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Evening Standard Crossword February 22 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 22 2024 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#
FrankCANDID6Across1 Book of IslamKORAN5Across3 Looks happy in the sunshineBEAMS5Across3 AbradeSCRAPE6Across5 BreakdownCOLLAPSE8Across8 Figures out nothing's funnyCOMIC5Across8 RegretfulSORRY5Across8 BridgeSPAN4Across9 It's wrong maybe to put the cat out of the roomATTIC5Across10 Hairdressing shopSALON5Across10 NovelNEW3Across10 Fled out of rangeRAN3Across11 EnemyFOE3Across11 A plethora is too much for herTHORA5Across12 Indian dishBALTI5Across12 RemoveSHIFT5Across12 The prize a sailor has to shoot forJACKPOT7Across13 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Across13 Speed contestsRACES5Across15 EveryALL3Across15 It's quite a distance by motorway, boy!MILES5Across15 TearRIP3Across17 The sticking point in an argument?GUM3Across18 PaleWAN3Across18 Metallic elementTIN3Across18 Did Beethoven write one by moonlight?SONATA6Across19 AlsoTOO3Across19 Pungent rootRADISH6Across19 PlentyAMPLE5Across20 JewelGEM3Across21 CommonGENERAL7Across21 It adds colour to thingsPIGMENT7Across21 As a hero, he has his prideLION4Across22 AfflictsAILS4Across22 SisterNUN3Across22 Mountain lakeTARN4Across23 Tool used in a daze?ADZE4Across23 WonderAWE3Across23 CroneHAG3Across24 Very quietly looks around for fruitsPEPPERS7Across24 White furMINIVER7Across24 Small mechanical deviceGADGET6Across26 CanoeKAYAK5Across26 Very old place, not quite the bestTHEBES6Across26 She gets in shape graduallyPEG3Across29 DecayROT3Across29 FelineCAT3Across29 Wild creatures in the rushes?HARES5Across31 ThieveSTEAL5Across31 Football bossMANAGER7Across32 A country girl (in Reading?)PERUSAL7Across32 CertainSURE4Across33 Essentially, it has rosy associationsATTAR5Across34 PortrayDESCRIBE8Across34 MannequinMODEL5Across34 Al sat with him, the dog!IAN3Across35 CupBEAKER6Across35 PinchNIP3Across35 Steer the short wayTERSE5Across36 PropertyESTATE6Across36 Nimbus, sayCLOUD5Across36 Bury, a team familiar to soccer fansINTER5Across37 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Across37 Letter to a girl, in factTRUTH5Across38 SortsTYPES5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bulgarian capitalSOFIA5Down1 She and Charlie will take a testCORAL5Down1 IsolatedALONE5Down2 A coloured drinkPINKGIN7Down2 InventsCREATES7Down2 StupidDULL4Down3 Borrowed from the Germans, it's trueECHT4Down4 Egg-shapedOVAL4Down4 ProfundityDEPTH5Down4 LedgeSHELF5Down5 Rodent that turns up with a cat and a sheepMARMOT6Down5 Of the starsASTRAL6Down5 CorrodeRUST4Down6 Mark and Ian may be on the streetSTAIN5Down6 Water nymphNAIAD5Down6 CavitiesHOLES5Down7 GemPEARL5Down7 A plate holderRIVET5Down7 DecomposeROT3Down9 By many an account, it's a short garmentMAC3Down9 NickNOTCH5Down10 IncorrectWRONG5Down11 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down12 SmackSPANK5Down12 Are they all named Atkins?TOMMIES7Down12 HintIMPLY5Down13 Dog turning up at GatesheadPUG3Down14 RacketDIN3Down14 TwitchTWEAK5Down14 IreANGER5Down15 Arrives with a couple of lettersLANDS5Down16 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Down16 BoundaryLIMIT5Down16 Business of putting beer into a vesselSALES5Down17 ShinSHANK5Down17 Does it show irritation at having been caught?SNAPPER7Down19 FundamentalRADICAL7Down19 SuspendsHANGS5Down20 Animal with plenty to keep quiet about?SLOTH5Down20 Rod's game?POKER5Down21 Forest clearingGLADE5Down21 LockjawTETANUS7Down23 Quarrelling, possibly raging about an upstartARGUING7Down23 TuneMELODY6Down24 Trouble a nobleman with a saintly heart?PESTER6Down24 Always shows hesitation going to the back of the queueEER3Down25 VehicleVAN3Down25 RevileABUSE5Down25 Circular coral reefATOLL5Down27 Terrible death regarded as very nastyHATED5Down27 ViperADDER5Down27 Whole rangeGAMUT5Down28 The swine put Birkenhead right on the map!BEAST5Down28 PassageAISLE5Down28 RevolutionORBIT5Down30 Europeans from SedanDANES5Down30 LukewarmTEPID5Down30 SummitPEAK4Down31 OnlyMERE4Down32 The dramatic bitPART4Down32 SummonsWRIT4Down32 On form, maybe; nevertheless restedSAT3Down33 SpiritGIN3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 22, 2024. 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.