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Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 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#
HelpASSIST6Across1 Before all othersFIRST5Across3 Prison officer with his own driver?SCREW5Across3 CollisionIMPACT6Across5 To put back or addTOTUP5Across8 Set-toFIGHT5Across8 FragranceAROMA5Across9 WeirdEERIE5Across10 Where once was wet and watery government, in FranceVICHY5Across10 EmbraceCUDDLE6Across10 OceanSEA3Across11 PestPLAGUE6Across11 Teacher's letter to the Inland RevenueSIR3Across11 BirdEAGLE5Across12 Considered to tread unwarily?RATED5Across12 SummariseRECAP5Across12 IntricateCOMPLEX7Across13 Wherein there's little accommodation for the driverMINICAB7Across13 FrozenICED4Across14 Quantities of paperREAMS5Across15 Not even arranged right!NEVER5Across15 ParchedDRY3Across17 LakeMERE4Across18 DramTOT3Across18 A leading spinnerTOP3Across18 PicturesqueSCENIC6Across19 Walk a short way, then take a busSTRIDE6Across19 BoatCANOE5Across20 EnchantBEWITCH7Across21 They're crazy to get mixed up in a scamMANIACS7Across21 It's only a small part of EnglandOXON4Across22 FinishedOVER4Across22 VentilatedAIRED5Across22 TabletPILL4Across23 SkillPROWESS7Across23 She gets Annie no end upset!NINA4Across23 AfraidFEARFUL7Across24 CutSEVER5Across24 In dread, perhaps, and simply exhaustedDRAINED7Across24 DangerPERIL5Across26 When sour, the subject of pretenceGRAPES6Across26 ToleratesABIDES6Across26 Bend in a London streetBOW3Across29 FriendPAL3Across29 TrampledTROD4Across29 Girl'sHER3Across30 HostelHOTEL5Across31 Full of calories, it can make you spry around mid-JanuarySYRUP5Across31 Nominally half the number on a tramBERTRAM7Across32 MatrimonyWEDLOCK7Across32 SpeedRATE4Across32 HellHADES5Across33 Heavy books, most being possibly about the earthTOMES5Across34 CherootCIGAR5Across34 Sturdy timber is good to have around oneOAK3Across35 SpoilMAR3Across35 ReviserEDITOR6Across35 In short, convenienceGENTS5Across36 Inert gasARGON5Across36 SpotNOTICE6Across36 He'll admit to being the proprietorOWNER5Across37 FlatLEVEL5Across37 Gardening toolsRAKES5Across37 Long period at the middle of the monthYEARN5Across38 High-pitched barksYELPS5Across38 PulledTUGGED6Across38 JammedWEDGED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BuffaloBISON5Down1 Is she terribly sore about being single?ROSIE5Down1 PolarARCTIC6Down1 Book divisionCHAPTER7Down2 Moralist's wordy joke about a girlPURITAN7Down2 SoakedSODDEN6Down2 AuctionSALE4Down3 Mountain goatIBEX4Down4 Water creature caught in a small boatCRAB4Down4 TrampleTREAD5Down4 QuestSEARCH6Down5 InsinuateIMPLY5Down5 Key openings in equestrianismEVENTS6Down5 MasculineMALE4Down6 TentTEPEE5Down6 An extra redhead, broader in the beamWIDER5Down6 FishermanANGLER6Down7 City in FloridaMIAMI5Down7 What the horse did when one was thrown?SHIED5Down7 PouredTEEMED6Down8 JewelGEM3Down9 Preserve in gelatineTIN3Down9 Goes to bedRETIRES7Down12 Crossed swords!RAPIERS7Down12 SnarledGROWLED7Down13 Is he in prison for the century ahead?CON3Down14 Not highLOW3Down14 CavortCAPER5Down15 Very clear figuresVIVID5Down16 Blacksmith's blockANVIL5Down16 DruggedDOPED5Down16 Break early in a raceRELAY5Down17 ChideSCOLD5Down17 SkinflintMISER5Down18 SendREMIT5Down19 Writers who use clever cribs two waysSCRIBES7Down19 Depart in hasteSCARPER7Down19 Chinese societies grasping tools?TONGS5Down20 JinxJONAH5Down20 StrayERR3Down21 Moral degeneration rooted in one's personMOLAR5Down21 Be suitableBEFIT5Down21 SerpentASP3Down22 Railway coachPULLMAN7Down23 Original conurbation of Milton Keynes, for instanceNEWTOWN7Down23 Oust a silly dope with some easeDEPOSE6Down24 Of catsFELINE6Down24 ThoroughfareSTREET6Down24 Has it no right to be negative?NOR3Down25 CrazeFAD3Down25 ElectionVOTING6Down25 RantingRAVING6Down27 Cup in which to follow a dry cocktail with a half of beerRYDER5Down27 CommitteeBOARD5Down27 MythLEGEND6Down28 A filling sort of pastePUTTY5Down28 LureDECOY5Down28 RushedHARED5Down30 Constructor-driver?MAKER5Down30 Threaded fastenerSCREW5Down30 RenovateRENEW5Down31 Stinging insectWASP4Down32 It's alcoholic, so better leave out the teetotallerBEER4Down32 Hastened, like one getting out of the rainRAN3Down33 TreeOAK3Down33 ApertureHOLE4Down33 OnlySOLE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 30, 2022. 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.