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Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
RenovateRENEW5Across1 CadROTTER6Across5 ShelfLEDGE5Across8 Packed theirs in the one that’s going upONTHERISE9Across9 Exactly the sameIDENTICAL9Across9 FragrantAROMATIC8Across10 EbbRECEDE6Across10 A box with a purplish red cover: metalPLATINUM8Across10 ImitatedAPED4Across11 Once I got time for leaveEXIT4Across12 Footwear itemSHOE4Across12 Go out with a bangSTRIKE6Across13 Musical workSONATA6Across13 ExpelREMOVE6Across14 The Indian salesman’s taken back the plantCREEPER7Across14 More unpleasantNASTIER7Across14 SundrySEVERAL7Across15 Wrongly give the Latin translation in it as “watchman”VIGILANTE9Across15 ContinualINCESSANT9Across15 Due to the clamp, being, indeed, unhappyDEPRESSED9Across17 UnawareOBLIVIOUS9Across17 Book you save for a rainy dayRESERVE7Across18 EnclosurePEN3Across18 Smoked herringsKIPPERS7Across18 StillYET3Across19 ScotchWHISKY6Across20 Take the ring-road in: a new decreeORDAIN6Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Golfer's cryFORE4Across21 Spend a lot on powder?BLUE4Across21 FiendDEMON5Across23 TillerHELM4Across24 GatherASSEMBLE8Across24 Find it difficult, though you are in employmentHAVEAJOB8Across24 AnswerRESPONSE8Across26 Being there, with the said offeringsPRESENCE8Across26 SpotDOT3Across27 PitcherEWER4Across28 Spy something the make-up is trying to conceal?MOLE4Across28 LoutOAF3Across29 English countySURREY6Across29 Give an indication that you hearASSIGN6Across29 Arrive roughly about lunchtime at the holiday destinationRIVIERA7Across31 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across31 WimpMILKSOP7Across31 WineCLARET6Across32 40s danceJITTERBUG9Across34 When, without doubt, you’ll discoverASCERTAIN9Across34 EatDINE4Across34 ContinuedLASTED6Across35 Famous film actorMOVIESTAR9Across36 Be given an opportunity to become as acerbic asGETASTART9Across36 Believe you’ll get the birdSWALLOW7Across38 FashionSTYLE5Across38 Part left overREMNANT7Across38 In dire trouble, about to see the bossEDITOR6Across39 SummaryDIGEST6Across39 PlanetSATURN6Across39 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across40 About fifty, overweight and dullFLAT4Across40 BorderedEDGED5Across40 Military morning callREVEILLE8Across41 Leave, terribly angry about being exposedREVEALED8Across41 Police departmentVICESQUAD9Across42 What the building worker did when drunk?PLASTERED9Across42

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Besides, it’s further acrossMOREOVER8Down1 Cosmetic itemLIPSTICK8Down1 CourageousHEROIC6Down2 On the way, call for the pearlsSTRING6Down2 SheepEWE3Down2 StudentsSCHOLARS8Down3 Tip a cent? That’s ridiculous. It’s very little moneyPITTANCE8Down3 TeamELEVEN6Down3 SupplePLIANT6Down4 Next day the bee is buzzing aboutBESIDE6Down4 MarryWED3Down4 BreedREAR4Down5 Pasta tubesMACARONI8Down5 Added a couple of pages, which finished itAPPENDED8Down5 PouredTEEMED6Down6 What the greedy sellers imagine they’ll get?FANCYPRICE10Down6 Breakfast cerealCORNFLAKES10Down6 ReiterateREPEAT6Down7 Even changing the cover round brightened things upLIVENED7Down7 EnormousMASSIVE7Down7 A strange tailless cat making a rowRUMPUS6Down8 Japanese self-defence systemAIKIDO6Down8 PostponedDELAYED7Down9 Did she get the bird when performing first?BRIDGET7Down11 ThrivePROSPER7Down11 VitalityPEP3Down12 FinishedDONE4Down13 European countrySWEDEN6Down16 The less petite redhead taking the beer roundLARGER6Down16 RelaxEASE4Down16 FruitLEMON5Down17 Sheriff's menPOSSE5Down19 Evade the issue of accommodation for the animalSTALL5Down19 MiseryWOE3Down20 Alternatively, black ballORB3Down20 CompletelyTOTALLY7Down20 Fertile spotOASIS5Down22 InsectFLEA4Down22 Strange clue about the right to have moneyLUCRE5Down22 SheepdogCOLLIE6Down23 Goes for the lettuce?LEAVES6Down23 ChoppedHACKED6Down24 BlowflyBLUEBOTTLE10Down25 Fair, also, which is to the goodJUSTASWELL10Down25 BurdenLOAD4Down25 Pop back to fixPIN3Down26 NauticalMARINE6Down26 BeamRAY3Down26 Lying under oathPERJURY7Down27 I myself hold the ticket, so it’s a deadlockIMPASSE7Down27 NiggledFUSSED6Down28 MarshlandFEN3Down30 Formally recordREGISTER8Down30 Had got in and somehow undone, is the insinuationINNUENDO8Down30 It’s sensible to have the animal, a lion, tied upRATIONAL8Down31 UnorthodoxMAVERICK8Down31 ConvincePERSUADE8Down32 It will show just how big a rise you’ve hadALTITUDE8Down32 AkinRELATED7Down33 Went through the exercises, boredDRILLED7Down33 TrialTEST4Down33 Very much afraid the cavern will collapseCRAVEN6Down35 WoodTIMBER6Down35 BeerALE3Down36 A case, we’re told, of fluGRIPPE6Down36 Reason for actionMOTIVE6Down36 Charm is man-baitALLURE6Down37 Zodiac signTAURUS6Down37 WatchEYE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 16, 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.