Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2023 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 3 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Confess53 AcrossReveal answer → Monotony64 AcrossReveal answer → If you want something to eat, cry out for a stewed eel!64 AcrossReveal answer → Where, in Canada, a boatman can get out of line87 AcrossReveal answer → Draw near to87 AcrossReveal answer → Within a fashionable team68 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat68 AcrossReveal answer → Fold69 AcrossReveal answer → Talons510 AcrossReveal answer → Scamp610 AcrossReveal answer → Locks attached here but clasp broken510 AcrossReveal answer → Earlier511 AcrossReveal answer → Employer412 AcrossReveal answer → Go along and get a little drink outright!413 AcrossReveal answer → Lake413 AcrossReveal answer → Aura414 AcrossReveal answer → It can be worn with a worried air by a school head414 AcrossReveal answer → A word of sympathy for the penurious415 AcrossReveal answer → Consider415 AcrossReveal answer → Cheat415 AcrossReveal answer → She gets in shape gradually316 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly any316 AcrossReveal answer → It's a setback when a trainee has to bow out417 AcrossReveal answer → Trust717 AcrossReveal answer → Female servant417 AcrossReveal answer → Many intend to do physical harm419 AcrossReveal answer → Unlock419 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt320 AcrossReveal answer → At the seaside, professional men get some strange ideas921 AcrossReveal answer → Decoration921 AcrossReveal answer → Boredom521 AcrossReveal answer → Fish423 AcrossReveal answer → Physical education instead of food423 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked423 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a petrol engine424 AcrossReveal answer → Heal424 AcrossReveal answer → Grating425 AcrossReveal answer → That man326 AcrossReveal answer → Bobby viewed in telescope326 AcrossReveal answer → Underwater explorer526 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle guided to the bus terminus427 AcrossReveal answer → Boast427 AcrossReveal answer → Colour328 AcrossReveal answer → Support for coppers429 AcrossReveal answer → Slight quarrel429 AcrossReveal answer → Protection730 AcrossReveal answer → Lifeless? Precisely!432 AcrossReveal answer → Watch face432 AcrossReveal answer → Stop running, thus waste time533 AcrossReveal answer → Employment533 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese433 AcrossReveal answer → Wrong about a girl634 AcrossReveal answer → Kidnap634 AcrossReveal answer → Gone astray, alas, at a great place for bawdiness835 AcrossReveal answer → Hinders835 AcrossReveal answer → Act435 AcrossReveal answer → Small cave636 AcrossReveal answer → A mixture of mural work636 AcrossReveal answer → Outcoming536 AcrossReveal answer → Dog638 AcrossReveal answer → Mess639 AcrossReveal answer → Verdant540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Capture51 DownReveal answer → Unsuitable to be a friend to saints?51 DownReveal answer → Scour51 DownReveal answer → Dismay52 DownReveal answer → Such hi-fi would have been right for an old Peruvian52 DownReveal answer → Flat52 DownReveal answer → To fling43 DownReveal answer → Stay there and you won't miss the bus!43 DownReveal answer → Serpent33 DownReveal answer → Number54 DownReveal answer → Obtain64 DownReveal answer → Where a business house holds the means of inflation54 DownReveal answer → Press45 DownReveal answer → Appointment45 DownReveal answer → Latest model of something down to earth45 DownReveal answer → Sailor36 DownReveal answer → Irregular66 DownReveal answer → Get back from uncle's, perhaps66 DownReveal answer → Observer57 DownReveal answer → Passage58 DownReveal answer → Protective suit69 DownReveal answer → Two men are standard69 DownReveal answer → Circuit311 DownReveal answer → Is his rottenness a bit academic?311 DownReveal answer → Scales requiring a degree of calibration512 DownReveal answer → Adult female512 DownReveal answer → Cut713 DownReveal answer → Rose high to the west, where the deer roam713 DownReveal answer → Health-check713 DownReveal answer → Inflexible514 DownReveal answer → Pilot officer Muirhead's dog?315 DownReveal answer → Racket315 DownReveal answer → It's soft, that is, with a crust316 DownReveal answer → Yield716 DownReveal answer → Charge316 DownReveal answer → Finished518 DownReveal answer → So less casualties?618 DownReveal answer → Foreign language618 DownReveal answer → Pull319 DownReveal answer → Taped in expert style520 DownReveal answer → Iron520 DownReveal answer → Glue321 DownReveal answer → Ripe pears can give energy321 DownReveal answer → Towboat322 DownReveal answer → Agreement number 500322 DownReveal answer → Irritated522 DownReveal answer → Sawn wood623 DownReveal answer → Strong central supports for a shelter623 DownReveal answer → Cover324 DownReveal answer → A sack325 DownReveal answer → Coldest part of the mountains?325 DownReveal answer → Renew627 DownReveal answer → Ensnare a girl with love528 DownReveal answer → Attain528 DownReveal answer → Proportion528 DownReveal answer → Loiter529 DownReveal answer → Paved area530 DownReveal answer → A drip is bad, so you need to be quick530 DownReveal answer → Poor531 DownReveal answer → Abrupt531 DownReveal answer → Dramatic possibility of palsy531 DownReveal answer → Composition for two432 DownReveal answer → Bordered532 DownReveal answer → Compact record?432 DownReveal answer → Kitchen sink drama?433 DownReveal answer → Single entity433 DownReveal answer → Ale434 DownReveal answer → Delve336 DownReveal answer → Cask337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.