Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2023 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 4 2023. 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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Come61 AcrossReveal answer → Madagascan primate53 AcrossReveal answer → A joint close at hand53 AcrossReveal answer → Intend45 AcrossReveal answer → Trample58 AcrossReveal answer → With whom Alan tours Birkenhead58 AcrossReveal answer → Plump58 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce39 AcrossReveal answer → Wader found in another one510 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear410 AcrossReveal answer → American state510 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle taking us on a secondary road311 AcrossReveal answer → Ascend411 AcrossReveal answer → 24 hours311 AcrossReveal answer → Can such a charge stick?512 AcrossReveal answer → Open512 AcrossReveal answer → Movies512 AcrossReveal answer → Imaginary beast713 AcrossReveal answer → Such beer can give courage and a dizzy head713 AcrossReveal answer → Evaded613 AcrossReveal answer → Freshwater mammal515 AcrossReveal answer → A point that's sore, perhaps, will never be better515 AcrossReveal answer → Thin416 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil318 AcrossReveal answer → You'll never get much gratitude from one318 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge418 AcrossReveal answer → Is this piece a timepiece?619 AcrossReveal answer → Presuppose619 AcrossReveal answer → Finish320 AcrossReveal answer → Big and growing, Edward lacks a way to enter the back door721 AcrossReveal answer → Reap721 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name422 AcrossReveal answer → Not a good way to live422 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated322 AcrossReveal answer → Plant ovule423 AcrossReveal answer → Strong dislike of hotel tea, perhaps423 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure323 AcrossReveal answer → Naturists724 AcrossReveal answer → A sound measure724 AcrossReveal answer → Destiny424 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise425 AcrossReveal answer → Able to run in the heat626 AcrossReveal answer → Public speaker626 AcrossReveal answer → Immersed628 AcrossReveal answer → Black variety of rat329 AcrossReveal answer → Regret329 AcrossReveal answer → Tree530 AcrossReveal answer → Group of nine531 AcrossReveal answer → A letter opener, perhaps531 AcrossReveal answer → You can play it, a mere bagatelle732 AcrossReveal answer → Vanquish432 AcrossReveal answer → Inorganic matter732 AcrossReveal answer → Flavour433 AcrossReveal answer → Once again figures as a keepsake534 AcrossReveal answer → Imitate334 AcrossReveal answer → To mature534 AcrossReveal answer → Lawbreaker's tool?335 AcrossReveal answer → Beleaguer535 AcrossReveal answer → Hit lightly335 AcrossReveal answer → Letter a deadhead may be late with536 AcrossReveal answer → Pip436 AcrossReveal answer → Device, informally536 AcrossReveal answer → She sang wildly about her sweetheart!537 AcrossReveal answer → Dislike637 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter537 AcrossReveal answer → Imaginably, a hunted animal538 AcrossReveal answer → Serpent538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Consent61 DownReveal answer → An upper member's joint51 DownReveal answer → Prestige51 DownReveal answer → Occupant82 DownReveal answer → What W. Slater became72 DownReveal answer → Very bad72 DownReveal answer → Ship63 DownReveal answer → Understand an article to be in red44 DownReveal answer → Stopped94 DownReveal answer → Muslim ruler44 DownReveal answer → Wed75 DownReveal answer → Revealed that one was in debt, on the quiet65 DownReveal answer → Greatest degree65 DownReveal answer → Relaxes56 DownReveal answer → Revise46 DownReveal answer → Figure more centrally as a singer56 DownReveal answer → Require47 DownReveal answer → Seraglio57 DownReveal answer → Less of a denial?57 DownReveal answer → Also38 DownReveal answer → Forbid39 DownReveal answer → Except that retribution is far from complete39 DownReveal answer → In the middle, we note that outside may be bent712 DownReveal answer → Ardour712 DownReveal answer → Pitch314 DownReveal answer → Deputed914 DownReveal answer → The accolade would be too much for him314 DownReveal answer → Vigour315 DownReveal answer → Melodies516 DownReveal answer → Competitor a rail crash could dishearten?516 DownReveal answer → They're of marginal significance517 DownReveal answer → Help317 DownReveal answer → Prepared517 DownReveal answer → Lose819 DownReveal answer → Headache tablet719 DownReveal answer → Machiavellian figure in a doubtful topic719 DownReveal answer → Periodic payments520 DownReveal answer → Consume320 DownReveal answer → Cutlery item520 DownReveal answer → Person521 DownReveal answer → Erased721 DownReveal answer → Raw beginner mistaking a file for a weapon!521 DownReveal answer → Spire723 DownReveal answer → In here, a container is typically green723 DownReveal answer → Idea624 DownReveal answer → Lower cleric takes me in624 DownReveal answer → Refuse to allow to catch up?325 DownReveal answer → Star325 DownReveal answer → Fuss626 DownReveal answer → Coming627 DownReveal answer → It's different in Rotherhithe527 DownReveal answer → Songbird527 DownReveal answer → They're eaten up in the stratosphere528 DownReveal answer → Conditions528 DownReveal answer → Dagger429 DownReveal answer → Turning tool530 DownReveal answer → In a narrow way, it applies to bowling530 DownReveal answer → Die430 DownReveal answer → Rodent331 DownReveal answer → Humble432 DownReveal answer → It gives vacationists pleasure around Pinner432 DownReveal answer → A two-way growth of 'beard'333 DownReveal answer → Type of music333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 4, 2023. 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.