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Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 26 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
PutPLACE5Across2 Bear-like mammalPANDA5Across3 Hit the wicket, as the ball may doPITCH5Across3 StareGAZE4Across7 Get clean away from the informal London prison!SCRUB5Across8 MerrimentGAIETY6Across8 WildFERAL5Across8 SpeedTEMPO5Across9 Buddy's name for a girlHOLLY5Across10 UprightONEND5Across10 All round, maybe, it's marginalRIM3Across11 SeverCUT3Across11 Close friendPAL3Across11 IncorrectWRONG5Across12 Plan to accept one as experimentalPILOT5Across12 Chatters with the chaps doing the inoculations?JABBERS7Across13 CountryROMANIA7Across13 MistFOG3Across13 Warning of dangerALERT5Across15 Stimulate a youngster with a bit of dopePEPUP5Across15 DroveHERD4Across15 ObscureDIM3Across16 DanceBALL4Across18 RendRIP3Across18 Tucked into a little entrance, out of the windLEE3Across18 Hi-fiSTEREO6Across19 Something a pupil may doDILATE6Across19 EarnestSERIOUS7Across19 MimicMIME4Across20 StillnessSILENCE7Across21 The account for vin ros'e, possiblyVERSION7Across21 BogusSHAM4Across22 ChrysalisPUPA4Across22 Study for a lecture?READ4Across22 Crossbow arrowBOLT4Across23 Be inclined to be a cadHEEL4Across23 FetchedBROUGHT7Across23 Goes round to stare curiouslyROTATES7Across24 Non-metallic elementSULPHUR7Across24 AuctionSALE4Across25 Small cupboardCLOSET6Across26 Poet who never had a damp roomDRYDEN6Across26 FurrowRUT3Across27 StudBOSS4Across28 Legally, Peter the painter takes her inGAL3Across29 HillTOR3Across29 SheepEWE3Across30 A quick noteSHARP5Across31 BornNEE3Across31 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Across31 PinchpennyNIGGARD7Across32 Foxy females, formerly, in placesSEXPOTS7Across32 LaterAFTER5Across33 Express in absolute termsUTTER5Across34 Reasoned thoughtLOGIC5Across34 I again show angerIRE3Across35 FalsehoodLIE3Across35 A slow movementLARGO5Across36 In motionASTIR5Across36 QuakeTREMOR6Across36 Unreactive form of nitreINERT5Across37 Tired, worn outJADED5Across37 TooALSO4Across37 EccentricCRAZY5Across38 Low fellow proficient in glidingSNAKE5Across38 ChallengesDARES5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
WarehouseDEPOT5Down1 WorthVALUE5Down1 A bit of a fightSCRAP5Down1 Mosquito-bite diseaseMALARIA7Down2 What the stomach did as one suffered after a drink?RUMBLED7Down2 FavouritePET3Down2 IntendAIM3Down3 AtmosphereAURA4Down4 SelfEGO3Down4 Flag girl, a bit of an eyefulIRIS4Down4 MinePIT3Down5 Jaw about the work of a composerCHOPIN6Down5 GiveDONATE6Down5 SeatSTOOL5Down6 CornerANGLE5Down6 Establishment with a house phoneHOTEL5Down6 Boy's nameANDRE5Down7 Hit that nail!CLOUT5Down7 TupRAM3Down9 Tease one in a cage?RIB3Down9 CouplePAIR4Down10 ShiftCHEMISE7Down11 ShakeTREMBLE7Down12 Just the place for fast music at its north endPRESTON7Down12 Destroy completelyWIPEOUT7Down12 VogueFASHION7Down13 Always short of beer?EER3Down14 GlanceGLIMPSE7Down14 NothingNIL3Down14 MistakeERROR5Down16 Walks in spacePACES5Down16 ObjectDEMUR5Down16 Molar, sayTOOTH5Down17 Strips off and goes back to sleepPEELS5Down17 PowerMIGHT5Down17 CoachBUS3Down18 Surely she wouldn't really cheat on a bet?DOWAGER7Down19 UnbelieverSCEPTIC7Down19 Pushes softly with sticksPRODS5Down20 GlassesSPECS5Down20 Chekhov's uncleVANYA5Down21 BeforeERE3Down21 BobbinSPOOL5Down21 HousebreakerBURGLAR7Down23 Providing a quantity of food as aidHELPING7Down23 Married Spanish womanSENORA6Down24 Where Shep from Shepperton might have gone to schoolREPTON6Down24 BayGULF4Down24 Domesticated pigHOG3Down25 Thanks for the kiss, but there's still something to payTAX3Down25 GrantAWARD5Down26 LariatLASSO5Down27 Large birds running around like haresRHEAS5Down27 CompactSOLID5Down28 What the American pharmacist has in storeDRUGS5Down28 FeelSENSE5Down29 Clean feathersPREEN5Down30 Westerner's hard heartSTERN5Down30 Famous riverNILE4Down32 SpriteIMP3Down32 Try to get an interview with a Korean leaderSEEK4Down32 Mineral content of helleboreORE3Down33 CurveARC3Down33 AssistAID3Down33 BeverageTEA3Down34 BeamRAY3Down35

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