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Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
FlawDEFECT6Across1 WineASTI4Across5 FlashlightTORCH5Across8 FunnyCOMICAL7Across8 Interrupt a conversation on burglary?BREAKIN7Across8 OddRUM3Across9 KillSLAUGHTER9Across9 Loses one's grip on the ice cream and the griddlecakeDROPSCONE9Across9 CouplePAIR4Across10 DungeonCELL4Across11 RecededEBBED5Across12 BludgeonedCOSHED6Across13 Be very enthusiastic about the number by the composerRAVEL5Across13 NameTITLE5Across13 Holding a match for the writerTWAIN5Across14 DigitTHREE5Across14 RightCORRECT7Across15 Hurts again when one comes toREACHES7Across15 HoldCONTAIN7Across16 How slim Woody is?WILLOWY7Across16 RushREED4Across16 It's a good thing there's a second collectionASSET5Across17 StainsMARKS5Across17 BirdROBIN5Across18 Food is something you'd be dead if you didn't havePULSE5Across18 CheeseEDAM4Across18 PleadBEG3Across20 Such a price as is charged for a strong drink?STIFF5Across20 FurSABLE5Across20 RotterCAD3Across22 Disloyal? Not so!UNTRUE6Across22 TerrainGROUND6Across22 Talk about rain and new growthSPROUT6Across23 CurDOG3Across23 MadnessLUNACY6Across23 ManufacturedMADE4Across24 AgreementCONSENT7Across25 RegionAREA4Across25 Come through inside and he'll make the introductionsCOMPERE7Across25 AnticipateFORESEE7Across27 "Family on the outskirts of Rio" is very clearCLARION7Across27 AgileNIMBLE6Across28 Cheats and misreports what one saidTWISTS6Across30 PostponeDEFER5Across30 BadROTTEN6Across30 ShedLEANTO6Across31 Is a slow mover and when there's sun, does no workSIDLES6Across31 RowLAYER5Across32 What's wrong with the eligible bachelor?CATCH5Across32 ExcursionTOUR4Across32 StandardNORM4Across33 ObeseFAT3Across34 SupportSTRUT5Across35 Having a lot to learn about colourGREEN5Across35 JigDANCE5Across35 StripPEEL4Across36 SubjectTHEME5Across36 Cupboard the tennis racket's in?PRESS5Across36 FrightenUNNERVE7Across37 He thinks he can tell you what's going to take placeTIPSTER7Across37 FishermanANGLER6Across37 The new help, too, is excellentTOPHOLE7Across39 EnchantedMAGICAL7Across39 SagDROOP5Across41 The bit of tart and ice, I leftPIECE5Across41 ListTABLE5Across42 Some extra illumination is required for the pathTRAIL5Across42 FruitBLUEBERRY9Across43 A carnivorous plant?TIGERLILY9Across43 EscortedUSHERED7Across44 Had corresponded, but was bound to conceal everythingTALLIED7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Nonsense! Take the wheel beside the learnerDRIVEL6Down1 MaterialCOTTON6Down1 StraightDIRECT6Down1 Poor - really rotten!BADLYOFF8Down2 FreeLIBERATE8Down2 StarvingFAMISHED8Down2 Money that hasn't been laundered?FILTHYLUCRE11Down3 OverPASTANDGONE11Down3 BoilerCOPPER6Down3 ProhibitedFORBIDDEN9Down4 PlanBLUEPRINT9Down4 Makes it clear when one producesBRINGSOUT9Down4 ConsentedACCEDED7Down5 PariahOUTCAST7Down5 Are they drunk for morale?SPIRITS7Down5 LiqueurCHARTREUSE10Down6 CastSHED4Down6 What the writers are fighting over?SCRAPPAPER10Down6 InactiveIDLE4Down7 DogPEKE4Down7 Move from China - not a great upheavalINCH4Down7 FastenTIE3Down8 HeapsSTACKS6Down10 Swamps, doctor, and snow-driftsDROWNS6Down10 RedCRIMSON7Down11 When inside, is not able to get a gameCANASTA7Down11 MeanSTINGY6Down12 Say yes, a second was postedASSENT6Down12 DegenerationDECADENCE9Down14 DroopSAG3Down15 SpikeEAR3Down17 CourageBRAVERY7Down19 SuspiciousDOUBTFUL8Down19 Try to find the guardLOOKOUT7Down19 BightBAY3Down20 FishBLOATER7Down21 WidespreadGENERAL7Down21 What did the bridegroom say? A tissue of lies, love!IDOLISE7Down21 Catch up, darn it!CLOSETHEGAP11Down24 FruitlesslyTONOPURPOSE11Down24 Cheat by turning the two into a half?PUTONEOVER10Down26 GlassesSPECTACLES10Down26 AviatorsAIRMEN6Down26 ImproveBETTER6Down27 MythicalLEGENDARY9Down28 Long for a homely fruit while having an exotic onePINEAPPLE9Down28 CeaseSTOP4Down29 Red-faced, got evenFLUSHED7Down29 CoverENVELOP7Down29 The high point is seeing what the circus performers wearTIGHTS6Down30 DandyDUDE4Down30 ContinueRESUME6Down30 Fish eggsROE3Down31 To put the finishing touch, having money left toCAPITALL8Down32 ExtendLENGTHEN8Down32 Only just - and not easilyHARDLY6Down33 StaggeredREELED6Down33 Attracts, yet horrifies, the English withinAPPEALS7Down34 TrackedSTALKED7Down34 Having found, carted offTRACED6Down38 ThiefROBBER6Down38 Piano music needed for the duetPAIR4Down40 MetalGOLD4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 6, 2022. 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.