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Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 28 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
Walked around DorsetSTRODE6Across1 FusesMERGES6Across1 ConvinceASSURE6Across1 KnifeSTAB4Across5 Flimsy excuse for avoiding hard labour?DELICATE8Across7 JubilantEXULTANT8Across7 Principal role for a live wireLEAD4Across8 UnclothedBARE4Across8 ParamourLOVER5Across8 SickILL3Across9 CloserNEARER6Across10 Cold as a TV tec?FROSTY6Across10 UniteJOIN4Across10 OccurHAPPEN6Across11 Old person at one point on a highwayDOTARD6Across11 BallotVOTE4Across11 HeronEGRET5Across12 AffixATTACH6Across13 GenderSEX3Across14 To us, an early start shows purposeUSE3Across14 ThrowTOSS4Across16 He makes capital loveROMEO5Across16 SampleTASTE5Across16 BulkMASS4Across17 There's a name for it in the Royal AcademyRITA4Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 The charitable quarterMERCY5Across19 Boy's nameNIGEL5Across19 LettuceCOS3Across20 One gets a horse out for herMARIE5Across21 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Across21 GrooveRUT3Across22 Revealed new breadBARED5Across22 Ward offREPEL5Across22 Slim until you fade away at the treatment centreDIET4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 RodsBARS4Across23 GaspPANT4Across24 RushREED4Across25 GasARGON5Across26 Such food as the first person sold out of?SOLID5Across26 PrecipitationDEW3Across28 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across28 Yes, the ruling head's title!SIR3Across28 TensionSTRESS6Across29 Commercial provider of jazz to royalty?TRADER6Across29 Star systemGALAXY6Across30 Like road rage, motorway madness in just an illusion!MIRAGE6Across30 VesselCRAFT5Across30 The beasts get cross when one staggers around!OXEN4Across31 CompetentlyABLY4Across31 Amused when sent the long way round?DIVERTED8Across32 UndyingIMMORTAL8Across32 WarmthHEAT4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 DropsLOWERS6Across33 Former star possibly playing very small partsEXTRAS6Across33 WrathIRE3Across34 SkirmishMELEE5Across35 ExpiredDIED4Across36 ProperDECENT6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BeastANIMAL6Down1 Large wine bottleMAGNUM6Down1 Go through it!SUFFER6Down1 GlowersGLARES6Down2 Where to do badly on the wild seasODESSA6Down2 AnswerSOLUTION8Down2 ProphetSEER4Down3 It's currently in circulationEDDY4Down3 SpurnREJECT6Down3 Smoked herringBLOATER7Down4 CloggedCONGESTED9Down4 Absurdly cried out "Five nil" by way of a splitDIVORCE7Down4 Woman politely married first manMADAM5Down5 Stinging insectsWASPS5Down5 CutSEVERED7Down5 JogTROT4Down6 Fighting to finish in a knockoutKENDO5Down6 RockSTONE5Down6 AleBEER4Down7 Youth left out for being clumsy?LOUT4Down8 UntruthLIE3Down8 Male voiceBASS4Down8 KingREX3Down9 Took food and some waterATE3Down9 FriendPAL3Down12 Not the real thingTOY3Down12 AnaestheticETHER5Down13 Concerning a woman and possibly ChristopherREEVE5Down13 AppalledHORRIFIED9Down14 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down15 ChickenHEN3Down15 Can he cook deer by the kilo?DEREK5Down15 ProsecuteSUE3Down17 AlarmALERT5Down18 Destined to get little information right!INFOR5Down18 Spoil a letter to motherMAR3Down19 PinchNIP3Down19 DecidedDEFINITE8Down19 A word of free meaning!RID3Down20 CongealGEL3Down20 TinCAN3Down20 Wine one gets in a dream, perhapsMADEIRA7Down21 DisapprovalCENSURE7Down21 BeganSTARTED7Down21 As a bighead, I had to make an offerBID3Down22 Fish eggsROE3Down22 RoarBELLOW6Down23 Immediate credit arrangedDIRECT6Down23 One fled to the countryIRAN4Down24 AbsentAWAY4Down24 The many points susceptible to variationsTHEMES6Down25 NeedleSTYLUS6Down25 GiveDONATE6Down26 Savoury jellyASPIC5Down26 Brown room?STUDY5Down26 SoftenRELENT6Down27 GrouchGRUMP5Down27 A less than perfect insectLARVA5Down27 Vi's age?SIX3Down28 TouchDAB3Down28 HutSHED4Down29 Demo riotous in styleMODE4Down30 ArrivedCAME4Down30 ImpudenceGALL4Down30 Foot-digitTOE3Down31

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