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Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2021 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 132 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#
RobustHARDY5Across2 You might take the plunge with oneSPLASH6Across4 ConfidentialSECRET6Across4 Public voteELECTION8Across7 SpateFLOOD5Across7 Great place for a holiday?YARMOUTH8Across7 Sportingly, he may take second placeOPENER6Across8 SubsidesABATES6Across8 PassageALLEY5Across8 Shows appreciation of many a footnoteCLAPS5Across10 MightPOWER5Across10 Seize wrongfullyUSURP5Across10 ConsumeEAT3Across12 Delivered some books for our sailorsBORN4Across13 BeerLAGER5Across13 Ship's companyCREW4Across13 RosterROTA4Across14 Haul around in a danceHULA4Across14 HairlessBALD4Across15 ThreatenedMENACED7Across15 Earn as manufacturer?MAKE4Across15 Secret agentSPY3Across16 Get freeBEG3Across16 BesmearDAUB4Across17 I'm in bad with the mob!RIOT4Across17 WornERODED6Across17 DrunkardSOT3Across19 PimpleSPOT4Across19 Box of spares?SPAR4Across19 WishedDESIRED7Across20 FlowerCARNATION9Across21 Where electricity is involved in a nasty deathHAMPSTEAD9Across21 DifficultHARD4Across23 Was soft on a rugby player!WASP4Across23 HugeVAST4Across23 They have their place on the tableMATS4Across24 EvaluateRATE4Across24 DreadfulDIRE4Across25 SleepKIP3Across26 Shadowy figuresDIM3Across26 BuiltERECTED7Across26 ParadiseEDEN4Across27 In a cheap example, it's highAPEX4Across27 Throw into pits, maybeSPIT4Across29 HorseMARE4Across29 WonderAWE3Across30 OustDEPOSE6Across31 Single entityUNIT4Across32 Only half of us are able to readSCAN4Across32 Brown, the flier circling the flight centreBEIGE5Across33 PallidASHEN5Across33 Confesses it's mad to mess aboutADMITS6Across34 AdjustsADAPTS6Across34 TheftLARCENY7Across34 Wee drams for the kiddiesTINYTOTS8Across35 WaverHESITATE8Across35 CognacBRANDY6Across36 When young, went in for noiseless typingTWENTY6Across36 MeasureMETER5Across37 TankVAT3Across38 GiverDONOR5Across39 StorehouseDEPOT5Across40 HueTINGE5Across41 FlatLEVEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ThighboneFEMUR5Down1 Execute badlyLYNCH5Down1 RidCLEAR5Down1 First gameDEBUT5Down2 A three-man experiment?TRIAL5Down2 TrustedHOPED5Down2 HaltSTOP4Down3 An outstanding manager?BOSS4Down3 WorshippedADORED6Down3 ConsiderDEEM4Down4 GrowlSNARL5Down4 Rattled with a flurry of hooksSHOOK5Down4 FoldedPLEATED7Down5 TalonCLAW4Down5 Legal right to deceive the National FrontLIEN4Down5 DissuadeDETER5Down6 ExcusedEXEMPT6Down6 Joint holderSKEWER6Down6 Possibly pester to get something fixed in advancePRESET6Down9 ResinLAC3Down9 One-roomed flatBEDSIT6Down9 LivedRESIDED7Down11 Female pigSOW3Down11 Pull up in the regular placeLUG3Down11 Detection systemRADAR5Down12 Standard Anglo Saxon soldiersPARAS5Down12 Crazy fellows running to and fro?BATSMEN7Down13 DepartLEAVE5Down13 Nightclub showCABARET7Down13 FurzeGORSE5Down14 The Beatles' absorbing style?MOP3Down15 Sweet rollBUN3Down15 ChildSON3Down16 And notNOR3Down16 Gainsay the goodBAD3Down16 The effect, on one politician, of a piece of legislation?IMPACT6Down18 FallDESCEND7Down18 PassionateARDENT6Down18 Do note that it's old-fashionedPASSE5Down20 OdesPOEMS5Down20 HotCAP3Down21 ClodDIVOT5Down21 Non-vegetarian cornHAM3Down21 BrownTAN3Down22 FresherNEWER5Down22 Charge across at the end of the street!TAX3Down22 What to open for a breath of air at the town centreWINDOW6Down23 HamperHINDER6Down23 Farm-vehicleTRACTOR7Down24 Land measureARE3Down25 Like a capital double GBIG3Down25 SheepEWE3Down27 Good-lookingDISHY5Down28 RelegateDEMOTE6Down28 Pale as Patsy may bePASTY5Down28 RefugeHAVEN5Down29 One giving guidance to a sanctimonious set?PILOT5Down30 In frontAHEAD5Down30 Go inENTER5Down31 Tax exempt female?TESSA5Down31 On top ofUPON4Down32 DangerPERIL5Down32 Put one's name in neon, perhaps?SIGN4Down32 They insist on being themselves!BOYS4Down33 MaterialSERGE5Down33 DryARID4Down33 KnockRAP3Down35 CoupleYOKE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 6, 2021. 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.