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Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 5 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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Zest51 AcrossReveal answer → Squandered65 AcrossReveal answer → Viper58 AcrossReveal answer → Beer89 AcrossReveal answer → What the come-hither smile means, that is invigorating?89 AcrossReveal answer → You wouldn't believe where I've driven my ball to!310 AcrossReveal answer → Scorn610 AcrossReveal answer → Flightless bird310 AcrossReveal answer → Moving the pan, splashed ink on something nice and white?611 AcrossReveal answer → Parched411 AcrossReveal answer → Stick611 AcrossReveal answer → Drunk, informally612 AcrossReveal answer → A shopkeeper, a doctor and a retired salesman612 AcrossReveal answer → Witty remark713 AcrossReveal answer → That's right. Olivia ordered pasta713 AcrossReveal answer → Hindquarters414 AcrossReveal answer → Go out with, to get fruit414 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair614 AcrossReveal answer → Fickle1015 AcrossReveal answer → Start a movement that will make big news1015 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread715 AcrossReveal answer → Went off a bit, but had something done about817 AcrossReveal answer → Made a lord817 AcrossReveal answer → Equality318 AcrossReveal answer → Things that go wrong with lifts718 AcrossReveal answer → Guns718 AcrossReveal answer → Longing319 AcrossReveal answer → 'Make it fast," said the Asian419 AcrossReveal answer → Male singer419 AcrossReveal answer → Missive621 AcrossReveal answer → Call attention to, when delivering621 AcrossReveal answer → Guide421 AcrossReveal answer → Fiend523 AcrossReveal answer → Remainder424 AcrossReveal answer → Frittered away on expensive bath products?1724 AcrossReveal answer → Shakespeare play1724 AcrossReveal answer → Spot327 AcrossReveal answer → Put your money on a non-runner in "Baby Wear"627 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent627 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit329 AcrossReveal answer → Colliery429 AcrossReveal answer → Get attached to the cat429 AcrossReveal answer → Adages never seen in writing?730 AcrossReveal answer → Interval of rest730 AcrossReveal answer → Unaffected731 AcrossReveal answer → Dirty632 AcrossReveal answer → Gun attachment833 AcrossReveal answer → Thought you said his dream was shattered833 AcrossReveal answer → Food-list434 AcrossReveal answer → Character635 AcrossReveal answer → Slow to put your mind to1035 AcrossReveal answer → Basic1035 AcrossReveal answer → About the second strike, say nothing436 AcrossReveal answer → Close436 AcrossReveal answer → Drawing topless and teasing about737 AcrossReveal answer → Large dog737 AcrossReveal answer → Present538 AcrossReveal answer → Appear to be found by accident638 AcrossReveal answer → Danger638 AcrossReveal answer → Tenderly639 AcrossReveal answer → Ascribe640 AcrossReveal answer → Popular places with ghosts?640 AcrossReveal answer → Fire-raising540 AcrossReveal answer → Louse egg341 AcrossReveal answer → Beside myself again with fury341 AcrossReveal answer → Difference842 AcrossReveal answer → Dispossess842 AcrossReveal answer →

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Period of a thousand years101 DownReveal answer → Looking at the address?101 DownReveal answer → Sharpen42 DownReveal answer → It's spring, miss42 DownReveal answer → Employ32 DownReveal answer → Merry-go-round83 DownReveal answer → Press for less pay?83 DownReveal answer → Followed63 DownReveal answer → A few74 DownReveal answer → Mood brought about by drink?74 DownReveal answer → Unusual34 DownReveal answer → Enclose45 DownReveal answer → Argumentative115 DownReveal answer → Why you, in a jiffy, see what's going to happen?115 DownReveal answer → Helix66 DownReveal answer → Food poisoning bacterium106 DownReveal answer → Reluctant to, not being well106 DownReveal answer → Guard67 DownReveal answer → Angel67 DownReveal answer → Going back, again immerses the creature67 DownReveal answer → First showing88 DownReveal answer → Having neither the inclination nor the energy?88 DownReveal answer → Postponed79 DownReveal answer → Someone who exists for food510 DownReveal answer → Live510 DownReveal answer → Tear312 DownReveal answer → Challenge413 DownReveal answer → Border416 DownReveal answer → A bit dry when it gets turned over716 DownReveal answer → Deep indignation716 DownReveal answer → Fruit517 DownReveal answer → Decorate520 DownReveal answer → Famous720 DownReveal answer → Pointers for the workers520 DownReveal answer → You and I go in, being more willing to722 DownReveal answer → Atmosphere422 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument722 DownReveal answer → What the bluebottle thought on seeing more wrapped food?1123 DownReveal answer → Hypnotic1123 DownReveal answer → Ascending624 DownReveal answer → Has one understand one isn't given tick1025 DownReveal answer → Not seemly1025 DownReveal answer → Thin425 DownReveal answer → A late tender1026 DownReveal answer → Gift626 DownReveal answer → Venture1026 DownReveal answer → Love the girl in a very funny novel828 DownReveal answer → Gather628 DownReveal answer → Cosmos828 DownReveal answer → Enclosure330 DownReveal answer → Large animal831 DownReveal answer → Am a little upset first, taking aim831 DownReveal answer → Ideal732 DownReveal answer → Punished for having sold?732 DownReveal answer → Obligation433 DownReveal answer → Not liking to hang the thing up inside634 DownReveal answer → Insect634 DownReveal answer → Hit the ball with spin535 DownReveal answer → Decree535 DownReveal answer → Epoch336 DownReveal answer → Self337 DownReveal answer → Sweet music439 DownReveal answer → Nought439 DownReveal answer →

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