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Evening Standard Crossword February 14 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 14 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
TautTIGHT5Across3 ScopeEXTENT6Across4 Pretend to move?AFFECT6Across4 Miserable footway at the end of the street, I seePATHETIC8Across7 Having perpetual lifeIMMORTAL8Across7 Objective for Jack to achieveTARGET6Across8 HappensOCCURS6Across8 MotiveREASON6Across9 Give outALLOT5Across10 MeritedEARNED6Across10 Did one's best to point dirt out, possiblyTRIED5Across10 BidOFFER5Across11 HutSHED4Across12 Cold one containing ice-cream?CONE4Across13 PimpleSPOT4Across13 ProphetSEER4Across14 Real gentleman?EARL4Across14 A drink on the sidePORT4Across15 Neckwear itemsTIES4Across15 TenderSORE4Across15 It means little when we finish lateWEE3Across16 Period of 24 hoursDAY3Across16 A beast to tolerateBEAR4Across17 FloodTORRENT7Across17 Terrible fateDOOM4Across17 Hare around, we learnHEAR4Across19 Send by postMAIL4Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 Understanding supporters?FOLLOWERS9Across21 RotDECOMPOSE9Across21 ShyTIMID5Across21 BlazeFIRE4Across23 In this state, a number cannot get the whole way!IOWA4Across23 SalverTRAY4Across23 Call someone mean, perhaps?NAME4Across24 DirectionEAST4Across24 HaltLIMP4Across25 Beer barrelKEG3Across26 A politician's current abbreviationAMP3Across26 DemiseDEATH5Across26 In the past, central AthensTHEN4Across27 Cooking fatLARD4Across27 AviateFLY3Across28 The money Monica shiftily concealedCASH4Across29 Religious imageICON4Across29 SuspendedHANGING7Across30 A drop in the rate, maybeTEAR4Across32 BereavementLOSS4Across32 Street light out of its proper place?STRAY5Across33 Group of lionsPRIDE5Across33 CheckREIN4Across33 Shocked to find, at some stage, so much haste?AGHAST6Across34 CharacteristicsTRAITS6Across34 Does he work on notepaper?COMPOSER8Across35 MechanicENGINEER8Across35 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across35 Not movingATREST6Across36 Wildly chants a fragment of melodySNATCH6Across36 EmulateRIVAL5Across36 ObstinateWILFUL6Across38 AlcoveRECESS6Across39 OarBLADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Legendary kingMIDAS5Down1 Rancour when a pest somehow gets out of line?SPITE5Down1 SummitCREST5Down1 AbundantAMPLE5Down2 One could mount it with saintly mienSTAIR5Down2 AfterLATER5Down2 Unruly childBRAT4Down3 Act up againDEED4Down3 AlsoTOO3Down3 Run away to wedELOPE5Down4 ChildINFANT6Down4 Player's current high placeACTOR5Down4 CadHEEL4Down5 DiscretionTACT4Down5 Has its place in the homeFIRE4Down5 SailorTAR3Down6 UsualNORMAL6Down6 Sensible figures at any timeCLEVER6Down6 EnlistENROL5Down7 BorderedEDGED5Down8 World or universeCOSMOS6Down9 One joins them in songANTHEM6Down9 MeadowLEA3Down11 Have such recruits never been to the cookhouse?RAW3Down11 One bent on drinking?ELBOW5Down12 CommandORDER5Down12 UnfriendlyHOSTILE7Down13 Official making love in some secret little placeCORONER7Down13 Boils gentlySIMMERS7Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 One providing dad with money?PAL3Down15 In additionTOO3Down15 Lived in swashbuckling timesWAS3Down16 AnswerRESPOND7Down16 Cease livingDIE3Down16 CultivationTILTH5Down18 In certain ways, being behind bucks one up!ELATES6Down18 Feline mammalOCELOT6Down18 NothingNIL3Down19 Mix and concrete in order to buildERECT5Down20 In motionASTIR5Down20 Use a spadeDIG3Down21 He's smart, leaving the scene of operationsFOP3Down21 Person's residencePAD3Down22 Weak, taking a note between two pointsWAN3Down22 LamentDIRGE5Down22 Domesticated polecatFERRET6Down23 Nominally, I'm less than cogentIMOGEN6Down23 StillYET3Down24 Signal agreementNOD3Down25 Where to send a letter to Uncle SamUSA3Down25 RiskHAZARD6Down27 Come out of your shell, ducky!HATCH5Down28 ScowlFROWN5Down28 Valuable thingASSET5Down28 CedeYIELD5Down29 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Down30 Spring pay increase?ARISE5Down30 DroneIDLER5Down31 ApproachesNEARS5Down31 Classic monster re-created by Hardy?HYDRA5Down31 Acid fruitLIME4Down32 RomanyGYPSY5Down32 Discretion when trouble starts at the tractor centreTACT4Down32 They possibly pass as patsiesSAPS4Down33 BucketPAIL4Down33 DesireWILL4Down34 AbradeRUB3Down36 ShelterLEE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 14, 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.