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Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Foreign languageARABIC6Across1 StaunchSTEM4Across1 Fail to counterfeit a letterFORGET6Across1 MaulPAW3Across4 DieCUBE4Across6 EasternORIENTAL8Across7 In credit, in a roundabout wayINDIRECT8Across7 ComaTRANCE6Across8 British animal?LION4Across8 Pith helmetTOPI4Across8 AllyFRIEND6Across9 WonderAWE3Across10 Hurtfully forming one figure in moulded clayACIDLY6Across10 DefeatedBEATEN6Across10 SullenMOROSE6Across11 Outcome sure to upset an officerRESULT6Across11 SnakeCOBRA5Across12 AgentREP3Across14 Like the coloured endRED3Across14 JavelinSPEAR5Across14 AvoidEVADE5Across15 ManservantVALET5Across16 Miss Lee, the tea girlROSIE5Across16 Were in jugEWER4Across17 Hereditary unitGENE4Across17 AuthorWRITER6Across18 She may take one in handDINAH5Across19 Golf termBOGEY5Across19 ScareFRIGHT6Across20 Like a slab forming a foundationBASAL5Across21 InstructTUTOR5Across21 Birdlike fieldsman?GULLY5Across22 DestinedFATED5Across22 NuisancePEST4Across23 A possible entrapment in time share?MESH4Across23 EngineMOTOR5Across24 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across26 EnquiredASKED5Across26 Show pride in conscientious truthfulnessSTRUT5Across26 Arrange to get information on locationFIX3Across28 DrunkardTOPER5Across28 Small amountTAD3Across28 Opportunity to get a Chinese with some rice?CHANCE6Across29 Arrival, comingADVENT6Across29 AyeYES3Across30 Martial artKARATE6Across30 One of a handy bunch?BANANA6Across30 Was it split in great ominousness?ATOM4Across31 School testEXAM4Across31 How to cry over spilt beerBITTERLY8Across32 God-likeDIVINE6Across32 Without charge, slangBUCKSHEE8Across32 Bird with only one little sister for relatives!SISKIN6Across33 ReviewerCRITIC6Across33 StylusNEEDLE6Across33 LakeMERE4Across34 VesselPAN3Across35 EntranceGATE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Car safety deviceAIRBAG6Down1 Something grand to finish withFINALE6Down1 TrunkTORSO5Down2 Snakelike aircraft?GLIDER6Down2 Baby’s soft shoeBOOTEE6Down2 Metal moneyCOIN4Down3 TowerMINARET7Down3 A nameless fate meaning very littleTINY4Down3 Free with one’s political views?LIBERAL7Down4 ExcusePLEA4Down4 Get betterRECOVER7Down4 SpouseWIFE4Down5 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 Like Aphrodite, she’ll have a bit of love before sunriseVENUS5Down5 BrittleCRISP5Down6 Lay down a conditionSTATE5Down6 PrecipitationSLEET5Down6 UnderBENEATH7Down7 Mountain lakeTARN4Down8 You may have spent them in ItalyLIRE4Down8 High spirits, vitalityPEP3Down9 Like some far-off schooldaysOLD3Down9 MarryWED3Down11 Alias Sol, noteSOH3Down12 IntimidateCOW3Down12 Beam of lightRAY3Down12 There are 54 ways to live them!LIVES5Down13 GreetingAVE3Down13 DispatchesSENDS5Down13 Tribal badgeTOTEM5Down15 A passage from PaisleyAISLE5Down15 LimbARM3Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 The value of an Isle on the ThamesWORTH5Down18 AntelopeELAND5Down18 Lad brought up on Indian foodDAL3Down19 RestRESPITE7Down19 HoweverBUT3Down19 Any way that’s negativeNAY3Down20 DeityGOD3Down20 Is his hook worth a look?BUTCHER7Down21 DecayROT3Down21 DiscolourTARNISH7Down21 PressingIRONING7Down22 ChargeFEE3Down22 One anticipates jumping itGUN3Down22 Exhibit or flauntPARADE6Down23 Little ones may have no rimsMINORS6Down23 SailorTAR3Down23 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Down24 A chance to pass on what you’ve learnedEXAM4Down24 From that timeTHENCE6Down25 Whence to come down to earth in portHEAVEN6Down25 MineralORE3Down25 South Island style of diving!SCUBA5Down26 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down26 ChosenELITE5Down27 Turn out, expelEVICT5Down27 Bright boy put out of the race, so peevishRATTY5Down27 LevyTAX3Down28 Overweight and maybe apt to splutter?FAT3Down28 OrderEDICT5Down29 As for loading horses?BAYS4Down30 YapYELP4Down30 EagerKEEN4Down30 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. 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.