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Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2019 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
BigGREAT5Across1 Weapons that suitCLUBS5Across1 ExpressSTATE5Across2 Seat for a chap at churchBENCH5Across6 Stage whisperASIDE5Across6 ProportionRATIO5Across7 FactoryPLANT5Across8 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Across9 Be extravagant with the punchLASHOUT7Across9 TeacherTUTOR5Across10 OnenessUNITY5Across10 Lacking freedom, like many old peopleCAGED5Across10 Heap or pileMOUND5Across11 Figuratively not ArabicROMAN5Across11 SongbirdROBIN5Across12 Foreign rule?REIGN5Across12 Be indebtedOWE3Across12 SkylineHORIZON7Across13 Wander around like me and that cockney womanMEANDER7Across13 GuideSTEER5Across13 He wants smart clothes and loud musicFOP3Across15 Reading deskLECTERN7Across15 Boy's nameTED3Across15 He's handy albeit breathlessANDY4Across17 SoreTENDER6Across17 So be it!AMEN4Across17 Al gives dad a new coinPACINO6Across18 VenerateREVERE6Across18 BedCOT3Across19 More courageous as a player?GAMER5Across19 Hereditary unitsGENES5Across19 To go motoring with a learner is nonsense!DRIVEL6Across20 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Across20 DecipheredDECODED7Across20 Language socially acceptable and a bit arduousURDU4Across22 Matted fabricFELT4Across22 RequireNEED4Across23 Nevertheless needed in pretty etchingsYET3Across24 StrikeHIT3Across24 BeatDRUM4Across25 Civilian fighting forceMILITIA7Across25 Such comedians may get no restSTANDUP7Across25 Bring and sell for what you can getFETCH5Across26 FreeDELIVER7Across26 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across26 AxiomMAXIM5Across27 Army measure dating from biblical timesCUBIT5Across27 Whence to phone that the pair are out for a duckBOOTH5Across28 Of CubaCUBAN5Across28 But he could be an engine driver!FIREMAN7Across29 Musical performanceRECITAL7Across29 Showing no emotion but some gusto, I seeSTOIC5Across30 Brimless capBERET5Across30 OfferBID3Across30 GroupsBANDS5Across31 WithdrawRETIRE6Across31 Form of address for a beloved Yankee?DEARY5Across31 AbradedSCRAPED7Across34 WaterwayCANAL5Across37 GrooveRUT3Across38 SatanDEVIL5Across39 BetWAGER5Across40 SubjectTOPIC5Across41 VerdantGREEN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SquanderWASTE5Down1 Kidnapper's paymentRANSOM6Down2 LocatedSITED5Down2 To the Dane, perhaps, the French seem a heavy burdenLEADEN6Down2 Fishy letter to little LeonardBLENNY6Down3 VisitedTOURED6Down3 AccomplishATTAIN6Down3 ImplementTOOL4Down4 Sorry to come between dad and Ena, somewhereSAD3Down4 PlaythingTOY3Down4 PlannedPLOTTED7Down5 Encouraging fare?CHEER5Down5 Cutlery itemSPOON5Down5 InactiveINERT5Down6 A visitor with taking waysBURGLAR7Down6 Respects highlyADMIRES7Down6 Playing Harrow, unlikely to get ten out for noughtETON4Down7 AnonSOON4Down7 With which to write a corny compositionCRAYON6Down8 RiskDANGER6Down8 WonderAWE3Down9 RegainRECOVER7Down11 Splendid booze-up!REGAL5Down12 Expression of agreementROGER5Down12 EndureSTAND5Down13 DraconianHARSH5Down13 Does she mean a lot to '17 Across'?MANDY5Down13 FinishedENDED5Down14 When the dam bursts, it follows, you'll agreeADMIT5Down14 RefuteREBUT5Down14 Line taken in crossing a Norwegian inletFIORD5Down15 BeliefTENET5Down15 FishCOD3Down16 Greek letterDELTA5Down16 What the toast may do when pa gets out of bedPOPUP5Down16 LivedRESIDED7Down18 Post offREMIT5Down18 It's in the upper third of Western AustraliaPERTH5Down18 Do such modifications get nice variety?GENETIC7Down19 GastronomeGOURMET7Down19 A win for the reserves last month?RESULT6Down21 DeclamationTIRADE6Down21 SewerDRAIN5Down21 Leg boneFIBULA6Down22 Ruined, being looseUNDONE6Down22 DriveIMPEL5Down22 Gecko, sayLIZARD6Down23 Badly rusted, it gets dirtier in useDUSTER6Down23 DiscussedDEBATED7Down24 Note valueMINIM5Down25 The pay that keeps seamen goingSCREW5Down25 Being French, like Mimi, she stutters a littleFIFI4Down26 WearyTIRE4Down26 EdgeLIP3Down27 A good rebuttalBAD3Down28 TaxiCAB3Down28 RelateRECITE6Down28 FragmentSCRAP5Down29 ClawTALON5Down32 SwiftRAPID5Down33 MatRUG3Down35 ExpensiveDEAR4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. 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.