Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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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BucketPAIL4Across1 SickenAIL3Across4 ClutchGRAB4Across6 Prehistoric creatureDINOSAUR8Across9 ButtRAM3Across9 Music that creates restlessness in the audience?MOVEMENT8Across9 Twice a day, gets through to herADA3Across10 PerplexedCONFUSED8Across10 PrimateAPE3Across10 Are grooming the hair when an insect appearsEARWIG6Across11 AbsentAWAY4Across11 SupernaturalOCCULT6Across11 Burned by the water, got inflamedSEARED6Across12 List of businessAGENDA6Across12 CrazedBERSERK7Across13 I meant to blend and incorporate a number in the foodALIMENT7Across13 Said it’s a lot and it is a lotSITE4Across14 ThroughPER3Across14 Single entityUNIT4Across14 Understanding it’s becoming entangled withCATCHINGON10Across15 DecorativeORNAMENTAL10Across15 RevoltREBEL5Across16 A full treatment for all those interior partsTHEWORKS8Across17 North AfricanEGYPTIAN8Across17 Outstanding braveryHEROISM7Across18 Climbed as she had, holding the barSHINNED7Across18 Ballpoint penBIRO4Across19 See it’s unbeatable when you back itSPOT4Across19 AnnouncedDECLARED8Across19 StorehouseDEPOT5Across21 FrothLATHER6Across21 Flounder for the partyTHRASH6Across21 RelegationDEMOTION8Across23 Take prompt action at some stage?REFRESHONESMEMORY17Across24 Show disapprovalRAISEONESEYEBROWS17Across24 RenovateRENEW5Across24 IlluminatedLIT3Across27 A birdie shows one’s good at golf? Poppycock!PARROT6Across27 Slice of baconRASHER6Across27 Cooker partOVEN4Across29 Soon makes the girl duck insideANON4Across29 Outline, for the many on the tripCONTOUR7Across30 BaseIGNOBLE7Across30 BoxSPAR4Across31 InfantileCHILDISH8Across33 Nocturnal animalHEDGEHOG8Across33 As a joke, created a cult – and just in timePUNCTUAL8Across33 SheepEWE3Across34 Ran offFLED4Across35 They have had to read, skipping, “Long, Long Ago”THEYEARDOT10Across35 OwnerPROPRIETOR10Across35 A keeness to get the advantageEDGE4Across36 ManagedRAN3Across36 ParadiseEDEN4Across36 AcidTART4Across37 Drank one, doctor, and I went to bedIMBIBED7Across37 StrangeUNUSUAL7Across37 BadgeEMBLEM6Across38 Does he appear in a musical?CHEATS6Across38 CommentREMARK6Across40 Not having British sausages makes one see redANGERS6Across40 EmployUSE3Across41 Exploit the said femalesUSE3Across41 QuarrelSQUABBLE8Across42 The stray, after the “Scat!” scampers offCASTAWAY8Across42

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Because of a quirk of fate, has her as ancestorFOREFATHER10Down1 Soft drinkGINGERBEER10Down1 Urban areaTOWN4Down2 Take it he’s a grouchBEAR4Down2 SoonANON4Down2 ToffeesCARAMELS8Down3 He got Daniel to break the newsHEADLINE8Down3 ExistenceLIFE4Down3 UprightnessPROBITY7Down4 The odd unknownSTRANGE7Down4 RepliedANSWERED8Down4 WomanLADY4Down5 AgreeSEEEYETOEYE11Down5 Having had a drink, enquire if you’ll be scoldedTAKENTOTASK11Down5 ClassGRADE5Down6 Horse racing's governing bodyJOCKEYCLUB10Down6 Before the heartbreak at the convalescence placeRESTCENTRE10Down6 UncookedRAW3Down7 Find not guiltyACQUIT6Down7 Quickly taking a quiet break when there’s nothing onPRESTO6Down7 AstoundAMAZE5Down8 FinalULTIMATE8Down8 They’re wrong to take in the girlMISTAKES8Down8 The foreigner driving the nail point inALIEN5Down10 MonthAPRIL5Down10 ViperADDER5Down12 DerideSCORN5Down13 CushionPAD3Down14 RepulseREPEL5Down15 Do away withABOLISH7Down16 I consult with the others about the treeCONIFER7Down16 StartBEGIN5Down17 InclinedLEANT5Down18 EditionISSUE5Down20 The horse is good – not friskyPINTO5Down20 RealmDOMINION8Down20 ChildTOT3Down22 Bird table with a hole in itROOSTER7Down22 CoupleTWOSOME7Down22 Almost a free hand?CHEAPLABOUR11Down23 Out of placeINCONGRUOUS11Down23 So I enter the new names with gustoENTHUSIASM10Down25 EvictEXPEL5Down25 Natural disasterEARTHQUAKE10Down25 “I am amazed” is not your line!YOUDONTSAY10Down26 StrayedERRED5Down26 Food poisoning bacteriaSALMONELLA10Down26 BlemishSCAR4Down28 Mix a tub and a quarter in: that’s more than enoughABUNDANT8Down28 Scottish cityABERDEEN8Down28 ReviseEDIT4Down29 EmployerUSER4Down30 On the subject of actors, is dullOVERCAST8Down31 BeautifulGORGEOUS8Down31 WonderAWE3Down32 InaneFOOLISH7Down32 The judgment of the court on the composerVERDICT7Down32 KindlyGENIAL6Down34 Bright and cold, take delight in getting upCLEVER6Down34 Index in the story bookTABLE5Down35 Dried plumPRUNE5Down35 InfantBABY4Down39 Drove back from HollandEDAM4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 8, 2020. 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.