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Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
LoftyTALL4Across1 ObscureDIM3Across4 StumpSTUB4Across6 RaucousSTRIDENT8Across9 BeretCAP3Across9 It's been made to go into action, unusually, againCREATION8Across9 Figure it's overheardTWO3Across10 BewilderedCONFUSED8Across10 WeightTON3Across10 Annulled the sentence, perhapsERASED6Across11 GaelicERSE4Across11 AntelopeIMPALA6Across11 Trees in the animal enclosureASPENS6Across12 ShowTATTOO6Across12 LightLANTERN7Across13 At a certain stage, said you'd give the job toAPPOINT7Across13 You three, right away!THEE4Across14 LumpWAD3Across14 CatchNAIL4Across14 The person at the top of the queue works in a restaurantHEADWAITER10Across15 PicturePHOTOGRAPH10Across15 DemiseDEATH5Across16 A pest on the golf course?GREENFLY8Across17 ElegantTASTEFUL8Across17 OpposesRESISTS7Across18 Supported right through, when one left the straight and narrowSTRAYED7Across18 NoughtZERO4Across19 Go away when you shut up the holesSHOO4Across19 LiberatedRELEASED8Across19 SpreeREVEL5Across21 EdgedINCHED6Across21 Stops to give me a hug, which makes it betterEMENDS6Across21 SectionDIVISION8Across23 Ignoring all the red lights and going to any lengthsSTOPPINGATNOTHING17Across24 AdmiresTAKESONESHATOFFTO17Across24 TradedDEALT5Across24 CutLOP3Across27 Reflecting well on one, though cold and tired outCREDIT6Across27 Card gameBRIDGE6Across27 FlushEVEN4Across29 Pressed into service, is oldUSED4Across29 On a tar mark, don'tABSTAIN7Across30 StatesASSERTS7Across30 DifficultHARD4Across31 EstrangeALIENATE8Across33 MutinyUPRISING8Across33 What our case that was lost got left on?CAROUSEL8Across33 DelvedDUG3Across34 GalaFETE4Across35 Warn against, for the record, at our time of lifeDISCOURAGE10Across35 BiscuitGINGERSNAP10Across35 In the same way that you find it pleasantLIKE4Across36 CanTIN3Across36 DiscoverFIND4Across36 DuctPIPE4Across37 Forces into and thereby does one a good turnOBLIGES7Across37 GuardLOOKOUT7Across37 WaveROLLER6Across38 Fabric you take a liking toCOTTON6Across38 ChooseSELECT6Across40 Inform on a big noiseREPORT6Across40 SisterNUN3Across41 Determined to form a groupSET3Across41 SecondRUNNERUP8Across42 Dislike and say so in a roundabout wayAVERSION8Across42

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A potential buyer - American - has the brochurePROSPECTUS10Down1 AffectionATTACHMENT10Down1 HerbMINT4Down2 Be forced to partake ofHAVE4Down2 ExpectantAGOG4Down2 BeggedBESOUGHT8Down3 Give wrong information out at times about the SocietyMISSTATE8Down3 ExistenceLIFE4Down3 LanguageITALIAN7Down4 Hunt madly around. Are going all out to findUNEARTH7Down4 SickDISEASED8Down4 ManufacturedMADE4Down5 DeliberateINTENTIONAL11Down5 Beginning to think as you do about the future boutCOMINGROUND11Down5 ViewSCENE5Down6 Very softlyPIANISSIMO10Down6 Paying one's bills in the villageSETTLEMENT10Down6 SailorTAR3Down7 CakeSPONGE6Down7 The box will do to put the painting inCARTON6Down7 SpillUPSET5Down8 HeightALTITUDE8Down8 Rose is the pretty girl in redREBELLED8Down8 The recorder is lightTAPER5Down10 FishTENCH5Down10 AvariceGREED5Down12 AnimalLLAMA5Down13 ConflictWAR3Down14 SatanDEVIL5Down15 DupedTRICKED7Down16 It's not your heart the gold-digger wants!DIAMOND7Down16 GarretATTIC5Down17 FrequentHAUNT5Down18 FollowENSUE5Down20 Pull a string to get into "2"HEAVE5Down20 DedicationDEVOTION8Down20 EdgeLIP3Down22 He turns out to be the winner by one pointEVICTOR7Down22 ChestsCOFFERS7Down22 Like the wind when at its height?INFULLBLAST11Down23 SubterraneanUNDERGROUND11Down23 Ended the business of the door's banging into the wall?PUTASTOPTO10Down25 AvoidEVADE5Down25 ForteSPECIALITY10Down25 Gun poised, is not as good as one used to beGOINGTOPOT10Down26 ShelfLEDGE5Down26 ScandalousOUTRAGEOUS10Down26 RequireWANT4Down28 Understood to have cashed in one's chipsREALISED8Down28 MendedREPAIRED8Down28 BreakSNAP4Down29 PaceSTEP4Down30 Having got the ale flowing, raised the subject ofBROACHED8Down31 GuidingSTEERING8Down31 GrooveRUT3Down32 AheadINSTORE7Down32 Since the luau's been arranged, like alwaysASUSUAL7Down32 CertainlyINDEED6Down34 About to enter a wild no-go area of AmericaOREGON6Down34 Figure you'll give the thing a pokeDIGIT5Down35 RaisedGROWN5Down35 VegetableLEEK4Down39 Met me leaving and enquire about a jobTASK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 17, 2023. 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.