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Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 27 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 125 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#
BoxCHEST5Across1 Cool headed girl with qualityCLASS5Across1 CompositionESSAY5Across3 A stiff back?STERN5Across6 TiresFLAGS5Across6 TormentTORTURE7Across9 He's able to canter round the bend like a horseCENTAUR7Across9 FloatingAFLOAT6Across9 TerminateABORT5Across10 MildGENTLE6Across10 Are such cards available for trams?SMART5Across10 WeirdEERIE5Across11 It's negative, out of the way, and unpleasantNASTY5Across11 AcceptedTAKEN5Across11 CheeseEDAM4Across12 YieldsCEDES5Across12 Like a well built woman at work, holding a tin openerBUSTY5Across12 LiquidiserBLENDER7Across13 Where sailors can get a drink at the watersideSEAPORT7Across13 The little woman?MRS3Across15 PleasantNICE4Across15 OceanSEA3Across15 A letter to regret, as a matter of factTRUE4Across17 ControllerMANAGER7Across17 RipREND4Across17 A gift provided by volunteersTALENT6Across18 Defeated competitorsLOSERS6Across18 FactDATUM5Across19 Pick up a good storySCOOP5Across19 BrochetteSKEWER6Across20 In getting healthy, expand the chestINHALE6Across20 DecayROT3Across20 MaterialDENIM5Across21 FoundationBASE4Across22 Burn for some wild caressesSEAR4Across22 DeclareAVER4Across23 Fishy, perhaps, it won't hold waterNET3Across24 That womanHER3Across24 CircleRING4Across25 MothersPARENTS7Across25 Prominent foreigner in 'the Street'SALIENT7Across25 Pointed mention of pie in the skySPIKY5Across26 EmulateRIVAL5Across26 AgueFEVER5Across26 CancelANNUL5Across27 Beg doggedly not to go to bedSITUP5Across27 They can also be performed backwardsSOLOS5Across28 EngineMOTOR5Across28 WagerBET3Across28 Old comrades' get-together in a far away islandREUNION7Across29 African republicSOMALIA7Across29 The fare seems expensive to a Frenchman out EastCHEER5Across30 GraspCLASP5Across30 ProsaicLITERAL7Across30 CornerANGLE5Across31 Elastic bandsTYRES5Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across33 ValleyDALE4Across35 MoorHEATH5Across36 WashingTOILET6Across38 MultitudeLEGION6Across39 RenovateRENEW5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SeraglioHAREM5Down1 LimpHOBBLE6Down2 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down2 Make progress in timber productionLUMBER6Down2 Predicament due to naughty capersSCRAPE6Down3 ConsumeEAT3Down3 Run agroundSTRAND6Down3 Arrange everything you needSET3Down4 SaidSTATED6Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 ElderlyAGED4Down5 To us, perhaps, the titular head is strongSTOUT5Down5 GuideSTEER5Down5 LongingYEN3Down6 Belt round for a bit of fun, somewhere warmSUNTRAP7Down6 LibertyFREEDOM7Down6 StepSTAIR5Down7 A salver of arty designTRAY4Down7 SedimentLEES4Down7 CapBERET5Down8 A pass back may be just the ticketRETURN6Down8 SailplaneGLIDER6Down8 It takes two to make a bad start to a raceBRACE5Down12 TreeCEDAR5Down12 HarmedDAMAGED7Down13 BoldBRASH5Down13 Mark and Stanley getting out of lineSTAIN5Down13 ManufacturerMAKER5Down14 Go inENTER5Down14 Anything said to come from PortsmouthAUGHT5Down14 Fight with me and a generalMELEE5Down15 Chair carried on polesSEDAN5Down15 CurdleCONGEAL7Down16 EmbersASHES5Down16 The first thing in making tartsSTART5Down16 KinglyREGAL5Down18 Of the moonLUNAR5Down18 Now an awful toadyTODAY5Down18 ProgressDEVELOP7Down19 One of a pair to pass bySLIPPER7Down19 ConiferFIR3Down19 DoghouseKENNEL6Down21 Directions you want to be fairly up-to-dateNEWISH6Down21 Booby-trappedMINED5Down22 In my sin, maybe, there's nothing but bad practiceSIMONY6Down22 LamentBEMOAN6Down22 SaunterSTROLL6Down23 It could be you!ANYONE6Down23 TearRIP3Down24 Flower partPETAL5Down25 Relative of the rat, dingo, weasel, etc.SKUNK5Down25 Bound to upset us a bit moreSURE4Down26 AdoFUSS4Down26 SmallLITTLE6Down27 So an initial teetotaller becomes a drunkard!SOT3Down28 Girl's nameMIA3Down28 CabinBERTH5Down28 ShyTIMID5Down29 WildRABID5Down31 InclinedLEANT5Down32 GalaFETE4Down34 Girl'sHER3Down36 CutHEW3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. 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.