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Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2018 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
SeraglioHAREM5Across3 Container capable of expansionCHEST5Across3 AllureCHARM5Across4 SnareENTRAP6Across7 They tell people when to be dutifulROTAS5Across8 Mother-of-pearlNACRE5Across8 OwingDUE3Across9 ThroughPER3Across10 ManufacturesMAKES5Across10 Strong development in the west and southTHEWS5Across10 The master, a college head, is a ScotMAC3Across11 ToddlerTOT3Across11 She's short of Bordeaux rougeCLARE5Across12 SoothingBALMY5Across12 HarvestsREAPS5Across12 ExcusePLEA4Across13 As held up by a shady individual?PARASOL7Across13 Hand overDELIVER7Across13 Don't rush to apportion blame!AMBLE5Across15 ProvincialLOCAL5Across15 ReadjustedRESET5Across15 ComeARRIVE6Across17 The burden on part of the front axleTAX3Across18 UnhappySAD3Across18 Goes carefully with wild snakesSNEAKS6Across19 PassHAND4Across19 GiveDONATE6Across19 Lover-boyROMEO5Across20 MonthJANUARY7Across21 Went for!FETCHED7Across21 Not fatLEAN4Across22 Goodness, an aristocrat!LORD4Across22 FishEEL3Across22 The lemonade ladyMONA4Across23 PokePROD4Across23 DisagreeableBEASTLY7Across24 FrightenedALARMED7Across24 Great writer, but he makes me snoreEMERSON7Across24 Counting frameABACUS6Across26 Can bat, maybe, and get his blueCANTAB6Across26 StretchEKE3Across27 UprightERECT5Across28 ProsecuteSUE3Across29 Listener with a noted warm heartEAR3Across29 Dogs with connections around central Barking!TIKES5Across31 Spanish manSENOR5Across31 GraspGRIP4Across31 This pencil's not for writingSTYPTIC7Across32 LockjawTETANUS7Across32 InbornINBRED6Across33 KillsSLAYS5Across34 Thirty-nine of them could be novelSTEPS5Across34 Sing a Schumann pieceHUM3Across35 StarSUN3Across35 SpearLANCE5Across35 Brief contribution to better serviceTERSE5Across36 Major arteryAORTA5Across36 Dance associated with a low barLIMBO5Across37 Small coinPENNY5Across37 SpouseWIFE4Across37 StudentPUPIL5Across38 Glib talkSPIEL5Across38 Sandy area around the poleARENA5Across38 FinishEND3Across39 MooseELK3Across41 DedicateDEVOTE6Across42 PromptREADY5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Has she almost won a husband?WOMAN5Down1 Provide foodCATER5Down1 CustodianKEEPER6Down1 What the empties have beenVACATED7Down2 CraftsmanARTISAN7Down2 CurrentSTREAM6Down2 TopCAP3Down3 AssertAVER4Down4 DieCUBE4Down4 Initially a hospital for the sick (at Harrow?)HILL4Down4 MoorHEATH5Down5 HireEMPLOY6Down5 Waterside London thoroughfareSTRAND6Down5 AmorousROMANTIC8Down6 Subject of an article by meTHEME5Down6 Stone workerMASON5Down6 Shut up in a nice way, initiallySWALK5Down7 ReachGETAT5Down7 FairyPERI4Down8 Mountain passCOL3Down9 Jack's a bit of a starTAR3Down9 RespectREVERENCE9Down11 An old-fashioned fopCOXCOMB7Down12 LessensREDUCES7Down12 VehicleVAN3Down14 RegionAREA4Down14 Not being fully up to the task, had a restSAT3Down14 AppearSEEM4Down16 Was he cured?BACON5Down16 ToteCARRY5Down16 The writing of letters, for instanceESSAY5Down17 GuidesLEADS5Down17 ApartROLE4Down18 Once more, in religious groups, they're hush-hushSECRETS7Down19 FrocksDRESSES7Down19 Chosen, though less than delectableELECT5Down20 Assumed nameALIAS5Down20 Nominally honestFRANK5Down21 OpeningOVERTURE8Down21 CountryJAPAN5Down21 OgleLEER4Down23 GratifiesPLEASES7Down23 Roam around having a broken hip, and you need a pain-killer!MORPHIA7Down23 Initially English flower (an annual)EASTER6Down24 Coarse fabricBURLAP6Down24 SimilarAKIN4Down25 Think aloud?SAY3Down25 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Dried an excellent colourAIRED5Down27 Twig broomBESOM5Down27 Name a countess always hasTESSA5Down28 Is priced atCOSTS5Down28 ReviserEDITOR6Down29 See-sawTEETER6Down30 HumorousFUNNY5Down30 Quartet used in climbsLIMBS5Down30 WorkedPLIED5Down32 Go round to the doctor?SPIN4Down32 Wheel surroundTYRE4Down32 Childish place to put food and drinkTUM3Down33 Religious sisterNUN3Down33 CurveBEND4Down34 FriendALLY4Down36 LairDEN3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 12, 2018. 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.