Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 23 2018. 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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Blemish41 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern34 AcrossReveal answer → Brawl46 AcrossReveal answer → Extend leave78 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetables78 AcrossReveal answer → Timing device99 AcrossReveal answer → Edge39 AcrossReveal answer → The previous warning was given prior to leaving99 AcrossReveal answer → Endurance810 AcrossReveal answer → Revise411 AcrossReveal answer → The passage I’ll read aloud513 AcrossReveal answer → Book of maps513 AcrossReveal answer → Surpass514 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing314 AcrossReveal answer → Telling a story to in bed?514 AcrossReveal answer → Entourage715 AcrossReveal answer → Say yes, the son’s rolling in money715 AcrossReveal answer → Hold, as you grapple with716 AcrossReveal answer → Box516 AcrossReveal answer → Immense716 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricated517 AcrossReveal answer → Man whose lemonade you’ll put the whisky in?517 AcrossReveal answer → Proportion518 AcrossReveal answer → The catalogue’s in the dining-room518 AcrossReveal answer → Plunderer819 AcrossReveal answer → The plant is left out unwrapped to get the sun520 AcrossReveal answer → Academy Award520 AcrossReveal answer → Braid521 AcrossReveal answer → Make redundant622 AcrossReveal answer → Though angry about, backed, too, and cheered on622 AcrossReveal answer → Colour623 AcrossReveal answer → Accompanied823 AcrossReveal answer → Providing transport sounds generous623 AcrossReveal answer → Attire524 AcrossReveal answer → Songs725 AcrossReveal answer → Claim to have put in the cupboard of725 AcrossReveal answer → Many-sided figure727 AcrossReveal answer → Search for and find the guard727 AcrossReveal answer → Skip327 AcrossReveal answer → Fantasies630 AcrossReveal answer → Is put off by the figure, which is silly630 AcrossReveal answer → Assert431 AcrossReveal answer → Three-legged stand631 AcrossReveal answer → As always, about to protect: think the world of631 AcrossReveal answer → The stage is set for the entrances532 AcrossReveal answer → Aquatic birds532 AcrossReveal answer → Heightened833 AcrossReveal answer → Stray334 AcrossReveal answer → With a big arm, hugging again535 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument535 AcrossReveal answer → Salver435 AcrossReveal answer → Spy on a man536 AcrossReveal answer → Additional536 AcrossReveal answer → Permit336 AcrossReveal answer → Number eighteen is well known737 AcrossReveal answer → Coupon737 AcrossReveal answer → Portion437 AcrossReveal answer → Continued to put money into the plant739 AcrossReveal answer → Lose hope739 AcrossReveal answer → Dealing with roughly541 AcrossReveal answer → Lustre541 AcrossReveal answer → From a hundred, point fifty are outstandingly good542 AcrossReveal answer → Dentine from tusks542 AcrossReveal answer → Stopping from striking943 AcrossReveal answer → Practical method943 AcrossReveal answer → The best ship around? They really are funny!744 AcrossReveal answer → Lean or bony744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fakes, one assumes61 DownReveal answer → Dance drama61 DownReveal answer → Hostage82 DownReveal answer → Stupid Sherlock Holmes never was82 DownReveal answer → Cudgel42 DownReveal answer → Long car113 DownReveal answer → It should ensure delivery of the whole speech113 DownReveal answer → Rant43 DownReveal answer → Type of painting94 DownReveal answer → Impression of how it feels to be at sea in a storm?94 DownReveal answer → Embroil84 DownReveal answer → Void45 DownReveal answer → Improve75 DownReveal answer → Fruit dishes75 DownReveal answer → New56 DownReveal answer → Cathedral city106 DownReveal answer → Talking right through the film!106 DownReveal answer → Free37 DownReveal answer → Peruse47 DownReveal answer → One held the string, in the old days47 DownReveal answer → Wrong58 DownReveal answer → Skin decoration610 DownReveal answer → A lot to prepare for posting610 DownReveal answer → Word from initials711 DownReveal answer → Calling the embassy711 DownReveal answer → Velocity512 DownReveal answer → To cook, traps rain water612 DownReveal answer → Rest612 DownReveal answer → Shut513 DownReveal answer → Doze314 DownReveal answer → Lead515 DownReveal answer → Vacant517 DownReveal answer → Deal518 DownReveal answer → A cub - it is playing with a fawn719 DownReveal answer → Pudding ingredient719 DownReveal answer → Rebound820 DownReveal answer → Hide721 DownReveal answer → It’s agony for the poor tutor again721 DownReveal answer → Summit322 DownReveal answer → Suffer disaster, as do envelopes that open in transit1124 DownReveal answer → Greeting1124 DownReveal answer → Wanderer525 DownReveal answer → Alternative medicine1026 DownReveal answer → Don’t pay and don’t provide transport home from the station1026 DownReveal answer → Apologetic526 DownReveal answer → No singles at all - none928 DownReveal answer → Bizarre928 DownReveal answer → Genuine428 DownReveal answer → Say to the people turning it on729 DownReveal answer → Clothing729 DownReveal answer → Break429 DownReveal answer → Rip430 DownReveal answer → The sweet boy took us back first630 DownReveal answer → Ten years630 DownReveal answer → Not genuine832 DownReveal answer → Was ruffled, one understood832 DownReveal answer → Epoch332 DownReveal answer → To the reader, means “indeterminate periods of time”633 DownReveal answer → Homeless animals633 DownReveal answer → Chorus734 DownReveal answer → Order, for the chap, fruit734 DownReveal answer → Hubble-bubble638 DownReveal answer → Look good on you, when you get638 DownReveal answer → Inevitable, all right440 DownReveal answer → Outbuilding440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 23, 2018. 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.