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Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 8 2018. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Oak tree fruit51 AcrossReveal answer → Beat61 AcrossReveal answer → Was, if misconstrued, associated with strays51 AcrossReveal answer → Penetrate65 AcrossReveal answer → Contest that can lead to a flare-up56 AcrossReveal answer → Ludicrous situation56 AcrossReveal answer → Inflexible59 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing but a metal product, yet of vegetable origin79 AcrossReveal answer → Spray can79 AcrossReveal answer → Dupe610 AcrossReveal answer → Boastful, being above the general level510 AcrossReveal answer → Happening510 AcrossReveal answer → Draw out611 AcrossReveal answer → Log boats511 AcrossReveal answer → Owlish yet colourful511 AcrossReveal answer → Rasps512 AcrossReveal answer → Soiled512 AcrossReveal answer → She's mean, keeping hold of a fag-end512 AcrossReveal answer → One less heavy on petrol?713 AcrossReveal answer → Light anorak713 AcrossReveal answer → Space414 AcrossReveal answer → Go out of shape, perhaps315 AcrossReveal answer → Container315 AcrossReveal answer → Article417 AcrossReveal answer → Tied in a knot. (That's 'correct')417 AcrossReveal answer → 24 hours317 AcrossReveal answer → Part of one's costume for a dance618 AcrossReveal answer → Demure618 AcrossReveal answer → Centre418 AcrossReveal answer → Javelin519 AcrossReveal answer → The terrorist's blunder519 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerates620 AcrossReveal answer → Many can be urged to work hard620 AcrossReveal answer → Twist520 AcrossReveal answer → Masculine422 AcrossReveal answer → Defeat the greatest!422 AcrossReveal answer → Fabric522 AcrossReveal answer → Tripled723 AcrossReveal answer → Not really short for Consuela!324 AcrossReveal answer → Question524 AcrossReveal answer → Regret324 AcrossReveal answer → Sunshade725 AcrossReveal answer → As produced by porters and journalists725 AcrossReveal answer → Invention endlessly contributive to transportation526 AcrossReveal answer → Entitled526 AcrossReveal answer → Enclose, confine526 AcrossReveal answer → Bet527 AcrossReveal answer → When she got her gun, did she have one and nine change?527 AcrossReveal answer → For a great man, it's wrong to upset Nat528 AcrossReveal answer → Detests528 AcrossReveal answer → Fatheaded deed by a minority group729 AcrossReveal answer → Coloured arc729 AcrossReveal answer → Impel429 AcrossReveal answer → When released, Fred circumnavigates the Earth530 AcrossReveal answer → Oyster's gem530 AcrossReveal answer → Charge330 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly drunk531 AcrossReveal answer → No, you needn't ask again531 AcrossReveal answer → Speed432 AcrossReveal answer → Main artery533 AcrossReveal answer → Lunacy635 AcrossReveal answer → Compassionate636 AcrossReveal answer → Bird537 AcrossReveal answer → Wood638 AcrossReveal answer → Road639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sundry61 DownReveal answer → Warning62 DownReveal answer → Agent62 DownReveal answer → Scared to wander far for help62 DownReveal answer → The false start should be contested63 DownReveal answer → Parched43 DownReveal answer → Kidnapper's payment63 DownReveal answer → Shy54 DownReveal answer → Sorry to separate father and daughter in California34 DownReveal answer → Mesh34 DownReveal answer → Holiness55 DownReveal answer → Forever a novel character55 DownReveal answer → Film55 DownReveal answer → Indolently46 DownReveal answer → A killer in the ring76 DownReveal answer → Without end76 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately47 DownReveal answer → Calculate67 DownReveal answer → A Catalan name?47 DownReveal answer → Run as one simply cannot do, on a half of beer68 DownReveal answer → Strong cord68 DownReveal answer → Respect68 DownReveal answer → Flicks512 DownReveal answer → Joined the regiment in time512 DownReveal answer → Climbing rose713 DownReveal answer → This team is in front, you say?513 DownReveal answer → Cheroot, say513 DownReveal answer → Old-time dance for which Joe joins some guests514 DownReveal answer → Magic servant514 DownReveal answer → Happen515 DownReveal answer → Blue boy?515 DownReveal answer → Spanish snacks515 DownReveal answer → Rhythm516 DownReveal answer → Cant516 DownReveal answer → They've cornered a part of Westminster Abbey516 DownReveal answer → Tree518 DownReveal answer → Devil518 DownReveal answer → Breaking an elbow can help with you digestion518 DownReveal answer → Noted horse for a master intellectual719 DownReveal answer → Bolt519 DownReveal answer → More than a few719 DownReveal answer → One possibly scarlet, going up the pole?621 DownReveal answer → Askew321 DownReveal answer → Fuel gas621 DownReveal answer → African country622 DownReveal answer → Lair322 DownReveal answer → Being stupid or stolid is more than sheepish622 DownReveal answer → Defeated competitors623 DownReveal answer → Smartly set about the boys in blue, as punishment623 DownReveal answer → Droll624 DownReveal answer → Apron525 DownReveal answer → Opening payments?525 DownReveal answer → Selfishness625 DownReveal answer → She's the one few are wrong about426 DownReveal answer → German man426 DownReveal answer → Control627 DownReveal answer → Not up to weight?328 DownReveal answer → Abandon628 DownReveal answer → Spicy328 DownReveal answer → Lobby530 DownReveal answer → Spirit531 DownReveal answer → Pain433 DownReveal answer → Relation434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. 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.