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Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2020 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PermitALLOW5Across2 Gain access toGETAT5Across3 If your heart isn’t in it, there’s something very wrongCHEST5Across3 Go byPASS4Across7 Hero of the Spanish police?ELCID5Across8 UseEMPLOY6Across8 GemJEWEL5Across8 SlumberedSLEPT5Across9 Giant canned potato centreTITAN5Across10 Deadly sinPRIDE5Across10 Fair game?FUN3Across11 MouthfulSIP3Across11 ForbidBAN3Across11 Hippopotamus, in shortHIPPO5Across12 Whale of a show, initially?PILOT5Across12 Extremist adviser?TIPSTER7Across13 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across13 EraAGE3Across13 Arm jointELBOW5Across15 Student embraced by Iris?PUPIL5Across15 RippedTORN4Across15 NippedBIT3Across16 GratingGRID4Across18 Man’s nameROD3Across18 The seaman’s cunning artTAR3Across18 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Across19 Is held by a goddess to be improper employmentMISUSE6Across19 Check onMONITOR7Across19 RantRAVE4Across20 Of the sidesLATERAL7Across21 An excellent position in the theatreBOXSEAT7Across21 ArgumentTIFF4Across22 Pleasantly coldCOOL4Across22 Be inclined at some suitable angleLEAN4Across22 Lost bloodBLED4Across23 Sole fruit?SLOE4Across23 AscertainedENSURED7Across23 Coins in holes?INVENTS7Across24 SavePUTAWAY7Across24 LoanLEND4Across25 Counting deviceABACUS6Across26 Condescends to have signedDEIGNS6Across26 SorrowfulSAD3Across27 SecureSAFE4Across28 So superior, yet of little valueSOU3Across29 SpeakSAY3Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across30 Food many, alas, returnedSALAD5Across31 GuidedLED3Across31 FlierPILOT5Across31 Small crownCORONET7Across32 Where to ache to take a powder?STOMACH7Across32 InstrumentCELLO5Across33 A well preserved old womanMUMMY5Across34 Circular coral reefATOLL5Across34 Tip into a holePIT3Across35 And notNOR3Across35 Philosophical line in cost adjustmentSTOIC5Across36 ScandinavianNORSE5Across36 HatFEDORA6Across36 The glory that was GreekKUDOS5Across37 Not as manyFEWER5Across37 GroupUNIT4Across37 FigureDIGIT5Across38 Could it be heard as a hoarse sound?NEIGH5Across38 ClanTRIBE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shish or donerKEBAB5Down1 WirelessRADIO5Down1 Fairylike part of a Handel finaleELFIN5Down1 MiddleCENTRAL7Down2 Name no twins novellyWINSTON7Down2 DonkeyASS3Down2 UntruthLIE3Down3 HeroicEPIC4Down4 DampWET3Down4 Hot air is naturally thinHAIR4Down4 InclinedAPT3Down5 Carry on contradicting?STOPIT6Down5 Ask earnestlyAPPEAL6Down5 DogCORGI5Down6 Folklore creatureTROLL5Down6 Name the bird before usTITUS5Down6 FoolIDIOT5Down7 Moves like grounded airmen?TAXIS5Down7 Used to beWAS3Down9 Drinking-vessel to see raised?CUP3Down9 AchePAIN4Down10 FrightenSTARTLE7Down11 StopPREVENT7Down12 People Peron’s taken round Ponders EndPERSONS7Down12 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Down12 ComingARRIVAL7Down13 Volunteers a kiss as paymentTAX3Down14 InstructedEDIFIED7Down14 DecomposeROT3Down14 PoorlyBADLY5Down16 Has magnetismPULLS5Down16 PremiumBONUS5Down16 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down17 Bar a learner for all timeLEVER5Down17 WearyTIRED5Down17 ObtainedGOT3Down18 Time to take a joke with dignityMAJESTY7Down19 SunshadePARASOL7Down19 Goes slowly with an afterthought about an old wreckPLODS5Down20 FragmentSCRAP5Down20 He seems a bit silly to a bachelorBASIL5Down21 FinishEND3Down21 FaithfulLOYAL5Down21 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down23 Chip in, perhapsSTUMPUP7Down23 Golf itemPUTTER6Down24 Persuade to dine out, maybe, with a bit of luckINDUCE6Down24 TemperRAGE4Down24 Fighting between nationsWAR3Down25 Now a ScotticismNOO3Down25 RelaxedEASED5Down26 BuffaloBISON5Down27 A world of new heartEARTH5Down27 FreewheelCOAST5Down28 Kid showing a profit around end of termGAMIN5Down28 FoulFETID5Down29 Brimless capBERET5Down30 He doesn’t show his true feelingsACTOR5Down30 Stout stickCLUB4Down32 CrowdMOB3Down32 Silly mugs full of self-satisfactionSMUG4Down32 Help to get a first-class degree, initiallyAID3Down33 RotterCAD3Down33 At presentNOW3Down33 RecordLOG3Down34 AbroadOUT3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 4, 2020. 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.