Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 7 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Purchased61 AcrossReveal answer → Spin a coin64 AcrossReveal answer → Benders in the garden?64 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous65 AcrossReveal answer → Insinuation87 AcrossReveal answer → Is worn, having influence no longer87 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor made to go, possibly without leave68 AcrossReveal answer → Flag88 AcrossReveal answer → Minor earthquake68 AcrossReveal answer → Close49 AcrossReveal answer → Obvious to many a listener510 AcrossReveal answer → Heated310 AcrossReveal answer → Test or experiment510 AcrossReveal answer → Strict512 AcrossReveal answer → In David Copperfield, he has the key to the piano413 AcrossReveal answer → Change direction413 AcrossReveal answer → Vend414 AcrossReveal answer → Food from the East414 AcrossReveal answer → Short-term worker415 AcrossReveal answer → It’s nonsense, mate415 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly315 AcrossReveal answer → To do so is work, or sounds so316 AcrossReveal answer → Use a spade316 AcrossReveal answer → What to keep when out of control417 AcrossReveal answer → Religious image417 AcrossReveal answer → Tear317 AcrossReveal answer → Sprite318 AcrossReveal answer → As in the desert, you get one free419 AcrossReveal answer → Continent419 AcrossReveal answer → Garland319 AcrossReveal answer → Avoid520 AcrossReveal answer → Obliged legally to jump clear?921 AcrossReveal answer → Native Australian921 AcrossReveal answer → Whim321 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage322 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly a long shot?423 AcrossReveal answer → Expire323 AcrossReveal answer → Plant423 AcrossReveal answer → Certain424 AcrossReveal answer → Owing324 AcrossReveal answer → Russian perhaps good at Scandinavian?424 AcrossReveal answer → Shrill526 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary bird326 AcrossReveal answer → A month of possibility326 AcrossReveal answer → Praise a chap not being in uniform427 AcrossReveal answer → Pimple427 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately429 AcrossReveal answer → Open for a drink429 AcrossReveal answer → Fish-eggs329 AcrossReveal answer → Just an old fool’s bit of fun!432 AcrossReveal answer → Fronded plant432 AcrossReveal answer → Projected piece of playground equipment533 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy433 AcrossReveal answer → Art533 AcrossReveal answer → They’re customary when a seaman strikes out634 AcrossReveal answer → Burst834 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair634 AcrossReveal answer → Busy when fuel escapes freely out of a hole835 AcrossReveal answer → Clergyman635 AcrossReveal answer → Proof835 AcrossReveal answer → New design centre636 AcrossReveal answer → Totter636 AcrossReveal answer → Period of instruction636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Presents51 DownReveal answer → Mostly cold, can give a hot effect51 DownReveal answer → Escargot52 DownReveal answer → Surpass52 DownReveal answer → Run to the end of the street, fast!52 DownReveal answer → Wet weather? Down with it!43 DownReveal answer → Crew43 DownReveal answer → Give out playing cards43 DownReveal answer → Scottish form of sabre54 DownReveal answer → Characteristic54 DownReveal answer → Tribal emblem54 DownReveal answer → The buzzer was quiet45 DownReveal answer → Beneath55 DownReveal answer → Prophet45 DownReveal answer → Wandered around the garden66 DownReveal answer → Sensible46 DownReveal answer → Ideal society66 DownReveal answer → Feeble57 DownReveal answer → Live to own things and show one’s breeding69 DownReveal answer → Mend69 DownReveal answer → Perforated510 DownReveal answer → Put down some things to sit on, perhaps311 DownReveal answer → Commonplace511 DownReveal answer → Colour311 DownReveal answer → Inland, but it has a wild coast!512 DownReveal answer → Defence plea512 DownReveal answer → Javelin512 DownReveal answer → Keep going to make an offer of?713 DownReveal answer → Delete513 DownReveal answer → Deer meat713 DownReveal answer → Penniless514 DownReveal answer → The heavy heart of Glastonbury315 DownReveal answer → Hill315 DownReveal answer → Tender515 DownReveal answer → Evade516 DownReveal answer → An opening word from Dr. Johnson316 DownReveal answer → Cease living316 DownReveal answer → Shop exit?618 DownReveal answer → Pamper618 DownReveal answer → A very superior glare, possibly520 DownReveal answer → Move furtively520 DownReveal answer → Obtain by going out of turn321 DownReveal answer → Curve321 DownReveal answer → Stale ingredient of school dinners322 DownReveal answer → Intestine322 DownReveal answer → Bluish-black element623 DownReveal answer → A team to beat Villa?623 DownReveal answer → Express525 DownReveal answer → Sorry about the school head getting notice325 DownReveal answer → Girl’s name325 DownReveal answer → Evict527 DownReveal answer → Clean feathers528 DownReveal answer → The way it’s put, it must be a good thing528 DownReveal answer → Cheated528 DownReveal answer → Big cats530 DownReveal answer → Fat530 DownReveal answer → Just for the moment, I’m leaving Jim uncertain530 DownReveal answer → Shuteye531 DownReveal answer → Formerly431 DownReveal answer → State the ruling head may be male531 DownReveal answer → Football supporters432 DownReveal answer → Juliet and I have an old-fashioned dance432 DownReveal answer → Crease432 DownReveal answer → Dan’s upset – by George!433 DownReveal answer → Flank433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.