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Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2020 answers. The Thursday 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#
WinceFLINCH6Across1 How to coach half the family?BUSILY6Across4 MarsupialWOMBAT6Across4 PaceSTEP4Across5 A drink with a mate?CHINATEA8Across7 BrollyUMBRELLA8Across7 Wildly chants part of the refrainSNATCH6Across8 People below the nobilityGENTRY6Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 DonkeyASS3Across9 PlanetEARTH5Across10 PitMINE4Across10 Nimble as a soldier taking the drink roundAGILE5Across10 DaybreakDAWN4Across11 CompositionESSAY5Across12 Tenant’s paymentRENT4Across13 One of the underpinnings of the stage?PROP4Across13 FeverishHECTIC6Across13 Takes a seatSITS4Across14 Sort of skirt for the car?MINI4Across14 Would you credit a sailor catching one in a boat?CRAB4Across15 Superlative of goodBEST4Across15 Slope downwardsDIP3Across16 Under a cloud, perhaps, we finish lastWET3Across16 RippedTORN4Across16 Frighten the ducks on the quiet?SHOO4Across17 AdjoinABUT4Across17 ReviseEDIT4Across18 AmongAMID4Across19 Where seafarers have to travel?AFAR4Across19 SphereORB3Across20 CustomTRADITION9Across21 Sportively go the whole ninety minutes?PLAYFULLY9Across21 DecayROT3Across22 Is obliged toMUST4Across23 He’s back from IcelandALEC4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 She remains a bit of a ladyISLA4Across24 JettyPIER4Across24 Throw of diceROLL4Across24 NoblemanPEER4Across25 Cook a lot of little fishFRY3Across26 EmbraceHUG3Across26 Something to eat at the seaside, perhapsKALE4Across27 Cedar, for exampleTREE4Across27 DisfigureDEFORM6Across28 Read a letter when you’re ableSCAN4Across29 Corrosive substanceACID4Across29 StationarySTILL5Across30 The present is contained in a metal boxHERE4Across32 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across32 FoodDIET4Across32 She’s out for the morning – what a pity!SHAME5Across33 RelaxEASE4Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 Reckon random gunfire lacks point or directionFIGURE6Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 Surgical knifeLANCET6Across34 In sport, a number of games can be nervous!NINETIES8Across35 ForwardALONG5Across35 Approximate calculationESTIMATE8Across35 To leap around in a gamePELOTA6Across36 CrippledLAME4Across36 GemsJEWELS6Across36 PostureSTANCE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HoodwinksDUPES5Down1 GaudyFLASHY6Down1 Give the sheep a bit of a scare as you run awaySCRAM5Down1 UnsafeINSECURE8Down2 Terminate prematurelyABORT5Down2 Participate sedentarilySITIN5Down2 Old Jack, seen as a rogue at Mile EndCADE4Down3 NetMESH4Down3 ConsignCOMMIT6Down3 Port, as provided in a new barBASRA5Down4 Weekly payWAGES5Down4 OfferedPRESENTED9Down4 CalmedSEDATED7Down5 A sweetMINT4Down5 Hiss at a pensioner on the boxSOAP4Down5 SalverTRAY4Down6 There’s room for it where things are all boxed upLOCKER6Down6 FrightenedAFRAID6Down6 GaspPANT4Down7 IndividualONE3Down8 NecessitateENTAIL6Down9 Extra swell for everybody?NOBALL6Down9 Point a weaponAIM3Down11 Little RockGIB3Down11 The kind of stockings I sell?LISLE5Down12 DespotsTSARS5Down12 For the record, a side viewPROFILE7Down13 Goes to bedRETIRES7Down13 FatCORPULENT9Down14 Unopened flowerBUD3Down15 NoiseDIN3Down15 Copy a letter out, being backwardCOY3Down15 RacketDIN3Down16 Kings take this route in LondonWAY3Down16 Fish eggsROE3Down17 One who gets a kick out of computers?HACKER6Down18 CombatBATTLE6Down18 RelegationDEMOTION8Down19 There’s a hush when Alf turns up with the newsFLASH5Down20 LubricateOIL3Down20 A toothMOLAR5Down20 Sort of wood from Plymouth?PLY3Down21 TowboatTUG3Down21 FragileBRITTLE7Down21 Speak American at the Norwegian centre?USE3Down22 Foot partTOE3Down22 Over the turbulent river, note, you’ll get somewhereARRIVE6Down23 Change in formMUTATE6Down23 That manHIM3Down25 Sticky situationJAM3Down25 SoftenRELENT6Down26 HinderIMPEDE6Down27 EvaluatesRATES5Down28 Where to fight, with heavy heart, to earn some change?ARENA5Down28 HeroIDOL4Down29 Like a shed, is able to accommodate some bikesCABIN5Down30 JointSEAM4Down30 Cheroot, for exampleCIGAR5Down30 PostponeDEFER5Down31 LoiterLAG3Down31 Topical recent lettersNEWSY5Down31 Victor’s first name?HUGO4Down32 Continuous painACHE4Down32 A measure of good taste, perhapsSTEP4Down33 BucketPAIL4Down33

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