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Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2020 answers. The Friday 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#
LeatheryTOUGH5Across1 QuickerFASTER6Across5 RegionalLOCAL5Across8 Think the chaps at the outside are having funAMUSEMENT9Across9 GenuineAUTHENTIC9Across9 ChoirboyCHORISTER9Across10 LifeBREATH6Across10 Boatman I travel east with and find most uncongenialABOMINATE9Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 Remitted the said moneySENT4Across12 DependRELY4Across12 Freedom of choiceOPTION6Across13 Nearly all lost a pound – the majorityALMOST6Across13 Type of houseCOTTAGE7Across14 GiftTALENT6Across14 We do pack in a box and secure firmlyTIEDOWN7Across14 With a stick, running in, set on the ChineseCANTONESE9Across15 TroubleCONCERN7Across15 SpacemanASTRONAUT9Across15 Cannot possibly accommodate a child – not ICONSONANT9Across17 Carry on regardlessPERSEVERE9Across17 Once the diet’s worked, no longer isEXISTED7Across18 BeverageTEA3Across18 SubjugateENSLAVE7Across18 In brief, muted, weird criesPRECIS6Across19 RuralRUSTIC6Across19 ChildTOT3Across19 Sicilian volcanoETNA4Across20 Photographed with a drinkSHOT4Across20 GlassDRAM4Across21 The only summer hat left – it’s a bit muchLASTSTRAW9Across23 SuePROSECUTE9Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across23 GraspedHELD4Across24 Amusing or otherwise, he has a lot to learnIGNORAMUS9Across25 Person taking the blameSCAPEGOAT9Across25 Slip out of the buildingSHED4Across26 Singing voiceALTO4Across26 MagicianWIZARD6Across27 ColourRED3Across27 Trim the treeSPRUCE6Across27 DespisedLOATHED7Across29 FishEEL3Across29 In lodgings, set about compiling the resumesDIGESTS7Across29 VariedDIVERSE7Across31 UniverseCOSMOS6Across32 Working out, as one mooches in to callREASONING9Across32 Powered vesselMOTORBOAT9Across32 WiseSAGE4Across34 Daubed it on, being drunkPLASTERED9Across34 Hosiery itemsSTOCKINGS9Across34 UncertainUNSURE6Across35 Clearly frightened, has played the cardSHAKING7Across35 Chemical elementCALCIUM7Across35 Detecting and putting on recordNOTING6Across36 DirtyFILTHY6Across36 BurdenONUS4Across37 Said you incline towards the rightLIEN4Across37 Man-madeSYNTHETIC9Across38 FollowENSUE5Across38 Taking ill again with flu, sent offRESENTFUL9Across38 ChattyTALKATIVE9Across39 Do they keep rooms cool and bright?FANLIGHTS9Across39 AvoidedEVADED6Across39 TrademarkBRAND5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Killing, you gather, to exterminate the raceMASSACRE8Down1 WeddingMARRIAGE8Down1 Fungal infectionATHLETESFOOT12Down2 Witches were once such a topicBURNINGISSUE12Down2 ScullOAR3Down2 StrikeSTOPPAGE8Down3 Is such a story on radio enjoyed by the cultured?WELLREAD8Down3 LookGLANCE6Down3 HandwritingSCRIPT6Down4 In one’s element when there’s a partyATHOME6Down4 HeatedHOT3Down4 LevelFLAT4Down5 Strong spiritSCHNAPPS8Down5 A bit, or piece, on the presidentPARTICLE8Down5 DirtySOILED6Down6 Claim there’s strifeCONTENTION10Down6 Musical instrumentCONCERTINA10Down6 BeatRHYTHM6Down7 In turn, agree evil still existedLIVEDON7Down7 Good qualitiesVIRTUES7Down7 Puts back curbs all round, you sayREINSTATES10Down8 InapplicableIRRELEVANT10Down8 HireCHARTER7Down9 Sending back, with “Love from Spain,” a bouquetAROMA5Down11 TantaliseTEASE5Down11 RodentRAT3Down12 ExpensiveDEAR4Down13 But so ludicrously English it’s stupidOBTUSE6Down16 Wild assONAGER6Down16 MonsterOGRE4Down16 FamousNOTED5Down17 RegretRUE3Down19 Almost cried going back to the seatPEW3Down19 BoringTEDIOUS7Down20 With ferocity and forceTOOTHANDNAIL12Down21 Where the race ends and it’s back to the stable immediatelyHOMESTRAIGHT12Down21 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down22 CommentREMARK6Down22 It’s loud, OK, and gives you a shock?FRIGHT6Down22 ChemistPHARMACIST10Down23 Where we just holidayed? Anything would be better!LASTRESORT10Down23 BarrackHECKLE6Down24 Doing great – taking a breakRIPPINGOFF10Down24 SamenessUNIFORMITY10Down24 UnhappySAD3Down25 Single again, but with great animosityIRE3Down25 MinusLESS4Down25 ClaimDEMAND6Down26 MinorLESSER6Down28 TrickeryARTIFICE8Down28 Truly bothered about the information, needing to act fastURGENTLY8Down28 Flaw in a lawLOOPHOLE8Down29 Wet on the day, thought the water isn’t settlingDRAINING8Down29 CalamityDISASTER8Down30 RecordLOG3Down30 Have us turn against and see off the foreignersSUDANESE8Down30 On return, is not changing one’s ideasNOTIONS7Down31 CargoFREIGHT7Down31 Gather the animal on the inside is the damAMASS5Down33 PipSEED4Down33 ClawTALON5Down33 GreetingSALUTE6Down34 A blow to the heart would nauseatePUTOFF6Down34 GistNUB3Down36 ManagedRAN3Down37

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