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Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Organ of tasteTONGUE6Across1 FrolicROMP4Across1 Lucky thing for a masterly clansman?MASCOT6Across1 GratuityTIP3Across4 ExpectationHOPE4Across6 NoticeREGISTER8Across7 Domestic maxim of political significanceHOMERULE8Across7 KinsmanCOUSIN6Across8 Philosophy masterYOGI4Across8 Game fishBASS4Across8 DistressMISERY6Across9 BreachGAP3Across10 Libra, the sign of a well balanced individual?SCALES6Across10 Baby's shoeBOOTEE6Across10 Outer appearanceFACADE6Across11 Bank employee at the information desk?TELLER6Across11 AttemptedTRIED5Across12 IlluminatedLIT3Across14 It's permitted in tennisLET3Across14 PostponeDELAY5Across14 StaidSOBER5Across15 Senior memberDOYEN5Across16 Blue-blooded boysROYAL5Across16 Does such pressure come from being titled?PEER4Across17 MeshesNETS4Across17 PureCHASTE6Across18 Grub they bake badly at the Boar's Head?KEBAB5Across19 Group of nineNONET5Across19 AssertINSIST6Across20 Latest thing in tiesFINAL5Across21 All-night watchVIGIL5Across21 Too strange to take seriously?FUNNY5Across22 InsurgentREBEL5Across22 GreatestBEST4Across23 Fishy appearance as 'Buffalo Bill'CODY4Across23 NumeralDIGIT5Across24 Player's first gameDEBUT5Across26 AnguishGRIEF5Across26 Singing quartet in sad disarray!DIVAS5Across26 Dad's dance step?PAS3Across28 FetchBRING5Across28 WeirDAM3Across28 Man's familiar following in the field of footballUNITED6Across29 Very happyELATED6Across29 ObserveSEE3Across30 EndFINISH6Across30 The eccentric Mr Dale's fruit treeMEDLAR6Across30 Leave with hesitation, thereforeERGO4Across31 Bring upREAR4Across31 Summon to read out a list?CALLOVER8Across32 SturdyROBUST6Across32 AdmissionENTRANCE8Across32 One maybe getting nearer to paying income tax?EARNER6Across33 StripDENUDE6Across33 MeltedTHAWED6Across33 LoyalTRUE4Across34 SorrowWOE3Across35 PitcherEWER4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sikh's headdressTURBAN6Down1 Tom turns on me for making a bungleMESSUP6Down1 ScentODOUR5Down2 It's not so hot in the jugCOOLER6Down2 FreeGRATIS6Down2 GaelicERSE4Down3 OwnPOSSESS7Down3 Not that which makes hitsTHIS4Down3 Comprehensive term for a brasshatGENERAL7Down4 TasteTANG4Down4 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down4 SplendourPOMP4Down5 Homeless dogSTRAY5Down5 It's just like the male to be the aggressorBULLY5Down5 HurryHASTE5Down6 She's got the right angle on fruitPEARL5Down6 Clean feathersPREEN5Down6 MaybePERHAPS7Down7 Crossbow arrowBOLT4Down8 Early, possibly heartless, seat of learningYALE4Down8 HardenSET3Down9 Receive in large truckloadsGET3Down9 ExpertACE3Down11 At Wimbledon, it often leads to a smashLOB3Down12 SpasmTIC3Down12 CribCOT3Down12 Aided development of a seedEASED5Down13 SpotDOT3Down13 ActionsDEEDS5Down13 Boy's nameROGER5Down15 Write to New York for a little moneyPENNY5Down15 CotBED3Down16 EquipmentRIG3Down17 Scottish location of some lingerie productionELGIN5Down18 EvictEXPEL5Down18 Parkinson's family?KIN3Down19 PortHARBOUR7Down19 Pen partNIB3Down19 Sea-horse?BAY3Down20 NothingNIL3Down20 It's full of useful bits of wireFUSEBOX7Down21 Pen-pointNIB3Down21 Old soldierVETERAN7Down21 OddSTRANGE7Down22 GrooveRUT3Down22 Affluent association at the West EndFAT3Down22 FruitBANANA6Down23 An appealing, often touching sort of fellowCADGER6Down23 LabelTAG3Down23 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down24 Capital of Czechoslovakia?OSLO4Down24 AccessibleTOHAND6Down25 Local delivery at Headingley?YORKER6Down25 AngerIRE3Down25 The even-handed way to goDUTCH5Down26 PostponeDEFER5Down26 EvadeELUDE5Down27 Indian dishBALTI5Down27 Flower girl of Shakespearian characterVIOLA5Down27 Cease livingDIE3Down28 By getting a half of beer on the quietPER3Down28 JogNUDGE5Down29 Just shattered by some emergencyMERE4Down30 PackSTOW4Down30 WorryFRET4Down30 BrinkEDGE4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. 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.