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Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
Late mealSUPPER6Across1 BegAPPEAL6Across1 Work desultorily in ceramics?POTTER6Across1 SoftGENTLE6Across5 StretchELONGATE8Across7 One burning to start shooting?OPENFIRE8Across7 Funny sort of fence!HAHA4Across8 Slightly wetDAMP4Across8 ClearLUCID5Across9 Twisted by a twin boyTWINED6Across10 Trouser supportersBRACES6Across10 VaultCELLAR6Across10 From whom a Spaniard will accept £1?JULIAN6Across11 IndicateDENOTE6Across11 HiddenVEILED6Across11 NumberSEVEN5Across12 A very high limit!SKY3Across14 KnifeSTAB4Across14 WagWIT3Across14 Doomed person, informallyGONER5Across16 Slopes specially for pramsRAMPS5Across16 LairDEN3Across17 Not so much of it!LESS4Across17 EarthLAND4Across17 LakeMERE4Across18 In terrible dread, showed courageDARED5Across19 AnteroomFOYER5Across19 WearyTIRED5Across20 Was this king half-way Anglo Saxon?MIDAS5Across21 Beam of lightLASER5Across21 HelpedAIDED5Across22 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across22 There's simply too much beyond itLIMIT5Across22 Machine used by learners on the motorwayMILL4Across23 DeityGODDESS7Across23 The twoBOTH4Across23 WorthVALUE5Across24 Kid Mr Gore, that's all!TOTAL5Across26 PunitivePENAL5Across26 GiantTITAN5Across26 Favouring a loud choral pieceFOR3Across28 SpiritRUM3Across28 When I'm gone, perhaps, you can make a nameIMOGEN6Across29 DashELAN4Across29 ProverbsADAGES6Across29 JauntOUTING6Across30 It's a conductor's place to show dislike for the pianoPODIUM6Across30 SkillART3Across30 Animal skinPELT4Across31 In historic times, a wandering sageAGES4Across31 HaughtyARROGANT8Across32 It's our kindness that makes us what we areHUMANITY8Across32 ReignRULE4Across32 BeliefCREED5Across33 The degree to which one can give a divorced spouse shelterEXTENT6Across33 Run agroundSTRAND6Across33 StrengthVIGOUR6Across35 CleansedPURGED6Across36 SwiftRAPID5Across37 Farm birdTURKEY6Across38 Insolvent personDEBTOR6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConfrontACCOST6Down1 EmblemSYMBOL6Down1 Killer in ShakespearePISTOL6Down1 The gratitude of a star named TomTHANKS6Down2 EquablePLACID6Down2 ColumnPILLAR6Down2 Rode noisily one wayROAD4Down3 AgentsREPS4Down3 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down3 Certain there's terrible sin about, takes precautionsINSURES7Down4 Whole numberINTEGER7Down4 EnticedLURED5Down4 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Down5 DonatedGIVEN5Down5 A more than crotchety note!MINIM5Down5 ParadiseEDEN4Down6 Being seedy, it's better to be full of them!BEANS5Down6 Underground drainSEWER5Down6 SpokeTALKED6Down7 FurnishedENDUED6Down8 DaybreakDAWN4Down8 It's heard repeatedly in suspicious circumstancesHISS4Down8 EncounteredMET3Down9 At the end of the day, he gives a cryHEY3Down9 Chap left at the end of the roadLAD3Down12 And notNOR3Down12 When the wrong pair's obviously not right!APRIL5Down13 GreeneryVERDURE7Down13 EnticeTEMPT5Down13 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down15 Send dotty Dora round with half of it!RADIO5Down15 Of tidesTIDAL5Down15 StartedBEGUN5Down16 SkinflintMISER5Down18 GreenflyAPHID5Down18 Not seaside place, but it has its saltsEPSOM5Down18 Barely visible Roman numeralsDIM3Down19 KinglyREGAL5Down19 CrazeFAD3Down19 A much less than ingratiating characterRAT3Down20 NeverthelessYET3Down20 In London, a very short distance to the eastern extremityMILEEND7Down21 AncestryLINEAGE7Down21 RabbitDOE3Down21 SerpentASP3Down22 If not in prison, he's in the villageLAG3Down22 SackBAG3Down22 Head male servantBUTLER6Down23 Being humble is unexceptionalMODEST6Down23 Leave outOMIT4Down24 MaterialVELVET6Down24 She embraces a pupilIRIS4Down24 BiggerLARGER6Down25 Complain when lent out for the morningLAMENT6Down25 EmbracedHUGGED6Down25 But not too mean to get drunk?TIGHT5Down26 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down26 LumpNUGGET6Down27 In the army, he can play around with a medalTOMMY5Down27 LingerTARRY5Down27 RegretRUE3Down28 GuideLEADER6Down28 In difficult weather, go back for a fresh startFOG3Down28 Dad's half year tax?PAYE4Down30 ChoosesOPTS4Down30 DressARRAY5Down30 LukewarmTEPID5Down31 RemedyCURE4Down33 DandyDUDE4Down34

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