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Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2020 answers. The Friday 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#
GraspGRIP4Across1 FelineCAT3Across4 ManufacturedMADE4Across6 TuneAIR3Across9 One’s utmost to equalise with the championLEVELBEST9Across9 CrushOVERWHELM9Across9 PoseATTITUDE8Across10 I need to think – turn on the lightLETMESEE8Across10 Branch of mathematicsGEOMETRY8Across10 ClothedCLAD4Across11 Called from the stepRUNG4Across12 GraveTOMB4Across12 Having counted to about fifty, I had inserted the keyRELIED6Across13 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across13 The refuse bag, in a rage, hurled outGARBAGE7Across14 Put to deathEXECUTE7Across14 BanBAR3Across14 ModernLATTERDAY9Across15 Female with an obsession for covering things upSHEATHING9Across15 DulcetSWEET5Across16 When not working, given to being casualOFFHANDED9Across17 '&' signAMPERSAND9Across17 Show the man’s taken to drinkPORTRAY7Across18 AntiquatedARCHAIC7Across18 SurrenderedCONCEDED8Across19 I’ve squeezed into the liftTHIEVE6Across20 KeepRETAIN6Across20 ContinentASIA4Across21 PrincipleTENET5Across21 Proceed, twit!GOON4Across21 EasingRELAXING8Across23 That’s all right – not any duller than before!NOMATTER8Across24 English countySOMERSET8Across24 ManagedFARED5Across24 By ten to one the vehicle must be back: he’s very strictMARTINET8Across26 RaggedTATTERED8Across26 HairpieceWIG3Across27 As there’s rain, are driven backREAR4Across28 Speech defectLISP4Across28 Ham-fistedCLUMSY6Across29 Turns red at this moment, to one’s surpriseWONDER6Across29 Horse chestnutsCONKERS7Across31 AbruptCURT4Across31 “He’s only kidding,” you chirpTWITTER7Across31 Go byOVERTAKE8Across33 Should have followed them out, I reckonedMETHOUGHT9Across34 CompetentEFFICIENT9Across34 ProsecuteSUE3Across34 AleBEER4Across35 WagesPAY3Across36 Make lawsLEGISLATE9Across36 Later will come the ermine and the throne, perhapsFURTHERON9Across36 GaspPANT4Across37 DebateDISCUSS7Across38 Trapping the nine escapees, you grant, is not hardLENIENT7Across38 HostilityENMITY6Across39 Is tracing it hard work for genealogists?STRAIN6Across39 Italian wineASTI4Across40 Dirty, like the little boy’s clothesBLUE4Across40 A job that’s certainly nice to settle intoSINECURE8Across41 Spring flowerDAFFODIL8Across41 To start with, the scale of payment is excellentFIRSTRATE9Across42 Wide-rangingEXTENSIVE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mexican pancakeTORTILLA8Down1 Gets angry – sure is worried and in a panicFLARESUP8Down1 AllowPERMIT6Down2 Street where the meeting is to take place?AVENUE6Down2 CeremonyRITE4Down2 CyclicPERIODIC8Down3 A vegetable – and it gets consumed with alacrityCELERITY8Down3 BucketPAIL4Down3 CampaignerCRUSADER8Down4 PersonifyEMBODY6Down4 “Item of jewellery,” by the way, means “pearls”STRING6Down4 RankTIER4Down5 UninformedIGNORANT8Down5 They’re blooming pleased to get the ten fifty-one!GLADIOLI8Down5 ParrotMACAW5Down6 Electrical socketPOWERPOINT10Down6 What makes you so hot on acting?STAGEFEVER10Down6 SickenAIL3Down7 MerrymakingREVELRY7Down7 Listen, for instance, to gossipHEARSAY7Down7 HangDRAPE5Down8 InjuryTRAUMA6Down8 Ask if there’s a desire for it in the marketplaceDEMAND6Down8 Be eager to stop in for something at the jeweller’sPENDANT7Down11 ProgressHEADWAY7Down11 SneerSCOFF5Down12 BeneathUNDER5Down13 WagerBET3Down14 RenovateRENEW5Down15 RubberERASER6Down16 In that, again, it is intimidatingTHREAT6Down16 FurnishEQUIP5Down17 LeatheryTOUGH5Down18 She has a terribly hard round to get throughRHODA5Down19 AngryCROSS5Down19 RodentRAT3Down20 SpeechDELIVERY8Down20 Thanks to the rain, he’s got lots of water around!TAR3Down20 Root vegetableSWEDE5Down22 LabelTAG3Down22 Clear about the timeOVERT5Down22 “Polish is a foreign language,” you sayFINISH6Down23 SportTENNIS6Down23 Despite the fact that the ticket seller considered it carefullyTHOUGHTOUT10Down25 Cut of beefSILVERSIDE10Down25 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 Go inENTER5Down26 PlaythingTOY3Down26 A setback for Aries that will be detrimentalMAR3Down26 By this timeALREADY7Down27 Go to pieces when making dessertCRUMBLE7Down27 CageCOOP4Down28 CeaseSTOP4Down29 HideSKIN4Down30 MaternalMOTHERLY8Down30 Couldn’t stand trial when action was taken aboutDETESTED8Down30 PonderCOGITATE8Down31 Some of our best friends are soldiersTERRIERS8Down31 Having translated, submitted to for approvalRENDERED8Down32 RegretRUE3Down32 SampleSPECIMEN8Down32 Were obviously afraid, as the fish trapped wereCOWERED7Down33 UntidySCRUFFY7Down33 Of financial mattersFISCAL6Down35 Game in which you go astray, then catch upTENNIS6Down35 Distant, for a change, with the fellowsFAROFF6Down36 ClutterLUMBER6Down36 See and read about and get your fill of againRELOAD6Down37 AttackASSAIL6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 28, 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.