Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 3 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 129 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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Account bookLEDGER6Across1 TranquilityPEACE5Across3 Paper garments?SLIPS5Across3 ThawMELT4Across5 RelaxedEASED5Across8 Set out to be a warm-hearted bit of sunshineARRAY5Across8 Bishop's headdressMITRE5Across8 CurveARC3Across9 Anything said to take less than a fortnightAUGHT5Across10 ExpiateATONE5Across10 RotateTURN4Across10 Determined to reverse round a bend?OUT3Across11 ElderlyAGED4Across11 Foot digitTOE3Across11 Keeps in corsetsSTAYS5Across12 DemiseDEATH5Across12 Quotation from an old treatiseEXTRACT7Across13 TerribleHORRID6Across13 SiblingBROTHER7Across13 AriseGETUP5Across15 Leads around the valleysDALES5Across15 DregsLEES4Across16 DischargeEMIT4Across18 ToddlerTOT3Across18 Strong feeling of tiredness?IRE3Across18 Priest's assistantCURATE6Across19 The chap to be leading endlessly astrayDANIEL6Across19 ConsumedATE3Across20 It can make a dramatic pictureSCENERY7Across21 WithdrawalRETREAT7Across21 Large piece of beefcakeHUNK4Across22 FixedSET3Across22 MimickedAPED4Across22 ChipNICK4Across23 TearRIP3Across23 That of a packet of paste?SIZE4Across23 Argued with a flier, indeedDEBATED7Across24 Mounted bullfighterPICADOR7Across24 RankTIER4Across24 CutCLIP4Across25 Pal upset by a boy being given a thin coatPLATED6Across26 AxillaARMPIT6Across26 CowsCATTLE6Across28 A bit of a womaniser?MAN3Across29 VigourVIM3Across29 SorceryMAGIC5Across30 Burglar Bill, mentioned by EricSIKES5Across31 SkinflintMISER5Across31 Return a first-class beer in royal possessionREGALIA7Across32 WarmthHEAT4Across32 MetropolisCAPITAL7Across32 SunbatheBASK4Across33 More pleasant, albeit cold-heartedNICER5Across34 RelativesKIN3Across34 ClawTALON5Across34 One too young to start tipplingTOT3Across35 LocatedSITED5Across35 Religious sisterNUN3Across35 Chief in rankMAJOR5Across36 RecordDISC4Across36 Cereal plantWHEAT5Across36 To shoot some of the typists would be absurdPOTTY5Across37 PostureSTANCE6Across37 Of the kidneysRENAL5Across37 Domain of the authentic monastic headREALM5Across38 PriseLEVER5Across38

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HateLOATHE6Down1 A deputy, the beast, having a snoop roundPROXY5Down1 Liquid measureLITRE5Down1 DeckDECORATE8Down2 Forename for father foxPATRICK7Down2 WorriedFRETTED7Down2 InvolveENTAIL6Down3 The French race is foreign, obviouslyLETT4Down4 UnrealisticFANTASTIC9Down4 PitcherEWER4Down4 WanderMEANDER7Down5 It's when you get what's coming to youPAYDAY6Down5 Strong cordCATGUT6Down5 AnaestheticETHER5Down6 BorderEDGE4Down6 She's so loveless, the American one!SUSAN5Down6 NeatTIDY4Down7 NoseSNOUT5Down7 A group reformed thereTHREE5Down7 EpochERA3Down8 AlsoTOO3Down9 Ruthless daily grind at a mundane line?RUT3Down9 American cityDETROIT7Down12 Sniffed at, being incensed?SCENTED7Down12 DelineatedDESCRIBED9Down14 Measure a spare partARE3Down14 SpicyHOT3Down14 MouthfulSIP3Down15 Angry girl hiding in coverLIVID5Down16 Large mammalTAPIR5Down16 Is there a certain repose about Wayne?SLEEP5Down17 FishEEL3Down17 JauntyPERKY5Down17 WrongMISTAKEN8Down19 Person with fancy ideasDREAMER7Down19 Mobile homeCARAVAN7Down19 Where food's concerned, they take a lot of lickingCHOPS5Down20 PointAIM3Down20 WomanMADAM5Down20 Such a preview will give informationSNEAK5Down21 UnpredictableERRATIC7Down21 Paper quantitiesREAMS5Down21 Treason, maybe, in politicsSENATOR7Down23 CandidateNOMINEE7Down23 CorsairPIRATE6Down24 Lust of a person with passionDESIRE6Down24 PlungeDIP3Down25 Small attachment, possibly pricyTAG3Down25 ParcelPACKET6Down26 Wrong colour for Cilla?LILAC5Down27 CorrectRIGHT5Down27 SittingSEANCE6Down27 Flower partPETAL5Down28 Voice, possibly a bit stentorian?TENOR5Down28 HutSHED4Down29 WaterwayCANAL5Down30 GatherMASS4Down30 Gambler's favourite girl?KITTY5Down30 RotterCAD3Down31 The truth about CaponeREAL4Down32 ManageCOPE4Down32 A good deal escaped destruction in the BibleLOT3Down33 Large caskTUN3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 3, 2026. 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.