Evening Standard Crossword February 21 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 135 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 21 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Waterway53 AcrossReveal answer → Finding it beyond one, which is extraordinary78 AcrossReveal answer → Make ready78 AcrossReveal answer → Deferred99 AcrossReveal answer → Toil69 AcrossReveal answer → Rebuking for stopping99 AcrossReveal answer → Spin610 AcrossReveal answer → Decree511 AcrossReveal answer → Dumb412 AcrossReveal answer → Run in and steal513 AcrossReveal answer → Middle-distance runner513 AcrossReveal answer → Artless514 AcrossReveal answer → An untruth to gain entry as a extra-terrestrial514 AcrossReveal answer → Agitate415 AcrossReveal answer → Wind blown hat we're out to catch715 AcrossReveal answer → Small bird715 AcrossReveal answer → In the new series the daughter has a home there716 AcrossReveal answer → Boorish716 AcrossReveal answer → "A kind of gift for," I interposed517 AcrossReveal answer → Oarsman517 AcrossReveal answer → Thwart717 AcrossReveal answer → Leaves with the attendants518 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit518 AcrossReveal answer → Finish320 AcrossReveal answer → She tempts one again into wrongdoing520 AcrossReveal answer → Fence of shrubs520 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish521 AcrossReveal answer → Says it's bad but cooks it622 AcrossReveal answer → Eraser622 AcrossReveal answer → Of historical interest, looked as though it might topple over!623 AcrossReveal answer → Every423 AcrossReveal answer → Hate623 AcrossReveal answer → Flowers, a drink and pastries725 AcrossReveal answer → Ballot425 AcrossReveal answer → Sleep725 AcrossReveal answer → Savour526 AcrossReveal answer → Removed "Authorise to take action about"727 AcrossReveal answer → Related727 AcrossReveal answer → Deed328 AcrossReveal answer → Planet630 AcrossReveal answer → Pretends, when one slips into630 AcrossReveal answer → Obvious730 AcrossReveal answer → Three-legged stand631 AcrossReveal answer → Right on the bay, but concealed631 AcrossReveal answer → What police raids disclosed in the art gallery?532 AcrossReveal answer → Liquid measure532 AcrossReveal answer → Learner433 AcrossReveal answer → Wireless535 AcrossReveal answer → Say nothing when on the mat; just show indifference535 AcrossReveal answer → Always435 AcrossReveal answer → Cuban dance536 AcrossReveal answer → Ledge536 AcrossReveal answer → Accounts for the said shadows536 AcrossReveal answer → Everything having gone wrong, impounded the vessel737 AcrossReveal answer → Error737 AcrossReveal answer → Sickness638 AcrossReveal answer → Go back to the asylum739 AcrossReveal answer → Urge739 AcrossReveal answer → Criminal639 AcrossReveal answer → Attempted540 AcrossReveal answer → Again prevail upon to go round and say hello to541 AcrossReveal answer → Motif541 AcrossReveal answer → Returning to sea, arranged to get rid of542 AcrossReveal answer → Precise542 AcrossReveal answer → Concerning the origins of the wealth943 AcrossReveal answer → Assist financially943 AcrossReveal answer → Allow the public to see the film free744 AcrossReveal answer → Type of bacon744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Romp61 DownReveal answer → Beats up to get the money61 DownReveal answer → Rotund51 DownReveal answer → Opening82 DownReveal answer → The murderer caught, she'd made money from it82 DownReveal answer → Diminish52 DownReveal answer → Chips113 DownReveal answer → Like that motley lot in the doctor's waiting room?113 DownReveal answer → Billiard stick33 DownReveal answer → Intermediary94 DownReveal answer → Being sufficient for driving as far as94 DownReveal answer → Fiery64 DownReveal answer → Roguish45 DownReveal answer → Ship's waiter75 DownReveal answer → A son, not very tall and rather dim75 DownReveal answer → Fortune36 DownReveal answer → Press on106 DownReveal answer → To gain access use a jemmy, showing boldness106 DownReveal answer → Squander57 DownReveal answer → Greek cheese47 DownReveal answer → Dope the dog47 DownReveal answer → Eerie58 DownReveal answer → Surprise attack610 DownReveal answer → By making small cuts, economises610 DownReveal answer → Germ711 DownReveal answer → The figure, unfairly rag the new maid about711 DownReveal answer → Relieved the head cold had come to an end612 DownReveal answer → Customer612 DownReveal answer → Haste713 DownReveal answer → Eject514 DownReveal answer → Lean716 DownReveal answer → Hackneyed518 DownReveal answer → Serpent319 DownReveal answer → Gift719 DownReveal answer → Is a collector, one deduces719 DownReveal answer → Enter the duck in the list as "farmyard bird"721 DownReveal answer → Watered down721 DownReveal answer → Throng522 DownReveal answer → Manage to save, for the party1124 DownReveal answer → Third molars1124 DownReveal answer → Crone324 DownReveal answer → Approximately1026 DownReveal answer → Continued to cultivate?1026 DownReveal answer → Develop627 DownReveal answer → Playwright928 DownReveal answer → Urged on to play cricket, though by nature a jockey?928 DownReveal answer → Expiate528 DownReveal answer → Kept under control as he guided round729 DownReveal answer → Fish529 DownReveal answer → Clothing729 DownReveal answer → Parents are aggravating? The crust!630 DownReveal answer → Squalid630 DownReveal answer → Avoid531 DownReveal answer → Diminished832 DownReveal answer → Thought you'd swallowed it832 DownReveal answer → Elf532 DownReveal answer → Someone who chars for an entertainer633 DownReveal answer → Happenings633 DownReveal answer → Standing for, say, about half an hour734 DownReveal answer → Scorch434 DownReveal answer → Pals734 DownReveal answer → Clique336 DownReveal answer → Whim337 DownReveal answer → Pass by and see moving round inside638 DownReveal answer → US state638 DownReveal answer → Drew fast440 DownReveal answer → Stopper440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 21, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.