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Evening Standard Crossword February 22 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 22 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
FeverishHECTIC6Across1 African desertSAHARA6Across4 It's useful when bending the elbowBICEPS6Across4 RefinePURIFY6Across5 Block upOBSTRUCT8Across7 Wine fit to be considered not too heavyPORTABLE8Across7 Not still untrustworthy?SHIFTY6Across8 ConservePRESERVE8Across8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Across8 RemedyCURE4Across9 Flashy type, perhaps, but technologically efficientROBOT5Across10 MarshlandFEN3Across10 EmploymentUSAGE5Across10 PerchROOST5Across12 It's heavenly to be dreamy, as if in loveMOON4Across13 Cooking fatLARD4Across13 Monetary unitLIRA4Across14 Joins in some of the nastiest activitiesTIES4Across14 Cabbage varietyKALE4Across15 Toothy hairdressing assistantCOMB4Across15 BribeSOP3Across15 VIP, maybe, but no bigheadNOB3Across16 LairDEN3Across16 That of the cat that ate the duck?COAT4Across17 PrincipalMAIN4Across17 WatchEYE3Across17 TearRIP3Across18 Unfairness at bowls?BIAS4Across19 BelovedDEAR4Across19 BornNEE3Across19 OutcomeISSUE5Across20 A worrying job for the famer?HARROWING9Across21 Expert on the pastHISTORIAN9Across21 ChooseOPT3Across21 DelveDIG3Across22 Half pressure, for certainSURE4Across23 TuneAIR3Across23 ChickensHENS4Across23 PlentyLOTS4Across24 UtterSAY3Across24 Charge a deserter at mid-SeptemberRATE4Across24 FamedNOTED5Across26 For everyPER3Across26 She'll help hang out the washingPEG3Across26 A name in the housing registerGREG4Across27 Corrosive substanceACID4Across27 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 Fruit can make you no end fat!PLUM4Across29 SailorTAR3Across29 Was dutifully on the line (maybe the oche)TOED4Across32 Big catLION4Across32 Governmental, like the law in DelawareSTATE5Across33 ChiefMAIN4Across33 Shallow dishPLATE5Across33 She prepares a saline solutionSELINA6Across34 EnlargeINCREASE8Across34 Leg boneFIBULA6Across34 From prison, dash to the open groundDARTMOOR8Across35 AppertainBELONG6Across35 Unauthorised occupantSQUATTER8Across35 American big wheel in fair entertainmentFERRIS6Across36 LoiterLINGER6Across36 CharmAMULET6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Powerful personMOGUL5Down1 Be quick to finish up in a state of rustSPURT5Down1 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down2 WeirdEERIE5Down2 Search for a soft garmentPROBE5Down2 Carry on to the endLAST4Down3 DutyTASK4Down3 GratisFREE4Down3 Twigs usefully handledBESOM5Down4 FreightCARGO5Down4 PurloinSTEAL5Down4 Aching heart, or other part of one's personCHIN4Down5 IronPRESS5Down5 GraspHOLD4Down5 Footway so untidy as to suggest pitiablenessPATHOS6Down6 AffluentRICH4Down6 MarauderRAIDER6Down6 RenounceFORGO5Down7 Sort of goblin taking part in fiction?HOBBIT6Down9 BeliefCREDIT6Down9 EndFINIS5Down10 Drop out of a can?OIL3Down11 IndigentNEEDY5Down11 A wrongSIN3Down11 Roundhead, nominally, with battle souvenirOSCAR5Down12 Street urchinGAMIN5Down12 RuleREIGN5Down12 What the driver did, tied up around a road junctionMOTORED7Down13 AttackONSET5Down13 Wool fatLANOLIN7Down13 StepTREAD5Down14 Could give the jaywalker a bit of a scareCAR3Down15 EquipmentKIT3Down15 GameSPORT5Down15 FatherPATER5Down16 In management, be constantly criticalNAG3Down16 Boy's nameDAN3Down16 The state Reg is inOREGON6Down18 AssaultASSAIL6Down18 It's useless to pine foolishly for a perfect endingINEPT5Down20 Artist's standEASEL5Down20 Hold in evident affectionHUG3Down21 That womanHER3Down21 Joker in a row againWAG3Down22 StickROD3Down22 Balloon gasHELIUM6Down23 Composed a serenade with notes cut outSERENE6Down23 DiminishABATE5Down25 Sort of feeling one may have for the violin?GUT3Down25 Animal doctorVET3Down25 DueOWING5Down27 FreewheelCOAST5Down28 Understands to be a bread sauce ingredientREADS5Down28 SurpassEXCEL5Down28 Pub gameDARTS5Down30 PassageAISLE5Down30 Make available as encouragement to egg producersLAYON5Down30 ApproachesNEARS5Down31 UnfastenUNDO4Down31 Some shaky tremors in the underground, abroadMETRO5Down31 Quiet spellLULL4Down32 Fasten right in lineTIER4Down32 IntendMEAN4Down32 Cliques, as in BarsetshireSETS4Down33 Baby carriagePRAM4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 22, 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.