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Below you will find all the solutions to Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword from May 22nd 2023.

May 22nd 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
Strut around in confidence	TRUST
The Spanish, in time, will say "Oh, ma–ana!"	DELAY
Dog with a stick	POINTER
Cold accommodation with only one good toilet	IGLOO
Could be great power	MIGHT
To put on weight, I see, can do you good!	TONIC
You can't say it won't hold water	CISTERN
The sailor boy's sphere?	ORB
But for being unique	ONLY
Oft shaken by the price of confectionery	TOFFEE
Half bedraggled, maybe, but can be groomed	BEARD
It seems Charlie is very fond of their flavour	CLOVES
There's not much electricity in this little room	CELL
Fashionable joint?	HIP
Works out that figs contain water	FIGURES
Could blot the character of a could-be saint	STAIN
Make old-fashioned love with a dishy running mate	SPOON
His article seems to have upset Nora	AARON
Best be injury-free for the big match	FITTEST
Somehow eats a kilo of meat!	STEAK
Food given in appeasement?	PEASE
Reg and Ian possibly recover	REGAIN
Capable of lively response to spry manoeuvres	SPORTY
To love beyond reason	TOO
One heavyweight forename	ANTON
Is he halfway to heaven?	DEMIGOD
Chap cooking rice	ERIC
A horse running wild on the beach	ASHORE
A Rugby boy's essays?	TRIES
Training vehicle?	COACH
Vessel much larger than a schooner, maybe	SLOOP
Seem willing to go away to the other end	OFFER
Clangers?	BELLS
Draw in art, possibly	TRAIN
His anarchic style upset Ken a bit	BEATNIK
Figures one's little darling to be the clinging type	LIMPET
They're bitter and unusually solemn	LEMONS
Form 20%?	FIFTH
Ipso facto, includes something to sit on	SOFA
The one involved in Cleopatra's passing?	ASP

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