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Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Star signCANCER6Across1 We start to figure it may be a stoneWEIGHT6Across1 JavelinSPEAR5Across3 Send fewer messages by radioWIRELESS8Across7 Acquired without troubleONAPLATE8Across7 Robin, sayBIRD4Across8 Tribalists' centre in IndonesiaBALI4Across8 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across9 A fair place for clever banterBARNET6Across10 Jewelled headdressesTIARAS6Across10 PlacardPOSTER6Across10 CorsairPIRATE6Across11 Cultured letter to a popeURBANE6Across11 FinishedENDED5Across11 CupidEROS4Across12 Secret agentSPY3Across14 A court edictACT3Across14 FamilyCLAN4Across15 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Across16 Music one gets in the National TheatreNONET5Across16 RelegatedDEMOTED7Across17 SimpleEASY4Across17 Make freer in movement with a bit of greaseEASE4Across17 PigmeatBACON5Across19 In short, get alcohol free!DETOX5Across19 CoverLID3Across20 Send money to central Hammersmith at the wrong timeREMIT5Across21 QuiltDUVET5Across21 Whole range or scaleGAMUT5Across21 Reminder of past dereliction?RELIC5Across22 Light beerLAGER5Across22 DischargeEMIT4Across23 Drop in and cryCALL4Across23 AcquiresGETS4Across23 PourTEEM4Across25 DissuadeDETER5Across26 Being thorny, can cause soresROSES5Across26 Clean feathersPREEN5Across26 Farm animalCOW3Across28 Mate only half paid with sterlingPAL3Across28 GreetingAVE3Across28 Provoke to furyENRAGE6Across29 Cunning way to correct a fault outrightARTFUL6Across29 FallDESCEND7Across30 Well watered place in the Peak DistrictBUXTON6Across30 Beautiful, delightfulLOVELY6Across30 Bottom in German? Quite the reverse!OTTO4Across31 OperatorUSER4Across31 DeceitfulTWOFACED8Across32 Do they doggedly convey clues?POINTERS8Across32 SaucyPERT4Across33 Legal possessorsOWNERS6Across33 Poem by a boy of ten, maybe?SONNET6Across33 LoatheHATE4Across35 Map-bookATLAS5Across36 RestREPOSE6Across38 CashierTELLER6Across39 DulcetSWEET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Character bending the elbow outside the Monk's HeadWOMBLE6Down1 RookCASTLE6Down1 NotedFAMED5Down1 To fine leg?GLANCE6Down2 Cheerful, informallyCHIRPY6Down2 BroomBESOM5Down2 SticksRODS4Down3 Taunt the fathead!TWIT4Down3 ProsecuteSUE3Down3 FruitAPRICOT7Down4 Most afternoons, it's possible to have courageFEARNOT7Down4 WrotePENNED6Down4 DevilSATAN5Down5 TopAPEX4Down5 Started to get one freeBEGAN5Down5 WandROD3Down6 CantBEVEL5Down6 Has its value as fixedASSET5Down6 BoothSTALL5Down7 Fish typeBASS4Down8 As worn for the endless sabre dance?BRAS4Down8 SplendidGRAND5Down8 Phone up briefly to give permissionLET3Down9 Beam of sunlightRAY3Down9 Fight a bighead with beef!BOX3Down12 ManagedRAN3Down12 Staircase feature novel to the SpanishNEWEL5Down13 UnspokenTACIT5Down13 GetRECEIVE7Down13 CompactSOLID5Down14 Maybe premises finish as residential propertySEMIS5Down15 Ship of the desertCAMEL5Down15 IllnessAILMENT7Down16 In part, he'll doACTOR5Down18 DecorateADORN5Down18 CheatedDUPED5Down18 WagerBET3Down19 Little boy led astrayDEL3Down19 SackBAG3Down19 Muscle trouble, albeit spasmodicTIC3Down20 Vicious dogCUR3Down20 Whatever the outcome, Ulster's in chaos!RESULTS7Down21 Clear a path!GANGWAY7Down21 He may whistle again, loudlyREF3Down22 InstructTEACH5Down22 MeadowLEA3Down22 RuleGOVERN6Down23 Historically, his work was impressiveCAXTON6Down23 BeverageTEA3Down24 Water jugEWER4Down24 Singer up in ScotlandALTO4Down24 Bird allowed to go round the pubLINNET6Down25 NeedleSTYLUS6Down25 NuisancesPESTS5Down26 Tools for fashioning spars?RASPS5Down26 Take off a long pieceSTRIP5Down27 RecountRELATE6Down27 MistakeERROR5Down27 Place in good reputePUT3Down28 AsunderAPART5Down28 LettuceCOS3Down28 BurstERUPT5Down29 Board gameLUDO4Down30 Managerially, he's outstandingBOSS4Down30 PrematureEARLY5Down31 DisparageDECRY5Down32 MessSTEW4Down34 DonkeyASS3Down36 FixedSET3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. 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.