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Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Strain, emphasisSTRESS6Across1 StaunchSTEM4Across1 Best titfer?TOPHAT6Across1 SleepNAP3Across4 GalaFETE4Across6 GenealogyPEDIGREE8Across7 It’s full of patient customersHOSPITAL8Across7 NewUNUSED6Across8 If wrong, do right (doggedly)FIDO4Across8 Ill-mannered personBOOR4Across8 CharacterNATURE6Across9 NewtEFT3Across10 A stripper in police historyPEELER6Across10 DeathlyDEADLY6Across10 On fireAFLAME6Across11 Trouble the medical officer just in caseMOLEST6Across11 FragmentSCRAP5Across12 RegretRUE3Across14 Figure the net returnTEN3Across14 SootheALLAY5Across14 OarsmanROWER5Across15 AssistantsAIDES5Across16 Slide around crabwise?SIDLE5Across16 The ship had cast offSHED4Across17 GirlLASS4Across17 ColonnadeARCADE6Across18 Made fun pushily?POKED5Across19 LukewarmTEPID5Across19 SickAILING6Across20 It’s not acceptable to be in thisVALID5Across21 Grinding toothMOLAR5Across21 A servant to clean your car?VALET5Across22 FiendDEMON5Across22 ColourGREY4Across23 The old man’s at half pace againPAPA4Across23 DoctrineDOGMA5Across24 Note valueMINIM5Across26 AdvantageASSET5Across26 Bachelors, I see, are fairly primitiveBASIC5Across26 Much reduced fareFAR3Across28 TinePRONG5Across28 MeadowLEA3Across28 It’s a blow for one MP to go to lawIMPACT6Across29 PressedIRONED6Across29 FishEEL3Across30 DoglikeCANINE6Across30 Additionally morose?MORESO6Across30 As in a Maria Callas recording?ARIA4Across31 Very keenAVID4Across31 Neatly chiselledCLEANCUT8Across32 PillarCOLUMN6Across32 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across32 Where to get a new hat at the British centre?TAHITI6Across33 LoathAVERSE6Across33 ClawsTALONS6Across33 BorderEDGE4Across34 StillYET3Across35 ShoutYELL4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Light shoeSANDAL6Down1 Playing speedsTEMPOS6Down1 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down2 Shouted when the weather turned nasty?HAILED6Down2 Mass departureEXODUS6Down2 Active and briskSPRY4Down3 Make-upMASCARA7Down3 The immortal Mr HeyerdahlTHOR4Down3 Disinclined to have acted as a model after workOPPOSED7Down4 NakedNUDE4Down4 Seem probableBIDFAIR7Down4 GaspPANT4Down5 Tyre surfaceTREAD5Down5 Horse possibly detested by TedSTEED5Down5 DeadlyFATAL5Down6 Glass dish?PLATE5Down6 Outdoor eventsFETES5Down6 GroundTERRAIN7Down7 Excludes, obstructsBARS4Down8 A good time in the garden?FETE4Down8 Spanish cryOLE3Down9 The gardener’s little boyDEN3Down9 ChargeFEE3Down11 Holiday centre providing coverLID3Down12 OceanSEA3Down12 CoverLID3Down12 Fall in lumps?SLUMP5Down13 Seed-casePOD3Down13 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down13 UnderBELOW5Down15 People from the ends of the earth?POLES5Down15 MarriedWED3Down16 TeaseRAG3Down17 The rent-a-staff manHIRAM5Down18 AfootASTIR5Down18 The only friend dad has left?PAL3Down19 ReplyRESPOND7Down19 Male catTOM3Down19 Christopher’s outfit?KIT3Down20 Cooking vesselPAN3Down20 Medical help if you lose heart and cave, in, possibly?VACCINE7Down21 DevilIMP3Down21 SouvenirMEMENTO7Down21 TheftLARCENY7Down22 RacketDIN3Down22 The Roman wayVIA3Down22 Jovial, cheerfulGENIAL6Down23 Small area with a capital hotelPARISH6Down23 SilenceGAG3Down23 Surprise attackRAID4Down24 District with a real cash shortageAREA4Down24 Gives inYIELDS6Down25 Beast having a shot at some dutiesAGOUTI6Down25 MineralORE3Down25 Tree of painful memories?BIRCH5Down26 Italian cityMILAN5Down26 OozeEXUDE5Down27 WandererNOMAD5Down27 Seen to have rushed round the capital of ItalySPIED5Down27 LooLAV3Down28 Favouring a bit of an effortFOR3Down28 Of nosesNASAL5Down29 One man’s name for the master raceMATT4Down30 JealousyENVY4Down30 Horse-dawn vehicleCART4Down30 FinalLAST4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. 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.