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Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 131 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#
SwordSABRE5Across3 Salad fruitTOMATO6Across4 A student majority, nearlyALMOST6Across4 Appear finished when you briefly inspectLOOKOVER8Across7 SugarDEMERARA8Across7 Accidents with lightersSPILLS6Across8 OriginalPRIMAL6Across8 ObjectiveTARGET6Across9 SplendourECLAT5Across10 FurERMINE6Across10 A false note? What a pity!SHAME5Across10 AnaestheticETHER5Across11 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across12 In a flurry of lefts, duck and look comfortableLOLL4Across13 Take notice ofHEED4Across13 PaceRATE4Across14 Without assistance from Napoleon!SOLO4Across14 Deign to sound a foreignerDANE4Across15 HurtHARM4Across15 LiabilityDEBT4Across15 In one way, freshNEW3Across16 Not oldNEW3Across16 Bit of extra money for public transportTRAM4Across17 SorrowSADNESS7Across17 QuarrelSPAT4Across17 Not all harridans sound dry and uninteresting!ARID4Across19 Object of worshipIDOL4Across19 AgeDAY3Across20 Pianists find it sustainingLOUDPEDAL9Across21 TorturedTORMENTED9Across21 HurlTHROW5Across21 Pith helmetTOPI4Across23 Food, etc., by which to exist at the welfare centreFARE4Across23 AcceptedTOOK4Across23 Following the Gunners, some spectators sound rough!RASP4Across24 Not slowFAST4Across24 StaffPOLE4Across25 Monetary unitYEN3Across26 It's no good backing one, either!DUD3Across26 GuidePILOT5Across26 Down-to-earth measuresFEET4Across27 CounterfoilSTUB4Across27 FinishEND3Across28 As a romantic star, I act for moneyIDOL4Across29 DischargeEMIT4Across29 DiplomaticTACTFUL7Across30 D'you lie, at a hearing, annually?JULY4Across32 NincompoopFOOL4Across32 Love possibly to read about love!ADORE5Across33 StadiumARENA5Across33 ElderlyAGED4Across33 Spacecraft unit both superior and large, in a fashionMODULE6Across34 Become smallerSHRINK6Across34 Complain at vessels being where there should be automobilesCARPARKS8Across35 LearnedEDUCATED8Across35 ApertureHOLE4Across35 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Across36 Historic prelate, Samuel saidBECKET6Across36 ArteryAORTA5Across36 PropertyESTATE6Across38 PardonEXCUSE6Across39 EvadeELUDE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ViperADDER5Down1 Student group with qualityCLASS5Down1 Map bookATLAS5Down1 Young salmonSMOLT5Down2 Blue blooded boysROYAL5Down2 TrampleTREAD5Down2 Horse's gaitTROT4Down3 Manage to catch the end of a ropeCOPE4Down3 ObserveSEE3Down3 Thin candleTAPER5Down4 CertifyATTEST6Down4 Bad ignitionARSON5Down4 StaggerREEL4Down5 Female servantMAID4Down5 Chain letters?MAIL4Down5 StrayERR3Down6 MoveTRAVEL6Down6 A seasoned coupleSALTED6Down6 Booby-trappedMINED5Down7 TrivialPETTY5Down8 Posts offREMITS6Down9 Asks anxiously for hints, on the quietPLEADS6Down9 BounderCAD3Down11 Burning with angerHOT3Down11 The outback is in open country, you need a carMOTOR5Down12 Greek authorAESOP5Down12 PermanentLASTING7Down13 Does it wallop its natural victim?LAMPREY7Down13 LoathsomeHATEFUL7Down13 PrySNOOP5Down14 He turns up, just as mum wouldDAD3Down15 PigmeatHAM3Down15 There's nothing in raising a blindNIL3Down16 MalignantBALEFUL7Down16 Signal agreementNOD3Down16 FireSHOOT5Down18 Sorry some trucks need different fuelRUEFUL6Down18 JailPRISON6Down18 SummitTOP3Down19 Sally's about to finish up fast!RAPID5Down20 DiscourageDETER5Down20 Unit of weightTON3Down21 For him, Los Angeles is at the back of beyondLAD3Down21 ArrestNAB3Down22 Take inner satisfactionEAT3Down22 ValueWORTH5Down22 Tie upTETHER6Down23 Eccentric four about to make a lot of fussFURORE6Down23 FamilyKIN3Down24 TransgressionSIN3Down25 In support of backing the ruling headFOR3Down25 TriedTASTED6Down27 Choose to give someone a seatELECT5Down28 KeenEAGER5Down28 VoucherTOKEN5Down28 GodDEITY5Down29 ThawsMELTS5Down30 They make open admissions at the theatre, etc.DOORS5Down30 Market placeFORUM5Down31 LateTARDY5Down31 Leatherhead's right on the map, though not in the greatest wayLEAST5Down31 Clenched handFIST4Down32 FlatLEVEL5Down32 Floating rubbish?JUNK4Down32 A familiar name, note, for mountainsALPS4Down33 Curved structureARCH4Down33 ChristmasNOEL4Down34 ConsumedATE3Down36 HatchetAXE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 5, 2022. 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.