xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Advertisements

Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2023 answers. The Monday 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.

Also solved on February 20
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword  

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fight with swordsFENCE5Across3 What a heavyweight may be in a matchLIGHT5Across3 GuidePILOT5Across4 BurnishPOLISH6Across7 Bad time going round the East Central areaDECAY5Across8 WearyTIRED5Across8 Girl'sHER3Across9 CushionPAD3Across10 MaximAXIOM5Across10 Go round to hold in a broken rib!ORBIT5Across10 Medico from IndochinaDOC3Across11 LevyTAX3Across11 Poisonous creature causing mother to hide a bottle openerMAMBA5Across12 ElevateRAISE5Across12 Foreign noblemanCOUNT5Across12 FurHAIR4Across13 A deliverer with bottleMILKMAN7Across13 Mythical winged horsePEGASUS7Across13 A dark time for the champion, we hearNIGHT5Across15 Boy's nameCOLIN5Across15 RestrictLIMIT5Across15 StickCOHERE6Across17 Of Irish butter?PAT3Across18 DeityGOD3Across18 Not as a version for piano, perhapsSONATA6Across19 CheeseEDAM4Across19 SaltySALINE6Across19 SubjectTHEME5Across20 CensureCONDEMN7Across21 Old-fashioned fop helping the helmsman with his hairCOXCOMB7Across21 PrecipitationRAIN4Across22 Anger relatable to raceHEAT4Across22 EpochERA3Across22 Stick some of the guests round the corner!GLUE4Across23 PimpleSPOT4Across23 RuinDESTROY7Across24 CanonPRECEPT7Across24 Does it take a good person to live in one?RECTORY7Across24 EludesEVADES6Across26 Was of service, but showed no hasteWAITED6Across26 ConsumeEAT3Across27 RelaxedEASED5Across28 Bad actorHAM3Across29 A high-sounding word for "hurry"HIE3Across29 It's said, out west, to be in the eastSUNUP5Across31 WildFERAL5Across31 DaggerKRIS4Across31 Applies to what was formerly in reserveRELATES7Across32 US statesmanSENATOR7Across32 SieveRIDDLE6Across33 AlludeREFER5Across34 Pet pugilist?BOXER5Across34 Hundredweight?TON3Across35 LimbLEG3Across35 SingerTENOR5Across35 A growing boy in a car!CEDAR5Across36 AspectFACET5Across36 Plant a bit of privet in front of the churchVETCH5Across37 ConnectionTIEUP5Across37 FlatEVEN4Across37 LureDECOY5Across38 ShabbySEEDY5Across38 Dusty, untidy room?STUDY5Across38 And notNOR3Across39 MaterialREP3Across41 PenetratePIERCE6Across42 EnquiredASKED5Across43

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Aimed to reorganise means of communicationMEDIA5Down1 Flying toysKITES5Down1 ResultUPSHOT6Down1 Big prize a sailor has to shoot forJACKPOT7Down2 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Down2 FishPLAICE6Down2 SerpentASP3Down3 CupidEROS4Down4 FairyPERI4Down4 Terribly vain fellow?IVAN4Down4 AngryIRATE5Down5 High-kicking danceCANCAN6Down5 Socially, to have a warm place for a toff?HOBNOB6Down5 HindranceOBSTACLE8Down6 One wrecked in departing?TRAIN5Down6 ExaltEXTOL5Down6 Struggle to find the right rhymeFIGHT5Down7 SongbirdROBIN5Down7 HealthyHALE4Down8 Torn clothRAG3Down9 Army officer in the Colditz storyCOL3Down9 OrderDIRECTION9Down11 In figures, it's possible to cheat, evenMATCHED7Down12 HugsCUDDLES7Down12 Male progenySON3Down14 FrolicROMP4Down14 Masterly unknown character, is he?MAX3Down14 LakeMERE4Down16 The insouciant way in which Algy gets out of lineGAILY5Down16 Insolent, cheekyLIPPY5Down16 A lot to pay for chops at the West EndTAXES5Down17 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down17 PresentHERE4Down18 Provide generous cover for distracted mothersSMOTHER7Down19 StifleSMOTHER7Down19 Reveals how to get into Sunday schoolSHOWS5Down20 Short in durationBRIEF5Down20 Uncle Tom's placeCABIN5Down21 BaldHAIRLESS8Down21 Cheroot, e.g.CIGAR5Down21 ImitatedAPED4Down23 African countrySOMALIA7Down23 More descriptive of London?GREATER7Down23 Explosive piece of journalismREPORT6Down24 Erase, expungeDELETE6Down24 DeserveEARN4Down25 What the poilu has to put on his hairOIL3Down25 ManagedRAN3Down25 StoryTALE4Down26 Tool used in getting a gauge recalibratedAUGER5Down27 Easily bribedVENAL5Down27 Abuts in a way that is unusual, but instrumentalTUBAS5Down28 ChallengesDARES5Down28 StrictSEVERE6Down29 PerilDANGER6Down30 RascalROGUE5Down30 Figure a companion to be a swimmerTENCH5Down30 StockSTORE5Down32 In bed, perhaps, resented and sent outREED4Down32 DispatchSEND4Down32 Drink, little oneTOT3Down33 Golf pegTEE3Down33 FallDROP4Down34 WatchedEYED4Down36 FreeRID3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 20, 2023. 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.