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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
Foot leverPEDAL5Across3 Comfort in distressSOLACE6Across4 Kicks out when sleep is disturbed just for a kiss?EXPELS6Across4 Suitable name for a horsewoman?ARABELLA8Across7 AmpleABUNDANT8Across7 Time to clean up a quarter?SPRING6Across8 Canvas shelterAWNING6Across8 Bomb holeCRATER6Across9 Star signARIES5Across10 RequiredWANTED6Across10 There's a police officer in the roomSCOPE5Across10 WandererNOMAD5Across11 AlwaysEVER4Across12 Difficult achievement when there's not much food to eatFEAT4Across13 EnsignFLAG4Across13 HerbDILL4Across14 Of a height hardly believableTALL4Across14 Cultivate for cashTILL4Across15 Ridge of coralREEF4Across15 DomesticatedTAME4Across15 Bobby, taken in by Marco PoloCOP3Across16 TreeOAK3Across16 School where one gets reformed, and about time!ETON4Across17 HarmedDAMAGED7Across17 French cheeseBRIE4Across17 Soon, one gets aheadANON4Across19 DeserveEARN4Across19 FrenziedMAD3Across20 Angry utterance from the people after a sailorTARNATION9Across21 Be prominentLOOMLARGE9Across21 GiverDONOR5Across21 ObsceneLEWD4Across23 Rail users do so in dire chaos!RIDE4Across23 So be itAMEN4Across23 An inclination to enumerate?LIST4Across24 OtherwiseELSE4Across24 Prima donnaDIVA4Across25 BleatBAA3Across26 The best kind of '20 Down'TOP3Across26 DissuadeDETER5Across26 Fit to return from a place of exileABLE4Across27 NoblemanEARL4Across27 MaterialREP3Across28 Talk gets a domestic animal out of breathCHAT4Across29 UnguisNAIL4Across29 ErasedDELETED7Across30 Remain in supportSTAY4Across32 InsectsANTS4Across32 Start hunting, just in caseCHASE5Across33 HoardSTORE5Across33 CheeseEDAM4Across33 Rambles, but keeps out of the tourist centreSTRAYS6Across34 Japanese religionSHINTO6Across34 One whose relationship is not uniqueTWOTIMER8Across35 GrandMAJESTIC8Across35 TravelRIDE4Across35 CommandsORDERS6Across36 A broken finger can be pretty hairy!FRINGE6Across36 CommandORDER5Across36 UncertainUNSURE6Across38 AudaciousDARING6Across39 CapBERET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cold dishSALAD5Down1 German legendarily quick around the centre courtFAUST5Down1 PerformedACTED5Down1 StudentPUPIL5Down2 Her car needs a bit of petrolCAROL5Down2 SeraglioHAREM5Down2 ChancesODDS4Down3 Just before following a leader of menMERE4Down3 EnclosurePEN3Down3 Not freshSTALE5Down4 WornERODED6Down4 What an artist uses to break the seal on a letter?EASEL5Down4 AbsentAWAY4Down5 HeatherLING4Down5 The side the harbour's on?PORT4Down5 YouthLAD3Down6 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Down6 Where capitalists can take pride in a bloomer?LONDON6Down6 VapourSTEAM5Down7 BorderedEDGED5Down8 Thin biscuitsWAFERS6Down9 Where to have really good friends around for a dance?PALAIS6Down9 TeaseRIB3Down11 Is able to start or finish a danceCAN3Down11 Express a need for soft metalPLEAD5Down12 Arm jointELBOW5Down12 EmptiedVACATED7Down13 Coming last, a filly is put out!FINALLY7Down13 TentaclesFEELERS7Down13 AssessedRATED5Down14 A stony heart is heavy!TON3Down15 Raised edgeRIM3Down15 One in prison for fraud?CON3Down16 ControlledMANAGED7Down16 MineralORE3Down16 DruggedDOPED5Down18 Agreement to try out a new blend of teaTREATY6Down18 Rat, sayRODENT6Down18 DeityGOD3Down19 Nick gets less than nothing out of Charlie!NOTCH5Down20 RepresentativeAGENT5Down20 MeadowLEA3Down21 Shoot up out of spite?TIP3Down21 EverythingALL3Down22 Link it up with the early startTIE3Down22 JockeyRIDER5Down22 SudsLATHER6Down23 List dutifully pinned up?ROSTER6Down23 NovelNEW3Down24 Teacher's titleSIR3Down25 Is sure to make a hasty startHAS3Down25 EbbRECEDE6Down27 Something to do with hot fatBASTE5Down28 ReappearRECUR5Down28 Minute particlesATOMS5Down28 FlowerPANSY5Down29 Major arteryAORTA5Down30 It's like corn, only non-vegetarian!HAMMY5Down30 ShyTIMID5Down31 BloodsuckerLEECH5Down31 A name in towellingTERRY5Down31 Girl's nameANNE4Down32 CondescendDEIGN5Down32 Cut a tool in half!SAWN4Down32 It's clever to reduce middle-menCUTE4Down33 HotpotSTEW4Down33 LiberateFREE4Down34 SphereORB3Down36 RodentRAT3Down37

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