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Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 4 2023 answers. The Thursday 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#
ComeARRIVE6Across1 Madagascan primateLEMUR5Across3 A joint close at handWRIST5Across3 IntendMEAN4Across5 TrampleTREAD5Across8 With whom Alan tours BirkenheadALBAN5Across8 PlumpTUBBY5Across8 LettuceCOS3Across9 Wader found in another oneHERON5Across10 FootwearSHOE4Across10 American stateTEXAS5Across10 Vehicle taking us on a secondary roadBUS3Across11 AscendRISE4Across11 24 hoursDAY3Across11 Can such a charge stick?BATON5Across12 OpenOVERT5Across12 MoviesFILMS5Across12 Imaginary beastMONSTER7Across13 Such beer can give courage and a dizzy headBOTTLED7Across13 EvadedDODGED6Across13 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Across15 A point that's sore, perhaps, will never be betterWORSE5Across15 ThinLEAN4Across16 SpoilMAR3Across18 You'll never get much gratitude from oneRAT3Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 Is this piece a timepiece?PERIOD6Across19 PresupposeASSUME6Across19 FinishEND3Across20 Big and growing, Edward lacks a way to enter the back doorREDWOOD7Across21 ReapHARVEST7Across21 Boy's namePAUL4Across22 Not a good way to liveEVIL4Across22 IlluminatedLIT3Across22 Plant ovuleSEED4Across23 Strong dislike of hotel tea, perhapsHATE4Across23 ObscureDIM3Across23 NaturistsNUDISTS7Across24 A sound measureDECIBEL7Across24 DestinyFATE4Across24 ParadiseEDEN4Across25 Able to run in the heatMOLTEN6Across26 Public speakerORATOR6Across26 ImmersedDIPPED6Across28 Black variety of ratTAR3Across29 RegretRUE3Across29 TreeCEDAR5Across30 Group of nineNONET5Across31 A letter opener, perhapsSTEAM5Across31 You can play it, a mere bagatellePINBALL7Across32 VanquishROUT4Across32 Inorganic matterMINERAL7Across32 FlavourTANG4Across33 Once again figures as a keepsakeRELIC5Across34 ImitateAPE3Across34 To matureRIPEN5Across34 Lawbreaker's tool?AWL3Across35 BeleaguerBESET5Across35 Hit lightlyPAT3Across35 Letter a deadhead may be late withDELTA5Across36 PipSEED4Across36 Device, informallyGIZMO5Across36 She sang wildly about her sweetheart!AGNES5Across37 DislikeRESENT6Across37 Greek letterALPHA5Across37 Imaginably, a hunted animalSNARK5Across38 SerpentSNAKE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConsentACCEDE6Down1 An upper member's jointELBOW5Down1 PrestigeKUDOS5Down1 OccupantRESIDENT8Down2 What W. Slater becameWASTREL7Down2 Very badABYSMAL7Down2 ShipVESSEL6Down3 Understand an article to be in redREAD4Down4 StoppedPREVENTED9Down4 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down4 WedMARRIED7Down5 Revealed that one was in debt, on the quietSHOWED6Down5 Greatest degreeUTMOST6Down5 RelaxesRESTS5Down6 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Figure more centrally as a singerTENOR5Down6 RequireNEED4Down7 SeraglioHAREM5Down7 Less of a denial?NOTSO5Down7 AlsoTOO3Down8 ForbidBAN3Down9 Except that retribution is far from completeBUT3Down9 In the middle, we note that outside may be bentBETWEEN7Down12 ArdourFERVOUR7Down12 PitchTAR3Down14 DeputedDELEGATED9Down14 The accolade would be too much for himLAD3Down14 VigourVIM3Down15 MelodiesTUNES5Down16 Competitor a rail crash could dishearten?RIVAL5Down16 They're of marginal significanceEDGES5Down17 HelpAID3Down17 PreparedREADY5Down17 LoseMISPLACE8Down19 Headache tabletASPIRIN7Down19 Machiavellian figure in a doubtful topicPOLITIC7Down19 Periodic paymentsTERMS5Down20 ConsumeEAT3Down20 Cutlery itemSPOON5Down20 PersonHUMAN5Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 Raw beginner mistaking a file for a weapon!RIFLE5Down21 SpireSTEEPLE7Down23 In here, a container is typically greenHERBAGE7Down23 IdeaNOTION6Down24 Lower cleric takes me inDEMEAN6Down24 Refuse to allow to catch up?BAN3Down25 StarSUN3Down25 FussNIGGLE6Down26 ComingADVENT6Down27 It's different in RotherhitheOTHER5Down27 SongbirdROBIN5Down27 They're eaten up in the stratosphereTARTS5Down28 ConditionsTERMS5Down28 DaggerKRIS4Down29 Turning toolLATHE5Down30 In a narrow way, it applies to bowlingALLEY5Down30 DieCUBE4Down30 RodentRAT3Down31 HumbleMEEK4Down32 It gives vacationists pleasure around PinnerPIER4Down32 A two-way growth of 'beard'AWN3Down33 Type of musicRAP3Down33

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