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Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Parrot typeMACAW5Across3 A letter to study hard, then buzz offSCRAM5Across3 WhimFANCY5Across4 DecayedROTTED6Across7 Faults of which beginners have none?VICES5Across8 Book of IslamKORAN5Across8 NothingNIL3Across9 FreeRID3Across10 CryptVAULT5Across10 To us, the low wet land seems deceptiveBOGUS5Across10 Indian tailless goatGOA3Across11 Boy’s nameTOM3Across11 Like the point of interest when Charlie takes a horse out?FOCAL5Across12 SubsequentlyLATER5Across12 InsurgentREBEL5Across12 CradleCRIB4Across13 How to reply soon, albeit curtlySHORTLY7Across13 FindsLOCATES7Across13 Identify a key part that needs watchingTELLY5Across15 ApproachesNEARS5Across15 AlludeREFER5Across15 Water-boilerKETTLE6Across17 To a young beginner, a mere playthingTOY3Across18 Decimal pointDOT3Across18 An opening wordSESAME6Across19 ManhandleMAUL4Across19 Apple typeRUSSET6Across19 GuideSTEER5Across20 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Across21 Porters’ stories?REPORTS7Across21 At that timeTHEN4Across22 In such years, is one inclined to need support?LEAN4Across22 SpriteELF3Across22 A beam of boxwood?SPAR4Across23 ExpensiveDEAR4Across23 Make impossibleRULEOUT7Across24 TwistedTANGLED7Across24 “Puffers”, one criesBELLOWS7Across24 HairpieceTOUPEE6Across26 Person increasing in productivity?GROWER6Across26 VegetablePEA3Across27 FragranceAROMA5Across28 IlluminatedLIT3Across29 The result of equalityTIE3Across29 Not really a mousy womanSHREW5Across31 EnlistENROL5Across31 BossSTUD4Across31 Sad although loaded with benefit money?DOLEFUL7Across32 IllegalILLICIT7Across32 StockedSTORED6Across33 Steam bathSAUNA5Across34 Yes, during Prohibition, it could have contained waterBASIN5Across34 How gran upset AnnNAN3Across35 MerrimentFUN3Across35 AscendedRISEN5Across35 Creature never nonplussed?ADDER5Across36 Continental quiltDUVET5Across36 Perhaps the evergreen part, by the wayVERGE5Across37 Wall paintingMURAL5Across37 BreezeWIND4Across37 SingerTENOR5Across38 Spanish manSENOR5Across38 Scout about to take part in soccer!RECCE5Across38 CallDUB3Across39 PromiseVOW3Across41 SafeSECURE6Across42 PaleASHEN5Across43

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Is such reading illuminating?LIGHT5Down1 EngineMOTOR5Down1 BrawlFRACAS6Down1 Encourage to shift the earth at the end of the gardenHEARTEN7Down2 Muslim fastRAMADAN7Down2 HitSTRIKE6Down2 ThroughPER3Down3 PrimatesAPES4Down4 RaspFILE4Down4 Bring weariness when pleasure is pastCLOY4Down4 FrightenALARM5Down5 Tree-lined streetAVENUE6Down5 Lessens the chance of upsetting a beastABATES6Down5 AngelsCHERUBIM8Down6 Spies possibly harassed by TedMOLES5Down6 CountryWALES5Down6 Regret in equal measureQUALM5Down7 Distress signalFLARE5Down7 SoilDIRT4Down8 Legendary birdROC3Down9 What the pigeon said when half baked?COO3Down9 DeputedDELEGATED9Down11 Where to cross a main road airilyFLYOVER7Down12 EntourageRETINUE7Down12 ToddlerTOT3Down14 ChardBEET4Down14 It offers higher personal coverTOP3Down14 DroppedFELL4Down16 They use fifty units of currentLAMPS5Down16 Valuable thingASSET5Down16 Long, yes, to join the navyYEARN5Down17 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down17 SnareTRAP4Down18 Boy concealing a penchant for cheeseSTILTON7Down19 German measlesRUBELLA7Down19 Obstructs free passage with much timberCLOGS5Down20 ConditionSTATE5Down20 In the Outer Azores, it’s sharpRAZOR5Down21 InsensitiveTACTLESS8Down21 ThighboneFEMUR5Down21 DreadFEAR4Down23 Having a sense of dutyDUTIFUL7Down23 Flying Squad seen out West on bits of tellySWEENEY7Down23 A word of warning if you live somewhere in HertsBEWARE6Down24 Tell, narrateRELATE6Down24 HeadlandNESS4Down25 Duck I left because it’s a bit greasyOIL3Down25 LubricateOIL3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Presumably an English rose?RHODA5Down27 At the right momentONCUE5Down27 Composer who brewed beer, though whiskey went to his headWEBER5Down28 Sits for an artistPOSES5Down28 LoathsomeODIOUS6Down29 ConfusedADDLED6Down30 Ultimate, lastFINAL5Down30 Improper presents of food and some cigsBUNGS5Down30 MotoredDROVE5Down32 It’s round and usually compactDISC4Down32 DataINFO4Down32 Reduced fare for long distanceFAR3Down33 Vicious dogCUR3Down33 ResponsibilityONUS4Down34 PressIRON4Down36 WagerBET3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 17, 2020. 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.