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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
TormentHARASS6Across1 Floor coveringCARPET6Across1 It's all over the floor in the carriage, darlingCARPET6Across1 RefuseLITTER6Across5 Creator of a hole in wrought ironINVENTOR8Across7 Until this timeHITHERTO8Across7 ViewPROSPECT8Across8 A round dance?BALL4Across8 FishTUNA4Across8 SagSINK4Across9 DolourSORROW6Across10 RodentRAT3Across10 Name the individual taken in by LilLIONEL6Across10 Don, let's sayASSUME6Across11 KidnapABDUCT6Across11 War-horseSTEED5Across12 All you need to get fixedSET3Across14 Wheat spikeEAR3Across14 TransgressSIN3Across15 Soup serverLADLE5Across16 Giant canned potato centreTITAN5Across16 SpoolREEL4Across17 Boring-toolAWL3Across17 It's right on the mapEAST4Across17 DecayROT3Across18 QuickRAPID5Across19 Piratical sea dog?ROVER5Across19 EntertainAMUSE5Across20 FittingAPT3Across21 TraitorJUDAS5Across21 Thus persuaded to get shoes mendedSOLED5Across21 ManagedRAN3Across22 CustomHABIT5Across22 Measure the big piece cut outCUBIT5Across22 One of the larger microbes?GERM4Across23 BygonePAST4Across23 SickenAIL3Across23 MethodWAY3Across24 As a jokeINFUN5Across26 GlimmerGLEAM5Across26 It's instrumental in making a moving stairSITAR5Across26 Holidaymakers may remember where its mouth isFAL3Across28 TwitchTIC3Across28 Something to take when you go swimming?PLUNGE6Across29 FinishEND3Across29 RankSTATUS6Across29 Payment, say, for including a popular pieceSALARY6Across30 PugilismBOXING6Across30 Get things smoothed out at the club?IRON4Across31 AmongAMID4Across31 Deceives the aged, we hear, being comfortedCONSOLED8Across32 UnusualABNORMAL8Across32 Judge to be a letter badly set by silly meESTEEM6Across33 StupefySTUN4Across33 Thing thrown by athletesDISCUS6Across33 TurningROTATION8Across34 DirtyGRUBBY6Across35 ThiefROBBER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PursuerCHASER6Down1 The coal miner's dog?COLLIE6Down1 ArteryAORTA5Down2 Not singularPLURAL6Down2 Mercury, for instancePLANET6Down2 TooALSO4Down3 MeltTHAW4Down3 Where to put the cash for having lit up LeatherheadTILL4Down3 French wineCHABLIS7Down4 Ate well, as in being honoured festivelyFEASTED7Down4 DulcetSWEET5Down4 HaughtyPROUD5Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down5 A strong porterSTOUT5Down5 JobTASK4Down6 Strong pointFORTE5Down6 There's a forest of it in WarwickshireARDEN5Down6 BoredomENNUI5Down7 Manager of an outstanding studBOSS4Down8 Elm, for exampleTREE4Down8 And notNOR3Down9 Rented for some little timeLET3Down9 RenovateRENEW5Down10 LingerTARRY5Down11 FatherDAD3Down12 JargonSLANG5Down12 Teacher sounds a bit uncertainSIR3Down12 TalonsCLAWS5Down13 Officially, he takes a month over a piece of workMAYOR5Down13 EvadeELUDE5Down13 VisionDREAM5Down14 MustySTALE5Down15 Lowest pointNADIR5Down15 This acid is a vitamin wrapped in foil with a bit of careFOLIC5Down15 FamousNOTED5Down16 When, annually, the interest charged is one pound?APRIL5Down18 HappeningEVENT5Down18 ChafeRUB3Down19 Steal from one's probation officerROB3Down19 Hit lightlyPAT3Down20 His patients never say a word!VET3Down20 MonthJANUARY7Down21 Does he rush ahead with an operation?SURGEON7Down21 CabinHUT3Down22 See a point if you're ableCAN3Down22 FairiesPIXIES6Down23 He's clumsy, but good with a new toolGALOOT6Down23 In Ireland, it means verveELAN4Down24 Corrosive substanceACID4Down24 May border on murder, apparently!MAYHEM6Down25 PantihoseTIGHTS6Down25 FollowingAFTER5Down25 Muslim religionISLAM5Down26 That filled up as an occupation?SPACE5Down26 Goes round providing entertainmentTURNS5Down27 SwoonFAINT5Down27 WagonLORRY5Down27 Male catTOM3Down28 PerformerACTOR5Down28 Much seen in association with RomeoFAR3Down28 The players' point of viewSIDE4Down30 LariatNOOSE5Down30 HairlessBALD4Down30 RebuffSNUB4Down31 KnifeSTAB4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. 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.