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Evening Standard Crossword February 18 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 18 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
ConspiracyCABAL5Across1 ReallyINDEED6Across1 What a person of standing may need to hang on toSTRAP5Across1 DelineateDEFINE6Across5 It’s down and out in the Scottish bordersSOUTH5Across6 MerrimentMIRTH5Across6 DeclinedWANED5Across9 It calls for water, as a doctor shouldDROUGHT7Across9 BeginnerLEARNER7Across9 UndergoSUFFER6Across10 Could playing it be a job outside the Nag’s Head?BANJO5Across10 Vote inELECT5Across10 LowerNETHER6Across11 BellowsROARS5Across11 Where there’s a charge to go round the lagoon?ATOLL5Across11 Hold royal officeREIGN5Across12 LacRESIN5Across12 Capital place for an air centreCAIRO5Across12 Person paid to look at booksAUDITOR7Across13 ArdourFERVOUR7Across13 ClothedCLAD4Across14 A shade less than creditableRED3Across15 RodentRAT3Across15 Fencing swordEPEE4Across17 Concoct some story of revolution?SPIN4Across17 ObscureDIM3Across17 Next, I had bees buzzing around!BESIDE6Across18 DolefulDREARY6Across18 FamilyCLAN4Across18 Book of mapsATLAS5Across19 The outer part. (See above)COVER5Across19 DirtyGRUBBY6Across20 Fierce cause of much agony for a doctorDRAGON6Across20 PlayedTOYED5Across20 Shooting from gunsFIRE4Across22 Finest of tube stations?BEST4Across22 FlourishWIELD5Across22 CookieBISCUIT7Across23 It takes a long time to change oneEON3Across24 ThongSTRAP5Across24 And notNOR3Across24 Scoffs atDERIDES7Across25 Disease causing wild alarm at the podiatry centreMALARIA7Across25 Have a striking idea that may come to nothing if NGHITON5Across26 FresherNEWER5Across26 Compact, firmSOLID5Across26 SeraglioHAREM5Across27 It’s proportionate to air, perhapsRATIO5Across27 Tricks with right purposesRUSES5Across28 Of the moonLUNAR5Across28 Forbid to draw the line wrongRULEOUT7Across29 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across29 ScorchCHAR4Across29 Doesn’t work, but possibly lies around a lotIDLES5Across30 Tree sapRESIN5Across30 MineralORE3Across30 ChallengesDARES5Across31 The direction of Bognor, think you?NORTH5Across31 DreadfulDIRE4Across32 DemonFIEND5Across33 DeadlyLETHAL6Across35 SwingDANGLE6Across36 RepulseREPEL5Across37 EvadedDODGED6Across38 AdroitlyDEFTLY6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BugINSECT6Down1 SlumberingASLEEP6Down2 PayDEFRAY6Down2 Cooperate to get the side promotedTEAMUP6Down2 Be in a neighbourly locationADJOIN6Down3 PitcherEWER4Down3 RecessALCOVE6Down3 ChallengedDARED5Down4 In favour of getting paidPRO3Down4 PermitLET3Down4 MaterialDENIM5Down5 Exotic product brought back from RagusaSUGAR5Down5 CommandORDER5Down5 ParadiseEDEN4Down6 A comparatively incisive crookSHARPER7Down6 AmalgamationsMERGERS7Down6 PressIRON4Down7 Breathe inINHALE6Down7 He can give you a tootOTTO4Down7 Did farm work bound to include apprenticesTILLED6Down8 Deposit on teethTARTAR6Down8 MissionERRAND6Down8 Out of practiceRUSTY5Down12 Pass forward at a certain markCOLON5Down12 EarnestSINCERE7Down13 New ideas in dramaASIDE5Down13 PretendFEIGN5Down13 A “Division One” supporter?DIVAN5Down14 Happen againRECUR5Down14 ReluctantLOATH5Down15 One in addition to a horse?RIDER5Down15 QuickRAPID5Down15 PreventDEBAR5Down16 SortsTYPES5Down16 A wing-shaped letter!DELTA5Down16 QuotedCITED5Down18 UnfashionableDATED5Down18 Started, for instance, during ProhibitionBEGAN5Down18 Policemen admit evidence of debt – indeed, ample!COPIOUS7Down19 TreeALDER5Down19 BellyABDOMEN7Down19 Hardly what Mr and Mrs Butter would christen their son?ROLAND6Down21 ImmerseDIP3Down21 Revolve, spinROTATE6Down21 Leg boneFIBULA6Down22 GainWIN3Down22 Was it spoken in U-boats?BASUTO6Down22 Deduction, discountREBATE6Down23 One is so in order to listenSILENT6Down23 ClimbedSCALED6Down24 Finger or toeDIGIT5Down25 For bread, dough is the wherewithalMONEY5Down25 RavedRANTED6Down25 Take on a high-sounding army corpsHIRE4Down26 House typeSEMI4Down26 GadgetWIDGET6Down27 Heavy demand, dash it!RUN3Down28 CureREMEDY6Down28 StriplingLAD3Down28 LubricatedOILED5Down30 FinishedENDED5Down31 ManageFARE4Down33 ValleyDALE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, February 18, 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.