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Evening Standard Crossword February 2 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 2 2024 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#
GustBLAST5Across1 RefrainCHORUS6Across5 HeaddressTIARA5Across8 CommotionBROUHAHA8Across9 Businessman who’d have you believe he works for the railwayIMPORTER8Across9 “Heavens!” you say sweetlyCOO3Across10 SterileBARREN6Across10 By way ofVIA3Across10 A less sensitive issueNUMBER6Across11 FeteGALA4Across11 Prepared for publicationEDITED6Across11 PredicamentPLIGHT6Across12 Are evidently loose, which does worry youRATTLE6Across12 RealmKINGDOM7Across13 Supposed to be only a very littleTHOUGHT7Across13 RequireNEED4Across14 Said goodbye to the dogCHOW4Across14 ShowEVINCE6Across14 Bad dreamsNIGHTMARES10Across15 Like the money made by the prospector who struck oil?WELLEARNED10Across15 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across15 Send Martin’s off on timeTRANSMIT8Across17 ReboundRICOCHET8Across17 SelfEGO3Across18 Being good, scolds the villainsPIRATES7Across18 ExamineANALYSE7Across18 StrayERR3Across19 Stood up for the girlROSE4Across19 FutileVAIN4Across19 FrivolityLEVITY6Across21 A popular action to take, unquestionablyINDEED6Across21 JealousyENVY4Across21 Garden pestSNAIL5Across23 CentreCORE4Across24 Being sensible when told what caused itLISTENINGTOREASON17Across24 CompletelyHOOKLINEANDSINKER17Across24 GratuityTIP3Across27 Ready to pop back in to get the instrumentSPINET6Across27 ConventionCUSTOM6Across27 HatchetAXE3Across29 Compass pointEAST4Across29 Said that’s very much the positionSITE4Across29 Careers for which one is unsuitedSTREAKS7Across30 VegetableSPINACH7Across30 ScowledLOWERED7Across31 ChantINTONE6Across32 AiryETHEREAL8Across33 Doesn’t do it, being pro-animalsFORBEARS8Across33 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across34 ObjectiveTARGET6Across35 Someone acting as a stopgapUNDERSTUDY10Across35 Domestic applianceDISHWASHER10Across35 A little drink at “The Globe” coming back from workOPUS4Across36 Leave outOMIT4Across36 With a silver lining, so over-the-top it’s scandalousOUTRAGE7Across37 EntertainerJUGGLER7Across37 UprightERECT5Across38 Ironic about the tea brewed being so weakWATERY6Across38 Go roundROTATE6Across38 DeletedERASED6Across39 StationarySTATIC6Across40 Gloomy myself, or so troubled at heartMOROSE6Across40 LarcenyTHEFT5Across40 BornNEE3Across41 Regard as an outspoken characterEYE3Across41 Large potCAULDRON8Across42 Within reason, prepared to accept it from a Spanish girlSENORITA8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Minute fractionTRILLIONTH10Down1 To the ethereal, it’s of no accountIMMATERIAL10Down1 StopperBUNG4Down2 Thunder “Run!”BOLT4Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 HobbiesPASTIMES8Down3 Set off, eager to arrange cheap accommodationSTEERAGE8Down3 RoadwaySTREET6Down3 Drinking vesselTANKARD7Down4 Squeeze it into one’s compositionWRITING7Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 ConfineCAGE4Down5 Small explosive deviceHANDGRENADE11Down5 A blue “Do keep my memory alive”FORGETMENOT11Down5 RequireOBLIGE6Down6 PastaVERMICELLI10Down6 Enterprise required to take the first step?INITIATIVE10Down6 SecuritySAFETY6Down7 Outdoor mealPICNIC6Down7 Is reminiscent of, it strikes oneSMACKS6Down7 ImpassionedVEHEMENT8Down8 “Don’t forget”, says the note, “to rebel against”MEMORISE8Down8 OldANCIENT7Down9 Why we had such a dull day?CLOUD5Down10 PlanetVENUS5Down10 HailAVE3Down12 SoonANON4Down13 ResoundECHO4Down16 Gets support from, when one intimidatesLEANSON7Down16 EndureHOLDOUT7Down16 TrackTRAIL5Down17 AccumulateAMASS5Down20 RejoinderRIPOSTE7Down20 Should be “Anything to declare?”OUGHT5Down20 Going down on one’s genealogical chartDESCENT7Down22 UrnVASE4Down22 NorsemenVIKINGS7Down22 Drop the girl who's no good as a child minder?MISSASITTER11Down23 BrightINTELLIGENT11Down23 CoterieCLIQUE6Down24 As a cricketer, requiring a stronger sunscreenEXTRACOVER10Down25 LoggerLUMBERJACK10Down25 SpeedRATE4Down25 The bare facts?NAKEDTRUTH10Down26 DepartureEXODUS6Down26 Refreshment of health or spiritsRECREATION10Down26 Ring up twice to belittlePOOHPOOH8Down28 ScarcityDEARTH6Down28 FinalULTIMATE8Down28 FinishEND3Down30 PotentPOWERFUL8Down31 Article about a fight and the phoney losing of itTHROWING8Down31 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down32 As opposed to a commercial jingleADVERSE7Down32 WatchedEYED4Down33 Grant that webs are woven to get trapped inBESTOW6Down34 PropertyESTATE6Down34 Common practice to get ourselves overtimeUSAGE5Down35 DigDELVE5Down35 PerformACT3Down36 SpriteELF3Down37 Unable to decide if it’s damagedTORN4Down39 Neat and orderlyTIDY4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 2, 2024. 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.