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Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
African desertSAHARA6Across1 ProphetSEER4Across1 The pair Cleo contrives to hold upCOUPLE6Across1 ExpireDIE3Across4 DesireWISH4Across6 Grow rapidlyMUSHROOM8Across7 The terrible lizard is around to be found!DINOSAUR8Across7 StruggleTUSSLE6Across8 Opening for a hotheaded Scandinavian?HOLE4Across8 Backless shoeMULE4Across8 CommunicationSIGNAL6Across9 WagesPAY3Across10 It's in Brno, perhaps, that one of our people may be touringBRITON6Across10 JailPRISON6Across10 CurtABRUPT6Across11 It's a short way to ride, so walkSTRIDE6Across11 MarSPOIL5Across12 StitchSEW3Across14 In no way immediately!NOW3Across14 LeesDREGS5Across14 RespondREACT5Across15 Fails to winLOSES5Across16 Fine fabric for a French femaleNINON5Across16 As jointly assembled for angling?RODS4Across17 DecomposesROTS4Across17 SlumberingASLEEP6Across18 Where the women are about to be taken in by bad actingHAREM5Across19 TimorousTIMID5Across19 AverASSERT6Across20 Rescuer jammed in a crevasse?SAVER5Across21 NoblemenDUKES5Across21 So curved as to suit me a lotDOMED5Across22 Hotel for driversMOTEL5Across22 CondimentSALT4Across23 Robert, Bobby's inspirationPEEL4Across23 PoisonousTOXIC5Across24 Fertile spotOASIS5Across26 DeadlyFATAL5Across26 One has a right, in the end, to followTRAIL5Across26 Jerry's drinking companionTOM3Across28 SavourTASTE5Across28 Toothed wheelCOG3Across28 One is free to fire at itRANDOM6Across29 Thick oilGREASE6Across29 PinPEG3Across30 Military greetingSALUTE6Across30 Sailor's art form in middle-ageRATING6Across30 No longer is this said to be pastoralORAL4Across31 Elm, sayTREE4Across31 It can be so suddenPROPOSAL8Across32 PesterPLAGUE6Across32 Coffee typeESPRESSO8Across32 When there's trouble, he takes things badlyLOOTER6Across33 RecoverREDEEM6Across33 Small horsesPONIES6Across33 AskewAWRY4Across34 CircuitLAP3Across35 ReluctantLOTH4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Hidden gunmanSNIPER6Down1 A curve in the roadCAMBER6Down1 Fit outEQUIP5Down2 To shop around for picturesPHOTOS6Down2 EntertainsAMUSES6Down2 Prayer endingAMEN4Down3 BreatheRESPIRE7Down3 Paradise in Sweden?EDEN4Down3 Kevin acts firm and possibly sternCOSTNER7Down4 ProfoundDEEP4Down4 French wineCHABLIS7Down4 FacileEASY4Down5 Camera adjustmentFOCUS5Down5 In Dickens, an admirer who takes in JoeFAGIN5Down5 BetWAGER5Down6 Colourful setting for 8 AcrossGREEN5Down6 Leaves outOMITS5Down6 ReelSTAGGER7Down7 Thin fogMIST4Down8 Such quarters are at the rearHIND4Down8 MooLOW3Down9 In Holloway, depressedLOW3Down9 CurveARC3Down11 The edge but not the whole perimeterRIM3Down12 SpringSPA3Down12 Stick or shaftROD3Down12 American city to avoid?DODGE5Down13 ShelterLEE3Down13 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down13 CompareLIKEN5Down15 Maurice upset LaverRAVEL5Down15 SuitableAPT3Down16 LevyTAX3Down17 An aged musical work?OPERA5Down18 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 Bit of a shame he's so cornyHAM3Down19 SuperficialSHALLOW7Down19 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Down19 Like a rose, perhaps, it can be pottedRED3Down20 Boy or girl's nameMEL3Down20 King alone for a day?SOLOMON7Down21 PoseSIT3Down21 File of papersDOSSIER7Down21 DisgraceSCANDAL7Down22 Girl's nameMIA3Down22 Passed up againDID3Down22 Serious, glumSOLEMN6Down23 To pot a new plantPOTATO6Down23 FastenTIE3Down23 FeverAGUE4Down24 Can he lie around a lot?EMIL4Down24 TopicsTHEMES6Down25 Apparently a tugboat?LUGGER6Down25 MineralORE3Down25 Catches a stray spratTRAPS5Down26 Eyes upOGLES5Down26 IrateANGRY5Down27 OozesSEEPS5Down27 Displease a number in any caseANNOY5Down27 VehicleCAR3Down28 In the night, arguably, it's blackTAR3Down28 LarcenyTHEFT5Down29 It's called breadROLL4Down30 TollPEAL4Down30 HaltSTOP4Down30 ClutchGRIP4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, May 8, 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.