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Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Ordered pilesSTACKS6Across1 BoastBRAG4Across1 Fool around for a quarter hour in the bathroomLOOFAH6Across1 FruitFIG3Across4 SearchSEEK4Across6 SweatPERSPIRE8Across7 Conventional piece of work, a book about the NorthORDINARY8Across7 HatefulHORRID6Across8 Henry left the buildingHALL4Across8 German manHERR4Across8 StrainWRENCH6Across9 EpochEON3Across10 In the position to plead wildly, keeping a cool headPLACED6Across10 WeekdayFRIDAY6Across10 ContinentEUROPE6Across11 With hearty Jethroe, I have to do wellTHRIVE6Across11 RigidSTIFF5Across12 Manipulate fraudulentlyRIG3Across14 It doesn't quite rate being pettedRAT3Across14 FractureBREAK5Across14 DemonFIEND5Across15 Iron, for exampleMETAL5Across16 Heavy readingTOMES5Across16 Finds the total for the drinksTOTS4Across17 Fat used in cookingSUET4Across17 InnTAVERN6Across18 Will Halley's arrive on Tuesday?COMET5Across19 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across19 SupposeASSUME6Across20 Stormed, to Edgar's distressRAGED5Across21 ConcentrateFOCUS5Across21 There's risk for the raw beginner in making a pilePERIL5Across22 Leguminous plantLUPIN5Across22 ImpetuousRASH4Across23 Dad's mid-century historyPAST4Across23 DevilDEMON5Across24 CommandORDER5Across26 UntrueFALSE5Across26 Accommodatingly provide with mealsBOARD5Across26 A fair WPC?COP3Across28 SplitBURST5Across28 CongealGEL3Across28 Awaiting deliveryUNBORN6Across29 BorderMARGIN6Across29 CraftySLY3Across30 Fuel gasBUTANE6Across30 A form of protection, that's clearPATENT6Across30 The beast would seem to claim to be tenIBEX4Across31 BurdenONUS4Across31 Hybridising a zebra with a pelican?CROSSING8Across32 CoaxCAJOLE6Across32 Card gameGINRUMMY8Across32 Smooth stuffSATEEN6Across33 Golden brownAUBURN6Across33 ScorchedSINGED6Across33 MixSTIR4Across34 MireMUD3Across35 ActionDEED4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MocksSCOFFS6Down1 Flabby and a bit wet, it clings to a rockLIMPET6Down1 PerchROOST5Down2 Squabble, reversing a car in furious extremitiesFRACAS6Down2 BeliefCREDIT6Down2 NimbleSPRY4Down3 AnimalGIRAFFE7Down3 Keep below decksHOLD4Down3 The opposite of wronged?RIGHTED7Down4 WitherFADE4Down4 PresupposesASSUMES7Down4 RobeGOWN4Down5 FulcrumPIVOT5Down5 Nominally a large figureMAXIM5Down5 WeaponSPEAR5Down6 Impressive characters?TYPES5Down6 InsurgentREBEL5Down6 UtterEXCLAIM7Down7 EmployHIRE4Down8 Wild animal that gets right into your straw, possiblyHART4Down8 Torn clothRAG3Down9 Occupied in wholesale tradeLET3Down9 PossessOWN3Down11 Tommy's tosh?ROT3Down12 DrunkardSOT3Down12 ColourRED3Down12 Exotic vines apt to bleed when cutVEINS5Down13 TreeFIR3Down13 ChessmenPAWNS5Down13 LawfulLICIT5Down15 Rationale shown in the record, I seeLOGIC5Down15 FinishEND3Down16 BarrierDAM3Down17 On line to get ahead with something Spanish?ONION5Down18 ExtremeULTRA5Down18 To buy it, must one be in credit?CAR3Down19 UnyieldingADAMANT7Down19 Dance, informallyBOP3Down19 Homely part for Mr. GibsonMEL3Down20 Play on wordsPUN3Down20 If you want compensation, put your clothes on againREDRESS7Down21 CrySOB3Down21 RagingFURIOUS7Down21 SlightedSNUBBED7Down22 LimbLEG3Down22 In favour of getting fit for personal advantagePRO3Down22 Go backRETURN6Down23 Strong temporary shelter by the riverPOTENT6Down23 ConsumeEAT3Down23 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down24 Top copy with a cross onAPEX4Down24 Took notice ofHEEDED6Down25 Artist who gave name to a birdTITIAN6Down25 FishEEL3Down25 Toughly aggressive, but with honourBUTCH5Down26 Greek letterOMEGA5Down26 ScrubSCOUR5Down27 Male beeDRONE5Down27 He's good to give a seaman half a bottleABBOT5Down27 WeaponGUN3Down28 Taxi bureau?CAB3Down28 BeanoSPREE5Down29 They're too porky to get airbornePIGS4Down30 AppearSEEM4Down30 Young malesBOYS4Down30 SparYARD4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. 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.