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Evening Standard Crossword February 29 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 29 2024 answers. The Thursday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TriteBANAL5Across1 ThreadbareSHABBY6Across1 Speak for the peopleSTATE5Across1 SnatchGRAB4Across5 Bear corporal punishmentSTICK5Across6 Sudden sharp feelingsPANGS5Across6 RascalROGUE5Across8 Did Edgar write as a mural expert?WALLACE7Across9 CurveARC3Across9 1,000 millionBILLION7Across9 ChairSEAT4Across10 UndressSTRIP5Across10 One of the herd stampeded in “13 Across”?STEER5Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 Guardian of a strange land?ANGEL5Across11 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across11 TiredWEARY5Across12 Processed meatMINCE5Across12 William's parliamentary businessBILLS5Across12 Baseball termHOMERUN7Across13 A movie we backWESTERN7Across13 MarinerSAILOR6Across13 Raised edgeRIM3Across15 Is she entitled to more than one “mister”?MRS3Across15 SkinPELT4Across16 DryARID4Across17 Pale, due to having a fling?ASHY4Across17 Container for a burnt substance, a fertiliserPOTASH6Across18 AlwaysEVER4Across18 InferDEDUCE6Across18 Needed to get out of bed and taken to courtHADUP5Across19 Writing materialPAPER5Across19 See the worldTRAVEL6Across20 Yarn that's a bit of a thrill to read!THREAD6Across20 InformationGEN3Across20 OceanSEA3Across22 Noisy, bad, and as much as one can take!FILL4Across22 BoundersCADS4Across22 LairDEN3Across23 She returns to E. AustraliaZOE3Across24 PermitVISA4Across24 TransgressionSIN3Across24 Little Malcolm is the smallestMINIMAL7Across25 CarryTOTE4Across25 CompetitionRIVALRY7Across25 HoodwinksDUPES5Across26 Ultimate leader of fashion in central MaliFINAL5Across26 A stimulant is not wrong, I seeTONIC5Across27 Assumed nameALIAS5Across27 BisectHALVE5Across28 The devil's half dead for a day!DEMON5Across28 CharmENDEAR6Across28 Stares at the eyewearGOGGLES7Across29 AssessWEIGHUP7Across29 Cold character of a TV detectiveFROST5Across30 LocatedFOUND5Across30 DismalDREAR5Across30 Beautiful girlBELLE5Across31 Anaesthetic extract of sweet herbsETHER5Across31 Sea-birdSKUA4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 HatchetAXE3Across34 RostrumSTAND5Across35 RouéRAKE4Across36 CustomerCLIENT6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ScantySPARSE6Down1 Less than the antithesis taxes!TITHES6Down2 WriterAUTHOR6Down2 RecordsARCHIVES8Down2 Chess pieceBISHOP6Down3 Old enough for a couple of kissesTWENTY6Down3 ToleratedABIDED6Down3 MonarchPOTENTATE9Down4 The Archers clearly possess more than one listenerEAR3Down4 Impudent talkLIP3Down4 WaryGUARDED7Down5 Not pretty flat country?PLAIN5Down5 UnadornedPLAIN5Down5 Calls wildly for work and something to eatSCALLOP7Down6 DependRELY4Down6 Illegal hunterPOACHER7Down6 IndustriousBUSY4Down7 Girl's nameANNE4Down7 Figures in decimalisationTENS4Down7 ErseGAELIC6Down8 UncookedRAW3Down8 Shouts “Goodbye”CHEERS6Down8 Pretty wide for a secondary highwayBROAD5Down12 Wall paintingMURAL5Down12 Minute part of Chopin's outputWALTZ5Down13 StopsHALTS5Down13 CheckRESTRAINT9Down14 Prop up a broken-down horseSHORE5Down14 Italian cityMILAN5Down14 MarshlandsFEN3Down15 RusticRURAL5Down15 The most I'm saying!MAXIM5Down15 UntidyMESSY5Down16 A hard caseSHELL5Down16 Zodiac signLEO3Down17 An opening in opticsPUPIL5Down18 Man's nameDENIS5Down18 RevereVENERATE8Down19 Growing possibility of a chariot crash!HARICOT7Down19 StudiedPERUSED7Down19 TrapGIN3Down20 MarketRIALTO6Down21 Personal reputation for saying no in time?HONOUR6Down21 RelateNARRATE7Down21 Savoury snackCANAPE6Down22 If returning home, it's bestFINEST6Down22 Foolish talkDRIVEL6Down23 Town house in real disorderLAHORE6Down23 She's very keen to get a stage partMADGE5Down25 Hold royal officeREIGN5Down25 NecessitateENTAIL6Down26 DaybreakDAWN4Down26 Small illustrations of fruitFIGS4Down26 BurningARDENT6Down27 It flows into a wide estuaryDEE3Down28 Centre of a wheelHUB3Down28 EmployerUSER4Down29 TwilightDUSK4Down30 WandROD3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 29, 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.