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Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
BattleCOMBAT6Across1 DifficultHARD4Across1 Sounds like you see beefcake as being like tinned pineappleCHUNKS6Across1 WhimFAD3Across4 SkirmishFRAY4Across6 ReactionRESPONSE8Across7 In all a nice combinationALLIANCE8Across7 ColumnPILLAR6Across8 Homework of the school kindPREP4Across8 MergeFUSE4Across8 StealTHIEVE6Across9 PlaythingTOY3Across10 He doubted the possibility of getting zero in mathsTHOMAS6Across10 SallySORTIE6Across10 Take for grantedASSUME6Across11 Writer using a crib, in a waySCRIBE6Across11 FruitGUAVA5Across12 Chew and swallowEAT3Across14 Was supported at the bottomSAT3Across14 BeachSHORE5Across14 AvoidEVADE5Across15 BeliefTENET5Across16 A disc held out wrongly can be damagedHOLED5Across16 Still gives Guinevere a bit of backingEVEN4Across17 SpoolREEL4Across17 DistributedSHARED6Across18 A small role that came to nothingCAMEO5Across19 GangwayAISLE5Across19 BeamGIRDER6Across20 More sensible form of snareSANER5Across21 At the right momentONCUE5Across21 He-man, this flier?HERON5Across22 FabricSATIN5Across22 Flying mammalsBATS4Across23 Every cruiser needs one, we hearCREW4Across23 CreedDOGMA5Across24 HappenOCCUR5Across26 RepresentativeAGENT5Across26 A big thing in dentistryMOLAR5Across26 Snake boasting no power to hurtBOA3Across28 CleansePURGE5Across28 Female swanPEN3Across28 Boy hiding a book suitable for adultsEROTIC6Across29 Dairy productCHEESE6Across29 StillYET3Across30 Far Eastern templePAGODA6Across30 Extra large car partBUMPER6Across30 Soldiers in continuous retreat?UNIT4Across31 Norse godODIN4Across31 Food calling for some discussion in partsBISCUITS8Across32 EditREVISE6Across32 Australian cityADELAIDE8Across32 Argue with the old witch with the broken legHAGGLE6Across33 SirenHOOTER6Across33 ChucksTOSSES6Across33 GalaFETE4Across34 ManageRUN3Across35 TeamSIDE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NearerCLOSER6Down1 Semi-feline beasts?CATTLE6Down1 FarewellADIEU5Down2 Historic conqueror of the wild Roman northNORMAN6Down2 Cruel or viciousBRUTAL6Down2 Elm, sayTREE4Down3 LiberateDELIVER7Down3 Mugs in military engineering?SAPS4Down3 Is hurling his sport?PITCHER7Down4 StrongholdFORT4Down4 DiscipleAPOSTLE7Down4 TaskDUTY4Down5 As a jokeINFUN5Down5 Smith's property in the blockANVIL5Down5 BeliefFAITH5Down6 Allowed to be seeded, being soundCEDED5Down6 Brimless capBERET5Down6 ContraryADVERSE7Down7 Costing nothingFREE4Down8 The poise I'm lacking to be a modelPOSE4Down8 Be seatedSIT3Down9 The poet Laureate has to do soEAT3Down9 PeculiarODD3Down11 Fictional character, an Australian bounderROO3Down12 FuelGAS3Down12 ObserveSEE3Down12 Clangorous beauty?BELLE5Down13 WelcomeAVE3Down13 DeserveMERIT5Down13 LawfulLICIT5Down15 A good man can get aheadCANON5Down15 AppendADD3Down16 OvumEGG3Down17 What a motorist can use when a visitor's lost itVISOR5Down18 EraEPOCH5Down18 It may turn turtle in a raceCAR3Down19 CleanlinessHYGIENE7Down19 InsectANT3Down19 They have many points on the board, perhapsMEN3Down20 StarSUN3Down20 Rose is staggering round the bend, but soberSERIOUS7Down21 DevilIMP3Down21 RowerOARSMAN7Down21 HarshRAUCOUS7Down22 ProsecuteSUE3Down22 Somewhat like a pork pie, for instanceHAT3Down22 StartsBEGINS6Down23 Arriving in company with an old ChineseCOMING6Down23 CerealRYE3Down23 SoonANON4Down24 Transported a replacement partRAPT4Down24 Card suitSPADES6Down25 Sing like a birdWARBLE6Down25 PoemODE3Down25 Peachy old prima donna?MELBA5Down26 Atlantic, sayOCEAN5Down26 DinNOISE5Down27 SurrendersCEDES5Down27 So Leo can get freeLOOSE5Down27 Person's residence, slangPAD3Down28 Rabbit food?BUN3Down28 AvariceGREED5Down29 Former president having America at heart?BUSH4Down30 AnnumYEAR4Down30 BardPOET4Down30 SlenderTHIN4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. 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.