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Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
RescuedSAVED5Across3 Though disposed to, I don't move home after the quake is throughINTHEMOOD9Across9 ObjectiveTARGET6Across9 DishIRISHSTEW9Across9 FakeIMITATION9Across10 TurnROTATE6Across10 Where one boxer punches another to win!ONTHENOSE9Across10 ExpiateATONE5Across11 FeverAGUE4Across12 By the lake, one will tie upLACE4Across12 ForcedMADE4Across12 Depended on again, deceived oneRELIED6Across13 FlagBANNER6Across13 Beginning the climb to the pointNASCENT7Across14 OutlineCONTOUR7Across14 MinusLESS4Across15 BoundlessUNLIMITED9Across15 Emit at an inappropriate momentWRONGTIME9Across15 AugmentedINCREASED9Across17 SorrowSADNESS7Across17 Will he not have a drink while tattooing the sailor?ABSTAINER9Across17 Say you don't intend to run!DECLARE7Across18 AvoidanceEVASION7Across18 IslanderCRETAN6Across19 Agree about the new bat being passableNOTBAD6Across19 TimidSHY3Across20 DrearyDRAB4Across20 Said a starter will do - or a puddingSAGO4Across20 WearyTIRED5Across21 DomesticHOUSEHOLD9Across23 Why the police station is inundated by delinquents?CRIMEWAVE9Across23 Stop upPLUG4Across23 Becomes awful when one takes aimGOESTOPOT9Across25 SanctionAUTHORISE9Across25 MarqueeTENT4Across25 Besides, Hal's out in the hutALSO4Across26 OuthouseSHED4Across26 Rowing crewEIGHT5Across26 ThicksetSTOCKY6Across27 A lost dog? Wrong!ASTRAY6Across27 FinishEND3Across28 Held everybody up which is unprofessional, indeedDELAYED7Across29 DissolvableSOLUBLE7Across29 DiplomaticTACTFUL7Across30 Skilled workerTRADESMAN9Across32 Was it just too much for the overworked hat maker?LASTSTRAW9Across32 ExpectantAGOG4Across33 SubdueOVERPOWER9Across34 Show the Queen's occupied it from that day onEVERSINCE9Across34 TiesTETHERS7Across35 Is the fellow inside sure it will be too much?SURFEIT7Across35 SharpenHONE4Across35 HelpedAIDED5Across36 FixSETTLE6Across36 Remember to give a new name to?RECALL6Across36 SpokenORAL4Across37 A second addition to the writings on reptiles?ASPS4Across37 FurERMINE6Across38 AlternativelyOTHERWISE9Across38 Having a best-selling record myselfNUMBERONE9Across38 EstablishINSTITUTE9Across39 AthleteRUNNER6Across39 To shoot an old hen is not something to be proud ofPOTBOILER9Across39 TendencyTREND5Across40

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Made waves on finding the account unpaidBILLOWED8Down1 BirdTITMOUSE8Down1 Map bookATLAS5Down1 EnjoyFINDPLEASURE12Down2 What you gamble on ordering at a restaurant?STACKOFCHIPS12Down2 HaughtyPROUD5Down2 RestrictSTRAITEN8Down3 One fine day, will get a spell in jail!SOMETIME8Down3 OceanSEA3Down3 CoiledTWINED6Down4 Counsel for the foolish Dave who's held in chargeADVICE6Down4 CertifyATTEST6Down4 Sea eagleERNE4Down5 HeadacheMIGRAINE8Down5 Quite a lot - or some - of the curate's egg?GOODPART8Down5 RabbitDOE3Down6 Unworried, makes up for it with no difficultyATONESEASE10Down6 SorceryWITCHCRAFT10Down6 HellHADES5Down7 The foreigner got back again into Spain, somehowPERSIAN7Down7 StrollSAUNTER7Down7 UntidyMESSY5Down8 Nicer person who'd got a more efficient job done on the postBETTERSORT10Down8 UnbelievableINCREDIBLE10Down8 Perhaps once held a lot of waterOCEAN5Down11 PressesIRONS5Down11 PantingGASPING7Down13 FollowENSUE5Down14 FirearmSHOTGUN7Down16 GirlMAIDEN6Down16 Was too bright and is loweredGLARED6Down16 VisionSIGHT5Down18 For once, said noNEE3Down19 FavouritePET3Down19 BounderCAD3Down19 Get down to it and write in for the job personallyAPPLYONESELF12Down21 FishRAINBOWTROUT12Down21 DemiseDEATH5Down22 Puts a silencer on for the shotsSTILLS6Down22 ArriveROLLUP6Down22 PauseHESITATION10Down23 A number of childrenCRADLESONG10Down23 One's complete attention devoted to sucking upABSORPTION10Down24 TrapGIN3Down24 HopefulOPTIMISTIC10Down24 Yes, by midnight is merryGAY3Down25 WhicheverANY3Down25 InnTAVERN6Down27 RelaxedEASED5Down28 ContainerCANISTER8Down28 Paid a charge to get a grass borderREWARDED8Down28 Had a raffle that attracted a great manyDREWLOTS8Down29 DoctrineDOGMA5Down29 Without pipsSEEDLESS8Down29 They invest in furnitureDRESSERS8Down30 RegisteredENROLLED8Down30 LocatedFOUND5Down31 Shown in by the old woman insideUSHERED7Down31 Shooting starsMETEORS7Down31 MemoriseLEARN5Down32 LetterAITCH5Down33 It is, by the way, an odd playSTRUM5Down33 Get away to the sun in peace, for a changeESCAPE6Down34 KitOUTFIT6Down34 JettyPIER4Down34 InsectANT3Down36 DefectiveDUD3Down37

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