Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 8 2026. 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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Beg61 AcrossReveal answer → Obtain65 AcrossReveal answer → Record88 AcrossReveal answer → Carry99 AcrossReveal answer → Responsibility49 AcrossReveal answer → Is it suitable for high tea?99 AcrossReveal answer → Serpent310 AcrossReveal answer → Miles away from the place? Anything but!910 AcrossReveal answer → Increasing910 AcrossReveal answer → Woman412 AcrossReveal answer → She never bought much abroad412 AcrossReveal answer → Shelf512 AcrossReveal answer → Show613 AcrossReveal answer → A rubber spanner!613 AcrossReveal answer → Occupation714 AcrossReveal answer → So put out again, from the carriage714 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed315 AcrossReveal answer → Taking the trip south or declining915 AcrossReveal answer → Anxiety915 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder317 AcrossReveal answer → Creature917 AcrossReveal answer → If Fred were let off at ten, about, to get changed917 AcrossReveal answer → Tear318 AcrossReveal answer → Volunteered718 AcrossReveal answer → Is it a draw at the marine exhibition?718 AcrossReveal answer → At the time, fears they're wrong619 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent619 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter319 AcrossReveal answer → Beak420 AcrossReveal answer → House520 AcrossReveal answer → The girl from number 50A420 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch321 AcrossReveal answer → Imitate322 AcrossReveal answer → Transgress323 AcrossReveal answer → Surplus923 AcrossReveal answer → Late and one's yawning?923 AcrossReveal answer → Gain324 AcrossReveal answer → Feel, to a minor degree, silly925 AcrossReveal answer → Paint925 AcrossReveal answer → Turn round and smile slyly back426 AcrossReveal answer → Number426 AcrossReveal answer → Verse526 AcrossReveal answer → Said627 AcrossReveal answer → Taken in charge by a group of police, is sour627 AcrossReveal answer → The job of a door-to-door salesman?729 AcrossReveal answer → Stand729 AcrossReveal answer → Where you're near the ring for the subsequent fight932 AcrossReveal answer → In future932 AcrossReveal answer → Intend433 AcrossReveal answer → Is an author, you say, and behaves well934 AcrossReveal answer → Originate834 AcrossReveal answer → Amusement934 AcrossReveal answer → Punish and no mistake!735 AcrossReveal answer → Customer635 AcrossReveal answer → Opening735 AcrossReveal answer → There's a hole on the A5 coming into the city636 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerate636 AcrossReveal answer → Cover636 AcrossReveal answer → On that account, see alone437 AcrossReveal answer → Bother437 AcrossReveal answer → "A false premise," I'd put in, "when it comes to skin"938 AcrossReveal answer → Guard938 AcrossReveal answer → Called on, or didn't leave home939 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Dagger81 DownReveal answer → A good hand and honest81 DownReveal answer → Squeeze52 DownReveal answer → Paradise122 DownReveal answer → Speed at which the smack sails?122 DownReveal answer → Revise43 DownReveal answer → Fool83 DownReveal answer → Execute the order to remove bodily?83 DownReveal answer → Soaks64 DownReveal answer → Come first in French, which is hard to pick up64 DownReveal answer → Supple54 DownReveal answer → Paper85 DownReveal answer → Shoot55 DownReveal answer → He's done the wrong thing in accepting the last tender85 DownReveal answer → Wonderful106 DownReveal answer → With which the strong man gets hold of the golf club?106 DownReveal answer → Curdle46 DownReveal answer → Course57 DownReveal answer → Chorus77 DownReveal answer → Rang the bell when urged to77 DownReveal answer → Plans to take you around the city108 DownReveal answer → Popular book108 DownReveal answer → Permit510 DownReveal answer → Heathen511 DownReveal answer → Think there's nothing inside but there is an animal511 DownReveal answer → Accustom511 DownReveal answer → Bar512 DownReveal answer → Postpone513 DownReveal answer → Delete514 DownReveal answer → Passed515 DownReveal answer → Message616 DownReveal answer → Handle516 DownReveal answer → Is exultant about the many animals trapped616 DownReveal answer → Bird319 DownReveal answer → Conclude it's a tip319 DownReveal answer → First things the key man says?1221 DownReveal answer → Specially1221 DownReveal answer → Minor622 DownReveal answer → The clerk will notify you622 DownReveal answer → Rehearse1023 DownReveal answer → Mystery no light has ever been shed on?1023 DownReveal answer → The longest sentence ever pronounced at the fastest ever speed?1024 DownReveal answer → Opposite1024 DownReveal answer → Perfect525 DownReveal answer → So is not well spoken325 DownReveal answer → Failure325 DownReveal answer → Lift527 DownReveal answer → Dogs828 DownReveal answer → Dejected at being low on the list of actors828 DownReveal answer → Corn528 DownReveal answer → Backed829 DownReveal answer → Are mixed with tonic for a concoction of one's own829 DownReveal answer → Bury530 DownReveal answer → Clergyman830 DownReveal answer → Find the time to, when you coax830 DownReveal answer → Peeved now about the green being in poor condition731 DownReveal answer → Excellent731 DownReveal answer → Formerly431 DownReveal answer → Sort432 DownReveal answer → Caught Igor going off with the dog533 DownReveal answer → Lift533 DownReveal answer → On day four set out, or take off634 DownReveal answer → Pattern634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, May 8, 2026. 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.