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Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 8 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 127 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#
BegAPPEAL6Across1 ObtainSECURE6Across5 RecordREGISTER8Across8 CarryTRANSPORT9Across9 ResponsibilityONUS4Across9 Is it suitable for high tea?TIPSYCAKE9Across9 SerpentASP3Across10 Miles away from the place? Anything but!FARFROMIT9Across10 IncreasingONTHERISE9Across10 WomanLADY4Across12 She never bought much abroadANNA4Across12 ShelfLEDGE5Across12 ShowREVEAL6Across13 A rubber spanner!BRIDGE6Across13 OccupationPURSUIT7Across14 So put out again, from the carriagePOSTURE7Across14 FixedSET3Across15 Taking the trip south or decliningGOINGDOWN9Across15 AnxietyTENSENESS9Across15 WonderAWE3Across17 CreatureCENTIPEDE9Across17 If Fred were let off at ten, about, to get changedDIFFERENT9Across17 TearRIP3Across18 VolunteeredOFFERED7Across18 Is it a draw at the marine exhibition?TUGBOAT7Across18 At the time, fears they're wrongERRORS6Across19 ExcellentTIPTOP6Across19 LoiterLAG3Across19 BeakBILL4Across20 HouseVILLA5Across20 The girl from number 50ANOLA4Across20 StretchEKE3Across21 ImitateAPE3Across22 TransgressSIN3Across23 SurplusREDUNDANT9Across23 Late and one's yawning?DEADTIRED9Across23 GainWIN3Across24 Feel, to a minor degree, sillySENSELESS9Across25 PaintDISTEMPER9Across25 Turn round and smile slyly backREEL4Across26 NumberNINE4Across26 VerseRHYME5Across26 SaidSTATED6Across27 Taken in charge by a group of police, is sourACIDIC6Across27 The job of a door-to-door salesman?CALLING7Across29 StandROSTRUM7Across29 Where you're near the ring for the subsequent fightSECONDROW9Across32 In futureHEREAFTER9Across32 IntendMEAN4Across33 Is an author, you say, and behaves wellDOESRIGHT9Across34 OriginateINITIATE8Across34 AmusementDIVERSION9Across34 Punish and no mistake!CORRECT7Across35 CustomerCLIENT6Across35 OpeningORIFICE7Across35 There's a hole on the A5 coming into the cityCAVITY6Across36 TolerateENDURE6Across36 CoverINSURE6Across36 On that account, see aloneSOLO4Across37 BotherFUSS4Across37 "A false premise," I'd put in, "when it comes to skin"EPIDERMIS9Across38 GuardGRENADIER9Across38 Called on, or didn't leave homeSTOPPEDIN9Across39 FruitGREENGAGE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DaggerSTILETTO8Down1 A good hand and honestSTRAIGHT8Down1 SqueezePRESS5Down2 ParadiseGARDENOFEDEN12Down2 Speed at which the smack sails?SPANKINGPACE12Down2 ReviseEDIT4Down3 FoolBONEHEAD8Down3 Execute the order to remove bodily?CARRYOUT8Down3 SoaksSTEEPS6Down4 Come first in French, which is hard to pick upLEADEN6Down4 SuppleLITHE5Down4 PaperFOOLSCAP8Down5 ShootSPRIG5Down5 He's done the wrong thing in accepting the last tenderOFFENDER8Down5 WonderfulSTUPENDOUS10Down6 With which the strong man gets hold of the golf club?GRIPOFIRON10Down6 CurdleCLOT4Down6 CourseROUTE5Down7 ChorusREFRAIN7Down7 Rang the bell when urged toPRESSED7Down7 Plans to take you around the citySTREETMAPS10Down8 Popular bookBESTSELLER10Down8 PermitALLOW5Down10 HeathenPAGAN5Down11 Think there's nothing inside but there is an animalMOUSE5Down11 AccustomINURE5Down11 BarLEVER5Down12 PostponeDELAY5Down13 DeleteERASE5Down14 PassedSPENT5Down15 MessageERRAND6Down16 HandleTREAT5Down16 Is exultant about the many animals trappedGLOATS6Down16 BirdTIT3Down19 Conclude it's a tipEND3Down19 First things the key man says?OPENINGWORDS12Down21 SpeciallyINPARTICULAR12Down21 MinorLESSER6Down22 The clerk will notify youTELLER6Down22 RehearseRUNTHROUGH10Down23 Mystery no light has ever been shed on?DARKSECRET10Down23 The longest sentence ever pronounced at the fastest ever speed?RECORDTIME10Down24 OppositeANTITHESIS10Down24 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 So is not well spokenSIC3Down25 FailureDUD3Down25 LiftHOIST5Down27 DogsTERRIERS8Down28 Dejected at being low on the list of actorsDOWNCAST8Down28 CornMAIZE5Down28 BackedREVERSED8Down29 Are mixed with tonic for a concoction of one's ownCREATION8Down29 BuryINTER5Down30 ClergymanMINISTER8Down30 Find the time to, when you coaxGETROUND8Down30 Peeved now about the green being in poor conditionANGERED7Down31 ExcellentCAPITAL7Down31 FormerlyONCE4Down31 SortKIND4Down32 Caught Igor going off with the dogCORGI5Down33 LiftRAISE5Down33 On day four set out, or take offDIVEST6Down34 PatternDESIGN6Down34

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