Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2023 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 8 2023. 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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Lethal51 AcrossReveal answer → Charge arising from many a nasty bite!51 AcrossReveal answer → Irritated52 AcrossReveal answer → A rope trick at Covent Garden?56 AcrossReveal answer → Throw water over56 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken47 AcrossReveal answer → Combined68 AcrossReveal answer → Shelf59 AcrossReveal answer → African country79 AcrossReveal answer → Wintry wind possibly taken to heart by alarmists79 AcrossReveal answer → Hackneyed510 AcrossReveal answer → Prevents from getting new posts510 AcrossReveal answer → Ban311 AcrossReveal answer → Neglected to arrange a try-out for us511 AcrossReveal answer → Tiling mortar511 AcrossReveal answer → The quality of a cool-headed girl512 AcrossReveal answer → Donates512 AcrossReveal answer → Deity313 AcrossReveal answer → Decrease gradually713 AcrossReveal answer → To be truthful, it could be nicer in the southeast713 AcrossReveal answer → Jam container315 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves in paper bags, perhaps315 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise415 AcrossReveal answer → Owns316 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch cheese417 AcrossReveal answer → Plan of the area?417 AcrossReveal answer → State the island's in618 AcrossReveal answer → Caress618 AcrossReveal answer → Sea-eagle418 AcrossReveal answer → Is he one to swan around?519 AcrossReveal answer → Prolific719 AcrossReveal answer → Petticoats519 AcrossReveal answer → Correspond620 AcrossReveal answer → Persuaded more than one person to be made redundant?620 AcrossReveal answer → Employed420 AcrossReveal answer → Look intently at tiny hole422 AcrossReveal answer → Of sound mind422 AcrossReveal answer → Front422 AcrossReveal answer → Ordained723 AcrossReveal answer → Last of seven days?324 AcrossReveal answer → Spirit324 AcrossReveal answer → Supported the suggestion that a tedious fellow be dismissed725 AcrossReveal answer → Plume725 AcrossReveal answer → Flat425 AcrossReveal answer → Court case526 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh girl with terribly low ways526 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet327 AcrossReveal answer → Bad news about one who's simply a rotter527 AcrossReveal answer → Thespian527 AcrossReveal answer → Sculptor little Rodney got friendly with528 AcrossReveal answer → Flower part528 AcrossReveal answer → Lake428 AcrossReveal answer → Animated game?729 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instruments729 AcrossReveal answer → Shelters used by the replacement players?530 AcrossReveal answer → Summarise530 AcrossReveal answer → Father330 AcrossReveal answer → Willow531 AcrossReveal answer → Cigarettes kept out of the way of the teeth!531 AcrossReveal answer → Defective331 AcrossReveal answer → Calm533 AcrossReveal answer → Acid636 AcrossReveal answer → Close437 AcrossReveal answer → Cede538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Trample51 DownReveal answer → Overseas62 DownReveal answer → Sick32 DownReveal answer → Lead to getting in late, possibly62 DownReveal answer → When the little devil gets to work, it's a blow!63 DownReveal answer → Child33 DownReveal answer → National song63 DownReveal answer → Owing34 DownReveal answer → This'll make you sit up!34 DownReveal answer → Falsehood34 DownReveal answer → Intelligence35 DownReveal answer → Over which to be helped in sound style?55 DownReveal answer → Be suitable to55 DownReveal answer → Criminal56 DownReveal answer → They may be all in the same boat76 DownReveal answer → Assimilates76 DownReveal answer → Paddles47 DownReveal answer → It's of extra significance47 DownReveal answer → Shrill cry68 DownReveal answer → It's bad and seems right over the top to most men68 DownReveal answer → Equipment410 DownReveal answer → Bewildered711 DownReveal answer → Ebbed712 DownReveal answer → Cunning512 DownReveal answer → Many people exult a lot!512 DownReveal answer → Lubricated713 DownReveal answer → Agitatedly paces the room513 DownReveal answer → Ague513 DownReveal answer → Erased714 DownReveal answer → Fact514 DownReveal answer → Damon, wandering514 DownReveal answer → Thanks to a book being unfinished, it's banned515 DownReveal answer → Jinx515 DownReveal answer → Confused tale about key part of shoelace516 DownReveal answer → Allude516 DownReveal answer → Centre516 DownReveal answer → Precipitous517 DownReveal answer → Sprite318 DownReveal answer → Look up this spike and you'll see it has no tip518 DownReveal answer → Glib talk518 DownReveal answer → Rider's foot support719 DownReveal answer → Hunters whose job is to prevent escape?719 DownReveal answer → Lair321 DownReveal answer → Open savoury tart621 DownReveal answer → Hardly the street for a head-on collision!621 DownReveal answer → Tension622 DownReveal answer → It causes players to leap around622 DownReveal answer → Nullify623 DownReveal answer → Phone about the letters with the official decision623 DownReveal answer → Relax424 DownReveal answer → Adipose525 DownReveal answer → Where, being stranded, one could have a ball!525 DownReveal answer → Sound526 DownReveal answer → Roman gown426 DownReveal answer → A unique occasion426 DownReveal answer → He runs around, whistling328 DownReveal answer → In favour of328 DownReveal answer → Rustic529 DownReveal answer → Pig-pen332 DownReveal answer → Snoop333 DownReveal answer → Wonder334 DownReveal answer → Finish335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 8, 2023. 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.