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Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
StaunchSTEM4Across1 RecentlyOFLATE6Across4 PaleWAN3Across4 A magical word uncle has to look out forSESAME6Across4 TooALSO4Across6 Beside this, arguably, there is some lack of applicationTHEPOINT8Across7 Art of flying aircraftAVIATION8Across7 Meteorological termISOBAR6Across8 A short way, with some danger, to get even for somethingAVENGE6Across8 PlacePUT3Across9 Postage labelSTAMP5Across10 One's home, just a step round the cornerPLACE5Across10 UserEMPLOYER8Across10 ExpectantAGOG4Across11 Soft fine feathersDOWN4Across13 Attracted a share of a good rewardDREW4Across13 CavityHOLE4Across14 Small wooden frame?SASH4Across14 InsaneMAD3Across14 Hereditary unitGENE4Across15 Said to make a scene when spottedSEEN4Across15 AgentREP3Across16 At present, no way!NOW3Across16 AgueFEVER5Across16 Female cunning is too much for him!ALEC4Across17 SnareTRAP4Across17 PodiumDAIS4Across19 ReadyPREPARED8Across19 Utter in a semitoneEMIT4Across19 Large tombMAUSOLEUM9Across21 A bit lame, perhaps, at intervalsPIECEMEAL9Across21 AlludeREFER5Across21 NarrativeRELATION8Across23 MatesPALS4Across23 A well-known TurnerTINA4Across23 MaximTENET5Across24 DispatchSEND4Across24 Never in dialectNARY4Across24 RemunerationPAY3Across26 He's wrong where a female's concernedSHE3Across26 Boadicea's game?DICE4Across27 BorderRIM3Across27 Group of threeTRIO4Across27 Eggs a novice on at the cricket groundOVAL4Across29 Eye partIRIS4Across29 PokePROD4Across31 Refuse to agree that it's roomy?DENY4Across32 TumultRIOT4Across32 Belief that a firm is out of the redCREDO5Across33 IdleINACTIVE8Across33 StagnantSTALE5Across33 Highly cultivated plant?ALPINE6Across34 AngerIRE3Across34 ThemesTOPICS6Across34 Has one such a column all to oneself?PERSONAL8Across35 AleBEER4Across35 GemsEMERALDS8Across35 Cost of cigarettes?PACKET6Across36 ChargeFEE3Across36 Provides foodCATERS6Across36 SaucyPERT4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DraconianHARSH5Down1 Arresting pointsSTOPS5Down1 CompetitorRIVAL5Down2 French artist, to some degree Anglo SaxonDEGAS5Down2 DocileTAME4Down2 PaceSTEP4Down3 Nothing but affectionLOVE4Down3 MasculineMALE4Down3 Edible bulbONION5Down4 TravellerWAYFARER8Down4 Look a key part for a top actorSTARE5Down4 StandardNORM4Down5 Big catLION4Down5 Show an alternative spellingSHEW4Down5 SwiftlyAPACE5Down6 VestigesTRACES6Down6 Gentle little creatureMAGGOT6Down6 HaulLUG3Down7 OvenSTOVE5Down8 CountrySWEDEN6Down9 A wooden faceVENEER6Down9 Will he never quite be a lady's man? 'LAD3Down11 SummitTOP3Down11 Such letters are presumably in the mailCHAIN5Down12 CleaveSPLIT5Down12 Iron, sayMETAL5Down12 FiendDEMON5Down13 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down13 You need to dress for itDECENCY7Down13 SpoilMAR3Down14 SubmitDEFER5Down15 FuelGAS3Down15 Dry in half a secondSEC3Down15 Raised edgeRIM3Down16 The goalie's favourite scoreNIL3Down16 CogentVALID5Down17 CircularROUND5Down18 The French port is heavyLEADEN6Down18 RuralRUSTIC6Down18 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Down20 He can possibly get gold, officiallyMAYOR5Down20 DaintyDELICATE8Down20 MonthMAY3Down21 It's eaten in piecesPIE3Down21 Star signLEO3Down22 CramRAM3Down22 Mother East's forename?MAE3Down22 Oriental templePAGODA6Down23 She comes out of the wood with a new hat!THELMA6Down23 NothingNIL3Down25 WeirdEERIE5Down25 When fish turns up like this, it's rottenBAD3Down25 SeniorELDER5Down26 FlowersROSES5Down28 QuarrelTIFF4Down28 Incompetent record in tin productionINEPT5Down28 CeaseSTOP4Down29 Recover strengthRALLY5Down30 AssertAVER4Down30 They can be seen as blue-blooded linesVEINS5Down30 Money can be sweetLOLLY5Down31 PerceiveSENSE5Down31 MineralORE3Down32 Food grainRICE4Down32 Could it have made a hole in a Highlander's sock?DIRK4Down32 Throw out of DoncasterCAST4Down33 Active and briskSPRY4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. 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.