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Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 16 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Scribble61 AcrossReveal answer → Put an end to64 AcrossReveal answer → To cheat can involve bowing and scraping!64 AcrossReveal answer → Hollow65 AcrossReveal answer → Finnish capital87 AcrossReveal answer → A cleaner fuel used by artists87 AcrossReveal answer → About to act or play the ham68 AcrossReveal answer → Sham88 AcrossReveal answer → Refrains from killing68 AcrossReveal answer → Kind49 AcrossReveal answer → Also called a torn sail510 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce310 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter510 AcrossReveal answer → Form512 AcrossReveal answer → Schoolgirl in company with a boy413 AcrossReveal answer → Prison413 AcrossReveal answer → Ballet skirt414 AcrossReveal answer → Conceal handily414 AcrossReveal answer → Complete415 AcrossReveal answer → Ruins something heavenly415 AcrossReveal answer → Timid315 AcrossReveal answer → Girl to form an attachment with?316 AcrossReveal answer → Scottish river316 AcrossReveal answer → Women can buy them in zebra stripes417 AcrossReveal answer → Principal417 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet317 AcrossReveal answer → Tank318 AcrossReveal answer → Rush at a mad rate419 AcrossReveal answer → Den419 AcrossReveal answer → Sorrow319 AcrossReveal answer → Chosen520 AcrossReveal answer → In a new label, Bach composition for playing at the seaside921 AcrossReveal answer → Gristle921 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder321 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch322 AcrossReveal answer → Dear addressees?423 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing323 AcrossReveal answer → Traffic marker423 AcrossReveal answer → Peel424 AcrossReveal answer → Tear324 AcrossReveal answer → Is it bad down there?424 AcrossReveal answer → Correct526 AcrossReveal answer → Not high326 AcrossReveal answer → Work during play?326 AcrossReveal answer → Duck into bed with a bird427 AcrossReveal answer → Require427 AcrossReveal answer → Unguis429 AcrossReveal answer → It moves when you chu your chow429 AcrossReveal answer → Youth329 AcrossReveal answer → A cat to make any fellow cross432 AcrossReveal answer → Young salmon432 AcrossReveal answer → Weight in carats, perhaps?533 AcrossReveal answer → Formerly433 AcrossReveal answer → Short musical composition533 AcrossReveal answer → Tales of a lax sloven634 AcrossReveal answer → Defer834 AcrossReveal answer → Thick oil634 AcrossReveal answer → Physical activity, but it can be bookish835 AcrossReveal answer → Loyal635 AcrossReveal answer → Escort warship835 AcrossReveal answer → Our earthly one is not mercurial636 AcrossReveal answer → Simply636 AcrossReveal answer → One-room flat636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Swindle51 DownReveal answer → It could cause you to finish up with a nasty scar51 DownReveal answer → Slumbered52 DownReveal answer → Freight52 DownReveal answer → A growing boy52 DownReveal answer → Winners of a complicated case43 DownReveal answer → Singer43 DownReveal answer → Prima donna43 DownReveal answer → On which a crazy fool has a right to lie?54 DownReveal answer → Meal54 DownReveal answer → Rope-making fibre54 DownReveal answer → Act up again45 DownReveal answer → Crawl55 DownReveal answer → Precious stone45 DownReveal answer → No snake on board but a large viper!66 DownReveal answer → Urn46 DownReveal answer → Intelligent66 DownReveal answer → Flashlight57 DownReveal answer → Do they use staves for matchwood?69 DownReveal answer → Column69 DownReveal answer → Cringe510 DownReveal answer → He figures to tour central Spain311 DownReveal answer → Precipitous511 DownReveal answer → Haul311 DownReveal answer → Is it forever changing to red?512 DownReveal answer → Person512 DownReveal answer → Javelin512 DownReveal answer → See a wooden container as a place for money713 DownReveal answer → Imitating513 DownReveal answer → Small tree713 DownReveal answer → Happening514 DownReveal answer → Master Charlie's raincoat315 DownReveal answer → Seizure315 DownReveal answer → Booth515 DownReveal answer → Cede516 DownReveal answer → Canine chum?316 DownReveal answer → Expire316 DownReveal answer → He could give a tail-ender a scar618 DownReveal answer → Stadia618 DownReveal answer → Choose from a limited selection520 DownReveal answer → Representative520 DownReveal answer → The biting part?321 DownReveal answer → Farm animal321 DownReveal answer → Take a knock322 DownReveal answer → Stripling322 DownReveal answer → Vulgar623 DownReveal answer → Academy for young swimmers?623 DownReveal answer → Interior525 DownReveal answer → Get the girl?325 DownReveal answer → Concealed325 DownReveal answer → Suggest527 DownReveal answer → Put up528 DownReveal answer → Attack on a clique or faction528 DownReveal answer → Hurry528 DownReveal answer → Female relatives530 DownReveal answer → Cancel530 DownReveal answer → Escape with a sprained ankle?530 DownReveal answer → Prise531 DownReveal answer → Minus431 DownReveal answer → Not so dusty531 DownReveal answer → Friends432 DownReveal answer → Stingy fellow hiding a cigarette end432 DownReveal answer → Composition432 DownReveal answer → Old toiler who could never quite turn up fresh433 DownReveal answer → Jealousy433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.