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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2021 answers. The Monday 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#
InfluenceAFFECT6Across1 MeltsTHAWS5Across3 Natural cause of hard waterFROST5Across3 ApertureSLOT4Across5 UtterVOICE5Across8 Showing delicacy and charm when left in a fine messELFIN5Across8 HoodsCOWLS5Across8 TinCAN3Across9 Put pressure on more than everLEVER5Across10 JustFAIR4Across10 Wild animalHYENA5Across10 Prohibition drinking place!BAR3Across11 InclineRAMP4Across11 MeadowLEA3Across11 Been lying, on the quiet, as is obviousPLAIN5Across12 UrgedEGGED5Across12 Landed estateMANOR5Across12 ConsecratedBLESSED7Across13 He serves to denote a hairstylePAGEBOY7Across13 ShovedPUSHED6Across13 InventoriesLISTS5Across15 Dressed as one did first thing this morningGOTUP5Across15 RemainderREST4Across16 ToddlerTOT3Across18 A soldierly measure?MIL3Across18 ReviseEDIT4Across18 Her sin is to spoil a holy placeSHRINE6Across19 Pass byELAPSE6Across19 LimbLEG3Across20 Administer in a way not allowed by the policeMETEOUT7Across21 FreedomLIBERTY7Across21 Man's nameERIC4Across22 To spill a nip can hurt!PAIN4Across22 ChildTOT3Across22 RelativeAUNT4Across23 Jump and have sport on the piste, initiallySKIP4Across23 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Part of a chairARMREST7Across24 Choose a chap something sourPICKLES7Across24 PaddleWADE4Across24 DueOWED4Across25 Carnal love in a trice, perhapsEROTIC6Across26 CondescendsDEIGNS6Across26 SnuggleNESTLE6Across28 Don't starve in the attic!EAT3Across29 DozeNAP3Across29 PreventDEBAR5Across30 FlanksSIDES5Across31 Artist's right to be rude, possibly?DURER5Across31 Tough, hard-hearted couple, AmericanARDUOUS7Across32 DenLAIR4Across32 WearinessFATIGUE7Across32 WearyTIRE4Across33 Where a standard exists for gaiety?PARIS5Across34 NothingNIL3Across34 RotateTWIRL5Across34 In the theatre, it's next to the pianoPIT3Across35 AssessedRATED5Across35 DecomposeROT3Across35 A diminutive girl takes it in chargeDEBIT5Across36 StripPEEL4Across36 Theatrical entertainmentREVUE5Across36 The force behind a current movementVOLTS5Across37 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across37 BroadenWIDEN5Across37 Check the Spanish in timeDELAY5Across38 ChatterPRATE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TakeACCEPT6Down1 English saint, but foreign to Ian!ALBAN5Down1 StupidityFOLLY5Down1 EndedFINISHED8Down2 They can go to blazes!FIREMEN7Down2 StretchyELASTIC7Down2 ChestCOFFER6Down3 Count on getting a heartless replyRELY4Down4 OverlookedFORGOTTEN9Down4 ChiefHEAD4Down4 TwistedSCREWED7Down5 Not much spare?SLIGHT6Down5 EntirelyWHOLLY6Down5 CountrySYRIA5Down6 PrecedeLEAD4Down6 Figure to get some work as a singerTENOR5Down6 SortTYPE4Down7 Joins closelyKNITS5Down7 Started to live with a killerBEGUN5Down7 StriveVIE3Down8 TinyWEE3Down9 Bit of a gamble for cigaretteFAG3Down9 A Pole figures in argument or controversyPOLEMIC7Down12 Shooting starsMETEORS7Down12 WeepSOB3Down14 Set offDETONATED9Down14 Possibly rare piece to eat?BIT3Down14 GratuityTIP3Down15 NozzleSPOUT5Down16 Marks made by small creaturesTICKS5Down16 Looks like Samuel?PEEPS5Down17 BroadcastSOW3Down17 Begin workingSETTO5Down17 LengthDISTANCE8Down19 EverlastingETERNAL7Down19 The absorbing things that come up in the garden?SUCKERS7Down19 Dispersed pieces with celerity!SPEED5Down20 CircuitLAP3Down20 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down20 FuriousLIVID5Down21 WidespreadGENERAL7Down21 Start mining gold in a small wayMINOR5Down21 Pain relieverASPIRIN7Down23 One's put out of order when attackedSETUPON7Down23 SolutionANSWER6Down24 Not a good sailorPIRATE6Down24 Left a note for the boyLAD3Down25 ConsumeEAT3Down25 ProperDECENT6Down26 PillPELLET6Down27 Those of an Australian game?RULES5Down27 Sea duckEIDER5Down27 Ted's out to be pious and warmTEPID5Down28 Rise to one's feetGETUP5Down28 MistakeSLIP4Down29 ExternalOUTER5Down30 Targets someone who's never drunk in a vehicleBUTTS5Down30 DreadfulDIRE4Down30 FreeRID3Down31 WorryFRET4Down32 Character to help with heavy heartAIDA4Down32 Liquid in the boilerOIL3Down33 DeityGOD3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 31, 2021. 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.