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Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Bullet that expandsDUMDUM6Across1 SecureSAFE4Across1 Forename for a school head and artist?SANDRA6Across1 DroopSAG3Across4 RodCANE4Across6 PuerileIMMATURE8Across7 Turn up with the cash, darling, and that will partly cover youPULLOVER8Across7 RingCIRCLE6Across8 A not exactly safe place for coffee?CAFE4Across8 Flying mammalsBATS4Across8 EastORIENT6Across9 RankROW3Across10 No amateur figures to be long-windedPROLIX6Across10 ToleratesABIDES6Across10 PowerfulPOTENT6Across11 Get the damaged boat inOBTAIN6Across11 EnlistENROL5Across12 MeadowLEA3Across14 Railway timetable extract?MET3Across14 TrivialPETTY5Across14 InaneSILLY5Across15 Fails to winLOSES5Across16 Bachelor embracing a girl before marriageBANNS5Across16 Behind the right earREAR4Across17 Hand partPALM4Across17 EbbRECEDE6Across18 One with news of a tame tiger?PAPER5Across19 Main drainSEWER5Across19 FlightESCAPE6Across20 A cheap drinkWATER5Across21 CavitiesHOLES5Across21 One flapping around the Rhone?HERON5Across22 Morocco’s capitalRABAT5Across22 Cultivate landFARM4Across23 Swimmer getting back in practiceCARP4Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across24 ExcludeDEBAR5Across26 BruteBEAST5Across26 Plenty of supportersPILES5Across26 Talk out of turn againNAG3Across28 SquanderWASTE5Across28 Teacher’s titleSIR3Across28 Only one club in a suit!HEARTS6Across29 ExcusedEXEMPT6Across29 EncounteredMET3Across30 Showing kindlinessBENIGN6Across30 Splendidly fly around, in a wayFINELY6Across30 Musical work, usually not AmericanOPUS4Across31 Heavy metalLEAD4Across31 A better lakeSUPERIOR8Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 Slow-moving creatureTORTOISE8Across32 Though not wise, the message may merit discussionTHEMES6Across33 EnquiringASKING6Across33 DolefulDREARY6Across33 DespatchedSENT4Across34 IlluminatedLIT3Across35 BoulderROCK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AbscondDECAMP6Down1 A meal goes down fine, gathered round the pianoSUPPER6Down1 ForeignerALIEN5Down2 In business, he’ll give a handDEALER6Down2 Royal crownDIADEM6Down2 Unmarried womanMISS4Down3 SurroundENCLOSE7Down3 Top in geometryAPEX4Down3 Cry about one’s flab?BLUBBER7Down4 ProphetSEER4Down4 WheedlesCAJOLES7Down4 IncreaseGROW4Down5 MelodiesTUNES5Down5 A road north associated with the birdsAVIAN5Down5 ScoldCHIDE5Down6 Does a smooth job, like JeremyIRONS5Down6 CultsSECTS5Down6 ContinuousNONSTOP7Down7 BeakBILL4Down8 In which to be unconscious of an optical fault?COMA4Down8 Light afternoon mealTEA3Down9 A leader of fashion gets it at the gym, perhapsFIT3Down9 LubricateOIL3Down11 Jack backs rate reductionTAR3Down12 StrayERR3Down12 HillTOR3Down12 Bring on what is able to become irremediable?INCUR5Down13 CoverLID3Down13 Not everNEVER5Down13 Hold upDELAY5Down15 Stick up some notable personageBATON5Down15 GuidedLED3Down16 StillYET3Down17 Is she from Sheffield?EFFIE5Down18 Add or attachANNEX5Down18 It’s usual to make dad ringleaderPAR3Down19 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 WeepSOB3Down19 A writer to shut up?PEN3Down20 MoistenWET3Down20 We get tough with a horse operaWESTERN7Down21 StitchSEW3Down21 Whaler’s spearHARPOON7Down21 BiscuitCRACKER7Down22 Male sheepRAM3Down22 Father’s girl?HER3Down22 Concluding partFINALE6Down23 But he didn’t rule the wavesCANUTE6Down23 WatchEYE3Down23 DryARID4Down24 Starts to seem old and somehow sageAGES4Down24 ApeMONKEY6Down25 On the quiet, yes, at certain points they receive moneyPAYEES6Down25 SheepEWE3Down25 New shape stagePHASE5Down26 End of lifeDEATH5Down26 FeatSTUNT5Down27 Man’s facial hairBEARD5Down27 If electric, 50 amperesLAMPS5Down27 ObserveSEE3Down28 What a pin-up might feel in the air?NIP3Down28 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down29 Because, at the revolutionary centre, there’s a strongholdFORT4Down30 RepastMEAL4Down30 Lost bloodBLED4Down30 SourTART4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. 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.