Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 122 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for May 9 2026. 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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Month51 AcrossReveal answer → Bucket41 AcrossReveal answer → Cute rhyme for 'banana,' say51 AcrossReveal answer → Enquire34 AcrossReveal answer → Provides cash for designs56 AcrossReveal answer → Too46 AcrossReveal answer → Perch56 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch39 AcrossReveal answer → Kevin plays broken cornets!79 AcrossReveal answer → European country79 AcrossReveal answer → Statuesque fellow?510 AcrossReveal answer → Scornful810 AcrossReveal answer → Incorrect510 AcrossReveal answer → People in the changing rooms511 AcrossReveal answer → Equipment411 AcrossReveal answer → Freshwater mammal511 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicles for art, perhaps, and writing512 AcrossReveal answer → Anger512 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name713 AcrossReveal answer → Father of Juliet and maybe Paul, etc.713 AcrossReveal answer → Fighting314 AcrossReveal answer → Girl from East Virginia315 AcrossReveal answer → Spider's trap315 AcrossReveal answer → Command516 AcrossReveal answer → Norse god417 AcrossReveal answer → What a pity it's in Alaska!417 AcrossReveal answer → Jack makes them apt to fold sharply!618 AcrossReveal answer → Useless618 AcrossReveal answer → Wild time with a fatheaded swimmer519 AcrossReveal answer → Runs away519 AcrossReveal answer → Aardvark819 AcrossReveal answer → What a former president would cry out in surprise?620 AcrossReveal answer → Three-legged stand620 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone521 AcrossReveal answer → A pool in the canteen422 AcrossReveal answer → Lake422 AcrossReveal answer → Cheated823 AcrossReveal answer → Needs to make a bit of cash!324 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade524 AcrossReveal answer → Possessed324 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcast a silly scare about a race725 AcrossReveal answer → Place725 AcrossReveal answer → Stay with a walking companion526 AcrossReveal answer → Scornful expression526 AcrossReveal answer → To cry as a girl527 AcrossReveal answer → Furious527 AcrossReveal answer → Wand327 AcrossReveal answer → A piece of cake528 AcrossReveal answer → Explosives528 AcrossReveal answer → Nasty noisy rebuke or scolding729 AcrossReveal answer → Scolds729 AcrossReveal answer → Flying log?530 AcrossReveal answer → Absolute530 AcrossReveal answer → Little531 AcrossReveal answer → The American father is very soft531 AcrossReveal answer → Divide431 AcrossReveal answer → Attendance833 AcrossReveal answer → Owing334 AcrossReveal answer → Ale435 AcrossReveal answer → Parched336 AcrossReveal answer → Discourteous437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Overseas62 DownReveal answer → Declare42 DownReveal answer → Shut up again about an animal62 DownReveal answer → Classic high flier who came unstuck63 DownReveal answer → Placed43 DownReveal answer → Dance63 DownReveal answer → Hill has to start racing34 DownReveal answer → Flustered84 DownReveal answer → Embrace34 DownReveal answer → Retain45 DownReveal answer → Jump at the sound of a pistol?55 DownReveal answer → Gaze55 DownReveal answer → Wrath56 DownReveal answer → One of the migrant mob that mingle madly around Minehead76 DownReveal answer → Unruly76 DownReveal answer → Rose, shuffling around in Piccadilly Circus47 DownReveal answer → Curse47 DownReveal answer → Untruth37 DownReveal answer → Israeli currency68 DownReveal answer → Obtain, only to thrust out of the way!68 DownReveal answer → Flood58 DownReveal answer → Not complete home entertainment512 DownReveal answer → Swift512 DownReveal answer → Exercise512 DownReveal answer → Fat513 DownReveal answer → A trick that can get a man dismissed513 DownReveal answer → Compass point513 DownReveal answer → Lump314 DownReveal answer → Shy514 DownReveal answer → The place to get a girl as standard issue?514 DownReveal answer → Allude515 DownReveal answer → Spouses515 DownReveal answer → It happens to have a key-hole515 DownReveal answer → A boaster's bloomer516 DownReveal answer → Attack516 DownReveal answer → Dig517 DownReveal answer → Adversely criticise an innings518 DownReveal answer → Prompt518 DownReveal answer → Ague518 DownReveal answer → Fail719 DownReveal answer → Though ticklish, perhaps, can be taken lightly719 DownReveal answer → Recuperation820 DownReveal answer → In song, a girl or a man perhaps621 DownReveal answer → Salad item621 DownReveal answer → Devastating fellow said to be a farmer622 DownReveal answer → Colour322 DownReveal answer → Sullen622 DownReveal answer → Vessel '13 Across' possibly hasn't left623 DownReveal answer → Strip of fabric623 DownReveal answer → Object525 DownReveal answer → Get runs with a cut?525 DownReveal answer → Elude525 DownReveal answer → Box without risk426 DownReveal answer → Father426 DownReveal answer → Go in526 DownReveal answer → After several ties, it may actually be won328 DownReveal answer → Rushed428 DownReveal answer → Wager328 DownReveal answer → Tolerate429 DownReveal answer → Tart430 DownReveal answer → Regret332 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, May 9, 2026. 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.