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Evening Standard Crossword February 3 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 3 2023 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#
DrivePROPEL6Across1 FatedDOOMED6Across5 StriveSTRUGGLE8Across8 EntertainmentAMUSEMENT9Across9 RimEDGE4Across9 A complete change of opinion regarding the variety actABOUTTURN9Across9 OpeningAPERTURE8Across10 LettuceCOS3Across10 Would, you say, talk, though no parrotWOODCHAT8Across10 RowTIER4Across12 ClutchGRASP5Across12 Stop and bowSTEM4Across12 RebellionRISING6Across13 Fighting to get something doneACTION6Across13 FrameCHASSIS7Across14 Sleeve you put your arm intoHOLSTER7Across14 HomeRESIDENCE9Across15 The gang will hold their arranged meetingGATHERING9Across15 SkillART3Across15 FightingWAR3Across17 TrioTHREESOME9Across17 A state of somnolenceLANDOFNOD9Across17 SphereORB3Across18 Mark brought us in to give supportSUSTAIN7Across18 FreeDELIVER7Across18 FastenTIE3Across19 The animal has a lair inside? Nonsense!RODENT6Across20 MistakeERROR5Across20 YellSCREAM6Across20 ObjectiveAIM3Across21 You stand outside the hotelTHEE4Across21 TardyLATE4Across21 WonderAWE3Across22 SeverCUT3Across23 Proposed to the future wifeINTENDED8Across24 GameLACROSSE8Across24 SpotDOT3Across24 FishTENCH5Across26 What might be a warning device for the plantHAWTHORN8Across26 VacillatedDITHERED8Across26 Got up in pinkROSE4Across28 VegetableLEEK4Across28 Fairly? I should say soRATHER6Across29 LimpFLOPPY6Across29 NewtEFT3Across29 MistakeBLUNDER7Across31 Goes up in the air when one discloses unexpectedlySPRINGS7Across31 CeaseSTOP4Across33 Disturbed that it's not yet paidUNSETTLED9Across34 PastaSPAGHETTI9Across34 HeightALTITUDE8Across34 ComaTRANCE6Across35 ConcealedHIDDEN6Across36 "Deadlock" is hackneyed, palSTALEMATE9Across36 EverlastingPERPETUAL9Across36 "Old Fruit" competed in the race, in shortCURRANT7Across38 ClearEVIDENT7Across38 I took a tea-break at work as a palliativeOPIATE6Across39 ShakeRATTLE6Across39 Shy, slip offCAST4Across40 GenuineTRUE4Across40 Does it moan when the gardener pulls it up?BINDWEED8Across41 WaryCAUTIOUS8Across41 So much longer!THEREFORE9Across42 LuckyFORTUNATE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RanCANTERED8Down1 Spend a lot of time on sea tripsPASSAGES8Down1 CompulsionDURESS6Down2 ProportionRATIO5Down2 In consequence, there's very little timeMOMENT6Down2 StarterBEGINNER8Down3 An official reception means workFUNCTION8Down3 Stop upPLUG4Down3 BeerLAGER5Down4 EndeavourSTRIVE6Down4 Am first making changes to the final chapterENDING6Down4 ClotheDRESS5Down5 HoodlumGANGSTER8Down5 Did turn the vehicle roundSWINDLED8Down5 FrankOPEN4Down6 FruitREDCURRANT10Down6 Everything second-hand? That's quite customaryNOTHINGNEW10Down6 WanderedSTRAYED7Down7 KeenEAGER5Down7 The patrolling cops detained everybody at the fishmonger'sSCALLOP7Down7 QuicklyPRESTO6Down8 Shut up! The fellow has a gunFASTEN6Down8 QuotedCITED5Down10 Set the bird free to irritate herBRIDGET7Down11 PerspireSWEAT5Down11 EscortedUSHERED7Down11 SaluteGREET5Down12 PinaforeAPRON5Down13 VestibulePORCH5Down14 DiminishABATE5Down15 LureTEMPT5Down16 VariousDIVERS6Down16 Left one with nothing to readERASED6Down16 DepartLEAVE5Down19 Goes down to see some items in the kitchen departmentSINKS5Down19 Free trip going to the EastRID3Down20 ObserveSEE3Down20 AlterAMEND5Down22 The female got aboard with the flierHERON5Down22 ContinueRESUME6Down23 Fill the wardCHARGE6Down23 GreetingSALUTATION10Down25 A communication from the spirit world?DEADLETTER10Down25 ExteriorOUTER5Down25 Question this woman we brought roundHER3Down26 AridDRY3Down26 AvoidEVADE5Down27 Beat in the counter-revolutionTROUNCE7Down27 BunchCLUSTER7Down27 CaptureCATCH5Down28 FlowerPRIMROSE8Down30 Was captioned, one arguedHADWORDS8Down30 SweetmeatFUDGE5Down30 Frightened to open, was induced toSTARTLED8Down31 ThievesBURGLARS8Down31 BridgeSPAN4Down31 In the case of the lady, an unexpected deathSHEATHED8Down32 EasedRELIEVED8Down32 BossSTUD4Down32 MenacesTHREATS7Down33 Leaves some hairSTRANDS7Down33 CreatureANIMAL6Down35 Variety musicSTRAIN6Down35 Ill at ease, throw a fit when forced to enterSHIFTY6Down36 DelayPUTOFF6Down36 ClamourUPROAR6Down37 An endless labyrinth over large riverAMAZON6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 3, 2023. 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.