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Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
AbradeSCRAPE6Across1 Staring into a ruddy great hole?GAPING6Across4 HumbleMODEST6Across4 DaybreakDAWN4Across5 Stroll across to pick up the prize?WALKOVER8Across7 Wide viewPANORAMA8Across7 Candidly, it’s only about half ripeOPENLY6Across8 Hi-fiSTEREO6Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 MeadowLEA3Across9 Great painAGONY5Across10 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across10 As said by some seasider on stage?ASIDE5Across10 ExistenceLIFE4Across11 Old-fashionedDATED5Across12 ChristmasNOEL4Across13 Chain letters?MAIL4Across13 DecayedROTTED6Across13 Girl’s nameRITA4Across14 What the passenger did, mentioning the roadRODE4Across14 Flier strung up?KITE4Across15 German cityBONN4Across15 LairDEN3Across16 What father may do at uncle’s?POP3Across16 RecordDISC4Across16 Given it, one is somewhat liable to returnBAIL4Across17 Tightly stretchedTAUT4Across17 DischargeEMIT4Across18 UnguisNAIL4Across19 Type of forest in Iran?RAIN4Across19 LineROW3Across20 Exact copyFACSIMILE9Across21 To say flattering things about Charlie, is a bloomerBUTTERCUP9Across21 OceanSEA3Across22 Bathroom powderTALC4Across23 But at the Turk’s Head, might it not contain water?BUTT4Across23 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Regarded as less than moneyedEYED4Across24 FishTUNA4Across24 A coveringCASE4Across24 NuisancePEST4Across25 But not too backward to copy a letter out!COY3Across26 WagerBET3Across26 Is she prohibited from entering outer Brentford?ANNE4Across27 FlatEVEN4Across27 See-sawTEETER6Across28 Not quite a colleen?IRIS4Across29 AgentsREPS4Across29 CentreHEART5Across30 Bound to be a bit excited when agitatedTIED4Across32 PrimatesAPES4Across32 PressIRON4Across32 Be accredited as a noblemanCOUNT5Across33 StatedSAID4Across33 Take illegallySTEAL5Across33 Spanish girl after an artist?RAMONA6Across34 EquipmentKIT3Across34 Has faith inTRUSTS6Across34 In his sport, he needs to study a bit of formTOREADOR8Across35 BarLEVER5Across35 Put on TVTELEVISE8Across35 Usable for stiffening charts, perhaps?STARCH6Across36 PipSEED4Across36 EmergencyCRISIS6Across36 ComaTRANCE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JavelinSPEAR5Down1 PaySALARY6Down1 Promise to distribute waresSWEAR5Down1 ResponseREACTION8Down2 Bar of goldINGOT5Down2 The infection I had was wateryFLUID5Down2 Nothing but sweetnessLOVE4Down3 Military land forceARMY4Down3 OvertakenPASSED6Down3 Fourpenceworth of historyGROAT5Down4 Stone workerMASON5Down4 ScatterBROADCAST9Down4 ErasedDELETED7Down5 Single combatDUEL4Down5 Strip off like a swimmer, on the quietPEEL4Down5 ParchedARID4Down6 Turner of a blind eyeNELSON6Down6 Israeli monetary unitSHEKEL6Down6 RequireNEED4Down7 ElderlyOLD3Down8 SportTENNIS6Down9 Go into a price change that’s an eye-openerPIERCE6Down9 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Down11 Is it almost a toss up whether he’s sober?SOT3Down11 Start being a socialite?DEBUT5Down12 Of birthNATAL5Down12 Race finish in LondonMILEEND7Down13 Becomes aware ofNOTICES7Down13 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down14 Large road vehicleBUS3Down15 TearRIP3Down15 Perhaps it’s barely taken offKIT3Down15 PerishDIE3Down16 Just beat up againPIP3Down16 ObserveSEE3Down17 Achieve new status as a titanATTAIN6Down18 Take or receiveACCEPT6Down18 WrongMISTAKEN8Down19 Like the sound frequencies in a studio? No way!AUDIO5Down20 GrooveRUT3Down20 WatchfulALERT5Down20 Get by out of uniformBUY3Down21 CorpulentFAT3Down21 RousedWAKENED7Down21 As grown in country estates?RYE3Down22 Adult maleMAN3Down22 To brag about being a great starBOGART6Down23 Great fearTERROR6Down23 Health resortSPA3Down25 Get the girlWIN3Down25 OfferTENDER6Down26 SquirmWRITHE6Down27 UndergarmentsVESTS5Down28 The under part of W. Glamorgan?NEATH5Down28 PrejudiceBIAS4Down29 Positively rosy!RUDDY5Down30 ApertureHOLE4Down30 WeirdEERIE5Down30 PrecipitationSLEET5Down31 SailorTAR3Down31 A delivery flierSTORK5Down31 Travel to an ancient cityTOUR4Down32 InquiresASKS4Down32 The gang sound a bit crudeCREW4Down33 Garden hutSHED4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 28, 2020. 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.