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Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 6 2024 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Organ of tasteTONGUE6Across1 These have to be instrumental in forming wheelsSPOKES6Across1 ConjectureGUESS5Across3 Excellent advice not to squint so muchPEERLESS8Across7 NoticeREGISTER8Across7 Game fishBASS4Across8 Pure chaos in the countryPERU4Across8 EstimateRECKON6Across9 He had the key to success in artTURNER6Across10 Baby's shoeBOOTEE6Across10 GloryHONOUR6Across10 Outer appearanceFACADE6Across11 A trip, fair as can beSAFARI6Across11 TurfDIVOT5Across11 SmackSLAP4Across12 IlluminatedLIT3Across14 No longer found in petrol dumpsOLD3Across14 SummitPEAK4Across15 Senior memberDOYEN5Across16 In drama, Yorick's an important figureMAYOR5Across16 OptimisticHOPEFUL7Across17 MeshesNETS4Across17 Just the sort of sum to clear upTIDY4Across17 Group of nineNONET5Across19 Part of a building for accommodating the oldFOYER5Across19 OwingDUE3Across20 Generous composer of a '13 Down'DONOR5Across21 DuckEIDER5Across21 All-night watchVIGIL5Across21 Drawling statesman!TEXAN5Across22 InsurgentREBEL5Across22 SideTEAM4Across23 Pick out a placeSPOT4Across23 GreatestBEST4Across23 ReposeREST4Across25 ShipLINER5Across26 Shoots back to a little barSERIF5Across26 Player's first gameDEBUT5Across26 WeirDAM3Across28 Keep out of a drinking placeBAR3Across28 PinPEG3Across28 Very happyELATED6Across29 See the vanquished more intimatelyCLOSER6Across29 DictionaryLEXICON7Across30 Give dad a call, doing kitchen workPARING6Across30 EndFINISH6Across30 Very keen to be concealed by a pedagogueAGOG4Across31 Bring upREAR4Across31 AdmissionENTRANCE8Across32 Is mixed up with the police, something to do with insurancePOLICIES8Across32 InactiveIDLE4Across33 MeltedTHAWED6Across33 Those viewable with spectacles?SIGHTS6Across33 AirTUNE4Across35 ShamBOGUS5Across36 AnnulCANCEL6Across38 ShutSEALED6Across39 MaximTENET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Band playing the tango for most of next monthSEPTET6Down1 Sikh's headdressTURBAN6Down1 OverwhelmCRUSH5Down1 How one resents being cut!KEENLY6Down2 FreeGRATIS6Down2 BitSCRAP5Down2 GaelicERSE4Down3 That of the moment?SPUR4Down3 DeityGOD3Down3 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down4 One who may fancy a half of beer?DREAMER7Down4 UnmatchedUNIQUE6Down4 Homeless dogSTRAY5Down5 DemonstrateSHOW4Down5 Early form of team eventRELAY5Down5 DrunkardSOT3Down6 Clean feathersPREEN5Down6 Moving around in a jugASTIR5Down6 JestedJOKED5Down7 Crossbow arrowBOLT4Down8 In favour of a piece of bread with egg onPROD4Down8 SnappedBROKE5Down8 About 500 may be CommunistRED3Down9 HardenSET3Down9 Our airmen go up a lotFAR3Down12 CribCOT3Down12 Ronald has to perform this pieceRONDO5Down13 ActionsDEEDS5Down13 HatedLOATHED7Down13 CyclePEDAL5Down14 One man's name for a jinxJONAH5Down15 Boy's nameROGER5Down15 SaleAUCTION7Down16 'Drive' that makes one MP a key figureIMPEL5Down18 EvictEXPEL5Down18 SlanderLIBEL5Down18 ThroughPER3Down19 Animal with a rhythmic trotFOX3Down19 Pen partNIB3Down19 Over there in Turkey, onceYON3Down20 NothingNIL3Down20 One opposed to prosecution?DEFENCE7Down21 Old soldierVETERAN7Down21 Maybe it's of British extractionTIS3Down22 RepairREFIT5Down22 GrooveRUT3Down22 FruitBANANA6Down23 No rags can make an exotic garmentSARONG6Down23 BlendMIX3Down24 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down24 Puritan, perhaps, but less than uprightPRIG4Down24 On paper, maybe, they're dangerous beastsTIGERS6Down25 AccessibleTOHAND6Down25 PostponeDEFER5Down26 There's a police officer in the roomSCOPE5Down26 Flattens the wicket?ROLLS5Down27 RubbishREFUSE6Down27 Indian dishBALTI5Down27 A container of cabbagesBAG3Down28 NipPINCH5Down28 Cease livingDIE3Down28 GleamGLINT5Down29 WorryFRET4Down30 Dad's at the bus terminus with a free ticketPASS4Down30 WavyCURLY5Down31 PoorNEEDY5Down32 JettyMOLE4Down34 GambleBET3Down36 FixedSET3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 6, 2024. 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.