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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
AspersionSLUR4Across1 DroopSAG3Across4 ThrowCAST4Across6 PossessOWN3Across9 Is patronising with the pilot one’s helping to land?TALKSDOWN9Across9 Continue steadfastlyPERSEVERE9Across9 TimetableSCHEDULE8Across10 Put in an order, as plannedARRANGED8Across10 EasternORIENTAL8Across10 MaskVEIL4Across11 With nothing in it, a bagNAIL4Across12 Charged particlesIONS4Across12 Very little work required to propel oneself through the waterSTROKE6Across13 UniverseCOSMOS6Across13 Gains more favour as it becomes ever biggerGROWSON7Across14 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across14 NothingNIL3Across14 SolitudeISOLATION9Across15 On buying such chickens, do you get a cooker thrown in?FREERANGE9Across15 ShortBRIEF5Across16 Anyhow, he’s not given the trophy there and thenONTHESPOT9Across17 Cared for one’s handsMANICURED9Across17 Definitely decide to settle your differences?RESOLVE7Across18 ContradictGAINSAY7Across18 DiligentSTUDIOUS8Across19 Happen to be starting on a new dietBETIDE6Across20 Commonwealth countryCANADA6Across20 Blood vesselVEIN4Across21 GroupBUNCH5Across21 An accelerator pressed with the heelSPUR4Across21 CadgeSCROUNGE8Across23 Besides, a bigger ferry would take itMOREOVER8Across24 Musical instrumentCLARINET8Across24 LateTARDY5Across24 Getting too hot doing the houseworkCHARRING8Across26 Civic dignitaryMAYORESS8Across26 CroneHAG3Across27 Play the drunk in the filmREEL4Across28 MetalIRON4Across28 ConveyIMPART6Across29 For the rogue, the end will be nighIMPEND6Across29 RealmKINGDOM7Across31 RiseSOAR4Across31 Spurt from the sauce bottleCATCHUP7Across31 AspirationAMBITION8Across33 Covering the point as he rewrites the articleSHEATHING9Across34 Mountain rangeHIMALAYAS9Across34 PoseSIT3Across34 DependRELY4Across35 FastenTIE3Across36 US stateLOUISIANA9Across36 What the osteopath is laughing at?FUNNYBONE9Across36 InterBURY4Across37 Loss of memoryAMNESIA7Across38 First, force to cover for and that’s wrongMISTAKE7Across38 RescindREVOKE6Across39 Deduce from the fish caughtGATHER6Across39 Public schoolETON4Across40 It’s not raining? Good!FINE4Across40 Was jabbed by a pin left lying carelessly about?FELTPAIN8Across41 Look likeRESEMBLE8Across41 Wake, interrupting one’s sleep, and checkRESTRAINT9Across42 QuaveringTREMULOUS9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RebellionUPRISING8Down1 Allow to representSTANDFOR8Down1 Without delay, informallyPRONTO6Down2 Fish I am brought in to identifyPLAICE6Down2 DearthLACK4Down2 FiercenessFEROCITY8Down3 Keep on manoeuvring, once one has backed inCONTINUE8Down3 StaggerREEL4Down3 FakeSPURIOUS8Down4 MarinerSEAMAN6Down4 Turn over againENCORE6Down4 ValleyGLEN4Down5 VikingNORSEMAN8Down5 Gets on - or pretends toMAKESOUT8Down5 LidCOVER5Down6 StrandedHIGHANDDRY10Down6 Plan that came to you when lit up?BRIGHTIDEA10Down6 WonderAWE3Down7 ImpreciseINEXACT7Down7 Was curious about the work and foolishly nosed aboutSNOOPED7Down7 Game birdSNIPE5Down8 FireworkBANGER6Down8 Relents when you allow to have a drinkLETSUP6Down8 Isn’t prepared for the roundabout aheadINSTORE7Down11 SoothingANODYNE7Down11 PossessionASSET5Down12 PurchaserBUYER5Down13 Pen pointNIB3Down14 MealLUNCH5Down15 RidiculousABSURD6Down16 Wave from the person playing diceROLLER6Down16 SillyINANE5Down17 LobbyFOYER5Down18 Support from the bankSHORE5Down19 Eskimo houseIGLOO5Down19 Baby's bedCOT3Down20 ClamberSCRAMBLE8Down20 Decoration for the cakeBAR3Down20 RelievedEASED5Down22 PigHOG3Down22 In an emergency situation, stealPINCH5Down22 A fairly unimportant river runs through itPRETTY6Down23 Dried plumsPRUNES6Down23 One who’s out for blood, on the pitch?VAMPIREBAT10Down25 Weakly sentimentalNAMBYPAMBY10Down25 Got upAROSE5Down25 SoiledDIRTY5Down26 EncounteredMET3Down26 Keyring with a key on it in the shape of a fishCOD3Down26 RoadHIGHWAY7Down27 Suppose it to be the superstructure, myselfPRESUME7Down27 WalkGAIT4Down28 StumpSTUB4Down29 BitterSOUR4Down30 MiscellaneousASSORTED8Down30 Both promising and charmingENGAGING8Down30 Finger jointsKNUCKLES8Down31 To put it in a nutshell, study, stupid!CONDENSE8Down31 Gives you ten, to put out in the cupboardPRESENTS8Down32 SickenAIL3Down32 StinginessMEANNESS8Down32 For star, performing has its difficultiesSTRAITS7Down33 SpectaclesGLASSES7Down33 RepairedMENDED6Down35 I see a struggle right to the end, though less arduousEASIER6Down35 A tense “You’ve got it coming to you!”FUTURE6Down36 FrivolityLEVITY6Down36 Start on the equipment I installedORIGIN6Down37 WriterAUTHOR6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 31, 2019. 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.