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Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 16 2024 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#
PerspireSWEAT5Across1 MethodSYSTEM6Across5 RiddleSIEVE5Across8 Omits to say one doesn't garage itLEAVESOUT9Across9 Mouth organHARMONICA9Across9 RaisedELEVATED8Across10 StaysCORSET6Across10 As a game it is, you allow, way-outROULETTE8Across10 FatLARD4Across11 The way to conceal a switchROAD4Across12 WickedEVIL4Across12 At half past, call a numberSTRING6Across13 Harvesting toolSCYTHE6Across13 NumberFIGURE6Across14 Not an index of the famousNOTABLE7Across14 Lion-likeLEONINE7Across14 PuddingDESSERT7Across15 Hallucinate the foamings and bubblingsSEETHINGS9Across15 Cooking utensilFRYINGPAN9Across15 Stops repressing one's annoyance, which is hazardousENDANGERS9Across17 Personally satisfyingREWARDING9Across17 When in the money, an atonementPENANCE7Across18 LairDEN3Across18 Pasta dishLASAGNE7Across18 SeizeNAB3Across19 DecapitateBEHEAD6Across20 What made you shift it back in?MOTIVE6Across20 ChallengeDEFY4Across21 Of the mouthORAL4Across21 Try to ingratiate yourself with the shy little creatureFAWN4Across21 PrincipleMAXIM5Across23 ScorchCHAR4Across24 GunsFIREARMS8Across24 Put in the order agreed upon?ARRANGED8Across24 Calming drugSEDATIVE8Across26 Guarantee you'll fly off the handle and be mistrustful aboutWARRANTY8Across26 PermitLET3Across27 SaucyPERT4Across28 Lack the one edition that includes itNEED4Across28 InformationGEN3Across29 SnakePYTHON6Across29 Leaves are lumbered with the dynamiteSTICKS6Across29 Relish the "Don't be such a slowcoach!"CATCHUP7Across31 DunceDULLARD7Across31 Shade of redSCARLET7Across31 VerifiedPROVEN6Across32 Waterproof fabricTARPAULIN9Across34 Take longer to tell than the othersOUTNUMBER9Across34 SneerGIBE4Across34 LoopholeEYELET6Across35 FruitPINEAPPLE9Across36 And possibly the wild grouse is a threatDANGEROUS9Across36 It's cold, there's a Santa all dressed up and entertainmentCANASTA7Across38 ProprietorOWNER5Across38 Hidden dangerPITFALL7Across38 Though fast, was beatenLASHED6Across39 DegradeDEMEAN6Across39 AstuteSHREWD6Across39 Type of musicJAZZ4Across40 The piece of paper is a cuttingSLIP4Across40 AwryASKEW5Across40 The U.S. governmentUNCLESAM8Across41 Are they seeing how many tokens there are?COUNTERS8Across41 HeirSUCCESSOR9Across42 Finding time for, on being electedGETTINGIN9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sure gets worried and in a flap when one gets angryFLARESUP8Down1 MerryCHEERFUL8Down1 Intelligent, informallyBRAINY6Down2 Run to get by, somehowMANAGE6Down2 CourtWOO3Down2 FollowerDISCIPLE8Down3 Once having resolved to turn one in, go aheadCONTINUE8Down3 ValueASSESS6Down3 BoxCARTON6Down4 Deprives of all one's investmentsSTRIPS6Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 EgoSELF4Down5 InvestigateRESEARCH8Down5 Bit from a magnet broken by fatherFRAGMENT8Down5 SwelledSURGED6Down6 Deliberated upon how it had capsizedTURNEDOVER10Down6 BookingYELLOWCARD10Down6 SolelyMERELY6Down7 Fixing one's hair and going downSETTING7Down7 Not sweetSAVOURY7Down7 Can be relied upon to provide accommodationSTABLE6Down8 Zodiac signGEMINI6Down8 EndlessETERNAL7Down9 Why the children are unruly at firstREASONS7Down11 Aquatic birdSEAGULL7Down11 HelpAID3Down12 SandhillDUNE4Down13 Solid lumpNUGGET6Down16 It depends, you say, on the shedHANGAR6Down16 EngraveETCH4Down16 BurdenedTAXED5Down17 Winter sportspersonSKIER5Down19 The sauce bottleNERVE5Down19 Public transport vehicleBUS3Down20 Mother is upset and angryMAD3Down20 PitchBITUMEN7Down20 AdversaryRIVAL5Down22 JustFAIR4Down22 It starts habitually and ends withAITCH5Down22 LayersSTRATA6Down23 Put you out if you make noiseRATTLE6Down23 ImitatedCOPIED6Down24 Poker handROYALFLUSH10Down25 The firemen called out will get lostGOTOBLAZES10Down25 ExpectantAGOG4Down25 Had been cut upWAS3Down26 AbuseREVILE6Down26 Male offspringSON3Down26 Gravestone inscriptionEPITAPH7Down27 Awfully nice cover for an operativeINFORCE7Down27 PincersPLIERS6Down28 BeakNEB3Down30 Good-lookingHANDSOME8Down30 If you couldn't, you wouldn't mind being slipshodCARELESS8Down30 What you find inside pleases youCONTENTS8Down31 Snack itemSANDWICH8Down31 Eyebrow-pluckersTWEEZERS8Down32 After parking beside one, don't do anything yetPOSTPONE8Down32 Bible storyPARABLE7Down33 Puckering up foolishly, grins fatuouslyPURSING7Down33 GasNEON4Down33 Agree to catch up, showing sinewTENDON6Down35 Ordinary seamanRATING6Down35 TrulyYEA3Down36 The quantity is the same and you add the herb to itDOSAGE6Down36 StudyPERUSE6Down36 Force to accommodateOBLIGE6Down37 LaudPRAISE6Down37 WatchEYE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 16, 2024. 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.