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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 22 May 2024 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 22 May 2024 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (22 May 2024) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

I've returned to court to dispossess someone
E
V
I
C
T
Well known though having no name!
N
O
T
E
D
In remunerative work he'd got round the Inland Revenue!
H
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R
E
D
In politics briefly it's a bit of an alibi
L
I
B
Best colour for the top coat?
C
R
E
A
M
A year's start
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y
Fixed higher by arrangement
S
E
T
U
P
It's cold I see at mid-September
I
C
E
Read of an eccentric peer touring the States
P
E
R
U
S
E
It's a different tree lad!
A
L
T
E
R
E
D
Rotten shade of red
R
U
S
T
It's said to give a degree of restraint
R
E
I
N
Being in the red is either evil or vile thus scorned
R
E
V
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L
E
D
A black eye it seems shows brilliance!
S
H
I
N
E
R
You may have forgotten sleeping in it
C
O
T
Parrot giving a masterly imitation of a crow?
M
A
C
A
W
He makes dad dodge
P
A
T
R
I
C
K
Uncle Tom's berth?
C
A
B
I
N
Bird in the music room
E
M
U
Ringo a celebrity by right
S
T
A
R
R
Soft-hearted male rooted to the spot!
M
A
P
L
E
Makes marginal movement sideways
E
D
G
E
S
It's a big thing in dentistry
M
O
L
A
R
Constructed in unoriginal style
R
E
B
U
I
L
T
For Victor to get Ray upset would be inconsistent
V
A
R
Y
Hunted in the land around the southeast
C
H
A
S
E
D
An old one is presumably right on occasion
T
I
M
E
R
Williams may well be looked up to
V
E
N
U
S
Continental container?
T
I
N
Was it slow in getting to Virginia?
C
R
E
E
P
E
R
Provide the audience with some distraction
A
C
T
Adjusted by turning a nut with two keys
T
U
N
E
D
Is she made of money?
P
E
N
N
Y
Bird making light of crossing the road?
P
E
L
I
C
A
N
Oscar Wilde's glassy angular 'Miss'
P
R
I
S
M
Tasteful start of a picture at some cinemas
A
S
P
I
C
Take another step in tyre production
R
E
T
R
E
A
D
Payment put back in a drawer
R
E
W
A
R
D
Biblical character with a fortune
L
O
T
Is obliged to finish late in a hurry
H
A
S
T
E
Pearl's mother
N
A
C
R
E
It's singularly handy in a row
S
C
U
L
L
A peaceful smoke
P
I
P
E
One politician being mischievous?
I
M
P

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 22 May 2024 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is LIB which contains 3 Characters.
  • In politics briefly it's a bit of an alibi is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is JANUARY which contains 7 Characters.
  • A year's start is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 22 May 2024 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are F,Q,X,Z