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Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 12 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 125 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#
PrecipitousSTEEP5Across1 Maybe it was beltedWAIST5Across1 CoarseCRUDE5Across4 DepartLEAVE5Across6 That one-eyed couple, possibly in handJACKS5Across6 StaggeredREELED6Across7 SorrowWOE3Across9 Like, resemblingSIMILAR7Across9 Person responsible for wrecking our cartCURATOR7Across9 BeverageTEA3Across10 Resting place for many a Russian?DIVAN5Across10 BeastBRUTE5Across10 Motivate to lie terribly about a politicianIMPEL5Across11 WedMARRY5Across11 Descends suddenlyDIVES5Across12 TolerateABIDE5Across12 By going round with some mariners, one sees the seaBRINY5Across12 Decisively importantFATEFUL7Across13 BitterSOUR4Across13 Domination by a schoolteacher?MASTERY7Across13 One or two fatheaded pointsFEW3Across15 Man's nameMEL3Across15 StrollAMBLE5Across15 Friend finally forgoing something fishy?ALLY4Across17 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across17 QuellSUBDUE6Across17 Single stepSTRIDE6Across18 With her, maybe, I'm in the clearCLAIRE6Across18 StunsDAZES5Across19 Become eligible for divorceMARRY5Across19 DeficiencyLACK4Across19 PrecipitousSHEER5Across20 Cry on the bed, having blunderedBOOBED6Across20 BeliefCREDIT6Across20 Extraordinary feat, yet it's inevitableFATE4Across22 MergeFUSE4Across22 ObservedSAW3Across22 It's poisonous, so you need less than a teaspoonfulASP3Across24 Wheat spikeEAR3Across24 FaultDEMERIT7Across24 In jest, might be termed a popular rhymeJOCULAR7Across25 Strong personBRUISER7Across25 ConcealsHIDES5Across26 Light on something silkyRAYON5Across26 Figure advanced as a joint contributionTENON5Across27 DistinguishedNOTED5Across27 ObscureDIM3Across27 Being confused, I'm wrong to get cross with the editorMIXED5Across28 KeenEAGER5Across28 BareNAKED5Across28 Generous politician?LIBERAL7Across29 Practical jokeLEGPULL7Across29 Female crocodile's nameODILE5Across30 CeasesSTOPS5Across30 SteadyFIRM4Across31 AgueFEVER5Across31 Exotic siren handy for checking the horsesREINS5Across31 ScantyMEAGRE6Across33 IncidentEVENT5Across35 RipTEAR4Across37 PassageAISLE5Across38 ApexTOP3Across39 FishEEL3Across41 ContemporaryMODERN6Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EmergencyCRISIS6Down1 Sewing materialTHREAD6Down2 DenyREFUSE6Down2 Creature that turns up in laminated woodANIMAL6Down2 High regardESTEEM6Down3 MoistWET3Down3 Little is able to get into the pig's placeSCANTY6Down3 Large cask said to weigh a lotTUN3Down4 Pastry dishPIE3Down4 FuelCOAL4Down4 Being hirsute can be dangerousHAIRY5Down5 All-night watchVIGIL5Down5 RevoltREBEL5Down5 BewailsLAMENTS7Down6 How Hal and Al went into the butcher's business?JOINTLY7Down6 DevoteDEDICATE8Down6 EpochsERAS4Down7 A lot of soldiers, including marinesARMY4Down7 DeceasedDEAD4Down8 DiverseVARIED6Down8 He shouldn't lose his place in the teamKEEPER6Down8 DiversionAMUSEMENT9Down11 Second-class highway in Norfolk?BROAD5Down12 Former gold coinDUCAT5Down12 Bonehead embraced by mother _ the snake!MAMBA5Down13 Fight with swordsFENCE5Down13 RegrettedRUED4Down14 Thin candleTAPER5Down14 Buoyant new solo for piano!SLOOP5Down14 Last letter in some dialectFINAL5Down15 Take awayMINUS5Down15 EndureBEAR4Down16 Were meandering around the south by riverWESER5Down16 PriseLEVER5Down16 RearedBRED4Down18 Sing of love amid the waving corn?CROON5Down18 ScorchesSEARS5Down18 Splits upDIVIDES7Down19 She sounds fruity!MELANIE7Down19 Doesn't change, this portOSTEND6Down21 MurderHOMICIDE8Down21 Highly-seasoned stewRAGOUT6Down21 Concluding partFINALE6Down22 Mixing it into the wrong fuel is useless!FUTILE6Down22 FlankWING4Down23 CalmSERENE6Down23 Undertake to carry forward?TAKEON6Down23 Another name for IndianaJONES5Down25 Short high-pitched soundsBEEPS5Down25 ClownMIME4Down25 One can call it breadROLL4Down26 SharpTART4Down26 AssistHELP4Down26 Push violently the wrong way and spoilMAR3Down28 PixieELF3Down28 WardenKEEPER6Down29 ThroughoutDURING6Down30 SkirmishMELEE5Down32 ParticleATOM4Down34 DeviateVEER4Down36 TankardPOT3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 12, 2024. 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.