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Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 133 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#
JumpedLEAPT5Across1 CutGASHED6Across5 In brief, soonSHORTLY7Across8 ReappearRECUR5Across8 RichWEALTHY7Across8 Type of carHATCHBACK9Across9 Having clean escaped from one’s pursuers immediatelyRIGHTAWAY9Across9 OfficeBUREAU6Across10 FlagIRIS4Across11 Are with the former spouse – the firstEXIST5Across13 HappeningEVENT5Across13 MadnessMANIA5Across14 Swim right into the awful clawCRAWL5Across14 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across14 A stick for the dogPOINTER7Across15 VainUSELESS7Across15 ScrapDISCARD7Across15 Everything in this garbled version is rather far-fetchedTALLISH7Across16 Afternoon performanceMATINEE7Across16 Can not quite get the shadeTINGE5Across17 SeniorELDER5Across17 Found time for, when one arrived homeGOTIN5Across18 BeneathUNDER5Across18 WagerBET3Across18 FishEEL3Across19 Unit of heatTHERM5Across20 Feeling remorseful, I step outsideRUING5Across20 ActDEED4Across21 Muslim place of worshipMOSQUE6Across22 The bird, within half a minute, catches the fleeing ratMARTIN6Across22 UnsteadyWOBBLY6Across23 Spirits are about a pound extraMORALE6Across23 Go inENTER5Across23 ImpetuousRASH4Across24 Leave en masse from the tearoom?POUROUT7Across25 AntiquatedARCHAIC7Across25 NumberTEN3Across27 As first one, I get on and look aroundPIONEER7Across27 ContinuousNONSTOP7Across27 ScullOAR3Across29 SmallLITTLE6Across30 It’s slipshod and over-sentimentalSLOPPY6Across30 CommentREMARK6Across31 LudicrousRISIBLE7Across31 “Mother,” you enquire. “What is that material?”DAMASK6Across31 SavageBRUTAL6Across32 Settle with, having had a risePAYUP5Across32 Valuable thingASSET5Across32 AncestryLINE4Across34 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Across35 ThoughtNOTION6Across35 Does it require many, to play it?LOTTO5Across35 Satellite's pathORBIT5Across36 With “They’re not paste,” astonishes oneROCKS5Across36 In return, gets information about savingsNESTEGG7Across37 Brass instrumentTRUMPET7Across37 DeadlyFATAL5Across38 Comes by and fixesSECURES7Across39 To that placeTHITHER7Across39 ObjectiveTARGET6Across39 EntertainedFETED5Across40 Catches, when it alightsLANDS5Across41 Zodiac signVIRGO5Across41 Say you’ll go over for the showREVUE5Across42 ThickDENSE5Across42 No good if it’s in need of sharpeningPOINTLESS9Across43 French cheeseROQUEFORT9Across43 Having taken the coat off, got soakedFLEECED7Across44 Follow a winding courseMEANDER7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExclusiveSELECT6Down1 A raucous “Shut up and put the water on!”SHRILL6Down1 BirdEMU3Down2 Precious metalPLATINUM8Down2 Clearly in pain when composing the piece about hospitalWRITHING8Down2 SermonisePREACH6Down3 Hotel employeeCHAMBERMAID11Down3 Jokes that are anything but clean?BLACKHUMOUR11Down3 RiskyHAZARDOUS9Down4 Cavity dealt with, is briefingFILLINGIN9Down4 BeverageTEA3Down4 What the informer did when paid the money?SHOPPED7Down5 ObtainACQUIRE7Down5 GratingGRID4Down5 Being dogmatic about the relinquishing of arms?LAYINGDOWN10Down6 FawningOBSEQUIOUS10Down6 CarvedSLICED6Down6 Role for a gentlemanPART4Down7 GuardDEFEND6Down7 Give painACHE4Down7 PresentCURRENT7Down9 “Enhanced” would be preferableBETTER6Down10 AllowPERMIT6Down10 Let looseUNLEASH7Down11 The usual behaviour of the male birdPATTERN7Down11 Fish-eating hawkOSPREY6Down12 StealROB3Down12 Pointless row at the greengrocer’sORANGE6Down12 LocationSITE4Down13 NotionIDEA4Down16 DissuadeDETER5Down17 Sad attempt to accommodate the oldTRAGEDY7Down19 UncertainDUBIOUS7Down19 MercifulLENIENT7Down20 While preparing to play the shot, solve the problemIRONOUT7Down21 UnreliableERRATIC7Down21 WickedEVIL4Down22 SturdyROBUST6Down24 Child's allowancePOCKETMONEY11Down24 Be really sorry for getting a thrill from, personallyKICKONESELF11Down24 SpiritSOUL4Down25 Hurtle, screaming – it’s very excitingRIPROARING10Down26 LoathingHATING6Down26 Thirty minutesHALFANHOUR10Down26 Really good, but oddMATCHLESS9Down28 Plant-eaterHERBIVORE9Down28 “Stopping the pain ourselves,” I put inPAUSING7Down29 Grazing landPASTURE7Down29 Use banner headlines to create excitementSPLASH6Down30 ManagedRAN3Down30 FindLOCATE6Down30 Putting back the mug, samples the cakesPASTRIES8Down32 PlentifulABUNDANT8Down32 GiggleTITTER6Down33 Plugged away at and managed to stabilise prices?PEGGED6Down33 DepartedLEFT4Down33 AppalHORRIFY7Down34 Bridle in which there’s an animal hairBRISTLE7Down34 LoutOAF3Down36 PoemODE3Down37 Having grudgingly admired, in the end be pitted againstENVIED6Down38 Think aboutPONDER6Down38 Being cheeky is considered great in AmericaCOOL4Down40 MetalIRON4Down40

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