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Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2024 answers. The Friday 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#
QuickRAPID5Across3 Past its prime, as the old trumpet is?OVERBLOWN9Across9 PalePALLID6Across9 RandomHAPHAZARD9Across9 QuackCHARLATAN9Across10 WoodTIMBER6Across10 Suddenly it's not in dribs and drabsALLATONCE9Across10 SatPOSED5Across11 It's blind, dearLOVE4Across12 AgesEONS4Across12 FollowTAIL4Across12 Drifts right in, becomes a permanencySTRAYS6Across13 HeavenlyDIVINE6Across13 Advertisement for "The Laggard"TRAILER7Across14 Italian wineCHIANTI7Across14 Poker handFULLHOUSE9Across15 Air hole a tile was moved to createVENTILATE9Across15 MislayLOSE4Across15 It's clear one's got the hintsOVERTONES9Across17 AngeredENRAGED7Across17 WorldwideUNIVERSAL9Across17 Are revamping the issue, one deducesREASONS7Across18 Gymnast's garmentLEOTARD7Across18 Soft, one went on to say, being cushionedPADDED6Across19 CommendationCREDIT6Across19 DecayROT3Across20 The port is a local oneBARI4Across20 Moderately hotWARM4Across20 NumberDIGIT5Across21 InnumerableCOUNTLESS9Across23 TieLACE4Across23 All certain it's healthyWHOLESOME9Across23 Former countyMIDDLESEX9Across25 RivetBOLT4Across25 Rather old friendsGETTINGON9Across25 ChooseELECT5Across26 Charged particlesIONS4Across26 Say the hail will be followed by rainAVER4Across26 Favourable regardESTEEM6Across27 The best runnerFLOWER6Across27 TreeASH3Across28 Loaf of breadBLOOMER7Across29 So excited one couldn't keep still?STIRRED7Across29 AlbeitHOWEVER7Across30 Overshoot the green badly, though not with the driverPASSENGER9Across32 Every otherALTERNATE9Across32 RayBEAM4Across33 HiddenCONCEALED9Across34 When back, the shipper disposed of the gemsSAPPHIRES9Across34 FashionMODE4Across35 In successionRUNNING7Across35 Are put into a home - the one easiest to travel toNEAREST7Across35 ShoreCOAST5Across36 Asian countryTAIWAN6Across36 An endless labyrinth over large riverAMAZON6Across36 Up to the B in "beverage"ABLE4Across37 Group of countriesBLOC4Across37 Issue more than the others - the maximumUTTERMOST9Across38 Eastern EuropeanUKRAINIAN9Across38 WooerSUITOR6Across38 Is a better paint remover than?OUTSTRIPS9Across39 Revealing strong feelingsEMOTIONAL9Across39 MissionERRAND6Across39 ShabbySEEDY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Astound the keen violinist?BOWLOVER8Down1 In good spiritsCHEERFUL8Down1 MaliceSPITE5Down1 BackboneSPINALCOLUMN12Down2 Not pestering - the hermit, to change his way of life?LEAVINGALONE12Down2 DiscernmentFLAIR5Down2 TiredFATIGUED8Down3 Depicts as sinister radiationsPORTRAYS8Down3 TearRIP3Down3 Think highly ofADMIRE6Down4 Catching the sun is silly - downright crazyINSANE6Down4 WorshippedADORED6Down4 DetailITEM4Down5 TimetableSCHEDULE8Down5 In answer to the challenge, the twit raised the weaponPASSWORD8Down5 PerformedDID3Down6 Regards as champions, without exceptionALLTHEBEST10Down6 Made holySANCTIFIED10Down6 HateABHOR5Down7 Opens up and one gets in with difficultySTRAITS7Down7 AllegedCLAIMED7Down7 SaluteGREET5Down8 A hollow "Hard times for everybody"DEPRESSION10Down8 Disappointing conclusionANTICLIMAX10Down8 Point out only that it's man-madeNYLON5Down11 Grasping toolTONGS5Down11 ResolveANALYSE7Down13 SpearLANCE5Down14 Pressed on and I got angry aboutIRONED6Down16 FiresideHEARTH6Down16 CalmedSOOTHED7Down16 TrenchDITCH5Down18 The dessert sounds goodPIE3Down19 LettuceCOS3Down19 TeaseRIB3Down19 The softest of all does, perhapsANGORARABBIT12Down21 Mass production systemASSEMBLYLINE12Down21 Will delve about in, you concludeFINISH6Down22 SymbolTOTEM5Down22 RecessALCOVE6Down22 GallantCHIVALROUS10Down23 Keeping quiet while one's clinching the dealWRAPPINGUP10Down23 English regionEASTANGLIA10Down24 A requirement, due to indebtednessOBLIGATION10Down24 SpriteELF3Down24 MotherMUM3Down25 Gather you must release the fishGAR3Down25 PitchedTOSSED6Down27 ChasmABYSS5Down28 Guarantees, when the battle ragesWARRANTS8Down28 Equestrian sportEVENTING8Down28 One-storey houseBUNGALOW8Down29 CustomHABIT5Down29 Well-versed in games, one maintainsSUPPORTS8Down29 DerideRIDICULE8Down30 Find you don't need to make the distributionDISPENSE8Down30 North American plainPRAIRIE7Down31 Got her back to read anew and gave another auditionREHEARD7Down31 SpokenVOCAL5Down31 PreparedREADY5Down32 Singing voiceTENOR5Down33 Be surprised by the openingSTART5Down33 OffencesCRIMES6Down34 It could be spring water, childSEASON6Down34 KnowledgeLORE4Down34 AttemptTRY3Down37

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