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Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 24 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
Is going back East, perhaps, for a restSIESTA6Across1 Fleet of shipsARMADA6Across1 ConflictSTRIFE6Across1 TreadSTEP4Across5 Became united in serviceJOINEDUP8Across7 PunishDEALWITH8Across7 Dad's doublePAPA4Across8 Hospital roomWARD4Across8 ProfundityDEPTH5Across8 AsternAFT3Across9 Counting frameABACUS6Across10 A wordy beginningPREFIX6Across10 BootyLOOT4Across10 Defeated competitorsLOSERS6Across11 Did he make his name by getting in a rut?RUPERT6Across11 DestroyRUIN4Across11 ShyTIMID5Across12 EpicHEROIC6Across13 Pen partNIB3Across14 Unusually fat at the rearAFT3Across14 VentPORE4Across16 In a way, roses can hurt!SORES5Across16 Employs for wagesHIRES5Across16 InfoDATA4Across17 She appears in a novel sagaELSA4Across17 DischargeEMIT4Across18 Given a second occupationRELET5Across19 Cause the ruin ofDOFOR5Across19 CotBED3Across20 Made a short cut across the lawnMOWED5Across21 Drying clothTOWEL5Across21 SisterNUN3Across22 Took up arms with the boysSIDED5Across22 TendonSINEW5Across22 Annual decreaseFALL4Across23 TrailDOG3Across23 BygonePAST4Across23 DiscourteousRUDE4Across24 AdornDECK4Across25 TimorousTIMID5Across26 Stain removal from fabricSATIN5Across26 Petty lieFIB3Across28 WeirdlyEERILY6Across28 Wherein wine bottles can get dusty?BIN3Across28 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 Get hold of some chicksCLUTCH6Across29 ChooseSELECT6Across30 Not the only one in the soup!LENTIL6Across30 CollapseSLUMP5Across30 An altogether singular basketful?EGGS4Across31 InformTELL4Across31 At the seafront centre, admitting looking dissatisfiedFROWNING8Across32 StretchELONGATE8Across32 FeteGALA4Across32 MiddayNOON4Across33 Looking glassMIRROR6Across33 Discovered how to make licentious love in a couple of letters!SOLVED6Across33 FussADO3Across34 IrritatedIRKED5Across35 VictimDUPE4Across36 MaintainALLEGE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WrapSWATHE6Down1 FrightenedAFRAID6Down1 Exemplary politician in a Northern townSAMPLE6Down1 Shrub or small treeACACIA6Down2 Where insular Scots can move fast at half fare?STAFFA6Down2 DelayedRETARDED8Down2 AppendsADDS4Down3 Poetically, he indicated a yes with a kissAJAX4Down3 IncentiveFILLIP6Down3 BoozeALCOHOL7Down4 ReserveRETICENCE9Down4 Introduced a safety device amid chaotic dinINFUSED7Down4 Summer snake?ADDER5Down5 FrogmanDIVER5Down5 StreakedSTRIPED7Down5 BumpTHUD4Down6 Notices in placesSPOTS5Down6 Board gameCHESS5Down6 LongPINE4Down7 Wild apes can be identical twins!PEAS4Down8 SpeckDOT3Down8 DesireWANT4Down8 ChafeRUB3Down9 A stone mine?PIT3Down9 Knight's titleSIR3Down12 Take a shot at a trophyPOT3Down12 Peruses writingREADS5Down13 Be repulsive as you stagger round the pianoREPEL5Down13 DoomedCONDEMNED9Down14 CringeCOWER5Down15 LargeBIG3Down15 Hebrew, to the Spanish, is a treasureJEWEL5Down15 RegretRUE3Down17 PungentACRID5Down18 Nearest thing to a boozerLOCAL5Down18 Stick usable as a perch, onceROD3Down19 Put onDON3Down19 ActuateMOTIVATE8Down19 Guided, as by a little red light maybeLED3Down20 Hardly anyFEW3Down20 CoachBUS3Down20 Cutting up words, perhaps?MINCING7Down21 NewsTIDINGS7Down21 AverDECLARE7Down21 In a state of lassitude, take a restSIT3Down22 TransgressionSIN3Down22 Supporting columnPILLAR6Down23 Cave man who got a duplicated letter from Fine GaelFINGAL6Down23 Busy workers' degree of instant successANTS4Down24 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 Given fifty quid in dole, perhaps, took it easyLOLLED6Down25 Walk unsteadilyTOTTER6Down25 DoghouseKENNEL6Down26 StoriesTALES5Down26 Abrade the cuffs?SCUFF5Down26 PastBYGONE6Down27 EngineMOTOR5Down27 Teacher organised a tour to central AustriaTUTOR5Down27 Be good at getting almsBEG3Down28 ChargeFEE3Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 Eleven parts of a relay race?LEGS4Down30 MistakeSLIP4Down30 Plant partSTEM4Down30 Seed-vesselPOD3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 24, 2025. 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.