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Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
PardonEXCUSE6Across1 FreewheelCOAST5Across3 Piece of wit like a ray of sunshine?SHAFT5Across3 MoistDAMP4Across5 Drying clothTOWEL5Across8 Student making a light admission?PUPIL5Across8 ExhaustedJADED5Across8 VehicleCAR3Across9 Figures the end of the street to be as far as one can goLIMIT5Across10 ValleyGLEN4Across10 Party drinkPUNCH5Across10 Mislead with ItalianCON3Across11 ApplaudCLAP4Across11 NothingNIL3Across11 With which to sweep Ed out of the bed-chamber!BROOM5Across12 TestASSAY5Across12 UnspokenTACIT5Across12 RationalLOGICAL7Across13 Fine a lot of moneyCAPITAL7Across13 UndergoSUFFER6Across13 Mountain ashROWAN5Across15 Where to win about 40% of games?WIGAN5Across15 ClergymanDEAN4Across16 FishCOD3Across18 A nut with business at BirkenheadCOB3Across18 CheeseEDAM4Across18 The doctor upsets a lot of comediansMEDICO6Across19 CorsairPIRATE6Across19 NetworkWEB3Across20 Spoke digressively of an animal that sufferedRAMBLED7Across21 UnderstandingRAPPORT7Across21 SatelliteMOON4Across22 An ancient king was given it as a customAHAB4Across22 PoseSIT3Across22 DeceasedDEAD4Across23 Tangled tape understood to be burntPEAT4Across23 CurDOG3Across23 Bubble on skinBLISTER7Across24 Their restless sleep is interrupted for work (or races)PEOPLES7Across24 RankTIER4Across24 EntreatyPLEA4Across25 Refrain from turning sour after churchCHORUS6Across26 BeardGOATEE6Across26 ImaginedDREAMT6Across28 On one's heels, apt to burn?HOT3Across29 MinePIT3Across29 RespondREACT5Across30 Book of mapsATLAS5Across31 In China, have a bit of a hug with grandma?HUNAN5Across31 In Serbia, perhaps, one finds a land of exileSIBERIA7Across32 BurdenLOAD4Across32 African republicSENEGAL7Across32 RippedTORE4Across33 Symbolically, a little dash can mean a lot in the StatesMINUS5Across34 DevilIMP3Across34 Passenger shipLINER5Across34 Frugal aid to keeping warm?RUG3Across35 PrincipleTENET5Across35 TotalSUM3Across35 The novel thirty-nine made a moving pictureSTEPS5Across36 ProphetSEER4Across36 YieldedCEDED5Across36 He wrote an invitation to the dance, notedlyWEBER5Across37 PostureSTANCE6Across37 SpeakUTTER5Across37 Show signs of being rattled?SHAKE5Across38 Begin workingSETTO5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SurplusEXCESS6Down1 For 'Star Wars', had George a bit of luck with some casting?LUCAS5Down1 Light boatCANOE5Down1 UntroubledCAREFREE8Down2 It doesn't really have a small driver's compartmentMINICAB7Down2 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down2 DroopedSAGGED6Down3 Somewhat churlishly, chuck it!HURL4Down4 AgreedCONSENTED9Down4 Egg-shapedOVAL4Down4 RottedDECAYED7Down5 Not the same old few ranFLOWED6Down5 MettleSPIRIT6Down5 TeacherTUTOR5Down6 FriendALLY4Down6 A name I had for the faint-heartedTIMID5Down6 DuctPIPE4Down7 SplendourECLAT5Down7 A growing cause for one to call out wildly?LILAC5Down7 BeverageTEA3Down8 Use a spadeDIG3Down9 Dad's kind of music?POP3Down9 Talks of getting Barbara out of a bit of troubleBABBLES7Down12 Immature frogTADPOLE7Down12 PolicemanCOP3Down14 ReverendRESPECTED9Down14 Man of tomorrowTOM3Down14 LoiterLAG3Down15 Thin biscuitWAFER5Down16 Patron saint of farmers?GILES5Down16 The point of a crooked thornNORTH5Down17 SickenAIL3Down17 PoorNEEDY5Down17 GiftDONATION8Down19 ThrivePROSPER7Down19 Ancient ruined city in Tennessee?MEMPHIS7Down19 Be equally light?MATCH5Down20 IntelligenceWIT3Down20 Greek letterOMEGA5Down20 RegalROYAL5Down21 Stock-farmerBREEDER7Down21 Light on something silkyRAYON5Down21 HatesDETESTS7Down23 Ran out of boysPETERED7Down23 Next toBESIDE6Down24 Beat or push in, possiblyPUNISH6Down24 To which there may well be a smashing reply!LOB3Down25 ElementTIN3Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 ChiefSTAPLE6Down27 Chases from that little old countyHUNTS5Down27 DifferentOTHER5Down27 Swindles current in royal society?RAMPS5Down28 StoriesTALES5Down28 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down29 Ship of the desertCAMEL5Down30 Paper animal?TIGER5Down30 SpeedRATE4Down30 ChildTOT3Down31 ChairSEAT4Down32 Lost a day finishing work!SUNK4Down32 Polish some rubiesRUB3Down33 IntestineGUT3Down33

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