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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 31 2024. 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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Quick53 AcrossReveal answer → Past its prime, as the old trumpet is?99 AcrossReveal answer → Pale69 AcrossReveal answer → Random99 AcrossReveal answer → Quack910 AcrossReveal answer → Wood610 AcrossReveal answer → Suddenly it's not in dribs and drabs910 AcrossReveal answer → Sat511 AcrossReveal answer → It's blind, dear412 AcrossReveal answer → Ages412 AcrossReveal answer → Follow412 AcrossReveal answer → Drifts right in, becomes a permanency613 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly613 AcrossReveal answer → Advertisement for "The Laggard"714 AcrossReveal answer → Italian wine714 AcrossReveal answer → Poker hand915 AcrossReveal answer → Air hole a tile was moved to create915 AcrossReveal answer → Mislay415 AcrossReveal answer → It's clear one's got the hints917 AcrossReveal answer → Angered717 AcrossReveal answer → Worldwide917 AcrossReveal answer → Are revamping the issue, one deduces718 AcrossReveal answer → Gymnast's garment718 AcrossReveal answer → Soft, one went on to say, being cushioned619 AcrossReveal answer → Commendation619 AcrossReveal answer → Decay320 AcrossReveal answer → The port is a local one420 AcrossReveal answer → Moderately hot420 AcrossReveal answer → Number521 AcrossReveal answer → Innumerable923 AcrossReveal answer → Tie423 AcrossReveal answer → All certain it's healthy923 AcrossReveal answer → Former county925 AcrossReveal answer → Rivet425 AcrossReveal answer → Rather old friends925 AcrossReveal answer → Choose526 AcrossReveal answer → Charged particles426 AcrossReveal answer → Say the hail will be followed by rain426 AcrossReveal answer → Favourable regard627 AcrossReveal answer → The best runner627 AcrossReveal answer → Tree328 AcrossReveal answer → Loaf of bread729 AcrossReveal answer → So excited one couldn't keep still?729 AcrossReveal answer → Albeit730 AcrossReveal answer → Overshoot the green badly, though not with the driver932 AcrossReveal answer → Every other932 AcrossReveal answer → Ray433 AcrossReveal answer → Hidden934 AcrossReveal answer → When back, the shipper disposed of the gems934 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion435 AcrossReveal answer → In succession735 AcrossReveal answer → Are put into a home - the one easiest to travel to735 AcrossReveal answer → Shore536 AcrossReveal answer → Asian country636 AcrossReveal answer → An endless labyrinth over large river636 AcrossReveal answer → Up to the B in "beverage"437 AcrossReveal answer → Group of countries437 AcrossReveal answer → Issue more than the others - the maximum938 AcrossReveal answer → Eastern European938 AcrossReveal answer → Wooer638 AcrossReveal answer → Is a better paint remover than?939 AcrossReveal answer → Revealing strong feelings939 AcrossReveal answer → Mission639 AcrossReveal answer → Shabby540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Astound the keen violinist?81 DownReveal answer → In good spirits81 DownReveal answer → Malice51 DownReveal answer → Backbone122 DownReveal answer → Not pestering - the hermit, to change his way of life?122 DownReveal answer → Discernment52 DownReveal answer → Tired83 DownReveal answer → Depicts as sinister radiations83 DownReveal answer → Tear33 DownReveal answer → Think highly of64 DownReveal answer → Catching the sun is silly - downright crazy64 DownReveal answer → Worshipped64 DownReveal answer → Detail45 DownReveal answer → Timetable85 DownReveal answer → In answer to the challenge, the twit raised the weapon85 DownReveal answer → Performed36 DownReveal answer → Regards as champions, without exception106 DownReveal answer → Made holy106 DownReveal answer → Hate57 DownReveal answer → Opens up and one gets in with difficulty77 DownReveal answer → Alleged77 DownReveal answer → Salute58 DownReveal answer → A hollow "Hard times for everybody"108 DownReveal answer → Disappointing conclusion108 DownReveal answer → Point out only that it's man-made511 DownReveal answer → Grasping tool511 DownReveal answer → Resolve713 DownReveal answer → Spear514 DownReveal answer → Pressed on and I got angry about616 DownReveal answer → Fireside616 DownReveal answer → Calmed716 DownReveal answer → Trench518 DownReveal answer → The dessert sounds good319 DownReveal answer → Lettuce319 DownReveal answer → Tease319 DownReveal answer → The softest of all does, perhaps1221 DownReveal answer → Mass production system1221 DownReveal answer → Will delve about in, you conclude622 DownReveal answer → Symbol522 DownReveal answer → Recess622 DownReveal answer → Gallant1023 DownReveal answer → Keeping quiet while one's clinching the deal1023 DownReveal answer → English region1024 DownReveal answer → A requirement, due to indebtedness1024 DownReveal answer → Sprite324 DownReveal answer → Mother325 DownReveal answer → Gather you must release the fish325 DownReveal answer → Pitched627 DownReveal answer → Chasm528 DownReveal answer → Guarantees, when the battle rages828 DownReveal answer → Equestrian sport828 DownReveal answer → One-storey house829 DownReveal answer → Custom529 DownReveal answer → Well-versed in games, one maintains829 DownReveal answer → Deride830 DownReveal answer → Find you don't need to make the distribution830 DownReveal answer → North American plain731 DownReveal answer → Got her back to read anew and gave another audition731 DownReveal answer → Spoken531 DownReveal answer → Prepared532 DownReveal answer → Singing voice533 DownReveal answer → Be surprised by the opening533 DownReveal answer → Offences634 DownReveal answer → It could be spring water, child634 DownReveal answer → Knowledge434 DownReveal answer → Attempt337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 31, 2024. 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.