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Evening Standard Crossword February 15 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 15 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
ApprehendARREST6Across1 The idea that beef is about one poundBELIEF6Across4 ForgiveEXCUSE6Across4 GratisFREE4Across5 A town like Alice?FLORENCE8Across7 Dutch liqueurADVOCAAT8Across7 Foreign variety of mangerGERMAN6Across8 RuptureHERNIA6Across8 DisputeARGUE5Across8 DrunkardSOT3Across9 Taut, rigidTENSE5Across10 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across10 Regal composer?ELGAR5Across10 PeruseREAD4Across11 CorrectEMEND5Across12 Traffic markerCONE4Across13 Eat where there's a lot of noise at closing timeDINE4Across13 AlleviationRELIEF6Across13 As wellALSO4Across14 Something to do after sowingREAP4Across14 A notedly low priceSONG4Across15 RapidFAST4Across15 MarryWED3Across16 Shelter from a terrible earthquakeLEE3Across16 LamentMOAN4Across16 Spoil just one in a seriesRUIN4Across17 ImpartialFAIR4Across17 AspersionSLUR4Across18 Slightly openAJAR4Across19 Employer requiring superior and faultless serviceUSER4Across19 TreeASH3Across20 Uncultured personBARBARIAN9Across21 Given a hiding!CONCEALED9Across21 PoemODE3Across22 Style of dressGARB4Across23 Sort of skirt mum gets, at leastMINI4Across23 HeadgearHAT3Across23 Soldier on foot for the presentGIFT4Across24 SageWISE4Across24 Lacking heatCOLD4Across24 YearnLONG4Across25 Show willingNOD3Across26 Cut and dried grassHAY3Across26 Jazz played just a little around mid-afternoonTRAD4Across27 NaggingONAT4Across27 KnotTANGLE6Across28 The state a hut may be inUTAH4Across29 NefariousEVIL4Across29 LucidCLEAR5Across30 In the home, always, but you can have one outMEAL4Across32 Snooker rodsCUES4Across32 ChairSEAT4Across32 No deal, I guess!OPINE5Across33 WreckRUIN4Across33 ProverbADAGE5Across33 Forgetful about a girlREMISS6Across34 FittingAPT3Across34 Prior toBEFORE6Across34 Such a worker hasn't got all dayPARTTIME8Across35 HueSHADE5Across35 Melt in liquidDISSOLVE8Across35 Uses fishy lines of approach?ANGLES6Across36 ExciseDUTY4Across36 ShovesPUSHES6Across36 AvariciousGREEDY6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spaghetti, sayPASTA5Down1 ArrangeASSORT6Down1 A bid from HM?OFFER5Down1 CruelRUTHLESS8Down2 Gambling oddsEVENS5Down2 Figure a girl is a cross-country runnerVOLGA5Down2 It costs a packet, darlingDEAR4Down3 Darts lineOCHE4Down3 MethodSYSTEM6Down3 Start to live on drinkBEGIN5Down4 Fundamental valuesETHOS5Down4 ConspicuousPROMINENT9Down4 EquipFURNISH7Down5 NucleusCORE4Down5 New role requiring special knowledgeLORE4Down5 RushREED4Down6 In corrective use, it starts as it finishesERASER6Down6 ArachnidSPIDER6Down6 WhirlpoolEDDY4Down7 BeerALE3Down8 NecessitateENTAIL6Down9 It's no good spilling fuel out that you want to take in!ENGULF6Down9 PixieELF3Down11 Grassy area in a clearingLEA3Down11 Source of protection (but with strings attached)APRON5Down12 As yetSOFAR5Down12 Irish lad gone wrongDONEGAL7Down13 Venezuelan capitalCARACAS7Down13 RashFOOLHARDY9Down14 Petty lieFIB3Down15 GrooveRUT3Down15 Letter I see as truly quotedSIC3Down15 PallidWAN3Down16 Persuaded Nora misguidedly to leave LeonardLED3Down16 FussADO3Down17 Joins in a bit of fun, knotting tiesUNITES6Down18 A bowerARBOUR6Down18 TongueLANGUAGE8Down19 Determined to get a greater systemSETUP5Down20 HelpAID3Down20 Worn outJADED5Down20 Detectives in accident investigationCID3Down21 Wide inlet of seaBAY3Down21 HaleHEALTHY7Down21 Favour a first-class figureAID3Down22 DecomposeROT3Down22 Like a new drome at the North Pole!MODERN6Down23 Rich cakeGATEAU6Down23 Fruit typeFIG3Down25 Lover of something electric?FAN3Down25 GleanGARNER6Down26 SoftlyGENTLY6Down27 RequiresNEEDS5Down28 Gratingly utters abrasive thingsRASPS5Down28 EmployedUSED4Down29 Like a little boy afraid to finish?TIMID5Down30 ThrowCAST4Down30 CryptVAULT5Down30 HorizontalLEVEL5Down31 RegretRUE3Down31 Saintly, she has her own place in MerseysideHELEN5Down31 Machine used by learners on the motorwayMILL4Down32 BludgeonCOSH4Down32 Wild cereal?OATS4Down33 Church recessAPSE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 15, 2018. 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.