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Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2021 answers. The Friday 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 MatRUG3Across4 ReverseBACK4Across6 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across8 ConventionalFORMAL6Across9 They show you very easily that it's six thirtyHANDSDOWN9Across9 EasilyHANDSDOWN9Across9 PermitLET3Across10 ShookAGITATED8Across10 Looking up at the sky, make for homeHEADBACK8Across10 Sense you have an instinctive aptitude forFEEL4Across12 BeliefCREED5Across12 PlantREED4Across12 KeptSTORED6Across13 English former nobleman gives hydrocarbonETHANE6Across13 Again say thanks for putting in the new treesRESTATE7Across14 PostponeDEFER5Across14 TankCISTERN7Across14 PaintingLANDSCAPE9Across15 The warm-hearted crew of the ice-breaker?COLDHANDS9Across15 ObjectDEMUR5Across15 Discover the note when you get homeFINDAFLAT9Across17 StartORIGINATE9Across17 CalmSERENE6Across18 An odd outburst of anger on the waySTRANGE7Across18 RemoteDISTANT7Across18 Come and see handmade cigaretteROLLUP6Across20 MovementMOTION6Across20 AdvantageousUSEFUL6Across20 HaltSTOP4Across21 A certain additional problem is spoken ofSOME4Across21 PrincipleTENET5Across24 HerbTARRAGON8Across24 Tell me again what's cooking in the hot containerHOWSTHAT8Across24 KillerASSASSIN8Across26 PoetryVERSE5Across26 He sees you clutch the drink sent outBEHOLDER8Across26 SmoothEVEN4Across28 TormentTEASE5Across28 When given the centre court, behavesACTS4Across28 GrabSNATCH6Across29 Tipped, went furtively offSLOPED6Across29 BorderHEM3Across30 Urge the locals to house the poor peopleBEGGARS7Across31 MadeCREATED7Across31 CopeMANAGE6Across32 YearlyANNUAL6Across33 PirateBUCCANEER9Across34 TradeDEAL4Across34 A poor keeper but a sport?GOODLOSER9Across34 FastenTIE3Across35 OnlookerSPECTATOR9Across36 TardyLATE4Across36 Can't understand it when you don't noticeFAILTOSEE9Across36 GraveSERIOUS7Across38 Refuse, in a terrible rage, to accept the caseGARBAGE7Across38 Incense in a funny green containerENRAGE6Across39 ShrewdASTUTE6Across39 LiberateFREE4Across40 Not charged for the padFLAT4Across40 Too youngUNDERAGE8Across41 Attacked the twit taking the girl backASSAILED8Across41 LudicrousLAUGHABLE9Across42 The beginning, but not the first round!SQUAREONE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChuckledCHORTLED8Down1 Full details about a number of theftsTHEFACTS8Down1 Lock upINTERN6Down2 LingerHOVER5Down2 Not thoroughly ill?UNWELL6Down2 YieldCONCEDE7Down3 AgreementCONTRACT8Down3 Will get one back into shape? Go on!CONTINUE8Down3 The girl's got a fifty in historyANNALS6Down4 FalseUNTRUE6Down4 StaggerREEL4Down4 TalentGIFT4Down5 Happy and endlessly at capacityCHEERFUL8Down5 DistributesHANDSOUT8Down5 Canal-boatBARGE5Down6 RoundaboutCIRCUITOUS10Down6 OK. Bleached to just the right degreeFAIRENOUGH10Down6 CastleCHATEAU7Down7 CorrosiveCAUSTIC7Down7 Say lamb stew is greatABYSMAL7Down7 Swiss cityGENEVA6Down8 Write, almost illegibly, "sun-stroke"SCRAWL6Down8 Awful fate met the woman in the aviaryFEATHER7Down11 SlovenlyUNKEMPT7Down11 BirdEMU3Down11 LettuceCOS3Down12 LairDEN3Down13 EncounteredMET3Down16 StepsSTAIRS6Down16 Frank is about one's heightHONEST6Down16 ManageRUN3Down17 QuiverSHAKE5Down19 RaiseELEVATE7Down19 Nonsense! Put in a big perch!ROOST5Down19 Male peopleMEN3Down20 Hand back the deserterRAT3Down20 FixedSET3Down21 Margaret getting a first love letterOMEGA5Down22 EverlastingETERNAL7Down22 TurnTWIST5Down22 The pound popped inside see as an insultSLIGHT6Down23 AgreementASSENT6Down23 UntruthLIE3Down23 Gosh, they do make an unholy din!HELLSBELLS10Down25 WatchEYE3Down25 BiscuitGINGERSNAP10Down25 TreeASH3Down26 The rotten fish is sent backBAD3Down26 A chit for the cases!BAGGAGE7Down27 TinySMALL5Down27 WordyVERBOSE7Down27 BeginSTART5Down29 WarmthHEAT4Down30 MenaceTHREATEN8Down30 Means the wine's last to go inPORTENDS8Down30 Produce, in the fight arenaBRINGOUT8Down31 Old jokeCHESTNUT8Down31 ManufacturedMADE4Down31 Covered the outhouse to keep the warmth inSHEATHED8Down32 ShadedDARKENED8Down32 The case of the circus performers and the old slatternFLEABAG7Down33 Stabbing weaponBAYONET7Down33 Attack, catching us with a jagged hornONRUSH6Down35 MindingCARING6Down35 Favouring, at the outset, plenty of treesFOREST6Down36 FixSETTLE6Down36 Also swinging on the barSALOON6Down37 BeatsTHROBS6Down37

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