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Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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#
WaterwayCANAL5Across3 Finding it beyond one, which is extraordinaryNOTABLE7Across8 Make readyPREPARE7Across8 DeferredPOSTPONED9Across9 ToilLABOUR6Across9 Rebuking for stoppingPULLINGUP9Across9 SpinROTATE6Across10 DecreeEDICT5Across11 DumbMUTE4Across12 Run in and stealPINCH5Across13 Middle-distance runnerMILER5Across13 ArtlessNAIVE5Across14 An untruth to gain entry as a extra-terrestrialALIEN5Across14 AgitateSTIR4Across15 Wind blown hat we're out to catchWREATHE7Across15 Small birdWAGTAIL7Across15 In the new series the daughter has a home thereRESIDES7Across16 BoorishUNCOUTH7Across16 "A kind of gift for," I interposedGENUS5Across17 OarsmanROWER5Across17 ThwartPREVENT7Across17 Leaves with the attendantsPAGES5Across18 FruitAPPLE5Across18 FinishEND3Across20 She tempts one again into wrongdoingSIREN5Across20 Fence of shrubsHEDGE5Across20 RubbishTRASH5Across21 Says it's bad but cooks itROASTS6Across22 EraserRUBBER6Across22 Of historical interest, looked as though it might topple over!LISTED6Across23 EveryEACH4Across23 HateDETEST6Across23 Flowers, a drink and pastriesPOPPIES7Across25 BallotPOLL4Across25 SleepSLUMBER7Across25 SavourTASTE5Across26 Removed "Authorise to take action about"DELETED7Across27 RelatedKINDRED7Across27 DeedACT3Across28 PlanetSATURN6Across30 Pretends, when one slips intoPUTSON6Across30 ObviousEVIDENT7Across30 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Across31 Right on the bay, but concealedCOVERT6Across31 What police raids disclosed in the art gallery?BUSTS5Across32 Liquid measureLITRE5Across32 LearnerTYRO4Across33 WirelessRADIO5Across35 Say nothing when on the mat; just show indifferenceSHRUG5Across35 AlwaysEVER4Across35 Cuban danceRUMBA5Across36 LedgeSHELF5Across36 Accounts for the said shadowsTALES5Across36 Everything having gone wrong, impounded the vesselGALLEON7Across37 ErrorMISTAKE7Across37 SicknessNAUSEA6Across38 Go back to the asylumRETREAT7Across39 UrgeIMPULSE7Across39 CriminalVANDAL6Across39 AttemptedTRIED5Across40 Again prevail upon to go round and say hello toGREET5Across41 MotifTHEME5Across41 Returning to sea, arranged to get rid ofERASE5Across42 PreciseEXACT5Across42 Concerning the origins of the wealthRESOURCES9Across43 Assist financiallySUBSIDISE9Across43 Allow the public to see the film freeRELEASE7Across44 Type of baconSTREAKY7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RompFROLIC6Down1 Beats up to get the moneyPOUNDS6Down1 RotundPLUMP5Down1 OpeningAPERTURE8Down2 The murderer caught, she'd made money from itCASHEDIN8Down2 DiminishABATE5Down2 ChipsFRENCHFRIES11Down3 Like that motley lot in the doctor's waiting room?ILLASSORTED11Down3 Billiard stickCUE3Down3 IntermediaryGOBETWEEN9Down4 Being sufficient for driving as far asRUNNINGTO9Down4 FieryARDENT6Down4 RoguishARCH4Down5 Ship's waiterSTEWARD7Down5 A son, not very tall and rather dimSLOWISH7Down5 FortuneLOT3Down6 Press onFORGEAHEAD10Down6 To gain access use a jemmy, showing boldnessENTERPRISE10Down6 SquanderWASTE5Down7 Greek cheeseFETA4Down7 Dope the dogMUTT4Down7 EerieWEIRD5Down8 Surprise attackAMBUSH6Down10 By making small cuts, economisesSPARES6Down10 GermMICROBE7Down11 The figure, unfairly rag the new maid aboutDIAGRAM7Down11 Relieved the head cold had come to an endCEASED6Down12 CustomerCLIENT6Down12 HasteURGENCY7Down13 EjectEVICT5Down14 LeanINCLINE7Down16 HackneyedTRITE5Down18 SerpentASP3Down19 GiftPRESENT7Down19 Is a collector, one deducesGATHERS7Down19 Enter the duck in the list as "farmyard bird"ROOSTER7Down21 Watered downDILUTED7Down21 ThrongHORDE5Down22 Manage to save, for the partyGETTOGETHER11Down24 Third molarsWISDOMTEETH11Down24 CroneHAG3Down24 ApproximatelyMOREORLESS10Down26 Continued to cultivate?PLOUGHEDON10Down26 DevelopEVOLVE6Down27 PlaywrightDRAMATIST9Down28 Urged on to play cricket, though by nature a jockey?BOWLEGGED9Down28 ExpiateATONE5Down28 Kept under control as he guided roundLEASHED7Down29 FishTROUT5Down29 ClothingAPPAREL7Down29 Parents are aggravating? The crust!PASTRY6Down30 SqualidSORDID6Down30 AvoidEVADE5Down31 DiminishedLESSENED8Down32 Thought you'd swallowed itBELIEVED8Down32 ElfTROLL5Down32 Someone who chars for an entertainerSINGER6Down33 HappeningsEVENTS6Down33 Standing for, say, about half an hourSTATURE7Down34 ScorchCHAR4Down34 PalsFRIENDS7Down34 CliqueSET3Down36 WhimFAD3Down37 Pass by and see moving round insideELAPSE6Down38 US stateALASKA6Down38 Drew fastTIED4Down40 StopperPLUG4Down40

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