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Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
RascalSCAMP5Across1 Book of mapsATLAS5Across3 They sound dull, but are hardly without impactTHUDS5Across3 ImitatedCOPIED6Across5 An officer gets to see us sharpen upFOCUS5Across8 GroundEARTH5Across8 Wooden shoeSABOT5Across8 ColonnadeARCADE6Across10 Extract of sweet herbs with characteristic odourETHER5Across10 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Across10 GreedyAVID4Across11 He or she is always readyPAT3Across11 ObtainedGOT3Across11 Character of the wild coastTOSCA5Across12 Happen againRECUR5Across12 PlanetJUPITER7Across13 When discarded, died outDITCHED7Across13 CorsairPIRATE6Across14 IronMETAL5Across15 FeverishCHAOTIC7Across15 Out-of-the-way area used for contestsARENA5Across15 Backing out of rehearsals is wrong for himHER3Across18 EncounteredMET3Across18 Animal doctorVET3Across18 When the odds are not level, it's rough!UNEVEN6Across19 CoverLID3Across19 IncumbencyTENURE6Across19 InhabitantDENIZEN7Across21 An unoriginal arrangement for the printerREPRINT7Across21 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 I leave the air terminal with a RussianIGOR4Across22 Eye partIRIS4Across22 SpreeREVEL5Across23 ConcertsGIGS4Across23 If chewed, sole can taste very astringent!SLOE4Across23 Marginal discounts?REBATES7Across24 WithstandSUSTAIN7Across24 AidHELP4Across24 UrbaneSVELTE6Across26 Something pointed it's possible to read about a horseDAGGER6Across26 NoiseDIN3Across27 LoutOAF3Across29 OvumEGG3Across29 Our chap in Panama is evidently backwardMAN3Across29 SitedLOCATED7Across31 Sea duckEIDER5Across31 White, like a layer of eggsASHEN5Across31 At the front, in disarray, we get attackedWENTFOR7Across32 DiverFROGMAN7Across32 RebelledRIOTED6Across32 Wrote a number for a boyNOTED5Across34 Food-listMENU4Across34 GodlyPIOUS5Across34 It's pulled onOAR3Across35 EvokeELICIT6Across35 RecordLOG3Across35 We're wrong about a certain point, so start againRENEW5Across36 YieldedCEDED5Across36 Only a companion, yet apt to be aggressiveBUTCH5Across37 Shish or donerKEBAB5Across37 WallowREVEL5Across38 Shoot out of sightSNIPE5Across38 LoadedLADEN5Across38 PurifyDISTIL6Across39 LureTEMPT5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
IndistinctVAGUE5Down1 Plant the thing and make yourself scarceHOPIT5Down1 ReasonsMOTIVES7Down2 VehicleCAR3Down2 His stuff is nourishing, but expensive in FranceBUTCHER7Down2 LeaMEADOW6Down3 RowTIER4Down4 CushionPAD3Down4 When there's a house to do up, you need coverHOOD4Down4 ManCHAP4Down5 To do so, the bottle is suitably cantedDECANT6Down5 InsightACUMEN6Down5 CoupledPAIRED6Down6 SeductressSIREN5Down6 Look to fiddle the ratesSTARE5Down6 GuardDEFEND6Down7 TreeCEDAR5Down7 Does it look about half an inch on the map?SEINE5Down7 DanceBOP3Down9 Short listed Siamese, sayCAT3Down9 AbusedREVILED7Down9 EntourageRETINUE7Down12 As a part-time soldier, be wrong in rankTERRIER7Down12 VigourVIM3Down12 FruitDATE4Down13 The chap on piano was 'with it'HEP3Down14 NumberTEN3Down14 LoatheHATE4Down16 They can shatter livesEVILS5Down16 Italian cityTURIN5Down16 CourteousCIVIL5Down17 Heat you don't want to feelANGER5Down17 MinimumLEAST5Down17 WobblesTEETERS7Down19 Wild enough to daunt me?UNTAMED7Down19 Wash outRINSE5Down20 SignifiedDENOTED7Down20 Girl from ColindaleLINDA5Down20 Cut into cubesDICED5Down21 Bit of a ruffian, we hearROUGH5Down21 PainACHE4Down22 LaughsGIGGLES7Down23 Arrange tunes to broadcastSENTOUT7Down23 ThrewHURLED6Down24 Some men, possibly worn out, get fameRENOWN6Down24 StepSTRIDE6Down24 In the pastAGO3Down25 AppearLOOM4Down25 Treat hide by beating?TAN3Down25 ObviousPATENT6Down26 Female foxVIXEN5Down27 The boaster's bloomerASTER5Down27 OutcastLEPER5Down28 One's personal inheritanceGENES5Down28 GorgeRAVINE6Down28 Power of the police?FORCE5Down30 MarshlandFEN3Down30 HeathenPAGAN5Down30 Seem sad, having very little cashWEEP4Down32 MergeFUSE4Down32 Plump for something schmaltzy!FAT3Down33 DrearyDULL4Down33 Unruly crowdMOB3Down33 PermitLET3Down36 DevilIMP3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, May 9, 2022. 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.