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Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 7 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 130 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#
Drink inIMBIBE6Across1 They double the decimal fractionsFIFTHS6Across4 African desertSAHARA6Across4 AssertAVER4Across5 Above which to be high and drySEALEVEL8Across7 Block upOBSTRUCT8Across7 It's nothing for me to allow for foodOMELET6Across8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Across8 DepositLODGE5Across8 StudyCON3Across9 EmploymentUSAGE5Across10 ValleyGLEN4Across10 Saint's half-hearted prohibitionALBAN5Across10 AssistantAIDE4Across11 BenefitAVAIL5Across12 Cooking fatLARD4Across13 Disdainful look that puts me out for half an hourMOUE4Across13 AccidentMISHAP6Across13 Monetary unitLIRA4Across14 Back behind the right earREAR4Across14 Dear addressesSIRS4Across15 Cabbage varietyKALE4Across15 LairDEN3Across16 Some space centre at New YorkANY3Across16 GrowlROAR4Across16 The weather according to Miss ThompsonRAIN4Across17 PrincipalMAIN4Across17 InfluenceSWAY4Across18 BelovedDEAR4Across19 Perform either part of a duet in prisonSING4Across19 CotBED3Across20 Expert on the pastHISTORIAN9Across21 The European mainland (unlike Britain) is chasteCONTINENT9Across21 PoseSIT3Across22 ChickensHENS4Across23 Nothing but a new townNOWT4Across23 LabelTAG3Across23 Become friendly with a beginner in the policeMELT4Across24 DiscourteousRUDE4Across24 PlentyLOTS4Across24 SleighSLED4Across25 Communication of copied factsFAX3Across26 For everyPER3Across26 Debauched type going north from RouenROUE4Across27 Corrosive substanceACID4Across27 VaryDIFFER6Across28 The women in the vestryEVES4Across29 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 SmashCRASH5Across30 He can sort the mailLIAM4Across32 Big catLION4Across32 ExcusePLEA4Across32 Splendid for Greta, possiblyGREAT5Across33 MagnitudeSIZE4Across33 Shallow dishPLATE5Across33 Imagines the doctor has the same disorderDREAMS6Across34 CerealRYE3Across34 Leg boneFIBULA6Across34 In activity, almost a bustling port?ISTANBUL8Across35 CheatedDUPED5Across35 Unauthorised occupantSQUATTER8Across35 In a way, weapons come in large numbersSWARMS6Across36 FastenedTIED4Across36 CharmAMULET6Across36 FamishSTARVE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Powerful personMOGUL5Down1 RevenueINCOME6Down1 The man from the academyOSCAR5Down1 ExiledBANISHED8Down2 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down2 Dance with uncle, a bachelorSAMBA5Down2 One gas, or maybe noneNEON4Down3 GratisFREE4Down3 MendicantBEGGAR6Down3 Where, for dancing, a girl gets goldFLOOR5Down4 PurloinSTEAL5Down4 ChangedCONVERTED9Down4 OpposingAGAINST7Down5 GraspHOLD4Down5 Feel free to run awayFLEE4Down5 MaskVEIL4Down6 Causing superficial disruption in the landHOEING6Down6 MarauderRAIDER6Down6 RushREED4Down7 MeadowLEA3Down8 BeliefCREDIT6Down9 To sum up, less than a morsel to eatMUSSEL6Down9 A wrongSIN3Down11 One direction to drive from Lima, for instanceLEG3Down11 To point the way can be a dangerous thingARROW5Down12 Street urchinGAMIN5Down12 At least one car's silent!MINIMUM7Down13 Wool fatLANOLIN7Down13 OwnedPOSSESSED9Down14 EquipmentKIT3Down15 CroneHAG3Down15 Rest in positionSIT3Down15 Boy's nameDAN3Down16 Six-footer from GranthamANT3Down16 SickenAIL3Down17 Train wreck on the first of the month, in IrelandANTRIM6Down18 AssaultASSAIL6Down18 TravellerWAYFARER8Down19 Bury in Milan?INTER5Down20 InsectBUG3Down20 Artist's standEASEL5Down20 See the animal gets an apple!COX3Down21 That womanHER3Down21 CheatDEFRAUD7Down21 Given a start in life, French fashionNEE3Down22 StickROD3Down22 Like a boat on the canalNARROW6Down23 Balloon gasHELIUM6Down23 Animal doctorVET3Down25 The field of Gray's ElegyLEA3Down25 AbsorbDIGEST6Down26 MournGRIEVE6Down27 FreewheelCOAST5Down28 Nice place that means nothing to a little sisterOASIS5Down28 LocationSPOT4Down29 What work and play can beVERBS5Down30 YieldCEDE4Down30 Pub gameDARTS5Down30 ApproachesNEARS5Down31 ConcealedHID3Down31 A supporter, this bird?STILT5Down31 Left to dry out in the denLAIR4Down32 Quiet spellLULL4Down32 You won't like anybody getting yours!GOAT4Down33 Baby carriagePRAM4Down33

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