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Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2018 answers. The Thursday 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#
FrenchGALLIC6Across1 DetectiveSLEUTH6Across4 He went inventively ahead as a physicistNEWTON6Across4 OpposeRESIST6Across5 PunishDEALWITH8Across7 Rare show animal?WARHORSE8Across7 The businesslike plan of a woman embracing a generalAGENDA6Across8 SeparationDIVISION8Across8 Non-transparentOPAQUE6Across8 ParchedARID4Across9 School of love in the wild westSTOWE5Across10 SeverCUT3Across10 FrequentlyOFTEN5Across10 NakedBARED5Across12 Discontinue giving a doctor workDROP4Across13 Metal moneyCOIN4Across13 RowTIER4Across14 It's a good sign when Henry gets a duck!HALO4Across14 CarryTOTE4Across15 Home is where the eggs areNEST4Across15 InsectBEE3Across15 Being a lout means nothing to a fatheadOAF3Across16 Hardly anyFEW3Across16 An end-of-term mark to handicap one seriouslyMAIM4Across17 PrecipitationRAIN4Across17 BeerALE3Across17 EpochERA3Across18 Old Bob had to sing about this countryside featureHILL4Across19 Puzzle-solving aidCLUE4Across19 AbradeRUB3Across19 DismayAPPAL5Across20 Arrived during the tea break for a drinkTABLEWINE9Across21 An intermediaryGOBETWEEN9Across21 MeadowLEA3Across21 ResinLAC3Across22 Containers used at two points?BINS4Across23 VigourVIM3Across23 Cat noisePURR4Across23 Romantic flowerROSE4Across24 BeforeERE3Across24 Food hashed up at the American centreRICE4Across24 FenceHEDGE5Across26 Shade of brownTAN3Across26 Rest of the gameNAP3Across26 Just one soldier's outfit?UNIT4Across27 Musical instrumentOBOE4Across27 HackCHOP4Across29 The sound of favourite music round the cornerPLOP4Across29 StillYET3Across29 Revolutionary, but without much dash?TROT4Across32 HaleHAUL4Across32 Keep the Italian away from Estoril somehow!STORE5Across33 ExpectantAGOG4Across33 Steering deviceWHEEL5Across33 Thora Hird's parts?THIRDS6Across34 ExampleINSTANCE8Across34 Brings upBREEDS6Across34 Dynamic, exciting, possibly shocking?ELECTRIC8Across35 PlacidSERENE6Across35 RenegadeTURNCOAT8Across35 Best suitTRUMPS6Across36 Wise personORACLE6Across36 ChangesALTERS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FoolIDIOT5Down1 Half of us want to be smartSWISH5Down1 SquanderWASTE5Down2 GoodbyeADIEU5Down2 How Dolores starts to show excessive enthusiasmDROOL5Down2 Move quickly to central Harlesden with a girlHOPE4Down3 DenLAIR4Down3 WaterfowlSWAN4Down3 Earns the opportunity to make approachesNEARS5Down4 PorcelainCHINA5Down4 To dartSHOOT5Down4 Cry a little, softlyWEEP4Down5 ScopeRANGE5Down5 Style and vigourELAN4Down5 A tough time struggling to reload?ORDEAL6Down6 BridgeSPAN4Down6 HairpieceTOUPEE6Down6 MaliceSPITE5Down7 Try and maybe hit a century in old-fashioned styleGOTHIC6Down9 BitsPIECES6Down9 ArcCURVE5Down10 It's a bit matey to raise one's hatTAM3Down11 ListTABLE5Down11 FlipperFIN3Down11 Lady from a western stateWOMAN5Down12 MistakeERROR5Down12 ShoreBEACH5Down12 Tim Reed's foolish faultDEMERIT7Down13 SwiftRAPID5Down13 RegulateCONTROL7Down13 DigDELVE5Down14 Zero raised in cashNIL3Down15 Drawn matchTIE3Down15 MildBALMY5Down15 PreciseEXACT5Down16 A Tyrolean name?OLE3Down16 MerrimentFUN3Down16 It's so ridiculous there's a theatre of it!ABSURD6Down18 OverseasABROAD6Down18 Clumsy in disturbing a petINEPT5Down20 BloodsuckerLEECH5Down20 It's helpful (especially in cash?)TIP3Down21 WeaponGUN3Down21 With breathless humour!WIT3Down22 GriefWOE3Down22 Guard's roundPATROL6Down23 Swimmer out of breath?BATHER6Down23 RascalROGUE5Down25 High point that turns up in rotationTOR3Down25 EnemyFOE3Down25 BanishEXILE5Down27 Bursts, breaksBUSTS5Down28 Snoops, possibly during lessonsNOSES5Down28 ZestGUSTO5Down28 Wading birdHERON5Down30 OutdoEXCEL5Down30 Where, in France, one appears in a dramatic partLOIRE5Down30 Dwarf planetPLUTO5Down31 FeverAGUE4Down31 Write at half pace for low pay!PENCE5Down31 This placeHERE4Down32 A haircut to excite endless mirth?TRIM4Down32 LegendSAGA4Down32 A right or left one?SOCK4Down33 DesireWANT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 3, 2018. 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.