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Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 23 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
ClosedSHUT4Across1 StrikeHIT3Across4 CraftyWILY4Across6 The remainder get the negotiated rise owing toRESIDUE7Across8 Lorry driverHAULIER7Across8 Earth-moving machineBULLDOZER9Across9 MineralORE3Across9 In the clue for “newt” made a mistakeWENTWRONG9Across9 PledgedPROMISED8Across10 PeruseREAD4Across11 It’s a dog’s name? Right again!ROVER5Across13 Main arteryAORTA5Across13 AngryIRATE5Across14 ObscureDIM3Across14 Sowing delicacy, pay forTREAT5Across14 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across15 For a model, is once enough?EXAMPLE7Across15 A job for the girl I have taken onMISSION7Across16 PrincipalCHIEF5Across16 RelatedKINDRED7Across16 Wallpaper adhesivePASTE5Across17 The hearts, for instance, one grillsPUMPS5Across17 Happen againRECUR5Across18 See it’s an eyesoreSIGHT5Across18 StressedEMPHATIC8Across19 A gesture I wouldn’t care to makeSHRUG5Across20 GemstoneTOPAZ5Across20 BowlBASIN5Across21 OvercastCLOUDY6Across22 Very fond of the box with the animal on the outsideDOTING6Across22 SlakeQUENCH6Across23 PurchaseLEVERAGE8Across23 “Disinclined to,” says the noteAVERSE6Across23 WitnessWATCH5Across24 SpireSTEEPLE7Across25 Find, when you disparageRUNDOWN7Across25 Put rightRECTIFY7Across27 Overall you have on to provide warmthBLANKET7Across27 TeaseRIB3Across27 SailorsSEAMEN6Across30 It’s a pain having to attach one piece to another!STITCH6Across30 TrickRUSE4Across31 Complete failureFIASCO6Across31 Impartially? Not veryFAIRLY6Across31 A light “The perfect partner”MATCH5Across32 FreightCARGO5Across32 FitELIGIBLE8Across33 ObserveSEE3Across34 Being fair, exonerateCLEAR5Across35 BisectHALVE5Across35 FeebleWEAK4Across35 Turn off north by the new tavernAVERT5Across36 DeduceINFER5Across36 AttemptTRY3Across36 Definite the police must go into actionDECIDED7Across37 Far-offDISTANT7Across37 MuddleMESS4Across37 Turns round to put back on the tableROTATES7Across39 Meeting recordsMINUTES7Across39 For a writer of old, a set-backAESOP5Across41 Spiny plantsCACTI5Across41 Italian ancestor found in the Atlantic, swimmingLATIN5Across42 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Across42 Not cracked - in fact, not harmed at allUNTOUCHED9Across43 VeryEXTREMELY9Across43 Got into a row for having invested inDRESSED7Across44 Persuade by flatteryWHEEDLE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Does, when one plays the first shotSERVES6Down1 Colony of rabbitsWARREN6Down1 Famous prisonALCATRAZ8Down2 Like the high-pitched sound of drilling?PIERCING8Down2 CastHURL4Down2 PublicationsPERIODICALS11Down3 Attributing to, when making a record ofPUTTINGDOWN11Down3 GraveTOMB4Down3 SupplantSUPERSEDE9Down4 Will try, having meant to give a whirl toTESTAMENT9Down4 InfirmaryHOSPITAL8Down4 NeatTIDY4Down5 BedcoverBLANKET7Down5 He doesn’t believe the heat is off, at firstATHEIST7Down5 ValueWORTH5Down6 Baby's outfitROMPERSUIT10Down6 With luck, by early evening recoups what was lostBREAKSEVEN10Down6 AngerIRE3Down7 Bill of fareMENU4Down7 What crack photographers do?SNAP4Down7 DepartLEAVE5Down8 Clothing itemJACKET6Down10 Parking among the vehicles, walksTRAMPS6Down10 Whaling spearHARPOON7Down11 Peter’s wrong about the lunchtime breakRESPITE7Down11 RenovateRENEW5Down12 Decide you’ll go to live inSETTLE6Down12 ScarcityDEARTH6Down12 OverturnUPSET5Down13 FishDAB3Down14 SkinflintMISER5Down15 PerfectIDEAL5Down17 SwiftFLEET5Down18 What the man with the concealed weapon was wearing?GARMENT7Down19 Type of treeCONIFER7Down19 CourtesyCIVILITY8Down20 Unsuspected difficultyPITFALL7Down21 At home, gets in the way of one’s usual procedureROUTINE7Down21 BeakNEB3Down22 Contributed to, when one joined the castPLAYEDAPART11Down24 ClairvoyanceSECONDSIGHT11Down24 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 SimpleELEMENTARY10Down26 A medal to brighten up that dull uniform?DECORATION10Down26 ImpudenceCHEEK5Down26 Unmasked, is brazenBAREFACED9Down28 HardDIFFICULT9Down28 ChairSEAT4Down28 Kick for the matchPROTEST7Down29 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down29 SteadyFIRM4Down29 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down30 It’s safe to come bySECURE6Down30 Systematic planSCHEME6Down30 ClientCUSTOMER8Down32 And certainly not greatly reducedMUCHLESS8Down32 OceanSEA3Down32 Covering over with the whitewash, perhapsHIDING6Down33 ExcursionOUTING6Down33 CharmingWINSOME7Down34 Comb you rushed to the bag to getRANSACK7Down34 African countryANGOLA6Down38 Can’t decide if I should get the doctor roundDITHER6Down38 An air of great wealth, for a startTUNE4Down40 Immediately followingNEXT4Down40

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