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Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 125 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 9 2024. 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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Under51 AcrossReveal answer → Creep around with Suzette!51 AcrossReveal answer → Composition54 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly drunk56 AcrossReveal answer → Gathers what may be speed around endlessly56 AcrossReveal answer → Retreat67 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name79 AcrossReveal answer → Tree39 AcrossReveal answer → Aid someone in a hole?79 AcrossReveal answer → It goes round in loops510 AcrossReveal answer → Nun's costume510 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle310 AcrossReveal answer → A game for green players511 AcrossReveal answer → Major artery511 AcrossReveal answer → Killed by some wild islanders512 AcrossReveal answer → Danger512 AcrossReveal answer → Pert512 AcrossReveal answer → One man's name for a kind of grass713 AcrossReveal answer → Aquatic bird713 AcrossReveal answer → Region413 AcrossReveal answer → Just the chap to make hay315 AcrossReveal answer → Gave food to315 AcrossReveal answer → Repulse515 AcrossReveal answer → Style and vigour417 AcrossReveal answer → Develop617 AcrossReveal answer → He'll have a shot at helping your love life417 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish dance618 AcrossReveal answer → Animal related to the skunk?618 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude519 AcrossReveal answer → Den419 AcrossReveal answer → Reveal to a learner at school519 AcrossReveal answer → Come forward with an increment620 AcrossReveal answer → Moving520 AcrossReveal answer → Solution620 AcrossReveal answer → An upright supporter422 AcrossReveal answer → Public pool422 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere322 AcrossReveal answer → The mien of one who as an excellent right324 AcrossReveal answer → Dawdled724 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood324 AcrossReveal answer → Entertains sumptuously in royal ways725 AcrossReveal answer → Bullfighter725 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden peg526 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps a stylish jumper in the event of winter sport526 AcrossReveal answer → Titled bachelor boy527 AcrossReveal answer → Detest527 AcrossReveal answer → Ignited327 AcrossReveal answer → Shots with which to start scoring at the Oval, maybe528 AcrossReveal answer → Sublime528 AcrossReveal answer → Ascend528 AcrossReveal answer → Tattered old togs that are missing, pet729 AcrossReveal answer → Hunting dog729 AcrossReveal answer → Recommence showing some children points530 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom530 AcrossReveal answer → She'll finish up in outer Wembley531 AcrossReveal answer → Eerie531 AcrossReveal answer → Panther431 AcrossReveal answer → Aviator633 AcrossReveal answer → Carried535 AcrossReveal answer → Grasp437 AcrossReveal answer → Pry538 AcrossReveal answer → Information339 AcrossReveal answer → Cistern341 AcrossReveal answer → Keep642 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fleet61 DownReveal answer → Tooth covering62 DownReveal answer → Roadway62 DownReveal answer → Go and mend62 DownReveal answer → Primary source63 DownReveal answer → Curve33 DownReveal answer → To shop around for pictures63 DownReveal answer → Swimmer in the Elbe34 DownReveal answer → Wag34 DownReveal answer → Otherwise44 DownReveal answer → Happily starting tomorrow in a new play55 DownReveal answer → Lustre55 DownReveal answer → Tiny55 DownReveal answer → Renegade76 DownReveal answer → Polish up an image at the point of no return76 DownReveal answer → Records86 DownReveal answer → Object of worship47 DownReveal answer → School in Princeton?47 DownReveal answer → Nobleman48 DownReveal answer → Easy scoring chance68 DownReveal answer → Sort of knife a friend's allowed to have68 DownReveal answer → Disgusting911 DownReveal answer → Writing material512 DownReveal answer → Those counted, on the quiet, when you want a bit of sleep512 DownReveal answer → Flower part513 DownReveal answer → She may be an asset513 DownReveal answer → Greedy414 DownReveal answer → Slight error514 DownReveal answer → One taking a short cut across the lawn?514 DownReveal answer → Stinking515 DownReveal answer → Kid a fellow a hundred per cent515 DownReveal answer → Fairy416 DownReveal answer → One giving blood516 DownReveal answer → Damages a Frenchman's teeth516 DownReveal answer → Hide a lot too much518 DownReveal answer → Spoken418 DownReveal answer → Herb518 DownReveal answer → One's fortune, at present, is made in the city719 DownReveal answer → Seemly behaviour719 DownReveal answer → Tub-thumper's line in business621 DownReveal answer → Succession821 DownReveal answer → Small quick bite621 DownReveal answer → Pakistani city622 DownReveal answer → Chap with a long time to run622 DownReveal answer → Ray423 DownReveal answer → Monetary unit623 DownReveal answer → Passed or dished up623 DownReveal answer → Relaxing breaks for supporters525 DownReveal answer → Fibber425 DownReveal answer → Roost525 DownReveal answer → Haul426 DownReveal answer → Only lose by blundering426 DownReveal answer → Toy426 DownReveal answer → What a farmer might do to hearten the cassowary?328 DownReveal answer → Novel328 DownReveal answer → Incursion629 DownReveal answer → Dilate630 DownReveal answer → Overhead532 DownReveal answer → Rush434 DownReveal answer → Gem436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 9, 2024. 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.