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Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
ConfessADMIT5Across3 MonotonyTEDIUM6Across4 If you want something to eat, cry out for a stewed eel!CELERY6Across4 Where, in Canada, a boatman can get out of lineMANITOBA8Across7 Draw near toAPPROACH8Across7 Within a fashionable teamINSIDE6Across8 SomewhatRATHER6Across8 FoldCREASE6Across9 TalonsCLAWS5Across10 ScampRASCAL6Across10 Locks attached here but clasp brokenSCALP5Across10 EarlierPRIOR5Across11 EmployerUSER4Across12 Go along and get a little drink outright!TROT4Across13 LakeMERE4Across13 AuraHALO4Across14 It can be worn with a worried air by a school headSARI4Across14 A word of sympathy for the penuriousPOOR4Across15 ConsiderDEEM4Across15 CheatDUPE4Across15 She gets in shape graduallyPEG3Across16 Hardly anyFEW3Across16 It's a setback when a trainee has to bow outBLOW4Across17 TrustBELIEVE7Across17 Female servantMAID4Across17 Many intend to do physical harmMAIM4Across19 UnlockOPEN4Across19 AttemptTRY3Across20 At the seaside, professional men get some strange ideasPROMENADE9Across21 DecorationGARNITURE9Across21 BoredomENNUI5Across21 FishTUNA4Across23 Physical education instead of foodPEAS4Across23 WickedEVIL4Across23 Part of a petrol engineROLE4Across24 HealCURE4Across24 GratingGRID4Across25 That manHIM3Across26 Bobby viewed in telescopeCOP3Across26 Underwater explorerDIVER5Across26 Vehicle guided to the bus terminusSLED4Across27 BoastBRAG4Across27 ColourRED3Across28 Support for coppersPROP4Across29 Slight quarrelSPAT4Across29 ProtectionDEFENCE7Across30 Lifeless? Precisely!DEAD4Across32 Watch faceDIAL4Across32 Stop running, thus waste timeSTALL5Across33 EmploymentUSAGE5Across33 CheeseEDAM4Across33 Wrong about a girlREMISS6Across34 KidnapABDUCT6Across34 Gone astray, alas, at a great place for bawdinessSALACITY8Across35 HindersINHIBITS8Across35 ActDEED4Across35 Small caveGROTTO6Across36 A mixture of mural workSTUCCO6Across36 OutcomingDEBUT5Across36 DogCOLLIE6Across38 MessMUDDLE6Across39 VerdantGREEN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CaptureCATCH5Down1 Unsuitable to be a friend to saints?AMISS5Down1 ScourSCRUB5Down1 DismayAPPAL5Down2 Such hi-fi would have been right for an old PeruvianINCAR5Down2 FlatLEVEL5Down2 To flingTOSS4Down3 Stay there and you won't miss the bus!STOP4Down3 SerpentASP3Down3 NumberTHREE5Down4 ObtainDERIVE6Down4 Where a business house holds the means of inflationCAIRO5Down4 PressIRON4Down5 AppointmentDATE4Down5 Latest model of something down to earthLAST4Down5 SailorTAR3Down6 IrregularUNEVEN6Down6 Get back from uncle's, perhapsREDEEM6Down6 ObserverSCOUT5Down7 PassageALLEY5Down8 Protective suitARMOUR6Down9 Two men are standardNORMAL6Down9 CircuitLAP3Down11 Is his rottenness a bit academic?CAD3Down11 Scales requiring a degree of calibrationLIBRA5Down12 Adult femaleWOMAN5Down12 CutSEVERED7Down13 Rose high to the west, where the deer roamTOWERED7Down13 Health-checkMEDICAL7Down13 InflexibleRIGID5Down14 Pilot officer Muirhead's dog?POM3Down15 RacketDIN3Down15 It's soft, that is, with a crustPIE3Down16 YieldPRODUCE7Down16 ChargeFEE3Down16 FinishedENDED5Down18 So less casualties?LOSSES6Down18 Foreign languageARABIC6Down18 PullTUG3Down19 Taped in expert styleADEPT5Down20 IronPRESS5Down20 GlueGUM3Down21 Ripe pears can give energyPEP3Down21 TowboatTUG3Down22 Agreement number 500NOD3Down22 IrritatedIRKED5Down22 Sawn woodTIMBER6Down23 Strong central supports for a shelterPOTENT6Down23 CoverLID3Down24 A sackBAG3Down25 Coldest part of the mountains?COL3Down25 RenewRESUME6Down27 Ensnare a girl with loveLASSO5Down28 AttainREACH5Down28 ProportionRATIO5Down28 LoiterDALLY5Down29 Paved areaPATIO5Down30 A drip is bad, so you need to be quickRAPID5Down30 PoorNEEDY5Down31 AbruptTERSE5Down31 Dramatic possibility of palsyPLAYS5Down31 Composition for twoDUET4Down32 BorderedEDGED5Down32 Compact record?DISC4Down32 Kitchen sink drama?SOAP4Down33 Single entityUNIT4Down33 AleBEER4Down34 DelveDIG3Down36 CaskTUN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. 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.