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Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2021 answers. The Monday 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#
ScantySKIMPY6Across1 SedateSTAID5Across3 In time, is famed for freshness!DAISY5Across3 VisitCALL4Across5 VisionDREAM5Across8 Stories of a bit of gallantry in the SASSAGAS5Across8 YieldsCEDES5Across8 OddRUM3Across9 Such temperatures are cold to bearPOLAR5Across10 ThreesomeTRIO4Across10 UmbilicusNAVEL5Across10 Talk, gasping noiselessly!GAS3Across11 DangerRISK4Across11 TupRAM3Across11 A catastrophe of oldFLOOD5Across12 FadedPALED5Across12 Arm jointWRIST5Across12 Wool fatLANOLIN7Across13 Regularly said to be chivalrous?NIGHTLY7Across13 MaterialFABRIC6Across13 FlowerTULIP5Across15 Headgear with a twisted spikeKEPIS5Across15 DrugsDOPE4Across16 PinchNIP3Across18 Could this six-footer be an egghead?BEE3Across18 EmployedUSED4Across18 Where little Lizzie was taken in by "18 Across"BELIZE6Across19 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across19 BeerALE3Across20 A business worryCONCERN7Across21 ExactLITERAL7Across21 Of the earOTIC4Across22 Classic hero of Dutch soccer?AJAX4Across22 TrapGIN3Across22 CedarTREE4Across23 Learn to cut breadREAD4Across23 LimbLEG3Across23 SavePUTAWAY7Across24 A piece of flying equipment, naturallyFEATHER7Across24 JettyPIER4Across24 DetailITEM4Across25 Poles were in debt due to what the weather didSNOWED6Across26 EvokeELICIT6Across26 AudaciousDARING6Across28 A leading spinnerTOP3Across29 SphereORB3Across29 FragmentSCRAP5Across30 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across31 At the piano, he may sound a bit monotonousTUNER5Across31 Where the air is disturbed by a wild galeALGERIA7Across32 SchemePLOT4Across32 HorizonSKYLINE7Across32 AcidTART4Across33 A rambler came upAROSE5Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 US stateMAINE5Across34 Head that may be turnedNUT3Across35 AgueFEVER5Across35 NumberONE3Across35 Length of a lime tree!METRE5Across36 PeruseREAD4Across36 CalmQUIET5Across36 It's hard to be both a saint and a slippery customerSTEEL5Across37 PressedIRONED6Across37 CollierMINER5Across37 Remove a narrow pieceSTRIP5Across38 OozesSEEPS5Across38

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FightingSTRIFE6Down1 Mac gives Joe a hiding and that's charming!MAGIC5Down1 WildFERAL5Down1 StillIMMOBILE8Down2 It's for minor financial holdingsCASHBOX7Down2 FiendishDEMONIC7Down2 FoulPUTRID6Down3 Collaborator with McCoist?ALLY4Down4 WidenedBROADENED9Down4 Aquatic birdTERN4Down4 CautiousCAREFUL7Down5 Said to push in opposite directionsSPOKEN6Down5 ImplantINSTIL6Down5 FactDATUM5Down6 BetweenAMID4Down6 Sing in ye old style?YODEL5Down6 EnjoyLIKE4Down7 StartBEGIN5Down7 Spain's historic beard singeing centreCADIZ5Down7 ImmerseDIP3Down8 Karate expertDAN3Down9 SilencerGAG3Down9 Spotted a naughty elf coming to a wicked endFLECKED7Down12 DemolishWIPEOUT7Down12 IlluminatedLIT3Down14 RuminatedCOGITATED9Down14 A Roman cross?TEN3Down14 FixPEG3Down15 TruckLORRY5Down16 As a musician, is he a good cake decorator?PIPER5Down16 Tennis stars involved in broadcastingSEEDS5Down17 MinePIT3Down17 Card gamePOKER5Down17 RebellionSEDITION8Down19 Japanese entertainmentKARAOKE7Down19 Like glass, perhaps, but you can eat itBRITTLE7Down19 In parts of Australia, a legendary characterFAUST5Down20 ObjectiveAIM3Down20 AnteroomFOYER5Down20 BoundaryLIMIT5Down21 BuiltERECTED7Down21 Churchman's official listCANON5Down21 NewspaperTABLOID7Down23 Is sorry to be confined in the reservesREPENTS7Down23 CorsairPIRATE6Down24 Animal giving a growl during certain measuresFERRET6Down24 Greedy fellow's house at GatesheadHOG3Down25 Drily humorousWRY3Down25 AffairMATTER6Down26 TalliedAGREED6Down27 Figures depicted artfully cavorting in the dunes?NUDES5Down27 Stand-in doctorLOCUM5Down27 Gets worn out distributing waresWEARS5Down28 ArrivesCOMES5Down28 BoxSPAR4Down29 Prepare to prayKNEEL5Down30 Anglers welcome them, but not from insectsBITES5Down30 SetteeSOFA4Down30 EqualityPAR3Down31 BreakSNAP4Down32 Wine tasting featureASTI4Down32 The way on from RouenRUE3Down33 TavernINN3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 3, 2021. 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.