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Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2019 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
DraconianHARSH5Across1 A jaunt on the river, in GermanySPREE5Across1 MatchTALLY5Across2 Pudding to eat in soft comfortPEASE5Across6 Grinding toothMOLAR5Across6 PrickleTHORN5Across7 GiantTITAN5Across8 Allow to escapeLETSLIP7Across9 Decry faultless service going round the countrySLANDER7Across9 RepresentativeAGENT5Across10 TruckWAGON5Across10 A blow afloat?SMACK5Across10 RecentlyNEWLY5Across11 A chemical derived from tin, just aboutNITRE5Across11 StartBEGIN5Across12 Make a mess of something sweetFUDGE5Across12 DozeNAP3Across12 Searches for foodFORAGES7Across13 Cause of furrowed brows or wires getting tangledWORRIES7Across13 BenefitAVAIL5Across13 When you've only a pound left, it means everything!ALL3Across15 MoanedGROANED7Across15 LabelTAG3Across15 Forget to order the thing?OMIT4Across17 PillPELLET6Across17 SoonANON4Across17 The way mousy types eat?NIBBLE6Across18 Change in formMUTATE6Across18 SickILL3Across19 It catches fish in the RhoneHERON5Across19 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across19 The farmer's means of guidance?TILLER6Across20 Hand toolTROWEL6Across20 DiminishDWINDLE7Across20 Temptation to break a ruleLURE4Across22 Bottom, foundationBASE4Across22 BightLOOP4Across23 Being in the garden gets us out of the houseHOE3Across24 Of high temperatureHOT3Across24 StoryYARN4Across25 HatesDETESTS7Across25 Fine a lot of moneyCAPITAL7Across25 Honoured to be public relations officer for an urban districtPROUD5Across26 SlimmedTHINNED7Across26 TurretTOWER5Across26 PigmeatBACON5Across27 Is such lacy work a little loopy?PICOT5Across27 A beautiful creature left in dangerPERIL5Across28 ThemeTOPIC5Across28 Politician capable of treason?SENATOR7Across29 Fierce fishPIRANHA7Across29 The old-fashioned fellows in the countryYEMEN5Across30 Ancient artefactRELIC5Across30 ChestARK3Across30 Go inENTER5Across31 ClerkTELLER6Across31 My outward thoughts are flights of fancyMYTHS5Across31 CreaseWRINKLE7Across34 RegalROYAL5Across37 InsectANT3Across38 MoralETHIC5Across39 VexANNOY5Across40 ChallengedDARED5Across41 TurnWHEEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PushSHOVE5Down1 South American riverAMAZON6Down2 TrackTRAIL5Down2 This gun is obviously a repeaterPOMPOM6Down2 Coster's companion?ESCORT6Down3 FishedANGLED6Down3 CatchwordSLOGAN6Down3 LengthyLONG4Down4 Animal of a novel kindELK3Down4 Farmyard birdHEN3Down4 UltimatelyFINALLY7Down5 Beefy Aberdonian?ANGUS5Down5 DonkeysASSES5Down5 CandleTAPER5Down6 King, maybe, unable to take flightPENGUIN7Down6 Opposite of maximumMINIMUM7Down6 Before touring India, name a lakeERIE4Down7 UnlockOPEN4Down7 Walk on the street with a sailorly gaitSTROLL6Down8 At seaAFLOAT6Down8 BrownTAN3Down9 OrnamentTRINKET7Down11 Bit of fun always on Saturday night?FEVER5Down12 CantBEVEL5Down12 FruitAPPLE5Down13 TrustFAITH5Down13 An inaccurate throw can still have meritWORTH5Down13 DistributeALLOT5Down14 Search and rob of a weaponRIFLE5Down14 AutomatonROBOT5Down14 Concerning a seaman out to wreck a U-boatABOUT5Down15 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down15 AgedOLD3Down16 Hereditary unitsGENES5Down16 It provides a regular returnLEVEL5Down16 SparkleTWINKLE7Down18 Coal workerMINER5Down18 Travelling tribesmanNOMAD5Down18 Cheer when you hear the team's a man short?HEARTEN7Down19 FiendishDEMONIC7Down19 When one has nothing to eat, this can come in a bottle!IODINE6Down21 Revolve, spinROTATE6Down21 In good timeEARLY5Down21 LamentBEMOAN6Down22 Brownish uniform?LIVERY6Down22 GrowlSNARL5Down22 HitSTRIKE6Down23 Something served to soldier (vegetarian)RADISH6Down23 GhostPHANTOM7Down24 RotDECAY5Down25 Foreign and possibly coming to heelCUBAN5Down25 An exposed position?POSE4Down26 Pith helmetTOPI4Down26 IrritateIRK3Down27 Quiet order to a little dogPOM3Down28 Definite articleTHE3Down28 MockDERIDE6Down28 AllowGRANT5Down29 RegionalLOCAL5Down32 KeenEAGER5Down33 TavernINN3Down35 EngraveETCH4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. 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.