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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
TolerateENDURE6Across1 The look of a light-hearted lad who's lost a lotGLANCE6Across4 French brandyCOGNAC6Across4 CompetentABLE4Across5 Standard machine for racing?STOCKCAR8Across7 Mexican pancakeTORTILLA8Across7 Flighty fellows?AIRMEN6Across8 Frozen spikeICICLE6Across8 DisparageDECRY5Across8 SilentMUM3Across9 Door lockLATCH5Across10 FashionableCHIC4Across10 Deliveries perhaps limited one dayOVERS5Across10 ExcursionTRIP4Across11 PeerNOBLE5Across12 PokePROD4Across13 In different ways, they are accommodatingINNS4Across13 StaggerTOTTER6Across13 ResoundECHO4Across14 One revealing some talent for writing?TALE4Across14 Boundaries batsmen may changeENDS4Across15 CourtsWOOS4Across15 Young foxCUB3Across16 The chap I'm at the hotel withHIM3Across16 InformTELL4Across16 Unfairness at bowls?BIAS4Across17 Complain bitterlyRAIL4Across17 StaunchSTEM4Across18 DebatableMOOT4Across19 Help someone in a bad wayABET4Across19 SummitTOP3Across20 RiskyDANGEROUS9Across21 A smuggler with more than two armsGUNRUNNER9Across21 ObserveSEE3Across22 Ring of lightHALO4Across23 Don't bolt them!NUTS4Across23 AmountSUM3Across23 Though false, they possibly have value in IsleworthLIES4Across24 ThoroughfareLANE4Across24 PriceCOST4Across24 TreatyPACT4Across25 To many, a comic catTOM3Across26 Heavy-heartedSAD3Across26 Knock around the railhead in a carriageTRAP4Across27 Peruse writingREAD4Across27 WoodTIMBER6Across28 The damaged part looks very red, outwardlyEDAM4Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 SpearLANCE5Across30 Noble disheartened saintPEER4Across32 DesireWANT4Across32 FuelCOAL4Across32 Degree of advancement in the histrionic artSTAGE5Across33 JobTASK4Across33 Groom's partnerBRIDE5Across33 It's used in bending the elbowBICEPS6Across34 DevilIMP3Across34 Utters wordsSPEAKS6Across34 Thanks to the use of flutes, beautifully harmoniousTASTEFUL8Across35 GuideSTEER5Across35 Move in wavesUNDULATE8Across35 Insecticide used by ridersDERRIS6Across36 ObligationDUTY4Across36 River crossingBRIDGE6Across36 MendicantBEGGAR6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not freshSTALE5Down1 HatredENMITY6Down1 A place in Nova ScotiaASCOT5Down1 RelegationDEMOTION8Down2 VeracityTRUTH5Down2 Tale of ultimate passion and wild loveNOVEL5Down2 Runners able to kiss?SKIS4Down3 Mackerel, e.g.FISH4Down3 FireworkROCKET6Down3 Fine but sad end for a little old ladyGRAND5Down4 Egypt's capitalCAIRO5Down4 RememberRECOLLECT9Down4 SimpleARTLESS7Down5 NetworkGRID4Down5 Tunes whose arrangement can bring hearty praiseAIRS4Down5 CowshedBYRE4Down6 It's on the cards, we believeCREDIT6Down6 NearlyALLBUT6Down6 NoticeESPY4Down7 NoiseDIN3Down8 UniverseCOSMOS6Down9 Maybe Annie's crazyINSANE6Down9 ExpertACE3Down11 Vessel tax?VAT3Down11 Deny being a crazy brute!REBUT5Down12 ColourCORAL5Down12 All alone, Ali runs wild!INSULAR7Down13 Weasel-like mammalPOLECAT7Down13 ReveredRESPECTED9Down14 ToupeeWIG3Down15 JewelGEM3Down15 The Archers have at least one listener!EAR3Down15 LettuceCOS3Down16 Washerwoman? Not she!HER3Down16 MeadowLEA3Down17 How soldiers march on footINSTEP6Down18 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Down18 FallingTUMBLING8Down19 Place to be surroundedBESET5Down20 BrownTAN3Down20 ExternalOUTER5Down20 Some legumes in the mouth, aptly enoughGUM3Down21 FatherDAD3Down21 PunishmentPENALTY7Down21 A drink and a biteNIP3Down22 Metal stickROD3Down22 Remark that the water isn't hardNOTICE6Down23 Picnic basketHAMPER6Down23 OfferBID3Down25 Drinking bout in a carJAG3Down25 AmuseTICKLE6Down26 DecentPROPER6Down27 FollowENSUE5Down28 Stops working when endless stress seems terribleRESTS5Down28 FrozenICED4Down29 Having a day out, being very noisy is sillyDAFFY5Down30 FinalLAST4Down30 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Down30 Native American tentTEPEE5Down31 SpikeEAR3Down31 They nourish, yet leave me also lovelessMEALS5Down31 What a disheartened pedlar has to eat?PEAR4Down32 Magician's stickWAND4Down32 He can always get Beethoven's fifth on the radioSETH4Down33 Boxing matchBOUT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 23, 2023. 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.