Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 132 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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PromptREADY5Across2 LampoonSPOOF5Across3 Does this clue look hard? You seem surprised!STARE5Across3 TeacherTUTOR5Across7 Artist, for instance, in sad disarrayDEGAS5Across8 RotDECAY5Across8 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across8 No love from a stranger!ANGER5Across10 Stair partRISER5Across10 DrilledBORED5Across10 BlokesMEN3Across11 Bit of a stare from JackTAR3Across11 CrowdMOB3Across12 Knobbly things in boxing glovesFISTS5Across12 FabricSATIN5Across12 Right name for bad visibility or a cold windMISTRAL7Across13 SplashSPATTER7Across13 PungentACRID5Across13 LodgeDEPOSIT7Across15 MeasureGAUGE5Across15 Mummy's rhyme for the inner manTUMMY5Across15 HurtPAINED6Across17 A bottle of chianti is too much for himIAN3Across18 StickROD3Across18 Satisfy some people with easePLEASE6Across19 PosedSAT3Across19 Remove bones fromFILLET6Across19 DeterminedDECIDED7Across20 Nine-sided figureNONAGON7Across21 Fit for a chargeRATABLE7Across21 SpoolREEL4Across22 Of these beasts, the wild one is about to get cross!OXEN4Across22 LegendHERO4Across23 ParchedARID4Across23 Very much out of line, to be honestFAIR4Across23 WanderMEANDER7Across24 Keeps out of sight down in the valley?LIESLOW7Across24 DejectedDOWN4Across25 When an East-ender gets a bad cigar, it's not funnyTRAGIC6Across26 Army chaplainsPADRES6Across26 DedicatedDEVOTED7Across26 A levy on tacks?TAX3Across29 DarkDIM3Across29 ProhibitBAN3Across30 LoiterDAWDLE6Across31 Girl's nameSUSAN5Across31 Get away from the house adjoining the mineHOPIT5Across31 IgnoreNEGLECT7Across32 Borrowers strode agitatedly around the head of the bankDEBTORS7Across32 Avoid crashing into trees!STEER5Across34 UnpredictableERRATIC7Across34 African riverNIGER5Across34 Bit of an outrage by students?RAG3Across35 MineralORE3Across35 An old one could be an ash blondeFLAME5Across36 AmountQUOTA5Across36 Attack or invasion for less than a dayFORAY5Across37 FragmentSCRAP5Across37 RegalROYAL5Across37 TileSLATE5Across38 Speak rhetorically of the love for speedORATE5Across38 RodentRAT3Across38 DemandCLAIM5Across39 ManagedCOPED5Across40 NudeNAKED5Across41 CondescendDEIGN5Across42

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FrolicsROMPS5Down1 PlantYUCCA5Down1 Not an exclusive thing to do, you'll admitLETIN5Down1 RegulateCONTROL7Down2 Martina may be an alienMARTIAN7Down2 BirdROBIN5Down2 WornERODED6Down3 FruitPEAR4Down4 ActDEED4Down4 Work in the direction of some filmsTOIL4Down4 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down5 Agitate childishly?RATTLE6Down5 SourceORIGIN6Down5 HutCABIN5Down6 UltimateFINAL5Down6 Ways for a girl to followENSUE5Down6 EdgeVERGE5Down7 Gangs of assorted matesTEAMS5Down7 BeverageTEA3Down9 LettuceCOS3Down9 Illuminating talk?GAS3Down9 WishedDESIRED7Down11 TranquillisesSEDATES7Down12 He's mad to give a supporter a half ticketFANATIC7Down12 HorrifyAPPAL5Down13 InflexibleRIGID5Down14 Suspiciously smelly blighter!RAT3Down14 Unit of weightTON3Down14 The bird makes mother cryMACAW5Down16 LesionULCER5Down16 CushionPAD3Down16 Long time at the detention centreYEARN5Down17 MentalityETHOS5Down17 SatanicDEMONIC7Down18 Something sticking a broken stapler?PLASTER7Down19 FailFOUNDER7Down19 Maybe it's open for a change in the middle of the monthMOUTH5Down20 StumblesTRIPS5Down20 ShabbyDOWDY5Down21 To summarise, it's about topRECAP5Down21 RequiresNEEDS5Down21 SeraphANGEL5Down22 A dance it takes a clever fellow to runFOXTROT7Down23 Poisonous plantHEMLOCK7Down23 ServileMENIAL6Down24 DiscussedDEBATED7Down24 Untidy little pigs?LITTER6Down24 Wherein chemists are short of labour?LAB3Down25 BurrowDIG3Down25 BodeAUGUR5Down27 TankVAT3Down27 A snack in the car?ROLLS5Down27 AudaciousDARING6Down28 RavesRANTS5Down28 American soldier's method of operating a deviceGISMO5Down28 MistakeERROR5Down29 SeaOCEAN5Down30 Possibly vital ingredient of orange squash?ORGAN5Down30 AfterNEXT4Down32 FemaleWOMAN5Down32 Beaten hollowDENT4Down32 You pull on its dry endOAR3Down33 SubsequentlyLATER5Down33 Make mistakesERR3Down33 KnockRAP3Down35 HintCLUE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, May 31, 2026. 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.