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Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
FishANGLE5Across2 AleBEER4Across7 SuddenABRUPT6Across8 MockTAUNT5Across9 Henry takes flight, which is not very brightHALFLIGHT9Across9 InfamousNOTORIOUS9Across9 Fly round and give toHANDOVER8Across10 Oily medicated preparationOINTMENT8Across10 WandROD3Across11 Ranks as one of the favourite flowers, you sayROWS4Across12 MerelyONLY4Across12 Bets they belong to the gardenerSTAKES6Across13 SheepRAM3Across13 ConcursAGREES6Across13 TrapENSNARE7Across14 To an astronomer, does it look like Pluto?DOGSTAR7Across14 PitcherEWER4Across15 The fish will come in with the chipsCARPENTER9Across15 Miniature representationMICROCOSM9Across15 FaucetTAP3Across16 SubordinateDEPENDENT9Across17 The lionesses, though disturbed, are not growlingNOISELESS9Across17 Elementary particleNEUTRON7Across18 LakeMERE4Across18 Agreed to have everything drawn outTALLIED7Across18 ConcernedWORRIED7Across19 Sell again at the endRETAIL6Across20 HarvestCROP4Across20 Acutely difficult positionSTRAIT6Across20 Cold and miserableBLUE4Across21 Largest continentASIA4Across21 FishTUNA4Across22 DiplomaticTACTFUL7Across23 Medieval weaponCROSSBOW8Across24 Struck one forcibly such food is fatteningBATTERED8Across24 WatchedEYED4Across25 InsecticideSHEEPDIP8Across26 Deduce it's closeCONCLUDE8Across26 OwnedHAD3Across27 Put A Hill back on the listROTA4Across28 Mountain rangeALPS4Across28 GalaFETE4Across28 Principal elementSTAPLE6Across29 Make up for the bad hairdoOFFSET6Across29 PerformedDID3Across30 Flying craftAIRSHIP7Across31 Fiddles with the toolsCHISELS7Across31 DefectiveDUD3Across31 ShabbySEEDY5Across33 Hurried up the friend as he'd gone in to dressMADEHASTE9Across34 Former British coinHALFCROWN9Across34 GraspCLUTCH6Across36 Why question the warning?WHEREFORE9Across36 Bad dreamNIGHTMARE9Across36 WickedEVIL4Across37 Sent round prepackaged to exhibit at the zooSERPENT7Across38 LongYEARN5Across38 ExtraordinaryUNUSUAL7Across38 Carrying the box in, got worriedTOTING6Across39 Type of farmlandARABLE6Across39 Parasitic arachnidMITE4Across40 Yesterday started badly, with a sore eyeSTYE4Across40 Change for the worseREVERSAL8Across41 Snarl up the net, going out to fishENTANGLE8Across41 IrregularECCENTRIC9Across42 Meet on the trip overRUNACROSS9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RareUNCOMMON8Down1 UnderBELOW5Down1 The quick way to get a little drunkSHORTCUT8Down1 Style of handwritingITALIC6Down2 Buttonhole the fellow further downFLOWER6Down2 SkillART3Down2 Breed of cattleLONGHORN8Down3 Shook it at the old guardAGITATED8Down3 AnimalGNU3Down3 ConsumeEAT3Down4 High regardESTEEM6Down4 It's his job to feed the flaming thing!STOKER6Down4 SnoopPRY3Down5 ContemplateCONSIDER8Down5 The tree in the paddockCHESTNUT8Down5 JavelinSPEAR5Down6 UndertakingENTERPRISE10Down6 Also while putting two and two togetherINADDITION10Down6 Pleasantly divertingAMUSING7Down7 Looks surprisedly at the protective wearGOGGLES7Down7 Alight on the benchSETTLE6Down8 EmployENGAGE6Down8 CloseNEAR4Down10 SavedRESCUED7Down11 Most importantCENTRAL7Down11 Bet there's a risk in having beefBRISKET7Down11 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down12 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 ThreatenedMENACED7Down14 Is first to go through a sex changeEXISTS6Down16 Female giantOGRESS6Down16 CogTOOTH5Down16 HaughtyPROUD5Down17 EncounteredMET3Down18 Tear openUNRIP5Down19 Concluding the key to enter it is the smallestLEAST5Down19 Female pigSOW3Down20 The man with the stickROD3Down20 CushionPAD3Down21 Bank on getting a homeLODGE5Down22 RustleSWISH5Down22 Spot one going in to get something to eatPLAICE6Down23 LivelinessSPIRIT6Down23 FrontFACE4Down24 InexhaustibleBOTTOMLESS10Down25 Insist on staying with the rubbish due for collectionREFUSETOGO10Down25 UnderstandSEE3Down26 CedeYIELD5Down26 Reduce one's commissionCUT3Down26 DiffidentBASHFUL7Down27 My word, that does show potential!PROMISE7Down27 JacketTUNIC5Down29 A pest crawling round the little flowerSWEETPEA8Down30 Highest pointPINNACLE8Down30 Candied stems of a herbANGELICA8Down31 Many have a proclivity for working as charsCLEANING8Down31 AffectationPRETENCE8Down32 Pig-penSTY3Down32 Understand the meaning of "Be reasonable"SEESENSE8Down32 TimidSHY3Down33 Imputed guiltACCUSED7Down33 He prepared tea, the child went outside with the catCHEETAH7Down33 EpochERA3Down34 Small evergreen treeLAUREL6Down35 LongingYEN3Down35 Being brave, is now returning to the arenaDARING6Down35 Closer toNEARER6Down36 Means the half of bitter sent in is weak and insipidWATERY6Down36 Had I not gone out to work from choice?OPTION6Down37 Collection of beesAPIARY6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 12, 2021. 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.