Across35 Just so!THEREFORE9Across36 YieldSURRENDER9Across36 BroadWIDE4Across37 PossessionCHATTEL7Across38 For a semidetached, it shows potentialPROMISE7Across38 SeraglioHAREM5Across38 FishDAB3Across39 RickSPRAIN6Across39 It’s green with a red tip, boyOLIVER6Across39 CompetentABLE4Across40 Don’t include a single girlMISS4Across40 SickenAIL3Across41 DeterminedRESOLUTE8Across41 Too lazy to fillet?BONEIDLE8Across41 HiddenLATENT6Across42 Royalty moneySOVEREIGN9Across42 MeantSIGNIFIED9Across42 LearntHEARD5Across43

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But not one of the last people you’d expect to win!FINALIST8Down1 CharmTALISMAN8Down1 StinkSTENCH6Down1 MaterialCOTTON6Down2 Am following the rest: off to get waterSTREAM6Down2 IntroduceINSERT6Down2 UnworriedCAREFREE8Down3 Important person you play roulette withBIGWHEEL8Down3 GuidedLED3Down3 MiddleCENTRE6Down4 TardyLATE4Down4 Heavens! Outside the pub looking undernourished!SKINNY6Down4 VigilantALERT5Down5 AlarmedSTARTLED8Down5 Seemed to be editor on a paper of some kindAPPEARED8Down5 AmateurDILETTANTE10Down6 Introduces to the family and forces to realiseBRINGSHOME10Down6 RapturousECSTATIC8Down6 ImpassiveSTOICAL7Down7 An hour before noon it exploded in DevonHONITON7Down7 Are about to happen to the little blighter at lastIMPEND6Down8 ThoroughfareLANE4Down8 StitchingSEWING6Down8 Willingly again taking on the daily grindREADILY7Down11 InstructorTEACHER7Down11 CogitatedMEDITATED9Down11 CaribouDEER4Down14 CaveGROTTO6Down16 HealthyWELL4Down16 Back on the dole, silly twit!NOODLE6Down16 ApplaudCLAP4Down18 AngryIRATE5Down19 Goes round to get the angling equipmentREELS5Down19 Name your weaponROD3Down20 OwnedHAD3Down20 StubbornOBDURATE8Down21 NationalityIRISH5Down22 Laughter coming from the belfry?PEALS5Down22 EagerKEEN4Down23 SmallLITTLE6Down23 Pass fib on to dogCOLLIE6Down23 SillyRIDICULOUS10Down25 Doesn’t use Braille music?SIGHTREADS10Down25 TrialTEST4Down25 ReadySET3Down26 A drink that has character, we’re toldTEA3Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 Cut upDISSECT7Down27 With super new business coming in, makes good the lossesRECOUPS7Down27 RevisedEDITED6Down29 SupervisorOVERSEER8Down30 PactTREATY6Down30 For “pastry”, go to the next pageTURNOVER8Down30 BearingCARRIAGE8Down31 Keep quiet and hold backPRESERVE8Down31 CurseSWEAR5Down32 AugursPORTENDS8Down32 Getting a piano and a group of singers is high-priorityPRESSING8Down32 Plunged through it, I had, when it splitDIVIDED7Down33 PostSTATION7Down33 SpokenORAL4Down34 Over-repetitive - frightfully!TOOTOO6Down35 RubberERASER6Down35 EmphasisSTRESS6Down36 Long and badly cut T-shirtTHIRST6Down36 BetweenAMID4Down36 Beginning with the ring - the ring I had resetORIGIN6Down37 RubbleDEBRIS6Down37 BightBAY3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 27, 2022. 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.