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Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 20 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
RuptureBURST5Across1 OpposeRESIST6Across1 One thinks there's wet weather at BirkenheadBRAIN5Across1 HelixSPIRAL6Across5 In front by a winning distanceAHEAD5Across6 With reference toASFOR5Across6 TrueLOYAL5Across9 Honest, since really friendlessSINCERE7Across9 TortureTORMENT7Across9 PillPELLET6Across10 The all-round holderSPOOL5Across10 SplendourECLAT5Across10 HarmDAMAGE6Across11 CulpabilityGUILT5Across11 Being the best, is typically toppingCREAM5Across11 InquiredASKED5Across12 DawdleDALLY5Across12 Brass vessel, Anglo SaxonTUBAS5Across12 It's wrong for me to be away when the game's stoppedTIMEOUT7Across13 Rich stewGOULASH7Across13 DetailITEM4Across14 Piece of sycamore used in machineryCAM3Across15 Small flap of materialTAB3Across15 Mountain rangeALPS4Across17 Speech test or examinationORAL4Across17 BalladLAY3Across17 An ancient Roman name I dish outPILATE6Across18 Star signGEMINI6Across18 ElectVOTE4Across18 UnfashionableDATED5Across19 Female member of a string quartetVIOLA5Across19 IrregularUNEVEN6Across20 Degrees for acting?STAGES6Across20 ChallengedDARED5Across20 Spoken, verbalORAL4Across22 As drunk, in Japan, for one's own good?SAKE4Across22 PenalisedFINED5Across22 LassitudeLANGUOR7Across23 You heard!YEW3Across24 EmblemTOTEM5Across24 PitchTAR3Across24 PlunderPILLAGE7Across25 Strong places in which to fling a fellowCASTLES7Across25 For instance, one can serve as a pointerDIGIT5Across26 PopBURST5Across26 Soup serverLADLE5Across26 FulcrumPIVOT5Across27 In a raincoat, Joe looks wonderfulMAGIC5Across27 Something to read in church?BANNS5Across28 CookersOVENS5Across28 Chose to avoid starting school?ELECTED7Across29 CoastSEASIDE7Across29 RakeROUE4Across29 Speak for the nationSTATE5Across30 DefeatsBEATS5Across30 SpurtJET3Across30 Worthless matterDROSS5Across31 Fading and dingy, perhapsDYING5Across31 ProphetSEER4Across32 HellHADES5Across33 SilencedGAGGED6Across35 TemplePAGODA6Across36 GumRESIN5Across37 BeggedCADGED6Across38 SkilfullyDEFTLY6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RecompensedREPAID6Down1 Unfashionable, informallyUNCOOL6Down2 TraySALVER6Down2 About two to mendREPAIR6Down2 How can she be Lois?ISOBEL6Down3 SleighSLED4Down3 Plays for timeSTALLS6Down3 SumTOTAL5Down4 In raising money for nothingNIL3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 AlasSADLY5Down5 He may venture to look aroundSCOUT5Down5 Break violentlySMASH5Down5 DramaPLAY4Down6 Poetic place with plenty of sheltered shopping?ARCADIA7Down6 EnragedANGERED7Down6 FastenerSTUD4Down7 MotiveREASON6Down7 Property of Mrs MacphersonHERS4Down7 Mount an art product for an artistARARAT6Down8 Lent outONLOAN6Down8 OgledLEERED6Down8 Of AsiaASIAN5Down12 Vessel going to an island cityTUNIS5Down12 GuffawedLAUGHED7Down13 Novel character, soft-hearted, surrounded by broken toysTOPSY5Down13 Whole rangeGAMUT5Down13 Parrot many a bird cryMACAW5Down14 Shoe partUPPER5Down14 ProhibitedTABOO5Down15 Inland navigationCANAL5Down15 Jewelled headdressTIARA5Down15 SkirmishMELEE5Down16 Holy bookBIBLE5Down16 Measures out so as to set 'em upMETES5Down16 InfectionVIRUS5Down18 Magic servantGENIE5Down18 Fold in a petal, possiblyPLEAT5Down18 The motorist's means of expression?VEHICLE7Down19 TautTENSE5Down19 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Down19 One intent on occupying a place?TENANT6Down21 BarrierDAM3Down21 IndigenousNATIVE6Down21 Boy's nameOLIVER6Down22 Watch-pocketFOB3Down22 Still a way to go!STEADY6Down22 RepresentativesAGENTS6Down23 Enthusiastic about being quick to get aheadKEENON6Down23 CalamitousTRAGIC6Down24 LuxuriousPLUSH5Down25 See a measure as a sure thingCINCH5Down25 BloatedTURGID6Down25 Fast getting tied in a knot!DIET4Down26 MissingLOST4Down26 RumourREPORT6Down27 Possibly rocky piece of furnitureBED3Down28 PactTREATY6Down28 PeculiarODD3Down28 WearyJADED5Down30 LukewarmTEPID5Down31 PresentHERE4Down33 LogicalSANE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 20, 2025. 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.