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Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2019 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CorrespondMATCH5Across1 EnticeSEDUCE6Across5 LampLIGHT5Across8 Advertising for the movementPROMOTION9Across9 UnconventionalIRREGULAR9Across9 Say sorryAPOLOGISE9Across10 DiscountREBATE6Across10 The device for fruit chopping, I can put into itAPPLIANCE9Across10 DistantAFAR4Across11 When a pin’s dropped in, they slither about in their cageASPS4Across12 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across12 List of businessAGENDA6Across13 Hard to understand a clergyman’s retiring in itSEVERE6Across13 ImmoderateEXTREME7Across14 LessenREDUCE6Across14 When there are revolts, calls and one’s put throughRISINGS7Across14 In future, somehow fear going in there, tremblingHEREAFTER9Across15 GiganticMAMMOTH7Across15 Found not guiltyACQUITTED9Across15 Expenses incurred due to strikes?OUTGOINGS9Across17 Tired outEXHAUSTED9Across17 What you did with the bait the day you fished?DANGLED7Across18 MarryWED3Across18 EjectedEVICTED7Across18 The new maid’s left, having been unhappyDISMAL6Across19 JourneyVOYAGE6Across19 ConsumeEAT3Across19 DaybreakDAWN4Across20 She’s not a day over thirty!JUNE4Across20 EftNEWT4Across21 Get blazing, attack and shootSETONFIRE9Across23 Period of two weeksFORTNIGHT9Across23 SatanDEVIL5Across23 PeruseREAD4Across24 He must leave here and now, to deputise forREPRESENT9Across25 FruitPINEAPPLE9Across25 Plant of the hour?RUSH4Across26 Theatrical partROLE4Across26 WillinglyGLADLY6Across27 RecordLOG3Across27 Promise to drop a pal by the borderPLEDGE6Across27 Make believePRETEND7Across29 SheepTEG3Across29 The soft-hearted find it unbearableRANCOUR7Across29 AlmsCHARITY7Across31 GainPROFIT6Across32 Not having a prayer in the Miss Elegance competition?GRACELESS9Across32 Flowering plantNARCISSUS9Across32 LongPINE4Across34 Irrepressible, I get right in among the othersRESILIENT9Across34 Manual workersLABOURERS9Across34 ImageEFFIGY6Across35 Having an unusual bent for every gameNETBALL7Across35 CounsellorADVISER7Across35 Kind, has the dope let offGENTLE6Across36 ObtuseSTUPID6Across36 ContinentASIA4Across37 Are little boys unhappy in it?BLUE4Across37 RelieveALLEVIATE9Across38 CancelANNUL5Across38 Not a hand unencumbered to take the weaponFREELANCE9Across38 Crockery itemGRAVYBOAT9Across39 In a last trip round South Africa, he committed the attackASSAILANT9Across39 ModernRECENT6Across39 WhinnyNEIGH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spattered, the cat ran for shelterSPLASHED8Down1 DeterDISSUADE8Down1 RodentGREYSQUIRREL12Down2 What singers do to find what they have in common?COMPARENOTES12Down2 ExpertACE3Down2 ImpairedBLIGHTED8Down3 Amused by how it was deflected?DIVERTED8Down3 StickyCLAMMY6Down3 TrimmedPRUNED6Down4 Are out on tip to get on well withENDEAR6Down4 StrikeHIT3Down4 AsteriskSTAR4Down5 BrutalitySAVAGERY8Down5 Getting a nervous twitch when hungryRAVENOUS8Down5 BenumbDEADEN6Down6 Is it always late when it’s lit?SPIRITLAMP10Down6 Danish capitalCOPENHAGEN10Down6 ResultEFFECT6Down7 What a job it is to make the conversions?MISSION7Down7 Map lineCONTOUR7Down7 Determined to be first in, present all wrapped upPERSISTENT10Down8 RelianceDEPENDENCE10Down8 PoliteGENTEEL7Down9 Girl from the outback?NINON5Down11 IncompetentINEPT5Down11 Not manyFEW3Down12 DiscourteousRUDE4Down13 Following after a short time, but not feeling wellAILING6Down16 MeanINTEND6Down16 SpindleAXLE4Down16 DevastationHAVOC5Down17 Animal doctorVET3Down19 A female with money, by all accountsDOE3Down19 TautenTIGHTEN7Down20 AnxietyAPPREHENSION12Down21 Acted sensibly and made sandwiches?USEDONESLOAF12Down21 FadeWILT4Down22 CakeGATEAU6Down22 Know the man is back in the dog-houseKENNEL6Down22 By a conclusive marginFARANDAWAY10Down23 A beefy Russian?STROGANOFF10Down23 MendREPAIR6Down24 The queasiness is due to the spleenILLFEELING10Down24 Warm ocean currentGULFSTREAM10Down24 SnoopPRY3Down25 There’s nothing about trapping the animalROE3Down25 SurmountingATOP4Down25 ViolateDEFILE6Down26 TrivialityTRIFLE6Down28 CalamityDISASTER8Down28 Meant to endorse the document enclosedDESIGNED8Down28 VictuallerPUBLICAN8Down29 Be more active when uneasyRESTLESS8Down29 DistasteDISTASTE8Down30 TrapGIN3Down30 Is unwilling to take any further action!RETREATS8Down30 Again, names one remembersRECALLS7Down31 LetterMISSIVE7Down31 He’s back in time to catch itARTIE5Down33 NippleTEAT4Down33 AdversaryRIVAL5Down33 Sitting roomLOUNGE6Down34 Payment demanded by the letterRENTAL6Down34 MerrimentFUN3Down36 SilenceGAG3Down37

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