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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 31 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Foot lever53 AcrossReveal answer → Comfort in distress64 AcrossReveal answer → Kicks out when sleep is disturbed just for a kiss?64 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable name for a horsewoman?87 AcrossReveal answer → Ample87 AcrossReveal answer → Time to clean up a quarter?68 AcrossReveal answer → Canvas shelter68 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb hole69 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign510 AcrossReveal answer → Required610 AcrossReveal answer → There's a police officer in the room510 AcrossReveal answer → Wanderer511 AcrossReveal answer → Always412 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult achievement when there's not much food to eat413 AcrossReveal answer → Ensign413 AcrossReveal answer → Herb414 AcrossReveal answer → Of a height hardly believable414 AcrossReveal answer → Cultivate for cash415 AcrossReveal answer → Ridge of coral415 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated415 AcrossReveal answer → Bobby, taken in by Marco Polo316 AcrossReveal answer → Tree316 AcrossReveal answer → School where one gets reformed, and about time!417 AcrossReveal answer → Harmed717 AcrossReveal answer → French cheese417 AcrossReveal answer → Soon, one gets ahead419 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve419 AcrossReveal answer → Frenzied320 AcrossReveal answer → Angry utterance from the people after a sailor921 AcrossReveal answer → Be prominent921 AcrossReveal answer → Giver521 AcrossReveal answer → Obscene423 AcrossReveal answer → Rail users do so in dire chaos!423 AcrossReveal answer → So be it423 AcrossReveal answer → An inclination to enumerate?424 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise424 AcrossReveal answer → Prima donna425 AcrossReveal answer → Bleat326 AcrossReveal answer → The best kind of '20 Down'326 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade526 AcrossReveal answer → Fit to return from a place of exile427 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman427 AcrossReveal answer → Material328 AcrossReveal answer → Talk gets a domestic animal out of breath429 AcrossReveal answer → Unguis429 AcrossReveal answer → Erased730 AcrossReveal answer → Remain in support432 AcrossReveal answer → Insects432 AcrossReveal answer → Start hunting, just in case533 AcrossReveal answer → Hoard533 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese433 AcrossReveal answer → Rambles, but keeps out of the tourist centre634 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese religion634 AcrossReveal answer → One whose relationship is not unique835 AcrossReveal answer → Grand835 AcrossReveal answer → Travel435 AcrossReveal answer → Commands636 AcrossReveal answer → A broken finger can be pretty hairy!636 AcrossReveal answer → Command536 AcrossReveal answer → Uncertain638 AcrossReveal answer → Audacious639 AcrossReveal answer → Cap540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cold dish51 DownReveal answer → German legendarily quick around the centre court51 DownReveal answer → Performed51 DownReveal answer → Student52 DownReveal answer → Her car needs a bit of petrol52 DownReveal answer → Seraglio52 DownReveal answer → Chances43 DownReveal answer → Just before following a leader of men43 DownReveal answer → Enclosure33 DownReveal answer → Not fresh54 DownReveal answer → Worn64 DownReveal answer → What an artist uses to break the seal on a letter?54 DownReveal answer → Absent45 DownReveal answer → Heather45 DownReveal answer → The side the harbour's on?45 DownReveal answer → Youth36 DownReveal answer → High-kicking dance66 DownReveal answer → Where capitalists can take pride in a bloomer?66 DownReveal answer → Vapour57 DownReveal answer → Bordered58 DownReveal answer → Thin biscuits69 DownReveal answer → Where to have really good friends around for a dance?69 DownReveal answer → Tease311 DownReveal answer → Is able to start or finish a dance311 DownReveal answer → Express a need for soft metal512 DownReveal answer → Arm joint512 DownReveal answer → Emptied713 DownReveal answer → Coming last, a filly is put out!713 DownReveal answer → Tentacles713 DownReveal answer → Assessed514 DownReveal answer → A stony heart is heavy!315 DownReveal answer → Raised edge315 DownReveal answer → One in prison for fraud?316 DownReveal answer → Controlled716 DownReveal answer → Mineral316 DownReveal answer → Drugged518 DownReveal answer → Agreement to try out a new blend of tea618 DownReveal answer → Rat, say618 DownReveal answer → Deity319 DownReveal answer → Nick gets less than nothing out of Charlie!520 DownReveal answer → Representative520 DownReveal answer → Meadow321 DownReveal answer → Shoot up out of spite?321 DownReveal answer → Everything322 DownReveal answer → Link it up with the early start322 DownReveal answer → Jockey522 DownReveal answer → Suds623 DownReveal answer → List dutifully pinned up?623 DownReveal answer → Novel324 DownReveal answer → Teacher's title325 DownReveal answer → Is sure to make a hasty start325 DownReveal answer → Ebb627 DownReveal answer → Something to do with hot fat528 DownReveal answer → Reappear528 DownReveal answer → Minute particles528 DownReveal answer → Flower529 DownReveal answer → Major artery530 DownReveal answer → It's like corn, only non-vegetarian!530 DownReveal answer → Shy531 DownReveal answer → Bloodsucker531 DownReveal answer → A name in towelling531 DownReveal answer → Girl's name432 DownReveal answer → Condescend532 DownReveal answer → Cut a tool in half!432 DownReveal answer → It's clever to reduce middle-men433 DownReveal answer → Hotpot433 DownReveal answer → Liberate434 DownReveal answer → Sphere336 DownReveal answer → Rodent337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.