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Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
InexpensiveCHEAP5Across1 Business vehicle?TRUCK5Across1 EnquiredASKED5Across2 There’s one in outer Hackney, darlingHONEY5Across6 Dark colourBLACK5Across6 ObscureVAGUE5Across7 Fishing-basketCREEL5Across8 Push-bikeBICYCLE7Across9 Peaceful and calm for daysHALCYON7Across9 YawnedGAPED5Across10 Sleep noisilySNORE5Across10 The odd street light?STRAY5Across10 Prose compositionESSAY5Across11 Peels back to reveal the restSLEEP5Across11 IndicationsSIGNS5Across12 Tastefully eccentric?NUTTY5Across12 EpochERA3Across12 Long-lastingDURABLE7Across13 Game, by Jiminy!CRICKET7Across13 FlowerASTER5Across13 Short communication from the statelessTEL3Across15 RenaissanceREBIRTH7Across15 LairDEN3Across15 A one-way girlANNE4Across17 TeemedPOURED6Across17 DryARID4Across17 Pass over a wild regionIGNORE6Across18 Term of officeTENURE6Across18 FruitFIG3Across19 Cross-country runner passing through ParisSEINE5Across19 GuideSTEER5Across19 See a retrograde revel as smartCLEVER6Across20 InimitableUNIQUE6Across20 EntranceDELIGHT7Across20 Vigorous piece from StravinskyIGOR4Across22 FixMEND4Across22 ElderlyAGED4Across23 Success on parade?HIT3Across24 Angry, informallyMAD3Across24 LoftyTALL4Across25 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Across25 Jack, the boy possibly with SamuelJOHNSON7Across25 Run out and look around for central heatingPETER5Across26 SlanderedDEFAMED7Across26 Group of twentySCORE5Across26 Holy bookBIBLE5Across27 Beer to mature in different waysLAGER5Across27 City water supplies?WELLS5Across28 Ski-slopePISTE5Across28 The boys like rouletteRUSSIAN7Across29 Headache tabletASPIRIN7Across29 He makes us cryCYRUS5Across30 OozesSEEPS5Across30 RugMAT3Across30 BeliefTENET5Across31 PhysicianDOCTOR6Across31 For some, the nearest drug storeSTASH5Across31 FanDEVOTEE7Across34 CofferCHEST5Across37 FelineCAT3Across38 DuckDRAKE5Across39 QuietenedMUTED5Across40 ConsumedEATEN5Across41 CentreHEART5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LariatLASSO5Down1 Personal integrityHONOUR6Down2 Boring-toolAUGER5Down2 Ticket for the second matchRETURN6Down2 Happen to roll up with a bigwig?CHANCE6Down3 ScorchedSEARED6Down3 OverseasABROAD6Down3 PitcherEWER4Down4 Oh, her – she sounds all rightKAY3Down4 Baked foodPIE3Down4 CargoFREIGHT7Down5 Do a recce, there’s a good chapSCOUT5Down5 Eagle’s nestEYRIE5Down5 DemiseDEATH5Down6 One held in a house with broken gates?HOSTAGE7Down6 LiquidiserBLENDER7Down6 Except for being uniqueONLY4Down7 MinusLESS4Down7 There’s no longer a tree, perhaps, in townEXETER6Down8 Bomb holeCRATER6Down8 StrayERR3Down9 DelineatedDEFINED7Down11 Point to a vessel as being more modernNEWER5Down12 Censure, informallySLATE5Down12 HorrifyAPPAL5Down13 FactDATUM5Down13 The snag about a guy going to churchCATCH5Down13 AdjustedTUNED5Down14 Where an admission is madeINLET5Down14 StiffRIGID5Down14 They’re for picking up heavy weights around GatesheadTONGS5Down15 Continental quiltDUVET5Down15 LargeBIG3Down16 RequiresNEEDS5Down16 Find there’s money to be paidLEARN5Down16 DiscussedDEBATED7Down18 Native American tentTEPEE5Down18 Going to get out of the rain, fortunatelyINFOR5Down18 Just the emperor to break links with the StatesSEVERUS7Down19 Opposite of failureSUCCESS7Down19 Set fire to some long speechLITANY6Down21 IndigenousNATIVE6Down21 FlavourTASTE5Down21 Of the seaMARINE6Down22 Concentrating on one’s aimINTENT6Down22 VigilantALERT5Down22 SnuggleNESTLE6Down23 Plenty one doles out for love?OODLES6Down23 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down24 Draw off liquid fromDRAIN5Down25 James, father of David?JESSE5Down25 A current countryPERU4Down26 SmackSLAP4Down26 ObeseFAT3Down27 Used to be squandered by TedWAS3Down28 MinePIT3Down28 StevedoreDOCKER6Down28 ReappearRECUR5Down29 DeceiveCHEAT5Down32 WillowOSIER5Down33 TankVAT3Down35 Sea-eagleERNE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 5, 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.