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Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Is there a curse when you break it?SAUCER6Across1 PodiumPLINTH6Across1 RecessALCOVE6Across1 ShoutYELL4Across5 Justification for an affair?OCCASION8Across7 EmbitterACERBATE8Across7 As a singer, she's in Division OneDIVA4Across8 RepastMEAL4Across8 CringeCOWER5Across8 ManageRUN3Across9 BelieveCREDIT6Across10 Dad gets Enid upset and hurtPAINED6Across10 Mid-dayNOON4Across10 ResoundsECHOES6Across11 Stop and stare foolishly around the tourist centreARREST6Across11 WineASTI4Across11 TwentySCORE5Across12 LustrePOLISH6Across13 TreeELM3Across14 Had an encounter with the police?MET3Across14 LearnHEAR4Across16 Standard Anglo-Saxon soldiers, in shortPARAS5Across16 PrematureEARLY5Across16 AppointmentDATE4Across17 Noble but pig-headed always?PEER4Across17 CheeseEDAM4Across18 Beat it with a flier!PIPIT5Across19 FlowerPOPPY5Across19 DeedACT3Across20 Metal spike with a bent pointPITON5Across21 DonatesGIVES5Across21 PoseSIT3Across22 One used in counting up to ten?DIGIT5Across22 Writing materialPAPER5Across22 Supporters in a whirl, perhaps, if not all of a flutter?FANS4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 Movable barrierGATE4Across23 Ballet-skirtTUTU4Across24 ThoughtIDEA4Across25 WildFERAL5Across26 He has his own way of working in crimeSIMON5Across26 Dog's footPAW3Across28 SwellDILATE6Across28 Tool manufactured in Kawasaki?SAW3Across28 TrulyREALLY6Across29 On board, he usually looks a bit horsyKNIGHT6Across29 DenunciationTIRADE6Across30 Expel from Billy Bunter's formREMOVE6Across30 WoodCEDAR5Across30 From the botanist's angle, side shoots may appearAXIL4Across31 UnsightlyUGLY4Across31 No great swimmers, but popular with some youngstersTIDDLERS8Across32 Fire raiserARSONIST8Across32 House-topROOF4Across32 PeriodTERM4Across33 UnsophisticatedUNCOOL6Across33 Does she start hotly and wildly to deny being a tomboy?HOYDEN6Across33 StrayERR3Across34 ReignedRULED5Across35 RindPEEL4Across36 GrabSNATCH6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TerseABRUPT6Down1 SituatedPLACED6Down1 To avoid relegation, don't have early nights!STOPUP6Down1 StylusNEEDLE6Down2 An inventive criminal?COINER6Down2 FightingCONFLICT8Down2 StopHALT4Down3 The way to dishearten a RoundheadROAD4Down3 DisappearVANISH6Down3 MuscleTRICEPS7Down4 Co-ordinatedCONCERTED9Down4 One bent on making a sharp turn?HAIRPIN7Down4 Musician with a bag under his armPIPER5Down5 Army officerMAJOR5Down5 LongedYEARNED7Down5 GaelicERSE4Down6 May settle for a bit, but you never hear them startingGNATS5Down6 UntidyMESSY5Down6 PlacedLAID4Down7 Coin tossed up in the middle?DIME4Down8 LettuceCOS3Down8 EncounterMEET4Down8 IntentionAIM3Down9 Old soldier your pet may not like very muchVET3Down9 Dried grassHAY3Down12 Animal artist, Middle EasternRAT3Down12 Vote inELECT5Down13 Up in Nola's roomSALON5Down13 WaveredHESITATED9Down14 Group of witchesCOVEN5Down15 PaleWAN3Down15 Show a certain aptness in profitingFITIN5Down15 HelpAID3Down17 ConcurAGREE5Down18 Marble town in NE Scotland?ELGIN5Down18 The piano, I note, has four legsPIG3Down19 Apple seedPIP3Down19 DegenerateDECADENT8Down19 Take a shot of a drug?POT3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Sea-birdAUK3Down20 An opening I need no help in makingPINHOLE7Down21 ChivalrousGALLANT7Down21 MelodiousTUNEFUL7Down21 Bit of a do-gooder, if you followDOG3Down22 FriendPAL3Down22 Pungent bulbGARLIC6Down23 It's no great distance to take a girl round, folksFAMILY6Down23 In breaking the law, Oscar is being naughty!AWOL4Down24 OffAWAY4Down24 Where to break the news about EdwardSWEDEN6Down25 Full viewEYEFUL6Down25 AviatorsAIRMEN6Down26 MonstrosityFREAK5Down26 Fishy letter to a Shakespearian shrewSKATE5Down26 ShortageDEARTH6Down27 UpliftRAISE5Down27 Thinks about objects?MINDS5Down27 Points to unknown biological characteristicSEX3Down28 Farm animalPIG3Down28 SupportPROP4Down29 Is it foolish to come out in one?RASH4Down30 CentreCORE4Down30 Ballet skirtTUTU4Down30 ColourRED3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. 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.