Evening Standard Crossword May 5 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 5 2026. 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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Obscures61 AcrossReveal answer → Live as you've got to, but be good!61 AcrossReveal answer → Loathed52 AcrossReveal answer → Brolly87 AcrossReveal answer → Pain47 AcrossReveal answer → Having an affair; affectionately, if nothing else87 AcrossReveal answer → It's green, yes, with a bit of a red back48 AcrossReveal answer → Cost68 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult48 AcrossReveal answer → Code59 AcrossReveal answer → One flying to put a wrong cause right?610 AcrossReveal answer → To be precise610 AcrossReveal answer → Even611 AcrossReveal answer → He needs to get a letter half dictated611 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse313 AcrossReveal answer → Around it, planets turn in opposite directions!314 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name314 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise415 AcrossReveal answer → Shelter316 AcrossReveal answer → Eats in, when Des is out516 AcrossReveal answer → Blended food516 AcrossReveal answer → It's after a slow start that one takes a rest417 AcrossReveal answer → Accessible417 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle418 AcrossReveal answer → Outcast519 AcrossReveal answer → Forgive719 AcrossReveal answer → Chap touring the Italian city519 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude420 AcrossReveal answer → Celestial body521 AcrossReveal answer → A bit of deprivation maddens the despicable fellow!521 AcrossReveal answer → Facts422 AcrossReveal answer → Bode522 AcrossReveal answer → At the cricket match, they bounce out of the ground!522 AcrossReveal answer → Slandered723 AcrossReveal answer → Mould423 AcrossReveal answer → One is shown it dismissively423 AcrossReveal answer → Flat425 AcrossReveal answer → They're tubby and deep voiced526 AcrossReveal answer → Native New Zealander526 AcrossReveal answer → Youth327 AcrossReveal answer → Cooking vessel328 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish vessel?328 AcrossReveal answer → Trial428 AcrossReveal answer → Not moving629 AcrossReveal answer → Like the street of no return629 AcrossReveal answer → Bewilder a six-footer about to get a sum wrong630 AcrossReveal answer → Religious festival630 AcrossReveal answer → Performed330 AcrossReveal answer → She opens up when it's dark431 AcrossReveal answer → Beam331 AcrossReveal answer → Hint431 AcrossReveal answer → French emblem mentioned by a British inventor832 AcrossReveal answer → Cliquish832 AcrossReveal answer → Wine533 AcrossReveal answer → The younger Germans seem more friendly633 AcrossReveal answer → Recently633 AcrossReveal answer → Figurine636 AcrossReveal answer → Absent437 AcrossReveal answer → Animal538 AcrossReveal answer →

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So bats can change into crows!61 DownReveal answer → Restaurant61 DownReveal answer → Pungent51 DownReveal answer → Tidy62 DownReveal answer → Here's one frame you can count on62 DownReveal answer → Border32 DownReveal answer → Lather43 DownReveal answer → Vessel always seen out West43 DownReveal answer → Hill33 DownReveal answer → Rabbit34 DownReveal answer → Toasted snack74 DownReveal answer → Cheese to gorge?74 DownReveal answer → Consumed35 DownReveal answer → Having broken an ankle, accept a lift?55 DownReveal answer → Storey55 DownReveal answer → Bowl56 DownReveal answer → Store56 DownReveal answer → Due to history-making deeds, the fathead lives on!56 DownReveal answer → Detest48 DownReveal answer → Barely fair?48 DownReveal answer → Free39 DownReveal answer → Study a number of points39 DownReveal answer → Observed410 DownReveal answer → Withdrawn711 DownReveal answer → Resounding noise?312 DownReveal answer → Determined712 DownReveal answer → Belonging to us312 DownReveal answer → It's played when there's room for love513 DownReveal answer → Visionary713 DownReveal answer → American state513 DownReveal answer → Forfeit714 DownReveal answer → Thighbone515 DownReveal answer → Often a moving player515 DownReveal answer → Regional516 DownReveal answer → Trimmed517 DownReveal answer → Finish318 DownReveal answer → Fold518 DownReveal answer → Not out for pleasure, yet not serious518 DownReveal answer → Figures to confuse319 DownReveal answer → Record319 DownReveal answer → Double sixteen is more than he needs320 DownReveal answer → For every320 DownReveal answer → Faces six wise men721 DownReveal answer → Number321 DownReveal answer → Cookery721 DownReveal answer → Observed to have a row of sharp teeth322 DownReveal answer → Land measure322 DownReveal answer → Name the French friend Ned's upset about623 DownReveal answer → Relaxed623 DownReveal answer → Poker stake424 DownReveal answer → Manufacture424 DownReveal answer → Responsibility for going over to the States424 DownReveal answer → Diatribe625 DownReveal answer → Possibly free herbal extract in a cigarette625 DownReveal answer → View526 DownReveal answer → Game526 DownReveal answer → Light to carry526 DownReveal answer → Busy fellow with a companion, possibly bearing nuts527 DownReveal answer → Instrument527 DownReveal answer → By depriving an ex-swimmer of sleep328 DownReveal answer → Friend328 DownReveal answer → Devil529 DownReveal answer → Fail to pay a bill repeatedly at the King's Head430 DownReveal answer → Resound430 DownReveal answer → Pig-pen332 DownReveal answer → Encountered333 DownReveal answer → Delve334 DownReveal answer → Vehicle335 DownReveal answer →

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