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Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2018 answers. The Monday 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#
AboveALOFT5Across2 Volley of gunfireSALVO5Across3 The workers appear restlessSHIFT5Across3 PostMAIL4Across7 A sticky plant?BROOM5Across8 MobRABBLE6Across8 GiantTITAN5Across8 FoyerLOBBY5Across9 They're instrumental in getting early resultsLYRES5Across10 MessengerENVOY5Across10 Bit of an invalid, apparently?ALI3Across11 VestmentALB3Across11 So or thusSIC3Across11 Perceives soundHEARS5Across12 Charles Lamb's biblical name?ELIAS5Across12 Letter to Disney perhaps, from a couple in personKIDNEYS7Across13 BirdJACKDAW7Across13 TinCAN3Across13 Wild animalBEAST5Across15 Thorny, possibly sore pointROSES5Across15 SaucyPERT4Across15 StatuteLAW3Across16 JestJOKE4Across18 InsulateLAG3Across18 Is far from green, of courseTEE3Across18 AffairMATTER6Across19 Much such work is done in the headDENTAL6Across19 ModeFASHION7Across19 BoundLEAP4Across20 GelCONGEAL7Across21 Union workersWELDERS7Across21 InsectGNAT4Across22 RuffianTHUG4Across22 Keen to help out VictorAVID4Across22 Speck of sootSMUT4Across23 Moderate figures in ancient RomeMILD4Across23 DebateDISCUSS7Across23 Beaten by a sterling fellowPOUNDED7Across24 NabsARRESTS7Across24 MerrimentGLEE4Across25 CombinedUNITED6Across26 Bad thing to do when a child's going to sleepKIDNAP6Across26 MooseELK3Across27 MeasureACRE4Across28 A name you knowKEN3Across29 EnemyFOE3Across29 LongingYEN3Across30 Plagiarise tales?STEAL5Across31 HillTOR3Across31 Male voiceTENOR5Across31 ConfoundNONPLUS7Across32 It's cooked in ovensVENISON7Across32 ArtlessNAIVE5Across33 Scholarly father?PATER5Across34 African riverNIGER5Across34 It can be bracing in Barnet, we may be toldAIR3Across35 PelvisHIP3Across35 Took beauty treatment lying downSLEPT5Across36 The press, TV, etc.MEDIA5Across36 BorderFRINGE6Across36 Change an officer at mid-termALTER5Across37 LukewarmTEPID5Across37 RenownFAME4Across37 CerealWHEAT5Across38 Fungus on grapesYEAST5Across38 CoagulatesCLOTS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Rope fibreSISAL5Down1 TelegramCABLE5Down1 Feeble fathead at the barFRAIL5Down1 Arrears of workBACKLOG7Down2 Sort of reminder when given the elbow?POINTED7Down2 EveryALL3Down2 SphereORB3Down3 AfreshANEW4Down4 AttemptTRY3Down4 Cavalier artist!HALS4Down4 RecedeEBB3Down5 Light payments, about a pound?FLARES6Down5 Of wordsVERBAL6Down5 CapeCLOAK5Down6 BeginningONSET5Down6 Mike's contribution to a party songTYSON5Down6 SteedHORSE5Down7 Though enchanting, she was never quite dear to meMEDEA5Down7 Facial twitchTIC3Down9 Very experienced in wool dyeingOLD3Down9 PrejudiceBIAS4Down10 ExcuseAPOLOGY7Down11 WidenBROADEN7Down12 Regarded a piece of rope as a good thing for the viewerEYEDROP7Down12 GauntHAGGARD7Down12 LinkCONNECT7Down13 Swimmer of note to the SpanishEEL3Down14 NorNEITHER7Down14 Karate expertDAN3Down14 Minute particlesATOMS5Down16 Finish first with the help of being soberSTAID5Down16 SpearLANCE5Down16 VeracityTRUTH5Down17 Idles around going into declineSLIDE5Down17 BeatWHISK5Down17 TrotJOG3Down18 One too sozzled to spell 'red ink' right?DRINKER7Down19 Head towardsMAKEFOR7Down19 Supports the defendersBACKS5Down20 SwaggerSTRUT5Down20 A writing 'Oscar'WILDE5Down21 PastyPIE3Down21 HerbCUMIN5Down21 Boy's nameSTEPHEN7Down23 Servants possibly coming in during mealsMENIALS7Down23 AntennaAERIAL6Down24 Taste a plate anewPALATE6Down24 Arm boneULNA4Down24 Male childSON3Down25 Ned's up in his little roomDEN3Down25 MemoriseLEARN5Down26 At no timeNEVER5Down27 Where, abroad, one volunteers to finish promptly?ITALY5Down27 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down28 Is it useful when baby's sleepy?NAPPY5Down28 SpaciousROOMY5Down29 StudentPUPIL5Down30 More centralised in a plot that failed to entertainBORED5Down30 UndilutedNEAT4Down32 TavernINN3Down32 Old soldiers' change of vestVETS4Down32 Provide a bit of opposition in Parliament?SIT3Down33 NovelNEW3Down33 Mouth partLIP3Down33 FreezeICE3Down34 NewtEFT3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, February 5, 2018. 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.