Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 23 2024. 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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Closed41 AcrossReveal answer → Strike34 AcrossReveal answer → Crafty46 AcrossReveal answer → The remainder get the negotiated rise owing to78 AcrossReveal answer → Lorry driver78 AcrossReveal answer → Earth-moving machine99 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral39 AcrossReveal answer → In the clue for “newt” made a mistake99 AcrossReveal answer → Pledged810 AcrossReveal answer → Peruse411 AcrossReveal answer → It’s a dog’s name? Right again!513 AcrossReveal answer → Main artery513 AcrossReveal answer → Angry514 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure314 AcrossReveal answer → Sowing delicacy, pay for514 AcrossReveal answer → Planet715 AcrossReveal answer → For a model, is once enough?715 AcrossReveal answer → A job for the girl I have taken on716 AcrossReveal answer → Principal516 AcrossReveal answer → Related716 AcrossReveal answer → Wallpaper adhesive517 AcrossReveal answer → The hearts, for instance, one grills517 AcrossReveal answer → Happen again518 AcrossReveal answer → See it’s an eyesore518 AcrossReveal answer → Stressed819 AcrossReveal answer → A gesture I wouldn’t care to make520 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone520 AcrossReveal answer → Bowl521 AcrossReveal answer → Overcast622 AcrossReveal answer → Very fond of the box with the animal on the outside622 AcrossReveal answer → Slake623 AcrossReveal answer → Purchase823 AcrossReveal answer → “Disinclined to,” says the note623 AcrossReveal answer → Witness524 AcrossReveal answer → Spire725 AcrossReveal answer → Find, when you disparage725 AcrossReveal answer → Put right727 AcrossReveal answer → Overall you have on to provide warmth727 AcrossReveal answer → Tease327 AcrossReveal answer → Sailors630 AcrossReveal answer → It’s a pain having to attach one piece to another!630 AcrossReveal answer → Trick431 AcrossReveal answer → Complete failure631 AcrossReveal answer → Impartially? Not very631 AcrossReveal answer → A light “The perfect partner”532 AcrossReveal answer → Freight532 AcrossReveal answer → Fit833 AcrossReveal answer → Observe334 AcrossReveal answer → Being fair, exonerate535 AcrossReveal answer → Bisect535 AcrossReveal answer → Feeble435 AcrossReveal answer → Turn off north by the new tavern536 AcrossReveal answer → Deduce536 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt336 AcrossReveal answer → Definite the police must go into action737 AcrossReveal answer → Far-off737 AcrossReveal answer → Muddle437 AcrossReveal answer → Turns round to put back on the table739 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting records739 AcrossReveal answer → For a writer of old, a set-back541 AcrossReveal answer → Spiny plants541 AcrossReveal answer → Italian ancestor found in the Atlantic, swimming542 AcrossReveal answer → Keyboard instrument542 AcrossReveal answer → Not cracked - in fact, not harmed at all943 AcrossReveal answer → Very943 AcrossReveal answer → Got into a row for having invested in744 AcrossReveal answer → Persuade by flattery744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Does, when one plays the first shot61 DownReveal answer → Colony of rabbits61 DownReveal answer → Famous prison82 DownReveal answer → Like the high-pitched sound of drilling?82 DownReveal answer → Cast42 DownReveal answer → Publications113 DownReveal answer → Attributing to, when making a record of113 DownReveal answer → Grave43 DownReveal answer → Supplant94 DownReveal answer → Will try, having meant to give a whirl to94 DownReveal answer → Infirmary84 DownReveal answer → Neat45 DownReveal answer → Bedcover75 DownReveal answer → He doesn’t believe the heat is off, at first75 DownReveal answer → Value56 DownReveal answer → Baby's outfit106 DownReveal answer → With luck, by early evening recoups what was lost106 DownReveal answer → Anger37 DownReveal answer → Bill of fare47 DownReveal answer → What crack photographers do?47 DownReveal answer → Depart58 DownReveal answer → Clothing item610 DownReveal answer → Parking among the vehicles, walks610 DownReveal answer → Whaling spear711 DownReveal answer → Peter’s wrong about the lunchtime break711 DownReveal answer → Renovate512 DownReveal answer → Decide you’ll go to live in612 DownReveal answer → Scarcity612 DownReveal answer → Overturn513 DownReveal answer → Fish314 DownReveal answer → Skinflint515 DownReveal answer → Perfect517 DownReveal answer → Swift518 DownReveal answer → What the man with the concealed weapon was wearing?719 DownReveal answer → Type of tree719 DownReveal answer → Courtesy820 DownReveal answer → Unsuspected difficulty721 DownReveal answer → At home, gets in the way of one’s usual procedure721 DownReveal answer → Beak322 DownReveal answer → Contributed to, when one joined the cast1124 DownReveal answer → Clairvoyance1124 DownReveal answer → Entertain525 DownReveal answer → Simple1026 DownReveal answer → A medal to brighten up that dull uniform?1026 DownReveal answer → Impudence526 DownReveal answer → Unmasked, is brazen928 DownReveal answer → Hard928 DownReveal answer → Chair428 DownReveal answer → Kick for the match729 DownReveal answer → Flightless bird729 DownReveal answer → Steady429 DownReveal answer → Unfortunately430 DownReveal answer → It’s safe to come by630 DownReveal answer → Systematic plan630 DownReveal answer → Client832 DownReveal answer → And certainly not greatly reduced832 DownReveal answer → Ocean332 DownReveal answer → Covering over with the whitewash, perhaps633 DownReveal answer → Excursion633 DownReveal answer → Charming734 DownReveal answer → Comb you rushed to the bag to get734 DownReveal answer → African country638 DownReveal answer → Can’t decide if I should get the doctor round638 DownReveal answer → An air of great wealth, for a start440 DownReveal answer → Immediately following440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 23, 2024. 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.