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Evening Standard Crossword February 1 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 1 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
EmblemSYMBOL6Across1 Sam, who belted many an officerBROWNE6Across1 Go overCROSS5Across2 Australian cityADELAIDE8Across7 PeerNOBLE5Across7 That blooming vessel in a new album!LABURNUM8Across7 Light listening, mostly piano musicPOPS4Across8 ReimburseREPAY5Across8 AchievementFEAT4Across8 When it's raining cats and dogs, don't step in one!POODLE6Across10 EnquiredASKED5Across10 InsectBEETLE6Across10 New centre of modernity?RECENT6Across11 Develop intoBECOME6Across11 WhimFAD3Across12 LiabilityDEBIT5Across13 The opening note?KEY3Across14 Foot digitTOE3Across14 ScornedDERIDED7Across15 She was promoted, it seems, out of big-heartednessROSIE5Across16 DestinedFATED5Across16 Act in a documentary piece?DEED4Across17 At that timeTHEN4Across17 WanderedROAMED6Across17 Presidential allowance?GRANT5Across19 TinCAN3Across19 Appear suddenlyPOPUP5Across19 PostponedDELAYED7Across20 Do a provocative act, as in an informal sort of shirtTEASE5Across21 HerbBASIL5Across21 Senior memberDOYEN5Across22 The equable way to goDUTCH5Across22 Low growing plantMOSS4Across23 Start chopping a tree for moneyCASH4Across23 DeclareAVER4Across23 TradeDEAL4Across25 OrdainedDECREED7Across26 Room also rearranged for a bit of funSALON5Across26 BobbinSPOOL5Across26 Alcoholic drinkRUM3Across28 Barrier historically bustedDAM3Across28 Hole made by a shell, or maybe tracerCRATER6Across29 EvaluateASSESS6Across29 ProsecuteSUE3Across30 Trauma centre surrounded by bigwigs - the snakes!VIPERS6Across30 JauntOUTING6Across30 Noted study of a riverEDEN4Across31 PolluteDEFILE6Across31 AdjoinABUT4Across31 A didactic talkerLECTURER8Across32 Jewellery itemBRACELET8Across32 He isn't still having a holiday!BUSMAN6Across33 ShoutHOLLER6Across33 CompetitionCONTEST7Across34 ApportionALLOT5Across37 GarlandLEI3Across38 FurSABLE5Across39 StrainerSIEVE5Across40 WeirdEERIE5Across41 VigilantALERT5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Belched, thus upsetting a big-headed prude?BURPED6Down1 Water iceSORBET6Down1 Round-upRODEO5Down1 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Down2 Like a shady area in which to get lumbered?WOODED6Down2 DemandCLAIM5Down2 Not earlyLATE4Down3 She's a bit remorseless when you get her upsetELSE4Down3 HaltedRESTED6Down3 RushedSPED4Down4 JoyfulGLEEFUL7Down4 With some luck, you'll see an eagle on the LakeLUCERNE7Down4 PurifiedREFINED7Down5 Mountains in the Libyan DesertANDES5Down5 FlierPILOT5Down5 ExhaustedJADED5Down6 YieldedCEDED5Down6 It's me, struggling to make a hitSMITE5Down6 Outdoor eventFETE4Down8 You'll never see a pig in onePOKE4Down8 BeerALE3Down9 CushionPAD3Down9 Work at a trade partly lacking skillPLY3Down9 RottedDECAYED7Down11 If you want to stock up with furniture, here's a pieceCOT3Down12 HatCAP3Down12 Figures to reform most sinnersNINES5Down13 RepairsMENDS5Down13 VisionDREAM5Down13 FoundedBASED5Down14 What a cart uses, going up to the King's Head?TRACK5Down15 Biblical prophetMOSES5Down15 BeamRAY3Down16 PilesHEAPS5Down18 DisheartenDEPRESS7Down18 He can always make the gradeEDGAR5Down18 RemunerationPAY3Down19 Understand, as a follower?GET3Down19 Narrow broochPIN3Down20 A hush in the woodASH3Down20 A French one in a flute arrangement, is melodiousTUNEFUL7Down21 SatanDEVIL5Down21 StrengthenBOLSTER7Down21 PrecipitationSLEET5Down22 Female deerDOE3Down22 Wee woman of the world wide webDOT3Down22 ReciprocalMUTUAL6Down23 Escapades that can get one into a scrapeCAPERS6Down23 It brings one to a devout conclusionAMEN4Down24 ImpatientRESTIVE7Down24 Leave outOMIT4Down24 Speed the rebuilding of AthensHASTEN6Down25 An Italian manSIGNOR6Down25 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down26 Make too hot and wetSCALD5Down26 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down27 HintCUE3Down27 Unusually clean weaponLANCE5Down27 ChafeRUB3Down28 Acted the part of DidoDID3Down28 TraderDEALER6Down28 CompactSOLID5Down29 CurseOATH4Down30 To be, or not to be, that is the answerVERB4Down30 SwiftFLEET5Down32 ReasoningLOGIC5Down33 BornNEE3Down35 LoftyTALL4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. 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.