Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 127 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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ObscuresBLINDS6Across1 Live as you've got to, but be good!BEHAVE6Across1 LoathedHATED5Across2 BrollyUMBRELLA8Across7 PainACHE4Across7 Having an affair; affectionately, if nothing elseWITHLOVE8Across7 It's green, yes, with a bit of a red backJADE4Across8 CostOUTLAY6Across8 DifficultHARD4Across8 CodeMORSE5Across9 One flying to put a wrong cause right?SAUCER6Across10 To be preciseTHATIS6Across10 EvenSMOOTH6Across11 He needs to get a letter half dictatedADDICT6Across11 ImmerseDIP3Across13 Around it, planets turn in opposite directions!SUN3Across14 Boy's nameTED3Across14 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 ShelterLEE3Across16 Eats in, when Des is outDINES5Across16 Blended foodPUREE5Across16 It's after a slow start that one takes a restSITS4Across17 AccessibleOPEN4Across17 Sea-eagleERNE4Across18 OutcastLEPER5Across19 ForgiveCONDONE7Across19 Chap touring the Italian cityMILAN5Across19 ExcludeOMIT4Across20 Celestial bodyCOMET5Across21 A bit of deprivation maddens the despicable fellow!VIPER5Across21 FactsDATA4Across22 BodeAUGUR5Across22 At the cricket match, they bounce out of the ground!SIXES5Across22 SlanderedDEFAMED7Across23 MouldCAST4Across23 One is shown it dismissivelyDOOR4Across23 FlatEVEN4Across25 They're tubby and deep voicedTUBAS5Across26 Native New ZealanderMAORI5Across26 YouthLAD3Across27 Cooking vesselPAN3Across28 Spanish vessel?PAN3Across28 TrialTEST4Across28 Not movingATREST6Across29 Like the street of no returnONEWAY6Across29 Bewilder a six-footer about to get a sum wrongBEMUSE6Across30 Religious festivalEASTER6Across30 PerformedDID3Across30 She opens up when it's darkIRIS4Across31 BeamRAY3Across31 HintCLUE4Across31 French emblem mentioned by a British inventorCOCKEREL8Across32 CliquishCLANNISH8Across32 WineMEDOC5Across33 The younger Germans seem more friendlyKINDER6Across33 RecentlyOFLATE6Across33 FigurineSTATUE6Across36 AbsentAWAY4Across37 AnimalTIGER5Across38

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So bats can change into crows!BOASTS6Down1 RestaurantBISTRO6Down1 PungentACRID5Down1 TidyNEATEN6Down2 Here's one frame you can count onABACUS6Down2 BorderHEM3Down2 LatherSUDS4Down3 Vessel always seen out WestEWER4Down3 HillTOR3Down3 RabbitDOE3Down4 Toasted snackCRUMPET7Down4 Cheese to gorge?CHEDDAR7Down4 ConsumedATE3Down5 Having broken an ankle, accept a lift?HOPIN5Down5 StoreyFLOOR5Down5 BowlBASIN5Down6 StoreCACHE5Down6 Due to history-making deeds, the fathead lives on!FEATS5Down6 DetestHATE4Down8 Barely fair?JUST4Down8 FreeRID3Down9 Study a number of pointsDEN3Down9 ObservedSEEN4Down10 WithdrawnREMOVED7Down11 Resounding noise?DIN3Down12 DeterminedDECIDED7Down12 Belonging to usOUR3Down12 It's played when there's room for loveCELLO5Down13 VisionaryDREAMER7Down13 American stateTEXAS5Down13 ForfeitPENALTY7Down14 ThighboneFEMUR5Down15 Often a moving playerPIPER5Down15 RegionalLOCAL5Down16 TrimmedEDGED5Down17 FinishEND3Down18 FoldPLEAT5Down18 Not out for pleasure, yet not seriousINFUN5Down18 Figures to confuseMIX3Down19 RecordLOG3Down19 Double sixteen is more than he needsLES3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Faces six wise menVISAGES7Down21 NumberTEN3Down21 CookeryCUISINE7Down21 Observed to have a row of sharp teethSAW3Down22 Land measureARE3Down22 Name the French friend Ned's upset aboutDAMIEN6Down23 RelaxedCASUAL6Down23 Poker stakeANTE4Down24 ManufactureMAKE4Down24 Responsibility for going over to the StatesONUS4Down24 DiatribeTIRADE6Down25 Possibly free herbal extract in a cigaretteREEFER6Down25 ViewVISTA5Down26 GameMATCH5Down26 Light to carryTORCH5Down26 Busy fellow with a companion, possibly bearing nutsBEECH5Down27 InstrumentORGAN5Down27 By depriving an ex-swimmer of sleepPER3Down28 FriendPAL3Down28 DevilSATAN5Down29 Fail to pay a bill repeatedly at the King's HeadBILK4Down30 ResoundECHO4Down30 Pig-penSTY3Down32 EncounteredMET3Down33 DelveDIG3Down34 VehicleCAR3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. 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.