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Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 9 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 122 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#
MonthMARCH5Across1 BucketPAIL4Across1 Cute rhyme for 'banana,' sayFRUIT5Across1 EnquireASK3Across4 Provides cash for designsLENDS5Across6 TooALSO4Across6 PerchROOST5Across6 PinchNIP3Across9 Kevin plays broken cornets!COSTNER7Across9 European countryAUSTRIA7Across9 Statuesque fellow?OSCAR5Across10 ScornfulDERISIVE8Across10 IncorrectWRONG5Across10 People in the changing roomsMOORS5Across11 EquipmentGEAR4Across11 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Across11 Vehicles for art, perhaps, and writingTRAMS5Across12 AngerWRATH5Across12 Girl's nameNATALIE7Across13 Father of Juliet and maybe Paul, etc.CAPULET7Across13 FightingWAR3Across14 Girl from East VirginiaEVA3Across15 Spider's trapWEB3Across15 CommandORDER5Across16 Norse godODIN4Across17 What a pity it's in Alaska!ALAS4Across17 Jack makes them apt to fold sharply!KNIVES6Across18 UselessFUTILE6Across18 Wild time with a fatheaded swimmerFLING5Across19 Runs awayFLEES5Across19 AardvarkANTEATER8Across19 What a former president would cry out in surprise?CRIKEY6Across20 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Across20 PostponeDEFER5Across21 A pool in the canteenANTE4Across22 LakeMERE4Across22 CheatedDECEIVED8Across23 Needs to make a bit of cash!HAS3Across24 DissuadeDETER5Across24 PossessedHAD3Across24 Broadcast a silly scare about a raceSCATTER7Across25 PlaceDEPOSIT7Across25 Stay with a walking companionSTICK5Across26 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across26 To cry as a girlTOYAH5Across27 FuriousLIVID5Across27 WandROD3Across27 A piece of cakeCINCH5Across28 ExplosivesBOMBS5Across28 Nasty noisy rebuke or scoldingFEARFUL7Across29 ScoldsREBUKES7Across29 Flying log?CABER5Across30 AbsoluteSHEER5Across30 LittleTEENY5Across31 The American father is very softPAPPY5Across31 DividePART4Across31 AttendancePRESENCE8Across33 OwingDUE3Across34 AleBEER4Across35 ParchedDRY3Across36 DiscourteousRUDE4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
OverseasABROAD6Down2 DeclareAVER4Down2 Shut up again about an animalRESEAL6Down2 Classic high flier who came unstuckICARUS6Down3 PlacedLAID4Down3 DanceCANCAN6Down3 Hill has to start racingTOR3Down4 FlusteredAGITATED8Down4 EmbraceHUG3Down4 RetainKEEP4Down5 Jump at the sound of a pistol?START5Down5 GazeSTARE5Down5 WrathANGER5Down6 One of the migrant mob that mingle madly around MineheadLEMMING7Down6 UnrulyRIOTOUS7Down6 Rose, shuffling around in Piccadilly CircusEROS4Down7 CurseOATH4Down7 UntruthLIE3Down7 Israeli currencySHEKEL6Down8 Obtain, only to thrust out of the way!DERIVE6Down8 FloodSPATE5Down8 Not complete home entertainmentTELLY5Down12 SwiftRAPID5Down12 ExerciseWIELD5Down12 FatSTOUT5Down13 A trick that can get a man dismissedCATCH5Down13 Compass pointNORTH5Down13 LumpWAD3Down14 ShyTIMID5Down14 The place to get a girl as standard issue?PARIS5Down14 AlludeREFER5Down15 SpousesWIVES5Down15 It happens to have a key-holeEVENT5Down15 A boaster's bloomerASTER5Down16 AttackBESET5Down16 DigDELVE5Down17 Adversely criticise an inningsKNOCK5Down18 PromptREADY5Down18 AgueFEVER5Down18 FailFOUNDER7Down19 Though ticklish, perhaps, can be taken lightlyFEATHER7Down19 RecuperationRECOVERY8Down20 In song, a girl or a man perhapsRAMONA6Down21 Salad itemRADISH6Down21 Devastating fellow said to be a farmerATTILA6Down22 ColourRED3Down22 SullenMOROSE6Down22 Vessel '13 Across' possibly hasn't leftTEACUP6Down23 Strip of fabricRIBBON6Down23 ObjectDEMUR5Down25 Get runs with a cut?SCORE5Down25 EludeEVADE5Down25 Box without riskSAFE4Down26 FatherSIRE4Down26 Go inENTER5Down26 After several ties, it may actually be wonCUP3Down28 RushedSPED4Down28 WagerBET3Down28 TolerateBEAR4Down29 TartACID4Down30 RegretRUE3Down32

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