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Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 28 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
CommandORDER5Across3 OpportunityCHANCE6Across4 A small house figures as generally popularPUBLIC6Across4 New priest in confusionPRISTINE8Across7 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Seaman with a name for a superior womanABBESS6Across8 MiddleCENTRE6Across8 AssentACCEDE6Across9 EraEPOCH5Across10 ToilLABOUR6Across10 Snare a girl with loveLASSO5Across10 CompositionESSAY5Across11 IslandISLE4Across12 Poet with his own Inn in London?GRAY4Across13 Traffic markerCONE4Across13 InsectMOTH4Across14 Locate it in the southeastSITE4Across14 Dispose of half a case for fifty quidSELL4Across15 BurdenLOAD4Across15 NilZERO4Across15 A service not returnedACE3Across16 Not coldHOT3Across16 That caused by a pin in the wrong place?PAIN4Across17 AssemblyMEETING7Across17 UnlockOPEN4Across17 To tease is a bit out of orderBAIT4Across19 Style and vigourELAN4Across19 NovelNEW3Across20 It gets the driver nowhere faster than everLAPRECORD9Across21 Prepare an ambushLIEINWAIT9Across21 CoachTRAIN5Across21 PlanetMARS4Across23 Cry out for the old-fashioned vinyl recordYELP4Across23 FlowerIRIS4Across23 Ramble around Rome, sayROAM4Across24 NoblemanEARL4Across24 VolumeTOME4Across25 LevyTAX3Across26 Spicy bit of photography?HOT3Across26 HymnCAROL5Across26 One's ancestor might have been surprised to say itEGAD4Across27 TwitchesTICS4Across27 ManageRUN3Across28 Dash from IrelandELAN4Across29 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across29 HugeMASSIVE7Across30 It hurts if you miss it and hit itNAIL4Across32 JokeJEST4Across32 Greatly admire the new road to central HarlesdenADORE5Across33 Climb upSCALE5Across33 AccustomedUSED4Across33 Remember a suspicious callerRECALL6Across34 ThespiansACTORS6Across34 No longer quoting what's sensationalEXCITING8Across35 AgitateUNSETTLE8Across35 ParadiseEDEN4Across35 PostureSTANCE6Across36 Bloomers causing wild stares?ASTERS6Across36 TrackTRAIL5Across36 BirdMAGPIE6Across38 PlacidSERENE6Across39 StoreCACHE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SeraglioHAREM5Down1 Nothing, chums, but stonesOPALS5Down1 AdageMAXIM5Down1 AstirAFOOT5Down2 No. 1 Wood StreetFIRST5Down2 ClimbSCALE5Down2 NetMESH4Down3 He needs some hot toddyOTTO4Down3 PoemODE3Down3 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Down4 Take illRESENT6Down4 She's soft and noblePEARL5Down4 VivacityELAN4Down5 Skin problemACNE4Down5 Small inlet of the sea around Beachy HeadBABY4Down5 BeamRAY3Down6 ContainerCARTON6Down6 Dissecting one could be a bit scientificINSECT6Down6 TwelveDOZEN5Down7 MissileARROW5Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 Rocky, that old Spanish explorerBALBOA6Down9 Fizzy drinkPOP3Down11 A song all about us?AIR3Down11 Two little boys in the botany classSEPAL5Down12 Church singersCHOIR5Down12 EarnestSERIOUS7Down13 Enlarge freely all over the placeGENERAL7Down13 JoinCONNECT7Down13 MoralETHIC5Down14 Respectful title of OsirisSIR3Down15 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down15 Help a girl to get rid of menAID3Down16 WithholdRESERVE7Down16 Fedora, sayHAT3Down16 StablemanGROOM5Down18 If you want to plead, ring dad up firstAPPEAL6Down18 Annoy continuallyPESTER6Down18 SuitableFIT3Down19 Prepared to dream, perhaps, of conquest?ARMED5Down20 Light purpleLILAC5Down20 SlackLAX3Down21 In simple terms, tenantedLET3Down21 Used to beWAS3Down22 Payment on delivery of fishCOD3Down22 DinNOISE5Down22 Lucky symbolMASCOT6Down23 Sings something poetic in sly fashionYODELS6Down23 UtterSAY3Down24 Close matePAL3Down25 Some aircraft go up a long way!FAR3Down25 ProfuseLAVISH6Down27 Joe and Leslie, nominallyGILES5Down28 OddRUMMY5Down28 EditionISSUE5Down28 WhinnyNEIGH5Down29 ContinuesLASTS5Down30 The reason many go wrong, I seeLOGIC5Down30 DroneIDLER5Down31 Underground drainSEWER5Down31 Utterance of the horse that refused the jump?NEIGH5Down31 Man's nameJOHN4Down32 PenetrateENTER5Down32 A church bodyNAVE4Down32 In modern times, a girl is greedyAVID4Down33 Let it standSTET4Down33 RegionAREA4Down34 SpasmTIC3Down36 ShelterLEE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. 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.