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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2018 answers. The Friday 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#
BlemishSCAR4Across1 TavernINN3Across4 BrawlFRAY4Across6 Extend leavePULLOUT7Across8 VegetablesCARROTS7Across8 Timing deviceSTOPWATCH9Across9 EdgeRIM3Across9 The previous warning was given prior to leavingFOREGOING9Across9 EnduranceSURVIVAL8Across10 ReviseEDIT4Across11 The passage I’ll read aloudAISLE5Across13 Book of mapsATLAS5Across13 SurpassEXCEL5Across14 NothingNIL3Across14 Telling a story to in bed?LYING5Across14 EntourageRETINUE7Across15 Say yes, the son’s rolling in moneyCONSENT7Across15 Hold, as you grapple withCONTEND7Across16 BoxCHEST5Across16 ImmenseTITANIC7Across16 LubricatedOILED5Across17 Man whose lemonade you’ll put the whisky in?SPIKE5Across17 ProportionRATIO5Across18 The catalogue’s in the dining-roomTABLE5Across18 PlundererPILLAGER8Across19 The plant is left out unwrapped to get the sunLOTUS5Across20 Academy AwardOSCAR5Across20 BraidPLAIT5Across21 Make redundantLAYOFF6Across22 Though angry about, backed, too, and cheered onROOTED6Across22 ColourPURPLE6Across23 AccompaniedESCORTED8Across23 Providing transport sounds generousHANSOM6Across23 AttireDRESS5Across24 SongsANTHEMS7Across25 Claim to have put in the cupboard ofPROFESS7Across25 Many-sided figurePOLYGON7Across27 Search for and find the guardLOOKOUT7Across27 SkipHOP3Across27 FantasiesDREAMS6Across30 Is put off by the figure, which is sillySTUPID6Across30 AssertAVER4Across31 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Across31 As always, about to protect: think the world ofREVERE6Across31 The stage is set for the entrancesGATES5Across32 Aquatic birdsSWANS5Across32 HeightenedENHANCED8Across33 StrayERR3Across34 With a big arm, hugging againGREAT5Across35 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across35 SalverTRAY4Across35 Spy on a manAGENT5Across36 AdditionalEXTRA5Across36 PermitLET3Across36 Number eighteen is well knownNOTABLE7Across37 CouponVOUCHER7Across37 PortionPART4Across37 Continued to put money into the plantRESUMED7Across39 Lose hopeDESPAIR7Across39 Dealing with roughlyABOUT5Across41 LustreSHEEN5Across41 From a hundred, point fifty are outstandingly goodEXCEL5Across42 Dentine from tusksIVORY5Across42 Stopping from strikingARRESTING9Across43 Practical methodTECHNIQUE9Across43 The best ship around? They really are funny!SCREAMS7Across44 Lean or bonyANGULAR7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fakes, one assumesPUTSON6Down1 Dance dramaBALLET6Down1 HostagePRISONER8Down2 Stupid Sherlock Holmes never wasCLUELESS8Down2 CudgelCLUB4Down2 Long carSTRETCHLIMO11Down3 It should ensure delivery of the whole speechFULLADDRESS11Down3 RantRAVE4Down3 Type of paintingSTILLLIFE9Down4 Impression of how it feels to be at sea in a storm?ROUGHIDEA9Down4 EmbroilINVEIGLE8Down4 VoidNULL4Down5 ImproveUPGRADE7Down5 Fruit dishesPEACHES7Down5 NewFRESH5Down6 Cathedral cityCANTERBURY10Down6 Talking right through the film!SOUNDTRACK10Down6 FreeRID3Down7 PeruseSCAN4Down7 One held the string, in the old daysONCE4Down7 WrongAMISS5Down8 Skin decorationTATTOO6Down10 A lot to prepare for postingPARCEL6Down10 Word from initialsACRONYM7Down11 Calling the embassyMISSION7Down11 VelocitySPEED5Down12 To cook, traps rain waterSTREAM6Down12 RestREPOSE6Down12 ShutCLOSE5Down13 DozeNAP3Down14 LeadLEASH5Down15 VacantEMPTY5Down17 DealTRADE5Down18 A cub - it is playing with a fawnBISCUIT7Down19 Pudding ingredientTAPIOCA7Down19 ReboundRICOCHET8Down20 HideCONCEAL7Down21 It’s agony for the poor tutor againTORTURE7Down21 SummitTOP3Down22 Suffer disaster, as do envelopes that open in transitCOMEUNSTUCK11Down24 GreetingGOODEVENING11Down24 WandererROVER5Down25 Alternative medicineHOMEOPATHY10Down26 Don’t pay and don’t provide transport home from the stationFAILTOMEET10Down26 ApologeticSORRY5Down26 No singles at all - noneNEVERAONE9Down28 BizarreGROTESQUE9Down28 GenuineREAL4Down28 Say to the people turning it onMENTION7Down29 ClothingAPPAREL7Down29 BreakSNAP4Down29 RipTEAR4Down30 The sweet boy took us back firstSUGARY6Down30 Ten yearsDECADE6Down30 Not genuineSPURIOUS8Down32 Was ruffled, one understoodGATHERED8Down32 EpochERA3Down32 To the reader, means “indeterminate periods of time”SPELLS6Down33 Homeless animalsSTRAYS6Down33 ChorusREFRAIN7Down34 Order, for the chap, fruitMANDATE7Down34 Hubble-bubbleHOOKAH6Down38 Look good on you, when you getBECOME6Down38 Inevitable, all rightSURE4Down40 OutbuildingSHED4Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 23, 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.