Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2022 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 5 2022. 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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Sword53 AcrossReveal answer → Salad fruit64 AcrossReveal answer → A student majority, nearly64 AcrossReveal answer → Appear finished when you briefly inspect87 AcrossReveal answer → Sugar87 AcrossReveal answer → Accidents with lighters68 AcrossReveal answer → Original68 AcrossReveal answer → Objective69 AcrossReveal answer → Splendour510 AcrossReveal answer → Fur610 AcrossReveal answer → A false note? What a pity!510 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic511 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately412 AcrossReveal answer → In a flurry of lefts, duck and look comfortable413 AcrossReveal answer → Take notice of413 AcrossReveal answer → Pace414 AcrossReveal answer → Without assistance from Napoleon!414 AcrossReveal answer → Deign to sound a foreigner415 AcrossReveal answer → Hurt415 AcrossReveal answer → Liability415 AcrossReveal answer → In one way, fresh316 AcrossReveal answer → Not old316 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of extra money for public transport417 AcrossReveal answer → Sorrow717 AcrossReveal answer → Quarrel417 AcrossReveal answer → Not all harridans sound dry and uninteresting!419 AcrossReveal answer → Object of worship419 AcrossReveal answer → Age320 AcrossReveal answer → Pianists find it sustaining921 AcrossReveal answer → Tortured921 AcrossReveal answer → Hurl521 AcrossReveal answer → Pith helmet423 AcrossReveal answer → Food, etc., by which to exist at the welfare centre423 AcrossReveal answer → Accepted423 AcrossReveal answer → Following the Gunners, some spectators sound rough!424 AcrossReveal answer → Not slow424 AcrossReveal answer → Staff425 AcrossReveal answer → Monetary unit326 AcrossReveal answer → It's no good backing one, either!326 AcrossReveal answer → Guide526 AcrossReveal answer → Down-to-earth measures427 AcrossReveal answer → Counterfoil427 AcrossReveal answer → Finish328 AcrossReveal answer → As a romantic star, I act for money429 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge429 AcrossReveal answer → Diplomatic730 AcrossReveal answer → D'you lie, at a hearing, annually?432 AcrossReveal answer → Nincompoop432 AcrossReveal answer → Love possibly to read about love!533 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium533 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly433 AcrossReveal answer → Spacecraft unit both superior and large, in a fashion634 AcrossReveal answer → Become smaller634 AcrossReveal answer → Complain at vessels being where there should be automobiles835 AcrossReveal answer → Learned835 AcrossReveal answer → Aperture435 AcrossReveal answer → Native of Brittany636 AcrossReveal answer → Historic prelate, Samuel said636 AcrossReveal answer → Artery536 AcrossReveal answer → Property638 AcrossReveal answer → Pardon639 AcrossReveal answer → Evade540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Viper51 DownReveal answer → Student group with quality51 DownReveal answer → Map book51 DownReveal answer → Young salmon52 DownReveal answer → Blue blooded boys52 DownReveal answer → Trample52 DownReveal answer → Horse's gait43 DownReveal answer → Manage to catch the end of a rope43 DownReveal answer → Observe33 DownReveal answer → Thin candle54 DownReveal answer → Certify64 DownReveal answer → Bad ignition54 DownReveal answer → Stagger45 DownReveal answer → Female servant45 DownReveal answer → Chain letters?45 DownReveal answer → Stray36 DownReveal answer → Move66 DownReveal answer → A seasoned couple66 DownReveal answer → Booby-trapped57 DownReveal answer → Trivial58 DownReveal answer → Posts off69 DownReveal answer → Asks anxiously for hints, on the quiet69 DownReveal answer → Bounder311 DownReveal answer → Burning with anger311 DownReveal answer → The outback is in open country, you need a car512 DownReveal answer → Greek author512 DownReveal answer → Permanent713 DownReveal answer → Does it wallop its natural victim?713 DownReveal answer → Loathsome713 DownReveal answer → Pry514 DownReveal answer → He turns up, just as mum would315 DownReveal answer → Pigmeat315 DownReveal answer → There's nothing in raising a blind316 DownReveal answer → Malignant716 DownReveal answer → Signal agreement316 DownReveal answer → Fire518 DownReveal answer → Sorry some trucks need different fuel618 DownReveal answer → Jail618 DownReveal answer → Summit319 DownReveal answer → Sally's about to finish up fast!520 DownReveal answer → Discourage520 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight321 DownReveal answer → For him, Los Angeles is at the back of beyond321 DownReveal answer → Arrest322 DownReveal answer → Take inner satisfaction322 DownReveal answer → Value522 DownReveal answer → Tie up623 DownReveal answer → Eccentric four about to make a lot of fuss623 DownReveal answer → Family324 DownReveal answer → Transgression325 DownReveal answer → In support of backing the ruling head325 DownReveal answer → Tried627 DownReveal answer → Choose to give someone a seat528 DownReveal answer → Keen528 DownReveal answer → Voucher528 DownReveal answer → God529 DownReveal answer → Thaws530 DownReveal answer → They make open admissions at the theatre, etc.530 DownReveal answer → Market place531 DownReveal answer → Late531 DownReveal answer → Leatherhead's right on the map, though not in the greatest way531 DownReveal answer → Clenched hand432 DownReveal answer → Flat532 DownReveal answer → Floating rubbish?432 DownReveal answer → A familiar name, note, for mountains433 DownReveal answer → Curved structure433 DownReveal answer → Christmas434 DownReveal answer → Consumed336 DownReveal answer → Hatchet337 DownReveal answer →

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