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Evening Standard Crossword February 14 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 14 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
PenaltyFINE4Across1 ConflictWAR3Across4 ExistenceLIFE4Across6 RubbishLITTER6Across8 CharacterNATURE6Across9 One's utmost to equalise with the championLEVELBEST9Across9 Business costsOVERHEADS9Across9 FollowDOG3Across10 Complete turnROTATION8Across10 I need to think - turn on the lightLETMESEE8Across10 Called from the stepRUNG4Across12 StrictSTERN5Across12 WildcatLYNX4Across12 WaterwaysCANALS6Across13 Having counted to about fifty, I had inserted the keyRELIED6Across13 The refuse bag, in a rage, hurled outGARBAGE7Across14 RevoltREBEL5Across14 HotchpotchFARRAGO7Across14 HeavenlyCELESTIAL9Across15 Female with an obsession for covering things upSHEATHING9Across15 KeenEAGER5Across15 When not working, given to being casualOFFHANDED9Across17 ObligatoryMANDATORY9Across17 SpanBRIDGE6Across18 Show the man's taken to drinkPORTRAY7Across18 TemplatePATTERN7Across18 I've squeezed into the liftTHIEVE6Across20 LastENDURE6Across20 ShrewdASTUTE6Across20 Second Greek letterBETA4Across21 Proceed, twit!GOON4Across21 SingerTENOR5Across24 BlameworthyCULPABLE8Across24 That's all right - not any duller than before!NOMATTER8Across24 OratoryRHETORIC8Across26 TenderOFFER5Across26 By ten to one the vehicle must be back: he's very strictMARTINET8Across26 Garden toolRAKE4Across28 JigDANCE5Across28 As there's rain, are driven backREAR4Across28 ClergymanPARSON6Across29 Turns red at this moment, to one's surpriseWONDER6Across29 BeverageTEA3Across30 "He's only kidding," you chirpTWITTER7Across31 Far-offDISTANT7Across31 Summer houseGAZEBO6Across32 DozenTWELVE6Across33 Heartbeat regulatorPACEMAKER9Across34 GroupUNIT4Across34 Should have followed them out, I reckonedMETHOUGHT9Across34 TotalSUM3Across35 HardDIFFICULT9Across36 StoryYARN4Across36 Later will come the ermine and the throne, perhapsFURTHERON9Across36 African riverZAMBEZI7Across38 Trapping the nine escapees, you grant, is not hardLENIENT7Across38 Is tracing it hard work for genealogists?STRAIN6Across39 SpeakerORATOR6Across39 French cheeseBRIE4Across40 Dirty, like the little boy's clothesBLUE4Across40 Cutlery itemTEASPOON8Across41 A job that's certainly nice to settle intoSINECURE8Across41 BeginORIGINATE9Across42 To start with, the scale of payment is excellentFIRSTRATE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Paper sizeFOOLSCAP8Down1 Gets angry - sure is worried and in a panicFLARESUP8Down1 DoghouseKENNEL6Down2 FoolIDIOT5Down2 Street where the meeting is to take place?AVENUE6Down2 Went inENTERED7Down3 HolidayVACATION8Down3 A vegetable - and it gets consumed with alacrityCELERITY8Down3 "Item of jewellery," by the way, means "pearls"STRING6Down4 Middle Eastern countryISRAEL6Down4 DistrictWARD4Down4 CircleRING4Down5 They're blooming pleased to get the ten fifty-one!GLADIOLI8Down5 SupposedPRESUMED8Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Hospital employeeSTAFFNURSE10Down6 What makes you so hot on acting?STAGEFEVER10Down6 ArdentFERVENT7Down7 EverlastingETERNAL7Down7 Listen, for instance, to gossipHEARSAY7Down7 Edible tuberPOTATO6Down8 Ask if there's a desire for it in the marketplaceDEMAND6Down8 Be eager to stop in for something at the jeweller'sPENDANT7Down11 Imitative personCOPYCAT7Down11 IndividualONE3Down11 WeepSOB3Down12 HorseNAG3Down13 ObtainGET3Down16 SomnolentSLEEPY6Down16 In that, again, it is intimidatingTHREAT6Down16 ManagedRAN3Down17 LorryTRUCK5Down19 ChorusREFRAIN7Down19 She has a terribly hard round to get throughRHODA5Down19 Female sheepEWE3Down20 Thanks to the rain, he's got lots of water around!TAR3Down20 TurfSOD3Down21 Clear about the timeOVERT5Down22 DisasterTRAGEDY7Down22 Famous musicalEVITA5Down22 "Polish is a different language," you sayFINISH6Down23 Dwarfed treeBONSAI6Down23 SheepEWE3Down23 Despite the fact that the ticket seller considered it carefullyTHOUGHTOUT10Down25 WatchEYE3Down25 Venomous spiderBLACKWIDOW10Down25 ManageRUN3Down26 A setback for Aries that will be detrimentalMAR3Down26 Go to pieces when making dessertCRUMBLE7Down27 ChooseELECT5Down27 Circus swingTRAPEZE7Down27 LidCOVER5Down29 PitchTOSS4Down30 OvercomeSURMOUNT8Down30 Couldn't stand trial when action was taken aboutDETESTED8Down30 Some of our best friends are soldiersTERRIERS8Down31 Spring flowerDAFFODIL8Down31 ParticleATOM4Down31 Having translated, submitted to for approvalRENDERED8Down32 Tied upTETHERED8Down32 Were obviously afraid, as the fish trapped wereCOWERED7Down33 HugeIMMENSE7Down33 Game in which you go astray, then catch upTENNIS6Down35 ForceCOMPEL6Down35 Distant, for a change, with the fellowsFAROFF6Down36 Mythical creatureDRAGON6Down36 See and read about and get your fill of againRELOAD6Down37 PandemoniumUPROAR6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 14, 2025. 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.