Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2024 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 125 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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UnderBELOW5Across1 Creep around with Suzette!CREPE5Across1 CompositionESSAY5Across4 Slightly drunkTIPSY5Across6 Gathers what may be speed around endlesslyREAPS5Across6 RetreatRETIRE6Across7 Boy's nameRICHARD7Across9 TreeELM3Across9 Aid someone in a hole?HELPOUT7Across9 It goes round in loopsSPOOL5Across10 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across10 VehicleCAR3Across10 A game for green playersBOWLS5Across11 Major arteryAORTA5Across11 Killed by some wild islandersSLAIN5Across12 DangerPERIL5Across12 PertSAUCY5Across12 One man's name for a kind of grassTIMOTHY7Across13 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Across13 RegionAREA4Across13 Just the chap to make hayTED3Across15 Gave food toFED3Across15 RepulseREPEL5Across15 Style and vigourELAN4Across17 DevelopEVOLVE6Across17 He'll have a shot at helping your love lifeEROS4Across17 Spanish danceBOLERO6Across18 Animal related to the skunk?COYOTE6Across18 ExcludeDEBAR5Across19 DenLAIR4Across19 Reveal to a learner at schoolLETON5Across19 Come forward with an incrementSTEPUP6Across20 MovingASTIR5Across20 SolutionANSWER6Across20 An upright supporterMAST4Across22 Public poolLIDO4Across22 SphereORB3Across22 The mien of one who as an excellent rightAIR3Across24 DawdledDALLIED7Across24 FalsehoodLIE3Across24 Entertains sumptuously in royal waysREGALES7Across25 BullfighterPICADOR7Across25 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across26 Perhaps a stylish jumper in the event of winter sportSKIER5Across26 Titled bachelor boyBARON5Across27 DetestABHOR5Across27 IgnitedLIT3Across27 Shots with which to start scoring at the Oval, maybeSALVO5Across28 SublimeNOBLE5Across28 AscendARISE5Across28 Tattered old togs that are missing, petLOSTDOG7Across29 Hunting dogLURCHER7Across29 Recommence showing some children pointsRENEW5Across30 KingdomREALM5Across30 She'll finish up in outer WembleyWENDY5Across31 EerieWEIRD5Across31 PantherPUMA4Across31 AviatorAIRMAN6Across33 CarriedBORNE5Across35 GraspGRIP4Across37 PrySNOOP5Across38 InformationGEN3Across39 CisternVAT3Across41 KeepDETAIN6Across42 RevoltREBEL5Across43

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FleetARMADA6Down1 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down2 RoadwaySTREET6Down2 Go and mendREPAIR6Down2 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down3 CurveARC3Down3 To shop around for picturesPHOTOS6Down3 Swimmer in the ElbeEEL3Down4 WagWIT3Down4 OtherwiseELSE4Down4 Happily starting tomorrow in a new playAPTLY5Down5 LustreSHEEN5Down5 TinySMALL5Down5 RenegadeTRAITOR7Down6 Polish up an image at the point of no returnRUBICON7Down6 RecordsARCHIVES8Down6 Object of worshipIDOL4Down7 School in Princeton?ETON4Down7 NoblemanEARL4Down8 Easy scoring chanceSITTER6Down8 Sort of knife a friend's allowed to havePALLET6Down8 DisgustingREVOLTING9Down11 Writing materialPAPER5Down12 Those counted, on the quiet, when you want a bit of sleepSHEEP5Down12 Flower partPETAL5Down13 She may be an assetTESSA5Down13 GreedyAVID4Down14 Slight errorLAPSE5Down14 One taking a short cut across the lawn?MOWER5Down14 StinkingFETID5Down15 Kid a fellow a hundred per centTOTAL5Down15 FairyPERI4Down16 One giving bloodDONOR5Down16 Damages a Frenchman's teethDENTS5Down16 Hide a lot too muchCOVER5Down18 SpokenORAL4Down18 HerbBASIL5Down18 One's fortune, at present, is made in the cityLUCKNOW7Down19 Seemly behaviourDECORUM7Down19 Tub-thumper's line in businessTIRADE6Down21 SuccessionSEQUENCE8Down21 Small quick biteNIBBLE6Down21 Pakistani cityLAHORE6Down22 Chap with a long time to runMANAGE6Down22 RayBEAM4Down23 Monetary unitDOLLAR6Down23 Passed or dished upSERVED6Down23 Relaxing breaks for supportersRESTS5Down25 FibberLIAR4Down25 RoostPERCH5Down25 HaulDRAG4Down26 Only lose by blunderingSOLE4Down26 ToyDOLL4Down26 What a farmer might do to hearten the cassowary?SOW3Down28 NovelNEW3Down28 IncursionINROAD6Down29 DilateEXPAND6Down30 OverheadABOVE5Down32 RushREED4Down34 GemOPAL4Down36

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