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Evening Standard Crossword February 2 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 2 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
BeliefFAITH5Across1 StrongholdCASTLE6Across5 InnHOTEL5Across8 Horse showGYMKHANA8Across9 Not getting a mite worried about it? Never!ATNOTIME8Across9 Knock back, as usualRAP3Across10 CarrierBEARER6Across10 CrowdMOB3Across10 Smiling, I claim to be exploitedAMUSED6Across11 SpokenORAL4Across11 Breathe outEXHALE6Across11 Sausage in a rollHOTDOG6Across12 Rabbit the baby likes to have in its pramRATTLE6Across12 Most possibleMAXIMUM7Across13 Wild bear in an animal showCABARET7Across13 Eye partIRIS4Across14 Catch some in retreatTRAP4Across14 AbundanceGALORE6Across14 Office communicationMEMORANDUM10Across15 When low on money, what to have for tea?SHORTBREAD10Across15 OccupyINHABIT7Across15 Continues to make profitsPROCEEDS8Across17 SkittlesNINEPINS8Across17 EnclosurePEN3Across18 Having come back, worked regularly at againREPLIED7Across18 SuffocateSMOTHER7Across18 BowNOD3Across19 Will it carry back nine at a time?TAXI4Across19 Manner of walkingGAIT4Across19 OccurHAPPEN6Across21 When he leaves here at eleven, settle inRESIDE6Across21 ActionDEED4Across21 AnnoyedVEXED5Across23 MarketMART4Across24 Rest that one, in all fairness, deserves?THESLEEPOFTHEJUST17Across24 Interesting objectCONVERSATIONPIECE17Across24 TearRIP3Across27 Don’t accept the parent’s taken to drinkPASSUP6Across27 PureCHASTE6Across27 TreeOAK3Across29 Curved structureARCH4Across29 Put, inside it, a love letterIOTA4Across29 The long-suffering alto is having to change key in itSTOICAL7Across30 BestOPTIMAL7Across30 TrueCORRECT7Across31 TraderDEALER6Across32 Suave or slick person, informallySMOOTHIE8Across33 A girl imprisoned for having wasted moneyMISSPENT8Across33 Bill of fareMENU4Across34 InbornINNATE6Across35 All second-hand? We’re used to that!NOTHINGNEW10Across35 SnapshotPHOTOGRAPH10Across35 Catch on to a branchTWIG4Across36 Broad smileGRIN4Across36 Unsheathe, to make one talkDRAWOUT7Across37 African countryNIGERIA7Across37 RomanLATIN5Across38 Performing their number in it, do really wellTHRIVE6Across38 FuroreOUTCRY6Across38 SpiritMETTLE6Across39 SheenLUSTRE6Across40 Decree the road must be repaired inORDAIN6Across40 MendaciousLYING5Across40 NoughtNIL3Across41 Came out on top, you say, in both halvesONE3Across41 Musical workCONCERTO8Across42 When the food is cooked, slipping offNONSTICK8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SyringeHYPODERMIC10Down1 Affection you feel for someone you’re stuck on?ATTACHMENT10Down1 Uncontrolled slideSKID4Down2 Wolf in close upBOLT4Down2 WonderAWE3Down2 TongueLANGUAGE8Down3 Quite big, but not immeasurably soSIZEABLE8Down3 MenaceTHREAT6Down3 ArtificialMANMADE7Down4 Stretched out in the shade, long toREACHED7Down4 ToolHOE3Down4 ObstructCLOG4Down5 Horrible thingABOMINATION11Down5 Apt to take for one’s own useAPPROPRIATE11Down5 ShutSEALED6Down6 Nautical skillSEAMANSHIP10Down6 After this, my teaching days are over, my sweet!LASTCOURSE10Down6 SurpassEXCEED6Down7 Marine crustaceanSHRIMP6Down7 Seem busy making attire for the period pieceBUSTLE6Down7 ConfederationALLIANCE8Down8 Seen to be highly thought ofREGARDED8Down8 CoachTRAINER7Down9 Mad to free the imprisoned sailorRABID5Down10 MottoMAXIM5Down10 TapRAP3Down12 SolitaryLONE4Down13 New starNOVA4Down16 Seen in seas so rough they make your hair curl?ROLLERS7Down16 ExcursionsOUTINGS7Down16 PoisonousTOXIC5Down17 LoftATTIC5Down20 LodgeDEPOSIT7Down20 Dealing with roughlyABOUT5Down20 Going off to get a coin to telephoneSOURING7Down22 HeroicEPIC4Down22 Prime ministerPREMIER7Down22 Squabble with, when you queue up?GETINTOAROW11Down23 Property sellerESTATEAGENT11Down23 MeanMEDIUM6Down24 Seeing what you have to say for youselfLIPREADING10Down25 ImpartialEVENHANDED10Down25 WanderROAM4Down25 China has a problem with depravityTEASERVICE10Down26 AptitudeTALENT6Down26 InfuriateEXASPERATE10Down26 Are we prepared to sit in for, so to speak?ASITWERE8Down28 NookCRANNY6Down28 FunnyHUMOROUS8Down28 KnowledgeKEN3Down30 DeepPROFOUND8Down31 In giving a garbled version of, is cheatingTWISTING8Down31 RulerMONARCH7Down32 Saying there’s a metal animal outside itSTATING7Down32 GovernRULE4Down33 A remarkable cueSIGNAL6Down34 Elaborately decoratedORNATE6Down34 One’s to squeeze the ring into the loopNOOSE5Down35 DangerPERIL5Down35 ZeroNIL3Down36 CaskTUN3Down37 Nonsense! Light up!RATS4Down39 Long journeyTREK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 2, 2018. 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.