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Evening Standard Crossword February 25 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 25 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
ObserveWATCH5Across3 Frightened as we hurtled towards the vehicleAWESTRUCK9Across9 SaveREDEEM6Across9 ConfessionADMISSION9Across9 BirdPARTRIDGE9Across10 StartOUTSET6Across10 Telling how the island fell back into turmoilNARRATION9Across10 DullardDUNCE5Across11 AlwaysEVER4Across12 Therefore, having an identical twin is not badSOSO4Across12 CavityHOLE4Across12 For buffets in the mess, arranged it as the centrepieceSMITES6Across13 StressACCENT6Across13 Favouring, as we somehow anticipatedFORESAW7Across14 RemoteDISTANT7Across14 YieldCEDE4Across15 CarryTRANSPORT9Across15 Does he not allow cash when you pay for drinks?BARTENDER9Across15 ImaginaryFICTIONAL9Across17 DiminishedREDUCED7Across17 Churned up for a time, turn blue, though choppyTURBULENT9Across17 Once summoned to appear at the court, is keyed-upEXCITED7Across18 TravestyCHARADE7Across18 CakeECLAIR6Across19 There’s no more? That’s a bit much!THEEND6Across19 PinchNIP3Across20 HerbMINT4Across20 The child, I note, is smartCHIC4Across20 OutcomingDEBUT5Across21 DogCHIHUAHUA9Across23 A charge sheet?PRICELIST9Across23 PaceSTEP4Across23 Exaggerates how Rover damaged the seat jumping on itOVERRATES9Across25 JoinedCONNECTED9Across25 HaulDRAG4Across25 Came by to return a garmentTOGA4Across26 RowLINE4Across26 ShaverRAZOR5Across26 SpanBRIDGE6Across27 Think the notice outside made you laughAMUSED6Across27 IntimidateCOW3Across28 Fresh when we land, I being in a state of collapseNEWLAID7Across29 OuthousesSTABLES7Across29 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across30 RememberRECOLLECT9Across32 An awful chore, dressing the star dancer and musiciansORCHESTRA9Across32 AfreshANEW4Across33 DisgustingREPULSIVE9Across34 Does it make everything sweet and clean?SUGARSOAP9Across34 StumbledTRIPPED7Across35 By which the man won the “Best Beard” competition?WHISKER7Across35 DomesticatedTAME4Across35 LeafPETAL5Across36 WheelCASTOR6Across36 Settles for “Having no head for air travel”LIGHTS6Across36 WarmthHEAT4Across37 In port, confess to being a smugglerIRUN4Across37 RushCAREER6Across38 CopyREPRODUCE9Across38 And turned, somehow, overREDUNDANT9Across38 SightSPECTACLE9Across39 ElfGOBLIN6Across39 Not enough excuse for not being good at basketball?TOOLITTLE9Across39 RenovateRENEW5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Could be worse - not a road-hogPASSABLE8Down1 PitifulPATHETIC8Down1 CommandORDER5Down1 MergerAMALGAMATION12Down2 Begins - telling jokes?GETSCRACKING12Down2 BorderedEDGED5Down2 RevealDISCLOSE8Down3 Not in the mood to get the duet transcribedOUTMODED8Down3 MarryWED3Down3 EngrossedINTENT6Down4 Takes off right after the gliderSKATER6Down4 EntertainedAMUSED6Down4 FowlCOCK4Down5 MaliciousSPITEFUL8Down5 Before I put in the liqueurANISETTE8Down5 ColourHUE3Down6 Such shares as you’d buy if given a choice?PREFERENCE10Down6 ManufacturePRODUCTION10Down6 PaleASHEN5Down7 It lessens the shockHAIRCUT7Down7 SevereDRASTIC7Down7 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down8 How quickly it was conveyed that both were right?INTWOTICKS10Down8 AiredVENTILATED10Down8 Children copyISSUE5Down11 SketchedDRAWN5Down11 AccountVERSION7Down13 SovereignRULER5Down14 SketchDIAGRAM7Down16 StandingSTATUS6Down16 It means you’re not debarred from having foodENTREE6Down16 FiendDEMON5Down18 A nip from a nipperTOT3Down19 ShootBUD3Down19 AgeERA3Down19 Is everyone betting on its making money for the Indian restaurant?HOTFAVOURITE12Down21 InformationINTELLIGENCE12Down21 FishTROUT5Down22 He’s describing the storage compartmentDRAWER6Down22 HappenBEFALL6Down22 SopranoCOLORATURA10Down23 Propose you make it earlierPUTFORWARD10Down23 Discarnate, but that’s unimportantIMMATERIAL10Down24 WagesPAY3Down24 TerribleHORRENDOUS10Down24 The ex is no longer in her primeOLD3Down25 SignalCUE3Down25 DevastateRAVAGE6Down27 CaptureCATCH5Down28 DiscernedDETECTED8Down28 Everybody goes round for foodSHALLOTS8Down28 No people, for instance, will enter itNEGATION8Down29 EerieWEIRD5Down29 ImaginedSUPPOSED8Down29 Was supported by and counted onDEPENDED8Down30 FlowerSWEETPEA8Down30 RecoverRALLY5Down31 Thinks it’s a calculatorRECKONS7Down31 DonsSLIPSON7Down31 InclinedLEANT5Down32 BrittleCRISP5Down33 Seemed unhappy when one calledCRIED5Down33 Sees and insults the Latin enteringSIGHTS6Down34 OpposeRESIST6Down34 PresentHERE4Down34 ThroughPER3Down36 MooLOW3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 25, 2022. 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.