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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
MonthMARCH5Across1 Cute rhyme for 'banana,' sayFRUIT5Across1 ReelSPOOL5Across3 Provides cash for designsLENDS5Across6 PerchROOST5Across6 Kevin plays broken cornets!COSTNER7Across9 ClergymanRECTOR6Across9 European countryAUSTRIA7Across9 Statuesque fellow?OSCAR5Across10 ManlyVIRILE6Across10 IncorrectWRONG5Across10 Ties up in changing roomsMOORS5Across11 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Across11 PrincipleTENET5Across11 Vehicles for art, perhaps, and writingTRAMS5Across12 FeverAGUE4Across12 AngerWRATH5Across12 Girl's nameNATALIE7Across13 Father of Juliet and maybe Paul, etc.CAPULET7Across13 ExistenceLIFE4Across15 Girl from East VirginiaEVA3Across15 Spider's trapWEB3Across15 What a pity it's in Alaska!ALAS4Across17 Norse godODIN4Across17 DiscussedDEBATED7Across17 UselessFUTILE6Across18 Jack makes them apt to fold sharply!KNIVES6Across18 Wild time with a fatheaded swimmerFLING5Across19 Runs awayFLEES5Across19 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Across20 EachALL3Across20 What a former president would cry out in surprise?CRIKEY6Across20 InstructTEACH5Across21 A pool in the canteenANTE4Across22 LakeMERE4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across23 Needs to make a bit of cash!HAS3Across24 PossessedHAD3Across24 PlaceDEPOSIT7Across25 OrientEAST4Across25 Broadcast a silly scare about a raceSCATTER7Across25 CouchDIVAN5Across26 Scornful expressionSNEER5Across26 Stay with a walking companionSTICK5Across26 FuriousLIVID5Across27 To cry as a girlTOYAH5Across27 A piece of cakeCINCH5Across28 ExplosivesBOMBS5Across28 RotterCAD3Across28 Nasty noisy rebuke or scoldingFEARFUL7Across29 ScoldsREBUKES7Across29 Flying log?CABER5Across30 AbsoluteSHEER5Across30 EbbedRECEDED7Across30 LittleTEENY5Across31 The American father is very softPAPPY5Across31 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across33 FrightenALARM5Across36 MaintainINSIST6Across38 FestivalEASTER6Across39 RepentantSORRY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TrampleTREAD5Down1 OverseasABROAD6Down2 ScourSCRUB5Down2 Shut up again about an animalRESEAL6Down2 Classic high flier who came unstuckICARUS6Down3 DrunkardSOT3Down3 DanceCANCAN6Down3 Hill has to start racingTOR3Down4 PreadjustedPRESET6Down4 EmbraceHUG3Down4 FinishedOVER4Down5 Jump at the sound of a pistol?START5Down5 GazeSTARE5Down5 IlluminatedLIT3Down6 One of the migrant mob that mingle madly around MineheadLEMMING7Down6 UnrulyRIOTOUS7Down6 ShinboneTIBIA5Down7 CurseOATH4Down7 Rose, shuffling around in Piccadilly CircusEROS4Down7 Israeli currencySHEKEL6Down8 SpreeREVEL5Down8 Obtain, only to thrust out of the way!DERIVE6Down8 Not complete home entertainmentTELLY5Down12 ExerciseWIELD5Down12 WidespreadGENERAL7Down13 A trick that can get a man dismissedCATCH5Down13 Compass pointNORTH5Down13 RelaxedEASED5Down14 Is after standard capitalPARIS5Down14 TimorousTIMID5Down14 It happens to have a key-holeEVENT5Down15 SpousesWIVES5Down15 AttackBESET5Down16 A boaster's bloomerASTER5Down16 ComplimentFLATTER7Down16 AgueFEVER5Down18 PreventDEBAR5Down18 Adversely criticise an inningsKNOCK5Down18 ExpertACE3Down19 FailFOUNDER7Down19 Though ticklish, perhaps, can be taken lightlyFEATHER7Down19 Pungent rootRADISH6Down21 In song, a girl or a man perhapsRAMONA6Down21 Devastating fellow said to be a farmerATTILA6Down22 SeraglioHAREM5Down22 SulkyMOROSE6Down22 Vessel '13 Across' possibly hasn't leftTEACUP6Down23 Strip of fabricRIBBON6Down23 PinchNIP3Down24 ObjectDEMUR5Down25 Get runs with a cut?SCORE5Down25 FatherSIRE4Down26 Box without riskSAFE4Down26 CloserNEARER6Down27 After several ties, it may actually be wonCUP3Down28 WagerBET3Down28 HutCABIN5Down28 FlowerDAISY5Down29 DemiseDEATH5Down31 DisparageDECRY5Down32 SingerALTO4Down34 DonkeyASS3Down36 MonthMAY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. 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.