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Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 17 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 123 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#
FigurineSTATUE6Across1 TwofoldDOUBLE6Across1 Can Edward be not on the level?CANTED6Across1 CounselADVICE6Across5 It's rider gives a balanced performanceUNICYCLE8Across7 CaribouREINDEER8Across7 MementoREMINDER8Across8 Double back with a lad going out of turnDUAL4Across8 AdoFUSS4Across8 RemitSEND4Across9 Pointed beardGOATEE6Across10 WagerBET3Across10 In a moderately honest way?FAIRLY6Across10 Stop work to play ball?STRIKE6Across11 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Across11 QuarrelBRAWL5Across12 Historic American JohnnyREB3Across14 RodentRAT3Across14 FixedSET3Across15 FruitLEMON5Across16 Does it get narrower as it burns?TAPER5Across16 SpoolREEL4Across17 The ship had cast offSHED4Across17 SickILL3Across17 ConsumeEAT3Across18 NewtEFT3Across19 DeserveMERIT5Across19 A refreshing thing to doRENEW5Across19 FragranceAROMA5Across20 Confused reign in AfricaNIGER5Across21 TruncheonBATON5Across21 StretchEKE3Across21 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Across22 Shelf with an angled marginLEDGE5Across22 PurposeAIM3Across22 Nothing more than a desperate message, to be fairSOSO4Across23 Low in temperatureCOLD4Across23 ObserveSEE3Across23 ClamourDIN3Across24 Happen againRECUR5Across26 HappeningEVENT5Across26 Weapon that points the wayARROW5Across26 It may get a laugh - or silence!GAG3Across28 ContainerBOX3Across28 Jumps the gun, perhaps?STARTS6Across29 State without proofALLEGE6Across29 Charged for being ill in bedBILLED6Across30 Is irresoluteWAVERS6Across30 Before spreading a net?ANTE4Across31 ParadiseEDEN4Across31 Finishes OK, going first-class to the terminusENDSWELL8Across32 Keels overCAPSIZES8Across32 Possibly intend to place an orderINDENT6Across33 NothingZERO4Across33 Hat, informallyTITFER6Across33 SaviourREDEEMER8Across34 DelightPLEASE6Across35 HatredENMITY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RiskDANGER6Down1 Skilfully fashions many floating structuresCRAFTS6Down1 SubjectTHEME5Down2 CruelBRUTAL6Down2 Went all over the place when routed?TOURED6Down2 StumbleTRIP4Down3 GaelicERSE4Down3 As expected, not exactly dull!DULY4Down3 Pancreatic hormoneINSULIN7Down4 Broadcast jazzy singing by one's better halfSCATTER7Down4 SeniorELDER5Down4 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down5 MissileARROW5Down5 A business issue of some descriptionSCRIP5Down5 UrnVASE4Down6 Clean feathersPREEN5Down6 Bar a beginner at all timesLEVER5Down6 BoatCANOE5Down7 Terrible anger, being at a dead endDIRE4Down8 Ticket moneyFARE4Down8 HardenSET3Down9 Local bishop's vestment?ALB3Down9 MixBLEND5Down10 GiantTITAN5Down11 FavouritePET3Down12 CensureBLAME5Down12 Can such recruits go to war?RAW3Down12 OriginalNOVEL5Down13 Maintains there's something to play forKEEPS5Down13 SolitaryALONE5Down13 SmallestLEAST5Down14 Flower partPETAL5Down15 GuideSTEER5Down15 In extremes of poverty, she always has breakfast!PEGGY5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 In the middle, you need courageHEART5Down18 EvictEXPEL5Down18 Disburden oneself of a bit of a harridanRID3Down19 SpoilMAR3Down19 Born in northeast MiddlesexNEE3Down20 DecomposeROT3Down20 A change of place, as at Milton KeynesNEWTOWN7Down21 An excellent buyBARGAIN7Down21 Not a standard exclamation, but could be called commonLOR3Down22 Actor's signalCUE3Down22 Concealed or secretCOVERT6Down23 A seasoned pairSALTED6Down23 Look for a duck with a broken legOGLE4Down24 Adult male cattleOXEN4Down24 Like the outmoded trilby?OLDHAT6Down25 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Down25 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 American farmRANCH5Down26 It blooms in a monastery gardenASTER5Down26 By air, perhaps, on part of Maidstone?RAIDS5Down27 ApplaudsCLAPS5Down27 PoetryVERSE5Down27 WickedBAD3Down28 ElbowNUDGE5Down28 Fagin's tipple?GIN3Down28 Indonesian name for a second-class roadBALI4Down30 VigilantALERT5Down30 DirectionWEST4Down30 RosterROTA4Down31 PeriodTERM4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 17, 2025. 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.