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Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2018 answers. The Monday 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#
QuickRAPID5Across3 High pressure infatuationCRUSH5Across3 FatherPATER5Across4 MeddleTAMPER6Across7 Quick with the cashREADY5Across8 AmidAMONG5Across8 LabelTAB3Across9 InsaneMAD3Across10 At no timeNEVER5Across10 Language of many, in the endTAMIL5Across10 Barely discernible Roman numeralsDIM3Across11 Flying mammalBAT3Across11 Favourite name for a botanical partPETAL5Across12 RuleREIGN5Across12 MinimumLEAST5Across12 JudgeDEEM4Across13 All I cry out is ecstaticLYRICAL7Across13 ShortageDEFICIT7Across13 Pontoon bridge componentsGAMES5Across15 LukewarmTEPID5Across15 MatchVESTA5Across15 StripDIVEST6Across17 He may give the mayor a bit of a turnROY3Across18 ContainerCAN3Across18 A game to leap around inPELOTA6Across19 MasculineMALE4Across19 Scold harshlyBERATE6Across19 FatOBESE5Across20 Allow to escapeLETSLIP7Across21 Wasted time while the whole lot faded outDALLIED7Across21 Long timeAGES4Across22 Make hale, possiblyHEAL4Across22 PullTOW3Across22 Trade in decimal fractionsDEAL4Across23 Maori war chantHAKA4Across23 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Across24 StreakedSTRIPED7Across24 What the captain did to a row of soldiers was annoyingRANKLED7Across24 PressedIRONED6Across26 Teased or deceived some poor fishCODDED6Across26 AwayOUT3Across27 Bear-catPANDA5Across28 TupRAM3Across29 A certain amount of passion, but not much substanceION3Across29 In Greater London, the place for hotheaded 'yes' votersHAYES5Across31 Ridges of sandDUNES5Across31 PrejudiceBIAS4Across31 Land changed into seaESTONIA7Across32 PoisonARSENIC7Across32 SheenLUSTRE6Across33 BitPIECE5Across34 The Beethoven piece that starts Handelian?FIFTH5Across34 Brown in an instantTAN3Across35 RendRIP3Across35 CogsTEETH5Across35 Better, albeit exceptionally crudeCURED5Across36 TreeCEDAR5Across36 Maggie, possibly hard-boiled at heartPEGGY5Across37 Young dogPUPPY5Across37 SpikeNAIL4Across37 FinishedENDED5Across38 PriseLEVER5Across38 Checks on the horseREINS5Across38 FishEEL3Across39 EpochAGE3Across41 TraderDEALER6Across42 VerilyTRULY5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A colourful though unoriginal thing to doREDYE5Down1 Fossil resinAMBER5Down1 AtelierSTUDIO6Down1 Maybe I'd alarm this officerADMIRAL7Down2 TemptsENTICES7Down2 HamperIMPEDE6Down2 EdgeHEM3Down3 Assist in a crimeABET4Down4 PortionPART4Down4 'Swim' used by an angler?REEL4Down4 AbreastABEAM5Down5 Foot partINSTEP6Down5 Put on new gates at the end of the roadSTAGED6Down5 OverwhelmedENGULFED8Down6 Henry has only a pound for meatHALAL5Down6 DiscourageDETER5Down6 Hold firmly that I have to be in the rightRIVET5Down7 DeserveMERIT5Down7 RantRAVE4Down8 DoltOAF3Down9 Music we all needAIR3Down9 PennilessDESTITUTE9Down11 Burden of remuneration for cargo?PAYLOAD7Down12 FlaxseedLINSEED7Down12 FelineCAT3Down14 OverlookMISS4Down14 Pass as an officerCOL3Down14 CeaseSTOP4Down16 In demolishing the dome, figure to be emotionally affectedMOVED5Down16 HeathenPAGAN5Down16 She opens shops with one assistantSALLY5Down17 RotDECAY5Down17 BanVETO4Down18 Hungry for a little kiss?PECKISH7Down19 Unusual, weirdBIZARRE7Down19 A choice questionWHICH5Down20 Of rabiesRABID5Down20 He looks just fineDANDY5Down21 NoviceBEGINNER8Down21 FruitLEMON5Down21 CriedWEPT4Down23 Baseball termHOMERUN7Down23 Indicates that D and E come before F and G, sayDENOTES7Down23 Have presidential occupation?RESIDE6Down24 Wish forDESIRE6Down24 ControlRULE4Down25 A great deal of clothingLOT3Down25 FuelGAS3Down25 SewDARN4Down26 An old rope productOAKUM5Down27 Indian monetary unitRUPEE5Down27 Put off, being fed up to the bitter endDEFER5Down28 Asian kingdomNEPAL5Down28 AlmostNEARLY6Down29 DecoyALLURE6Down30 Large animalHIPPO5Down30 One wildly and doggedly doing wrong?DINGO5Down30 FilchSTEAL5Down32 Where a noted lot get educatedETON4Down32 Skin problemACNE4Down32 Talk out of turn again?NAG3Down33 PinchNIP3Down33 HutSHED4Down34 NervousEDGY4Down36 MeadowLEA3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 26, 2018. 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.