Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 29 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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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DrainSEWER5Across1 PesterBADGER6Across5 ShelfLEDGE5Across8 Time something lastsDURATION8Across9 What the foreigner wanting airmail stationery asked for?FLYPAPER8Across9 Said "Get me water"SEA3Across10 DetermineDECIDE6Across10 Type of runBYE3Across10 Bother! That means there's a baby in the house!RATTLE6Across11 ImitatedAPED4Across11 Symbolic representationEMBLEM6Across11 Ignominious failureFIASCO6Across12 The hard stuff is gritSPIRIT6Across12 RearrangeREORDER7Across13 Laugh when her colt boltsCHORTLE7Across13 SpaciousAIRY4Across14 A list is dropped round to the singerALTO4Across14 RelegateDEMOTE6Across14 Muscular disorderRHEUMATISM10Across15 How to acquire a profound knowledge of your subjectREADDEEPLY10Across15 SmallestMINIMAL7Across15 Just as brief? Not these days!NOLONGER8Across17 Astronomical areaUNIVERSE8Across17 NumberTEN3Across18 Make your own armed men go to the shipPOSSESS7Across18 WantREQUIRE7Across18 StillYET3Across19 Around one, it's going to tell you the meal is readyGONG4Across19 RubbishGROT4Across19 DemandINSIST6Across21 She will talk about cutsGASHES6Across21 TradeDEAL4Across21 FiendDEMON5Across23 CrowdHERD4Across24 Last attempt to borrow that really capped everythingTHEFINISHINGTOUCH17Across24 Tennessee Williams playTHEGLASSMENAGERIE17Across24 SpotDOT3Across27 Now goes out sailing with the old marinerSEADOG6Across27 Writing deskBUREAU6Across27 LoutOAF3Across29 EagerAGOG4Across29 In return, try to impress with your clothesGARB4Across29 Making one feel there's point to the causeEMOTIVE7Across30 Surgical instrumentFORCEPS7Across30 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across31 WineCLARET6Across32 Punishes severelySCOURGES8Across33 Leaving, as it's anything but freshGOINGOFF8Across33 TravelRIDE4Across34 SlippedLAPSED6Across35 Not a single little girl!CHILDBRIDE10Across35 EntrancedSPELLBOUND10Across35 Hitch the small horseSNAG4Across36 WholesomePURE4Across36 Understands dogsFOLLOWS7Across37 DawnSUNRISE7Across37 ModeSTYLE5Across38 Speak freely about what the dentist said?OPENUP6Across38 PrimeHEYDAY6Across38 CapturedCAUGHT6Across39 Breakfast cerealMUESLI6Across40 A gambler or no longer having the bugBETTER6Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across40 SummitTIP3Across41 A very hard worker, the letter saidBEE3Across41 MotionlessIMMOBILE8Across42 Old hat only brought in to be re-blockedOBSOLETE8Across42

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Rough treatmentPUNISHMENT10Down1 Was said without thinking, as one leftSLIPPEDOUT10Down1 Popular game fishBASS4Down2 Fight in the yardSPAR4Down2 SheepEWE3Down2 Extinct creatureDINOSAUR8Down3 Contrariwise, is much more cleanSPOTLESS8Down3 EvokeELICIT6Down3 RobotANDROID7Down4 As a rule, the creep ordered a pintPRECEPT7Down4 ColourRED3Down4 GlobuleBEAD4Down5 Common European birdREEDBUNTING11Down5 Double over!PASTANDGONE11Down5 ConsideredDEEMED6Down6 EnlistingRECRUITING10Down6 It means you can go ahead and practise putting in the darkGREENLIGHT10Down6 DiscloseREVEAL6Down7 ErodeABRADE6Down7 Make an effort to find the ancestral lineSTRAIN6Down7 Mild mental disorderNEUROSIS8Down8 The attendants, without exception, having their wits about themALLTHERE8Down8 PostponedDELAYED7Down9 At the second attempt, ring through the news reportSTORY5Down10 FlowerBLOOM5Down10 FavouritePET3Down12 FinishedDONE4Down13 InactiveIDLE4Down16 Carrying a gun did make it bulgeDISTEND7Down16 Hawaiian instrumentUKULELE7Down16 FruitLEMON5Down17 Ardent loverROMEO5Down20 CompletelyTOTALLY7Down20 The gold rings are differentOTHER5Down20 "It keeps the light out, mum," you saySHUTTER7Down22 AtmosphereAURA4Down22 Hot dry windSIROCCO7Down22 A champion golfer and a real card!KINGOFCLUBS11Down23 MurderASSASSINATE11Down23 FeverishHECTIC6Down24 Well and happy and being taught by an excellent master?INGOODFORM10Down25 Business apparelLOUNGESUIT10Down25 BellowROAR4Down25 I most certainly will not!HAVEDOUBTS10Down26 AudaciousDARING6Down26 Not essentialEXPENDABLE10Down26 Said clearly the aim is to curb the weightENOUNCED8Down28 LeaptJUMPED6Down28 SlipperyUNCTUOUS8Down28 NourishedFED3Down30 American stateOKLAHOMA8Down31 Does its roof have a slate loose?MADHOUSE8Down31 HarassBEDEVIL7Down32 The girl and I get on with the jobMISSION7Down32 TrialTEST4Down33 Deny having once called about the gunNEGATE6Down34 AnxiousUNEASY6Down34 Saw fit to have cold water in the gardenCHOSE5Down35 StintSKIMP5Down35 BeerALE3Down36 WatchEYE3Down37 He will tip off a womanELLA4Down39 Surly youthsYOBS4Down39

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