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Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2018 answers. The Monday 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#
ListTABLE5Across2 ColourWHITE5Across3 Snappy contribution from Murphy?CRISP5Across3 PackSTOW4Across7 Where to shoot a vehicle out of a raceBUTTS5Across8 FormulaRECIPE6Across8 Of the noseNASAL5Across8 SeniorOLDER5Across9 Where Americans get cross when drinks are interruptedTEXAS5Across10 Fertile spotOASIS5Across10 Don't allow extra decorationBAR3Across11 BenchPEW3Across11 RendRIP3Across11 Take awayMINUS5Across12 He can make the gradeEDGAR5Across12 Shorten the crossingABRIDGE7Across13 Tooth typeINCISOR7Across13 VehicleBUS3Across13 Flower partPETAL5Across15 Historic mines around central WhitechapelPICTS5Across15 AbsentAWAY4Across15 FavouritePET3Across16 MeasureMETE4Across18 Shade of brownTAN3Across18 Many an own goal by one of the RoversDOG3Across18 Of catsFELINE6Across19 Like the effort by everyone supporting the strikeALLOUT6Across19 WedMARRIED7Across19 FibbedLIED4Across20 WearinessFATIGUE7Across21 Gas with me and an old bigwigMETHANE7Across21 TipsterTOUT4Across22 NefariousEVIL4Across22 Makes low noisesMOOS4Across22 Large scaleMASS4Across23 Gregory, perhaps, joined by a lesser actor in LondonPECK4Across23 FugitiveRUNAWAY7Across23 United with the right one in a dream set-upMARRIED7Across24 Army officerGENERAL7Across24 EmployedUSED4Across25 Boy's nameOLIVER6Across26 Moved upon seeing a strange dove with the tail of a thrush?SHOVED6Across26 NothingNIL3Across27 SpouseWIFE4Across28 As mined in Korea?ORE3Across29 GrooveRUT3Across29 StickROD3Across30 Can she wail alluringly?SIREN5Across31 And notNOR3Across31 Note valueMINIM5Across31 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across32 Entertaining purveyor of nonsense at the end of the pier?PIERROT7Across32 SuitBEFIT5Across33 Said to have stayed soberSTAID5Across34 Polite, courteousCIVIL5Across34 A United Kingdom flierAUK3Across35 Pen partNIB3Across35 Writer who always had a plotPLATO5Across36 LustreSHEEN5Across36 NapSNOOZE6Across36 She nags restlessly about an early startAGNES5Across37 WarehouseDEPOT5Across37 JustONLY4Across37 Small fishGUPPY5Across38 Can this zodiacal sign mean birds?ARIES5Across38 Edge alongSIDLE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Farm buildingsBARNS5Down1 ScatterSTREW5Down1 Vessel getting past, broad in the beamTUBBY5Down1 MetropolisCAPITAL7Down2 In Australia, worn stepsSTRIDES7Down2 CoupleTWO3Down2 SproutBUD3Down3 Legal successorHEIR4Down4 StrayERR3Down4 A trip on the line in red, possiblyRIDE4Down4 PerformACT3Down5 Such a diet presumably has iron in itSTAPLE6Down5 HairpieceTOUPEE6Down5 GushSPOUT5Down6 Artist's standEASEL5Down6 Threat by the ItalianPERIL5Down6 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down7 Language of a social worker in hearty rebukeBANTU5Down7 So or thusSIC3Down9 Jack's grateful utteranceTAR3Down9 PitcherEWER4Down10 Sitting-roomPARLOUR7Down11 HesitatedWAVERED7Down12 Intellectual, possibly hard boiled leaderEGGHEAD7Down12 Name or nicknameMONIKER7Down12 NomadBEDOUIN7Down13 Little girl, so how can she be in her dotage?DOT3Down14 ColoniserSETTLER7Down14 Was seatedSAT3Down14 Of tidesTIDAL5Down16 Managed to catch a boyCOPED5Down16 HeathenPAGAN5Down16 Rental contractLEASE5Down17 Minced steak? You bet!STAKE5Down17 TestTRIAL5Down17 EncounteredMET3Down18 In making such a barometer, an emperor had to help outANEROID7Down19 Burial or cremationFUNERAL7Down19 Just one failure is wrongAMISS5Down20 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down20 Drive in the open country around central AustriaMOTOR5Down21 CounterfeitDUD3Down21 Make time or space forFITIN5Down21 Afternoon showMATINEE7Down23 Look to grow old in an ennobling wayPEERAGE7Down23 Star signGEMINI6Down24 He advises soldiers to finish warMENTOR6Down24 BroadWIDE4Down24 ChafeRUB3Down25 An heiress's displeasureIRE3Down25 NoiseSOUND5Down26 Of little weightLIGHT5Down27 Silly rhyme, not plainHILLY5Down27 Gripping toolsVICES5Down28 Heavenly figure on a broken seatVESTA5Down28 MadnessFOLLY5Down29 Wooden shoeSABOT5Down30 He's a card!JOKER5Down30 TorHILL4Down32 CourtWOO3Down32 Fortune made by one sort of driverPILE4Down32 Maybe an extra bit of exerciseRUN3Down33 PleadBEG3Down33 GratuityTIP3Down33 DandyFOP3Down34 PlaythingTOY3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 28, 2018. 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.