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Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
Sustain attempts to avoid relegationKEEPUP6Across1 PrattleBABBLE6Across1 TakeACCEPT6Across1 YapYELP4Across5 When I get beaten hollow with a club, it's not on purposeACCIDENT8Across7 JournalistREPORTER8Across7 The West Indies have ways to get victoriesWINS4Across8 EmployerBOSS4Across8 ShroudCOVER5Across8 ManageRUN3Across9 CheerfulBLITHE6Across10 On paper, does it give you an allowance?PERMIT6Across10 MiddayNOON4Across10 DesignateDENOTE6Across11 Something said about a blemishREMARK6Across11 SoonANON4Across11 FrightenSCARE5Across12 AnewAFRESH6Across13 Sheltered sideLEE3Across14 It can easily get out of handEEL3Across14 LearnHEAR4Across16 In a way, she's like a sultanaRANEE5Across16 Call onVISIT5Across16 EyeOGLE4Across17 It's tough outside!RIND4Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 Such English is thus written by an educated personBASIC5Across19 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across19 DeedACT3Across20 Brown looks awfully good in something greenSEPIA5Across21 OrganLIVER5Across21 TransgressSIN3Across22 The man run outPETER5Across22 FilletedBONED5Across22 The wheel is of hard wood!HELM4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 YearnPINE4Across23 LocationSITE4Across24 ThoughtIDEA4Across25 DistressedUPSET5Across26 Poles are capable of catching you!SNARE5Across26 ContainerJAR3Across28 UndressDIVEST6Across28 Charge gunners a lot!RAM3Across28 BeliefsTENETS6Across29 Where, in Ireland, anybody can have a tryTYRONE6Across29 Car shedGARAGE6Across30 In the RAF, most of them can't flyAIRMEN6Across30 BestCREAM5Across30 Thus, on half days, one gets a drinkSODA4Across31 Prayer endingAMEN4Across31 See a chap angle for a water creatureCRAYFISH8Across32 Large retail storeEMPORIUM8Across32 CeilingROOF4Across32 SideTEAM4Across33 ThingENTITY6Across33 One strongly drawn to the Union cause?YANKEE6Across33 ImitateAPE3Across34 QuiltDUVET5Across35 FightDUEL4Across36 CoinINVENT6Across37

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AntennaAERIAL6Down1 BlunderBOOBOO6Down1 One is unconscious of being of consuming interestKIPPER6Down1 Baby's shoeBOOTEE6Down2 Prepared to be demure with a boyPRIMED6Down2 BargainCONTRACT8Down2 GaelicERSE4Down3 Father's the titular head no longerPAST4Down3 PenalisePUNISH6Down3 StillHOWEVER7Down4 TroubledCONCERNED9Down4 Place of exile, yes, for a Soviet head of secret policeSIBERIA7Down4 Started with a bang, perhaps, out EastBEGAN5Down5 CharacterETHOS5Down5 LongedYEARNED7Down5 Sea eagleERNE4Down6 An edition of Keats? You bet!STAKE5Down6 WelcomeGREET5Down6 GaspPANT4Down7 Lawrence's bird?WREN4Down8 LettuceCOS3Down8 BeakBILL4Down8 Female personSHE3Down9 There's nothing in backing a noviceNIL3Down9 NothingNIL3Down12 Master chef, initially, a ScotMAC3Down12 CoordinateTIEIN5Down13 For coppers to stagger around is a repulsive thing to do!REPEL5Down13 WaveredHESITATED9Down14 LidCOVER5Down15 MarshlandFEN3Down15 Can one give thanks by burning it?TAPER5Down15 HelpAID3Down17 ComplaintGRIPE5Down18 Mockery is hard on a youth leaderIRONY5Down18 To be starting trouble is a chancy thingBET3Down19 RacketDIN3Down19 DeputyDELEGATE8Down19 His pupils wouldn't miss himSIR3Down20 MarryWED3Down20 PointAIM3Down20 Said goodbye to a person understood to be badSEENOFF7Down21 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Down21 WeepyTEARFUL7Down21 Favouring a job in public relationsPRO3Down22 InsectBEE3Down22 Mother or fatherPARENT6Down23 Get tough!HARDEN6Down23 She takes me back to mumEMMA4Down24 CountryIRAN4Down24 Threaten people with a 'fine'MENACE6Down25 VigourENERGY6Down25 AviatorsAIRMEN6Down26 CompleteUTTER5Down26 Be loyal to one's staff?STICK5Down26 ThoroughfareSTREET6Down27 BreaksSNAPS5Down27 Territories that remain Anglo-SaxonAREAS5Down27 Cypriot city, in short?RIO3Down28 Fruit preserveJAM3Down28 GratingGRID4Down29 Pallid, but able to take a shot?ASHY4Down30 CipherCODE4Down30 MatchGAME4Down30 EncounteredMET3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 24, 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.