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Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2022 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.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HoboTRAMP5Across2 CelebritiesSTARS5Across3 Canny managers of costsSCOTS5Across3 CursedSWORE5Across7 Twigs handled in the gardenBESOM5Across8 ChangeALTER5Across8 Cold dishSALAD5Across8 Send a message or aid, possiblyRADIO5Across10 Water jugsEWERS5Across10 SharpACUTE5Across10 MonthMAY3Across11 As weapons go, a good oneGUN3Across11 ConsumeEAT3Across12 Wanderer who'll show willingness to keep mum?NOMAD5Across12 VestigeTRACE5Across12 Half a doublet?SINGLET7Across13 BellyABDOMEN7Across13 LeafletTRACT5Across13 HeightenENHANCE7Across15 Let inADMIT5Across15 It's pale, and easy to takeLIGHT5Across15 CountRECKON6Across17 Fruit, often with a thorn onHAW3Across18 LodgingPAD3Across18 Skinner, a past policemanPEELER6Across19 FellowDON3Across19 DetectiveSLEUTH6Across19 DisprovedREFUTED7Across20 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across21 A showily talkative womanCOMMERE7Across21 SchemePLAN4Across22 Endless source of childish pleasure?HOOP4Across22 Church recessAPSE4Across23 ImitatedAPED4Across23 At bottom, a source of supportSEAT4Across23 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Across24 Old Rose upsets LolaDOLORES7Across24 ReposeREST4Across25 Part of the USA when the mineral wealth's largely been removedOREGON6Across26 CherootsCIGARS6Across26 RottedDECAYED7Across26 Fair game?FUN3Across29 Legendary birdROC3Across29 FateLOT3Across30 PolluteDEFILE6Across31 RangeSCOPE5Across31 Weakens, yes, but it's backed by reservesTIRES5Across31 Unit of artilleryBATTERY7Across32 Mother Nature made it graspingTENDRIL7Across32 Payment by the Editor, of fiscal concernTAXED5Across34 HinderedIMPEDED7Across34 Capital of VietnamHANOI5Across34 Bad atmosphere in a refugeFUG3Across35 WrathIRE3Across35 Shoulder no responsibility?SHRUG5Across36 DarkUNLIT5Across36 They come to lightMOTHS5Across37 Holy bookKORAN5Across37 TeacherTUTOR5Across37 Greek letterDELTA5Across38 Minor reference to cash?PETTY5Across38 ClubBAT3Across38 TwelveDOZEN5Across39 PassageALLEY5Across40 SkulkSNEAK5Across41 TrivialPETTY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down1 ConsciousAWARE5Down1 One member takes it to be a proper abbreviationLEGIT5Down1 RevealLAYOPEN7Down2 Strikingly easy deliveryLONGHOP7Down2 TrailTRACK5Down2 ClergymanRECTOR6Down3 RotateTURN4Down4 DumbMUTE4Down4 What the pigeon said on Tuesday to another birdCOOT4Down4 CharwomanCLEANER7Down5 Unusually alert, at closing time, at Rose's placeTRALEE6Down5 RecollectRECALL6Down5 BringFETCH5Down6 Variety of turnipSWEDE5Down6 Nominally depressed, that isSADIE5Down6 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down7 Easily able to move out of ClitheroeLITHE5Down7 StriplingLAD3Down9 BrownTAN3Down9 A shinerSUN3Down9 ToleratedENDURED7Down11 MonotonousTEDIOUS7Down12 Something heavenly not in full viewNEWMOON7Down12 HandleTREAT5Down13 PerformedACTED5Down14 Thrash although blameless?LAM3Down14 InsaneMAD3Down14 They form attachments with some guests about to start lunchGLUES5Down16 Viral diseaseMUMPS5Down16 HeatedHOT3Down16 The facts according to VeraTRUTH5Down17 RobberTHIEF5Down17 DeniedNEGATED7Down18 Terribly poor, given food and protected from the rainPROOFED7Down19 Japanese warriorSAMURAI7Down19 Drunkard going round the house to take photosSHOOT5Down20 GlassesSPECS5Down20 LiabilityDEBIT5Down21 Insurance, as in the field of sportCOVER5Down21 FruitMANGO5Down21 GuideSTEER5Down22 Summon, yet almost cause to go forth!SENDFOR7Down23 Public saleAUCTION7Down23 InventCREATE6Down24 ErasedDELETED7Down24 Do be wise in the use of medicine!DOSAGE6Down24 What no maiden would have in a stockingRUN3Down25 CollectionLOT3Down25 Religious imagesICONS5Down27 FishCOD3Down27 But it could be an entitlement to what's leftRIGHT5Down27 LoatheDETEST6Down28 GreenflyAPHID5Down28 Rise and dressGETUP5Down28 StrollAMBLE5Down29 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down30 Power of an aircraft at heightMIGHT5Down30 A kickBOOT4Down32 AmusingFUNNY5Down32 Try the strength of a piece of white stringTEST4Down32 Depression, at length, can be merely routineRUT3Down33 RegionalLOCAL5Down33 Make a mistakeERR3Down33 FriendPAL3Down35 FinishedDONE4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 21, 2022. 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.