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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2022 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 125 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#
Jordan's capitalAMMAN5Across1 Small clothes, I do declare!SWEAR5Across1 LanguageLATIN5Across3 Be defensive and pay out with a growlPARRY5Across6 PungentACRID5Across6 Meat retailerBUTCHER7Across9 Whereon to be a model of feline grace?CATWALK7Across9 ReviledABUSED6Across9 Bread partCRUST5Across10 WanderingROVING6Across10 Enjoy a bit of fun in portHAVEN5Across10 CircularROUND5Across11 A chit, perhaps, or letterAITCH5Across11 ShunAVOID5Across11 RosterROTA4Across12 PrySNOOP5Across12 It can blacken the character of a boy getting out of lineSTAIN5Across12 AbundantCOPIOUS7Across13 Steps taken to keep one's legs warm down under?STRIDES7Across13 Homeless boy?MEL3Across15 EvilVICE4Across15 EpochERA3Across15 Being fashionable makes Ken scared!CHIC4Across17 DeletingERASING7Across17 SpokenORAL4Across17 Reason to go round the corner in a passageCLAUSE6Across18 Hat with stringsBONNET6Across18 Of the footPEDAL5Across19 A well-known name in towellingTERRY5Across19 ArachnidSPIDER6Across20 Roman ruler in the outskirts of Turin?TRAJAN6Across20 RabbitDOE3Across20 ClawTALON5Across21 VendSELL4Across22 One way to fry the bird!STIR4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across23 She's endlessly sad, being left behindSAL3Across24 In additionTOO3Across24 UnhearingDEAF4Across25 RegulateCONTROL7Across25 Naval hero known to be a circus performerSEALION7Across25 Sort of band a butcher could take in hand?STEEL5Across26 PlungedDIVED5Across26 HeathenPAGAN5Across26 Injury marksSCARS5Across27 Clubhouse?VILLA5Across27 A veil said to be of practical useAVAIL5Across28 QuarrelARGUE5Across28 MarryWED3Across28 Set out some targets at the distance for shootingARRANGE7Across29 SpartanAUSTERE7Across29 Food items hungrily licked?CHOPS5Across30 OdesPOEMS5Across30 IllnessDISEASE7Across30 MolarTOOTH5Across31 Was wrong in making further reductionsERRED5Across31 HeroIDOL4Across33 RegrettedRUED4Across35 CrowGLOAT5Across36 PillTABLET6Across38 CompanyTROUPE6Across39 CashMONEY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SwordSABRE5Down1 Looking glassMIRROR6Down2 RationQUOTA5Down2 In anger, one shows spirit!WRAITH6Down2 Vinegary expert with a nervous twitchACETIC6Down3 MeadowLEA3Down3 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down3 Sought to escape from tyrannyRAN3Down4 ComingADVENT6Down4 PistachioNUT3Down4 FlagIRIS4Down5 Teases the silly fellowsTWITS5Down5 Religious imagesICONS5Down5 BowNOD3Down6 Clearly manages to get nil during the gamePLAINLY7Down6 Spray canAEROSOL7Down6 InflexibleRIGID5Down7 Having a family resemblance?AKIN4Down7 HarvestCROP4Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 He's after enough of a price to make a lot of moneyRICHES6Down8 DisregardIGNORE6Down8 Very young rugby side?SEVEN5Down12 OutstandingSUPER5Down12 CommandedORDERED7Down13 FreewheelCOAST5Down13 A race at the Highland Games?SCOTS5Down13 EnquiredASKED5Down14 Paved areaPATIO5Down14 Business competitor in Perivale?RIVAL5Down14 Many a uniform's a bad fit, so let's have civvies!MUFTI5Down15 Go inENTER5Down15 BewilderCONFUSE7Down16 Circular coral reefATOLL5Down16 Find a role for a Pole?LEARN5Down16 StaredGAZED5Down18 TruncheonBATON5Down18 Would you credit a fish with finishing up in one?CREEL5Down18 Winged horsePEGASUS7Down19 Fierce fellows who hopelessly start to hide their hard heartTARTARS7Down19 DeityGOD3Down19 Mexican cloakPONCHO6Down21 Something hot in the salad?RADISH6Down21 Not everNEVER5Down22 One who worked really hard at an evil trade?SLAVER6Down22 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down22 Destructive insectLOCUST6Down23 An element used in painting?IODINE6Down23 PinchNIP3Down24 Prickly plantsCACTI5Down25 Town in the wild AndesSEDAN5Down25 Blow with a stick considered comic!SLAP4Down26 Baby carriagePRAM4Down26 SwellDILATE6Down27 The average woman's secret?AGE3Down28 SkillART3Down28 HumorousWITTY5Down28 SuspectDOUBT5Down29 PresageAUGUR5Down31 BorderedEDGED5Down32 SingerALTO4Down34 JewelGEM3Down36 AttemptTRY3Down37

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