May 31st 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

Thank you for visiting Crossword Solutions.

Below you will find all the solutions to Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword from May 31st 2021.

May 31st 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
Natural cause of hard water	FROST
Showing delicacy and charm when left in a fine mess	ELFIN
Put pressure on more than ever	LEVER
Prohibition drinking place!	BAR
Been lying, on the quiet, as is obvious	PLAIN
He serves to denote a hairstyle	PAGEBOY
Dressed as one did first thing this morning	GOTUP
A soldierly measure?	MIL
Her sin is to spoil a holy place	SHRINE
Administer in a way not allowed by the police	METEOUT
To spill a nip can hurt!	PAIN
Jump and have sport on the piste, initially	SKIP
Choose a chap something sour	PICKLES
Carnal love in a trice, perhaps	EROTIC
Don't starve in the attic!	EAT
Artist's right to be rude, possibly?	DURER
Tough, hard-hearted couple, American	ARDUOUS
Where a standard exists for gaiety?	PARIS
In the theatre, it's next to the piano	PIT
A diminutive girl takes it in charge	DEBIT
The force behind a current movement	VOLTS
Check the Spanish in time	DELAY
English saint, but foreign to Ian!	ALBAN
They can go to blazes!	FIREMEN
Count on getting a heartless reply	RELY
Not much spare?	SLIGHT
Figure to get some work as a singer	TENOR
Started to live with a killer	BEGUN
Bit of a gamble for cigarette	FAG
A Pole figures in argument or controversy	POLEMIC
Possibly rare piece to eat?	BIT
Marks made by small creatures	TICKS
Looks like Samuel?	PEEPS
The absorbing things that come up in the garden?	SUCKERS
Dispersed pieces with celerity!	SPEED
Start mining gold in a small way	MINOR
One's put out of order when attacked	SETUPON
Not a good sailor	PIRATE
Left a note for the boy	LAD
Those of an Australian game?	RULES
Ted's out to be pious and warm	TEPID
Targets someone who's never drunk in a vehicle	BUTTS
Character to help with heavy heart	AIDA
Liquid in the boiler	OIL

Need more help? Visit Crossword Answers