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Evening Standard Crossword February 18 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 18 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
CrawlCREEP5Across2 ThereforeERGO4Across7 FlightESCAPE6Across8 OpeningAPERTURE8Across9 Not stamped “jobless”POSTFREE8Across9 StubSTUMP5Across9 Fish for the backward kidGAR3Across10 FigureTWO3Across10 KnockRAP3Across11 I need to crumble a few into the vegetableENDIVE6Across11 AccustomedINURED6Across11 When the protege comes in, gives it toAWARDS6Across12 BreakRECESS6Across12 ImmerseDIP3Across13 The poet and I do get ruined by “6”SPENSER7Across13 FakedSHAMMED7Across13 What we have is time, according to the cockneyOURS4Across14 ObserveNOTE4Across14 CheeseEDAM4Across15 Teasing the fellow about it continuing so boringlyDRAGGINGON10Across15 PerforceWILLYNILLY10Across15 DeityGOD3Across16 FoughtSCRAPPED8Across17 A worker sent in to get someone who's not thereABSENTEE8Across17 HadesHELL4Across18 Wife-to-beFIANCEE7Across18 Had spread out, as did the former liningDILATED7Across18 WanderingERRATIC7Across19 MarkSCAR4Across19 Catch, all but overturning the boatGRAB4Across19 TardyLATE4Across20 Mad when “anise” is misspelled, with an extra NINSANE6Across21 InsectLOCUST6Across21 OmenSIGN4Across22 SicknessILLNESS7Across23 Is obviousGOESWITHOUTSAYING17Across24 Doing everything possible - really stretching oneselfGOINGTOANYLENGTHS17Across24 VatTANK4Across25 BurrowTUNNEL6Across27 Smart but gaudy?BRIGHT6Across27 AgeDAY3Across27 LakeMERE4Across28 Only just pay forMEET4Across29 RequireNEED4Across29 The Spanish girl caught the French feverMALARIA7Across30 FinalCLOSING7Across30 OvumEGG3Across30 DefectiveDUD3Across31 ScoffSNEER5Across33 No hunter - quite possibly a fugitiveONTHERUN8Across33 DealsTRAFFICS8Across33 Mastered - the art of remaining silent?BUTTONEDUP10Across35 NoticeablePRONOUNCED10Across35 DistantREMOTE6Across36 And coo, look what we’re having to pay!BILL4Across36 SpeedyFAST4Across36 HostARMY4Across37 PertinentGERMANE7Across37 Cover up, lady; the heat is offSHEATHE7Across37 StupidOBTUSE6Across38 HurlTHROW5Across38 A ring, you say, and a charmAPPEAL6Across38 JacketBOLERO6Across40 What an oarsman will do, if the boat capsizes?STROKE6Across40 EnquireASK3Across41 “It’s daylight,” the child saidSUN3Across41 AbroadOVERSEAS8Across42 On reaching journey’s end, stumble uponTRIPOVER8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TastyAPPETISING10Down1 LoafBREAD5Down1 Sending on: its purpose is deflectiveFORWARDING10Down1 GratisFREE4Down2 LettuceCOS3Down2 It’s turned to rain, when you waken upSTIR4Down2 PestNUISANCE8Down3 With difficulty open the tin inside. It’s in perfect conditionPRISTINE8Down3 BirdEMU3Down3 VitalityPEP3Down4 HorribleBEASTLY7Down4 In the communication, seem worried about a gas leakMESSAGE7Down4 DeedACT3Down5 What told you the girl would be going to a dance?CRYSTALBALL11Down5 SympathiseCOMMISERATE11Down5 MarSPOIL5Down6 PantomimeCINDERELLA10Down6 Unhappiness due to a slumpDEPRESSION10Down6 VegetableTURNIP6Down7 Are beside the notice urging you to enlistADJOIN6Down7 FidgetyRESTLESS8Down8 Managed to spoil one stanza in itOVERSEEN8Down8 Understand a valley surrounds itGLEAN5Down10 HeathMOOR4Down10 FawnTOADY5Down10 FullREPLETE7Down11 GaspingPANTING7Down12 DeterminedDECIDED7Down13 PlottedPLANNED7Down14 LightLANTERN7Down16 Too bright - that’s obviousGLARING7Down16 ImposingGRAND5Down16 AsterDAISY5Down17 Man'sHIS3Down18 SelectedCHOSE5Down20 Line up a whole seriesRANGE5Down20 MooseELK3Down21 It’s a sort of tea-break and you eat too muchSATIATE7Down22 RedCRIMSON7Down22 The practicality to have a park in a built-up area?COMMONSENSE11Down23 Pays forSTANDSTREAT11Down23 DeserveEARN4Down24 BootWELLINGTON10Down25 Finish off the salad and prepare to meet your guests?GETDRESSED10Down25 Terribly stupid about, the former would have itSTIPULATED10Down26 TallyAGREE5Down26 BiscuitGINGERSNAP10Down26 IrrationalityUNREASON8Down28 Meets, when one collides with in the carRUNSINTO8Down28 Card-gameRUMMY5Down29 Like the scent obtained in Cairo: terribly dullAROMATIC8Down31 InspectLOOKOVER8Down31 Ways in which the rest, perhaps, set out toSTREETS7Down32 EnnuiBOREDOM7Down32 IntimidateCOW3Down32 FixedSET3Down33 RelationFATHER6Down34 SpikeEAR3Down34 Didn’t let go of, while one waitedHELDON6Down34 Don’t allow to poke in the stickBATON5Down35 BoardPLANK5Down35 UncookedRAW3Down35 A story and bedPLOT4Down39 TryTEST4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 18, 2022. 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.