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Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 9 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Love apple61 AcrossReveal answer → Tailender, possibly Welsh61 AcrossReveal answer → Brittle52 AcrossReveal answer → Diabolic87 AcrossReveal answer → Kind57 AcrossReveal answer → Riotous style of existence conservationists would protect87 AcrossReveal answer → Imitation makes her weep!48 AcrossReveal answer → Reimburse58 AcrossReveal answer → Body part48 AcrossReveal answer → Live with a number when vanquished610 AcrossReveal answer → Relaxed510 AcrossReveal answer → Noisy quarrel610 AcrossReveal answer → Fight for a place611 AcrossReveal answer → Thin candles611 AcrossReveal answer → Brown312 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated513 AcrossReveal answer → Figuratively, the heart of a lion?314 AcrossReveal answer → Drag314 AcrossReveal answer → Polluted715 AcrossReveal answer → Early change for an egg producer516 AcrossReveal answer → Challenges516 AcrossReveal answer → Regarded as wealthy after one short day?417 AcrossReveal answer → Consumes417 AcrossReveal answer → Escaped617 AcrossReveal answer → Waste time on a letter to a friend519 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle319 AcrossReveal answer → Electricity supply519 AcrossReveal answer → Purified720 AcrossReveal answer → In extremes of frugality, get in debt as a resort521 AcrossReveal answer → Polite521 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome522 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein a gladiator could become a near wreck?522 AcrossReveal answer → The two423 AcrossReveal answer → One's holiday may be in the balance!423 AcrossReveal answer → Pace423 AcrossReveal answer → Sketch425 AcrossReveal answer → Harmed726 AcrossReveal answer → Divert with morning exercise526 AcrossReveal answer → Pickling solution526 AcrossReveal answer → Small flap328 AcrossReveal answer → Morecambe's river?328 AcrossReveal answer → It links up with double-barrelled names629 AcrossReveal answer → Yearly629 AcrossReveal answer → Decay330 AcrossReveal answer → Cod lie around, quite harmless630 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish dance630 AcrossReveal answer → A botanical angle431 AcrossReveal answer → Relegate631 AcrossReveal answer → Merely431 AcrossReveal answer → They have a mean meaning for cricketers832 AcrossReveal answer → Decompression sickness832 AcrossReveal answer → Superior, thus worthy of hire?633 AcrossReveal answer → Easy scoring chance633 AcrossReveal answer → Clutched734 AcrossReveal answer → Managed537 AcrossReveal answer → Noise338 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve539 AcrossReveal answer → Send540 AcrossReveal answer → Fresher541 AcrossReveal answer → Harmony542 AcrossReveal answer →

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The odd bit of trouble, we hear61 DownReveal answer → Chewy sweet61 DownReveal answer → Lawful51 DownReveal answer → Counting frame62 DownReveal answer → Teased with something tempting?62 DownReveal answer → Belief52 DownReveal answer → Betting chances43 DownReveal answer → For either child, port wine is too much!43 DownReveal answer → Peruser63 DownReveal answer → Rushed44 DownReveal answer → City stronghold74 DownReveal answer → Very well, yet casually touring part of Ealing74 DownReveal answer → Withdrew75 DownReveal answer → The girl in the pool55 DownReveal answer → Snake55 DownReveal answer → Sheet56 DownReveal answer → Board game56 DownReveal answer → Trumpeter's name56 DownReveal answer → Stop48 DownReveal answer → You've lost, chum48 DownReveal answer → Horse39 DownReveal answer → Friend39 DownReveal answer → Males have many points39 DownReveal answer → Determined711 DownReveal answer → It has its regional side312 DownReveal answer → Standard312 DownReveal answer → Water escaping from lakes?513 DownReveal answer → Refute513 DownReveal answer → Taut513 DownReveal answer → Pondered514 DownReveal answer → Like an owlish lion?515 DownReveal answer → Group of witches515 DownReveal answer → Devotee316 DownReveal answer → Decorate518 DownReveal answer → Discussed718 DownReveal answer → Deliciously suitable to the poet's tummy518 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish319 DownReveal answer → A female to cheat, notedly319 DownReveal answer → Wag320 DownReveal answer → Pleasant piece of grassland320 DownReveal answer → Road not committed to a particular direction721 DownReveal answer → Sag521 DownReveal answer → Invents721 DownReveal answer → Possessed522 DownReveal answer → Wildebeest322 DownReveal answer → Tree or a bit of bush322 DownReveal answer → Classical dance623 DownReveal answer → Being competitive in a caring way623 DownReveal answer → One man in three million?424 DownReveal answer → Vegetable724 DownReveal answer → Do as ordered424 DownReveal answer → Could Bertha be called to it?625 DownReveal answer → Car horn625 DownReveal answer → Indian dish526 DownReveal answer → A leader in the forefront526 DownReveal answer → Bury527 DownReveal answer → Swab327 DownReveal answer → Better bit of brogue, maybe?527 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight328 DownReveal answer → Firm kiss from the man at the helm328 DownReveal answer → Proper628 DownReveal answer → Command529 DownReveal answer → Employer430 DownReveal answer → A little line in haberdashery430 DownReveal answer → Cash532 DownReveal answer → Principle533 DownReveal answer → Objective335 DownReveal answer → Disheartened436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, May 9, 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.