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Evening Standard Crossword February 15 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 15 2019 answers. The Friday 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#
SeraglioHAREM5Across1 CorsetGIRDLE6Across5 ManufacturerMAKER5Across8 MicroorganismsBACTERIA8Across9 Businessman who’d have you believe he works for the railwayIMPORTER8Across9 “Heavens!” you say sweetlyCOO3Across10 AbaftASTERN6Across10 AgeERA3Across10 A less sensitive issueNUMBER6Across11 PressIRON4Across11 TornRIPPED6Across11 Biting insectBEDBUG6Across12 Are evidently loose, which does worry youRATTLE6Across12 Group of fourQUARTET7Across13 Supposed to be only a very littleTHOUGHT7Across13 PlatformDAIS4Across14 Said goodbye to the dogCHOW4Across14 ObviousPATENT6Across14 Self-satisfiedCOMPLACENT10Across15 Like the money made by the prospector who struck oil?WELLEARNED10Across15 BotchedBUNGLED7Across15 Send Martin’s off on timeTRANSMIT8Across17 Comic rhymeLIMERICK8Across17 BeverageTEA3Across18 Being good, scolds the villainsPIRATES7Across18 SatedREPLETE7Across18 CoverLID3Across19 Stood up for the girlROSE4Across19 Little devilsIMPS4Across19 CaramelTOFFEE6Across21 A popular action to take, unquestionablyINDEED6Across21 CartDRAY4Across21 RenovateRENEW5Across23 SkinPELT4Across24 Being sensible when told what caused itLISTENINGTOREASON17Across24 TKOTECHNICALKNOCKOUT17Across24 ColourRED3Across27 Ready to pop back in to get the instrumentSPINET6Across27 Capital of PolandWARSAW6Across27 FishEEL3Across29 ConservativeTORY4Across29 Said that’s very much the positionSITE4Across29 Careers for which one is unsuitedSTREAKS7Across30 ImitationMIMICRY7Across30 DunceDULLARD7Across31 OfferTENDER6Across32 InvestigationRESEARCH8Across33 Doesn’t do it, being pro-animalsFORBEARS8Across33 SeasonTIDE4Across34 SimplyEASILY6Across35 Someone acting as a stopgapUNDERSTUDY10Across35 Funeral directorUNDERTAKER10Across35 A little drink at “The Globe” coming back from workOPUS4Across36 Witty remarkQUIP4Across36 With a silver lining, so over-the-top it’s scandalousOUTRAGE7Across37 FruitAPRICOT7Across37 DepositLODGE5Across38 Ironic about the tea brewed being so weakWATERY6Across38 Three timesTHRICE6Across38 DauntDISMAY6Across39 CaressSTROKE6Across40 Gloomy myself, or so troubled at heartMOROSE6Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across40 DigitTOE3Across41 Regard as an outspoken characterEYE3Across41 In the open airOUTDOORS8Across42 Within reason, prepared to accept it from a foreign girlSENORITA8Across42

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Ill-intentionedMALEVOLENT10Down1 To the ethereal, it’s of no accountIMMATERIAL10Down1 CounterfoilSTUB4Down2 Thunder “Run!”BOLT4Down2 DonkeyASS3Down2 BoasterBRAGGART8Down3 Set off, eager to arrange cheap accommodationSTEERAGE8Down3 AppearEMERGE6Down3 Large tentMARQUEE7Down4 Squeeze it into one’s compositionWRITING7Down4 SpoilMAR3Down4 GraspGRIP4Down5 TeasingTANTALISING11Down5 A blue “Do keep my memory alive”FORGETMENOT11Down5 RebelledRIOTED6Down6 Branch of mathematicsARITHMETIC10Down6 Enterprise required to take the first step?INITIATIVE10Down6 CoarseEARTHY6Down7 ArachnidSPIDER6Down7 Is reminiscent of, it strikes oneSMACKS6Down7 Run-of-the-millMEDIOCRE8Down8 “Don’t forget”, says the note, “to rebel against”MEMORISE8Down8 HassockKNEELER7Down9 Why we had such a dull day?CLOUD5Down10 PreciseEXACT5Down10 RodentRAT3Down12 CloseNEAR4Down13 ImpelURGE4Down16 Gets support from, when one intimidatesLEANSON7Down16 Royal residencesPALACES7Down16 AteDINED5Down17 ToothMOLAR5Down20 InferredDEDUCED7Down20 Should be “Anything to declare?”OUGHT5Down20 Going down on one’s genealogical chartDESCENT7Down22 AbroadAFAR4Down22 US stateFLORIDA7Down22 Drop the dolly and cry for the child minder?MISSASITTER11Down23 Thick soupSCOTCHBROTH11Down23 RottenPUTRID6Down24 As a cricketer, requiring a stronger sunscreenEXTRACOVER10Down25 BroadcasterNEWSREADER10Down25 LoanedLENT4Down25 The bare facts?NAKEDTRUTH10Down26 BoredomTEDIUM6Down26 SixtyTHREESCORE10Down26 Ring up twice to belittlePOOHPOOH8Down28 ShutCLOSED6Down28 SufficientADEQUATE8Down28 GuidedLED3Down30 AnnoyIRRITATE8Down31 Article about a fight and the phoney losing of itTHROWING8Down31 IssueEDITION7Down32 As opposed to a commercial jingleADVERSE7Down32 DependRELY4Down33 Grant that webs are woven to get trapped inBESTOW6Down34 UseEMPLOY6Down34 Common practice to get ourselves overtimeUSAGE5Down35 Male relativeUNCLE5Down35 EraAGE3Down36 UntruthLIE3Down37 Unable to decide if it’s damagedTORN4Down39 ChesspieceROOK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 15, 2019. 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.