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Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2023 answers. The Friday 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#
RespondREACT5Across1 CountlessUNTOLD6Across5 JockeyRIDER5Across8 Accepted the position, as it happenedTOOKPLACE9Across9 LifelessINANIMATE9Across9 LoathsomeABHORRENT9Across10 CourteousURBANE6Across10 Has a flirtation - and doesn't stop at thatCARRIESON9Across10 FemaleGIRL4Across11 A teeny bit upset by the factsDATA4Across12 SqueakPIPE4Across12 AnimalFERRET6Across13 In its stead, I have fishPLAICE6Across13 StopsPULLSUP7Across14 MotorENGINE6Across14 What will it do if it catches a fly?SWALLOW7Across14 Slight possibility that you won't be working?OFFCHANCE9Across15 HeadingCAPTION7Across15 TouristSIGHTSEER9Across15 So is on the spot with the vanTHEREFORE9Across17 LizardCHAMELEON9Across17 Allows that one is in painSUFFERS7Across18 RelativesKIN3Across18 ErasesDELETES7Across18 Are these trainees little bounders?CADETS6Across19 RobsSTEALS6Across19 CurDOG3Across19 NoughtZERO4Across20 In English and French says "Revise it"EDIT4Across20 DeceasedDEAD4Across21 Submitted to the current editorPRESENTED9Across23 AugmentedINCREASED9Across23 AgueFEVER5Across23 AssistanceHELP4Across24 The meter he can do withoutDISPENSER9Across25 PerforatesPUNCTURES9Across25 It's not turning the key that makes the soundTONE4Across26 Lays outPAYS4Across26 GreetSALUTE6Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Briefed on the first dayPRIMED6Across27 DogWHIPPET7Across29 LubricateOIL3Across29 They warn us the lady's also backed into itHOOTERS7Across29 AheadLEADING7Across31 WoeSORROW6Across32 Neither do we gain by changing nationalityNORWEGIAN9Across32 DeridesRIDICULES9Across32 FactsDATA4Across34 Drive in FranceBOULEVARD9Across34 FruitTANGERINE9Across34 ComeARRIVE6Across35 Like the girl who's coming first in the charm competition?WINNING7Across35 Opposed toAGAINST7Across35 Moves quickly and tries to catch the ballSHOOTS6Across36 SawESPIED6Across36 AttemptSTAB4Across37 Flash a smileBEAM4Across37 ImplicatedCONCERNED9Across38 WorthVALUE5Across38 Make a copy for and make it smaller all roundREPRODUCE9Across38 Self-employedFREELANCE9Across39 Assume Daniel is working in the plantDANDELION9Across39 EraseDELETE6Across39 BorderedEDGED5Across40

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Working hard at the workshop ourselvesSTUDIOUS8Down1 InclinedDISPOSED8Down1 CarefreeHAPPYGOLUCKY12Down2 Ages of the tennis-playing mother and daughter?FORTYFIFTEEN12Down2 StrayERR3Down2 SlipshodCARELESS8Down3 Faults responsible for one's being ploughed in the exam?FAILINGS8Down3 CunningCRAFTY6Down3 FearTERROR6Down4 Give up work again: get fed up with itRETIRE6Down4 CanTIN3Down4 ImpelURGE4Down5 FragmentPARTICLE8Down5 Taken to be the done thingACCEPTED8Down5 CongestedTURGID6Down6 "Be a Gold-digger": an American brochurePROSPECTUS10Down6 DejectedCHAPFALLEN10Down6 GuardDEFEND6Down7 The awful pair returned, determined on becoming thievesPIRATES7Down7 CookedGRILLED7Down7 Have more sense than to become further acquainted withKNOWBETTER10Down8 WonderfulSTUPENDOUS10Down8 DecipheredDECODED7Down9 A number also being worried about multiple firingsSALVO5Down11 FollowENSUE5Down11 Writing-fluidINK3Down12 AncestryLINE4Down13 Having leant over, he had grabbed the fishHEELED6Down16 LaughTITTER6Down16 PainACHE4Down16 NewNOVEL5Down17 UnhappySAD3Down19 Fish caught do wriggleCOD3Down19 WidespreadGENERAL7Down20 Very loudEARSPLITTING12Down21 Frantic attempt made when a lot is hanging in the balance?DESPERATEBID12Down21 So be itAMEN4Down22 HitSTRIKE6Down22 Again forcing me to be aloofREMOTE6Down22 SignificanceIMPORTANCE10Down23 Very briefly, help with the compilation of the lexiconPUTINAWORD10Down23 QuietenedHUSHED6Down24 Proving, by the expulsion ofTURNINGOUT10Down24 DiseaseSCARLATINA10Down24 TartPIE3Down25 He's no good at reversing, eitherDUD3Down25 PeerLORD4Down25 CorsairPIRATE6Down26 WorshippedADORED6Down28 WobblyUNSTEADY8Down28 At home when the gentleman comes round: a politicianMINISTER8Down28 NomadWANDERER8Down29 Having passed over, going back to againHAUNTING8Down29 ShookTREMBLED8Down30 FateLOT3Down30 It ends stirringly, with me captured in the groundsSEDIMENT8Down30 By five one's in, cooking the meatVENISON7Down31 StudiedSCANNED7Down31 For the trip north, flyRUNUP5Down33 FlourishWAVE4Down33 HaggardDRAWN5Down33 InformationTIPOFF6Down34 Light left on, get into the unmade bedBLONDE6Down34 RegretRUE3Down36 StriveVIE3Down37

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