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Evening Standard Crossword February 1 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 1 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
DifficultTOUGH5Across1 SaveEXCEPT6Across5 ShrillREEDY5Across8 Irritatingly, it reminds you of your fall from graceHAIRSHIRT9Across9 Like an uncleAVUNCULAR9Across9 Parlour gameCHARADES8Across10 GoatANGORA6Across10 Head off and tear after the supporterADHERENT8Across10 AlwaysEVER4Across11 Shrewd in the old wayWISE4Across12 WeakPUNY4Across12 In “Cats”, perhaps, or in another show you may see themACTORS6Across13 Writing deskBUREAU6Across13 AudaciousDARING6Across14 Give it back and the balance is at zero againRESTORE7Across14 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Across14 RemoteDISTANT7Across15 Even when late?DEADLEVEL9Across15 ExpressionlessIMPASSIVE9Across15 Says no more and finishes dressingBUTTONSUP9Across17 Unprincipled moneylender, informallyLOANSHARK9Across17 Talk about a large dishPLATTER7Across18 GratuityTIP3Across18 Level of commandECHELON7Across18 ConsumeEAT3Across19 Street entertainerBUSKER6Across20 Made tea for the said offspringBREWED6Across20 YieldCEDE4Across21 Travel permitVISA4Across21 A pointed reminder that you’re late?SPUR4Across21 AwryASKEW5Across23 PourTEEM4Across24 SampleSPECIMEN8Across24 Why there was no report on the shooting?SILENCER8Across24 Radical changeUPHEAVAL8Across26 Unable to get away from the topic of accommodation?DWELLING8Across26 NumberTEN3Across27 SimpleEASY4Across28 With hard-wood, make a mess of itHASH4Across28 PromiseVOW3Across29 Paper handkerchiefTISSUE6Across29 I get taken advantage of and you think it’s funny?AMUSED6Across29 Smacked for having been playing with scissors?CLIPPED7Across31 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across31 Non-professionalAMATEUR7Across31 AuthorWRITER6Across32 In difficulty, informallyINTHESOUP9Across34 Game that’s really high with a sauce on itBADMINTON9Across34 Swimming-poolLIDO4Across34 AwkwardCLUMSY6Across35 FloodedINUNDATED9Across36 Stopping packing the cases and turning it onCESSATION9Across36 Left in “To us Iran is terribly illiberal”INSULAR7Across38 SeamLAYER5Across38 DescentLINEAGE7Across38 The masses going south get moderately hot sunSWARMS6Across39 ComaTRANCE6Across39 LiveRESIDE6Across39 ContinentASIA4Across40 Turn round, love, and you’ll see it’s iridescentOPAL4Across40 LureTEMPT5Across40 Large parrotCOCKATOO8Across41 A big ship, English, with handouts for everybodyLARGESSE8Across41 Singing voiceCONTRALTO9Across42 Taking people such as ourselves in is really wrongMORTALSIN9Across42

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Had arrived, it would clearly be seenSHOWEDUP8Down1 GemstoneSAPPHIRE8Down1 Root vegetableTURNIP6Down2 Is lying back on the seat prepared to have a snoozeSIESTA6Down2 PossessOWN3Down2 ReferenceALLUSION8Down3 Find five hundred is a hundred too manyDISCOVER8Down3 CaveGROTTO6Down3 Light windBREEZE6Down4 Trundle along on the street as you walkSTROLL6Down4 Girl’sHER3Down4 WatchedEYED4Down5 QualmsSCRUPLES8Down5 Not obstructing other road users, being fairPASSABLE8Down5 ClergymanCLERIC6Down6 Present time and again with words of consolationTHERETHERE10Down6 Asian countryBANGLADESH10Down6 ThrillTINGLE6Down7 Continue to try to get the TV workingPRESSON7Down7 StainTARNISH7Down7 Tries to find out if the cutlery’s been returnedSNOOPS6Down8 Spanish womanSENORA6Down8 SincereEARNEST7Down9 Hot and irritablePEPPERY7Down11 Thieving birdJACKDAW7Down11 TankVAT3Down12 MatureRIPE4Down13 ComfortSOLACE6Down16 They’re young? Rubbish!LITTER6Down16 IslandISLE4Down16 AcceptedTAKEN5Down17 ExpectationsHOPES5Down19 Wrong girl, for a startAMISS5Down19 ProscribeBAN3Down20 Saving to get chocolate?BAR3Down20 OccupancyTENANCY7Down20 AngryIRATE5Down22 FactsDATA4Down22 Photograph carrying in a little animalPINUP5Down22 RiskHAZARD6Down23 She has the Eastern rival beatenELVIRA6Down23 FrustrateTHWART6Down24 Type of propertyMAISONETTE10Down25 Recovered consciousness before the others landedCAMETOREST10Down25 WickedEVIL4Down25 Pop up, tooDAD3Down26 MovementMOTION6Down26 EmployUSE3Down26 ReadableLEGIBLE7Down27 Half-listen to the Bach composition having wineCHABLIS7Down27 ForthcomingFUTURE6Down28 MarryWED3Down30 BetterSUPERIOR8Down30 Being left is rather frighteningSINISTER8Down30 Luxury commodity brought only if there’s money overCASHMERE8Down31 PlentifulABUNDANT8Down31 Heating deviceRADIATOR8Down32 Hanging on to the darn fish!DANGLING8Down32 CommentsREMARKS7Down33 Stealing a sheet to put round the sickPILLAGE7Down33 PartROLE4Down33 The maid’s awfully young, to one’s perturbationDISMAY6Down35 SinewTENDON6Down35 PermitLET3Down36 Shuts up about one having rightsCLAIMS6Down36 Small creatureINSECT6Down36 A mischievous little scamp and his anticsIMPISH6Down37 ScuffleTUSSLE6Down37 WeakenSAP3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 1, 2019. 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.