Evening Standard Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

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Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 31 2026. 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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Prompt52 AcrossReveal answer → Lampoon53 AcrossReveal answer → Does this clue look hard? You seem surprised!53 AcrossReveal answer → Teacher57 AcrossReveal answer → Artist, for instance, in sad disarray58 AcrossReveal answer → Rot58 AcrossReveal answer → Helicopter blade58 AcrossReveal answer → No love from a stranger!510 AcrossReveal answer → Stair part510 AcrossReveal answer → Drilled510 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes311 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a stare from Jack311 AcrossReveal answer → Crowd312 AcrossReveal answer → Knobbly things in boxing gloves512 AcrossReveal answer → Fabric512 AcrossReveal answer → Right name for bad visibility or a cold wind713 AcrossReveal answer → Splash713 AcrossReveal answer → Pungent513 AcrossReveal answer → Lodge715 AcrossReveal answer → Measure515 AcrossReveal answer → Mummy's rhyme for the inner man515 AcrossReveal answer → Hurt617 AcrossReveal answer → A bottle of chianti is too much for him318 AcrossReveal answer → Stick318 AcrossReveal answer → Satisfy some people with ease619 AcrossReveal answer → Posed319 AcrossReveal answer → Remove bones from619 AcrossReveal answer → Determined720 AcrossReveal answer → Nine-sided figure721 AcrossReveal answer → Fit for a charge721 AcrossReveal answer → Spool422 AcrossReveal answer → Of these beasts, the wild one is about to get cross!422 AcrossReveal answer → Legend423 AcrossReveal answer → Parched423 AcrossReveal answer → Very much out of line, to be honest423 AcrossReveal answer → Wander724 AcrossReveal answer → Keeps out of sight down in the valley?724 AcrossReveal answer → Dejected425 AcrossReveal answer → When an East-ender gets a bad cigar, it's not funny626 AcrossReveal answer → Army chaplains626 AcrossReveal answer → Dedicated726 AcrossReveal answer → A levy on tacks?329 AcrossReveal answer → Dark329 AcrossReveal answer → Prohibit330 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter631 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name531 AcrossReveal answer → Get away from the house adjoining the mine531 AcrossReveal answer → Ignore732 AcrossReveal answer → Borrowers strode agitatedly around the head of the bank732 AcrossReveal answer → Avoid crashing into trees!534 AcrossReveal answer → Unpredictable734 AcrossReveal answer → African river534 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of an outrage by students?335 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral335 AcrossReveal answer → An old one could be an ash blonde536 AcrossReveal answer → Amount536 AcrossReveal answer → Attack or invasion for less than a day537 AcrossReveal answer → Fragment537 AcrossReveal answer → Regal537 AcrossReveal answer → Tile538 AcrossReveal answer → Speak rhetorically of the love for speed538 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent338 AcrossReveal answer → Demand539 AcrossReveal answer → Managed540 AcrossReveal answer → Nude541 AcrossReveal answer → Condescend542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Frolics51 DownReveal answer → Plant51 DownReveal answer → Not an exclusive thing to do, you'll admit51 DownReveal answer → Regulate72 DownReveal answer → Martina may be an alien72 DownReveal answer → Bird52 DownReveal answer → Worn63 DownReveal answer → Fruit44 DownReveal answer → Act44 DownReveal answer → Work in the direction of some films44 DownReveal answer → Relegated75 DownReveal answer → Agitate childishly?65 DownReveal answer → Source65 DownReveal answer → Hut56 DownReveal answer → Ultimate56 DownReveal answer → Ways for a girl to follow56 DownReveal answer → Edge57 DownReveal answer → Gangs of assorted mates57 DownReveal answer → Beverage39 DownReveal answer → Lettuce39 DownReveal answer → Illuminating talk?39 DownReveal answer → Wished711 DownReveal answer → Tranquillises712 DownReveal answer → He's mad to give a supporter a half ticket712 DownReveal answer → Horrify513 DownReveal answer → Inflexible514 DownReveal answer → Suspiciously smelly blighter!314 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight314 DownReveal answer → The bird makes mother cry516 DownReveal answer → Lesion516 DownReveal answer → Cushion316 DownReveal answer → Long time at the detention centre517 DownReveal answer → Mentality517 DownReveal answer → Satanic718 DownReveal answer → Something sticking a broken stapler?719 DownReveal answer → Fail719 DownReveal answer → Maybe it's open for a change in the middle of the month520 DownReveal answer → Stumbles520 DownReveal answer → Shabby521 DownReveal answer → To summarise, it's about top521 DownReveal answer → Requires521 DownReveal answer → Seraph522 DownReveal answer → A dance it takes a clever fellow to run723 DownReveal answer → Poisonous plant723 DownReveal answer → Servile624 DownReveal answer → Discussed724 DownReveal answer → Untidy little pigs?624 DownReveal answer → Wherein chemists are short of labour?325 DownReveal answer → Burrow325 DownReveal answer → Bode527 DownReveal answer → Tank327 DownReveal answer → A snack in the car?527 DownReveal answer → Audacious628 DownReveal answer → Raves528 DownReveal answer → American soldier's method of operating a device528 DownReveal answer → Mistake529 DownReveal answer → Sea530 DownReveal answer → Possibly vital ingredient of orange squash?530 DownReveal answer → After432 DownReveal answer → Female532 DownReveal answer → Beaten hollow432 DownReveal answer → You pull on its dry end333 DownReveal answer → Subsequently533 DownReveal answer → Make mistakes333 DownReveal answer → Knock335 DownReveal answer → Hint436 DownReveal answer →

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