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Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
MonotonyTEDIUM6Across1 Restrained or cured of going round the Boar's HeadCURBED6Across1 StopCEASE5Across2 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across7 ConfusionCHAOS5Across7 As far as one can travel with the transport chiefRAILHEAD8Across7 So long, and thanks againTATA4Across8 SorceryMAGIC5Across8 OffersBIDS4Across8 Be bent on showing traditional Oriental respectKOWTOW6Across10 PungentACRID5Across10 Travelling showCIRCUS6Across10 Simply a piece of cakeFACILE6Across11 CourteousPOLITE6Across11 EnclosurePEN3Across12 ShatterSMASH5Across13 In the end, even shorterEEN3Across14 Alcoholic drinkALE3Across14 SailorMARINER7Across15 Domesticated and possibly matedTAMED5Across16 Lowest pointNADIR5Across16 A paradise for some jungle denizensEDEN4Across17 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across17 HarassPESTER6Across17 Something on the windscreenWIPER5Across19 FruitNUT3Across19 HoodwinkedDUPED5Across19 ForesterWOODMAN7Across20 Seemingly cold-hearted, but comparatively pleasantNICER5Across21 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Across21 FruitLEMON5Across22 Revolutionary linen manufacturerLENIN5Across22 PantGASP4Across23 Person employed in parcel transportCELT4Across23 FashionableCHIC4Across23 DenLAIR4Across25 CockerelROOSTER7Across26 Distribute in just rewardsSTREW5Across26 Cold dishSALAD5Across26 ForbidBAN3Across28 Is value added to it?TAX3Across28 It possibly includes a success in the S. PacificTAHITI6Across29 ProverbsADAGES6Across29 RugMAT3Across30 Groups of twelveJURIES6Across30 Ladybird, sayBEETLE6Across30 A soldier's outfitUNIT4Across31 Ten yearsDECADE6Across31 Eye upOGLE4Across31 Frenchman at an air force unit making a fresh startRENEWING8Across32 Willing to obeyOBEDIENT8Across32 Passing a red light is no such success!SIGNAL6Across33 Blustering bullyHECTOR6Across33 WrangleQUARREL7Across34 FadedPALED5Across37 EpochERA3Across38 ObjectDEMUR5Across39 ExcelOUTDO5Across40 SumTOTAL5Across41 BrutalCRUEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
There's inevitability in the way it crumblesCOOKIE6Down1 VestigesTRACES6Down1 IgnominySHAME5Down1 Frozen spikeICICLE6Down2 By a thumping good score?BEATEN6Down2 ShorelineCOAST5Down2 Body of matterMASS4Down3 An attractive result?DRAW4Down3 ShunESCHEW6Down3 BatheSWIM4Down4 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down4 Fattening fish?BLOATER7Down4 HeadCAPITAL7Down5 In a material sense, I'm at a loose endDENIM5Down5 TimorousTIMID5Down5 ForfeitedFINED5Down6 GuideSTEER5Down6 Put on, at the present time, the deducted partADDED5Down6 HeehawBRAY4Down8 In sweets, the centre can be awfully nice!TWEE4Down8 OwingDUE3Down9 InformationGEN3Down9 Not up to weight?TON3Down9 FondledDANDLED7Down11 Could give the jaywalker a bit of a scare!CAR3Down12 StriplingLAD3Down12 To be honest, left a woman moneyLEVEL5Down13 Multiplied byTIMES5Down13 RoomSPACE5Down13 MovingASTIR5Down14 Legal, but shifty in politicsLICIT5Down15 Honour and gloryKUDOS5Down15 SpiritRUM3Down16 Tyre surfaceTREAD5Down18 CookedROASTED7Down18 Shape of a wing, perhapsDELTA5Down18 FaintDIM3Down19 Points out one successWIN3Down19 Female swanPEN3Down20 One of those writing instruments with soft pointsPEN3Down20 Somewhere fresh, like Milton KeynesNEWTOWN7Down21 NauticalNAVAL5Down21 TormentBEDEVIL7Down21 AvariceGREED5Down22 InsulateLAG3Down22 Part of Leicester associated with HawaiiLEI3Down22 ErseGAELIC6Down23 See a band as being far from indifferentCARING6Down23 To quit is no longer the thingEXIT4Down24 PalCOMRADE7Down24 Poker stakeANTE4Down24 Loose slates can be decorative!TASSEL6Down25 FavourPREFER6Down25 Cabbage varietySAVOY5Down26 Delivery flierSTORK5Down26 AfterwardsLATER5Down27 ScullOAR3Down27 Wild heron in FranceRHONE5Down27 BeseechBEG3Down28 Large vessel or nutcrackerTUN3Down28 RenownREPUTE6Down28 FileQUEUE5Down29 The twoBOTH4Down30 They shouldn't leak, though escape may be possibleJUGS4Down30 Christmas songCAROL5Down32 PostponeDELAY5Down33 SkillART3Down35 OgleLEER4Down36

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