Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 5 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Traditional practice61 AcrossReveal answer → Keep tearing endlessly around61 AcrossReveal answer → Allude53 AcrossReveal answer → Reckon to eat poorly at various times87 AcrossReveal answer → Surprise greatly87 AcrossReveal answer → A fish48 AcrossReveal answer → High ground in Vietnam48 AcrossReveal answer → Brainy69 AcrossReveal answer → Escape with a broken toe in a tug disaster610 AcrossReveal answer → Rank610 AcrossReveal answer → Sight610 AcrossReveal answer → Concluding part611 AcrossReveal answer → Effective ruler of the street?611 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefied511 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly412 AcrossReveal answer → Alcoholic spirit314 AcrossReveal answer → The sphere of royalty?314 AcrossReveal answer → Idol415 AcrossReveal answer → Cuts into cubes516 AcrossReveal answer → Trips, hopefully without falling516 AcrossReveal answer → Delighted717 AcrossReveal answer → Girl417 AcrossReveal answer → Is a dashing candidate417 AcrossReveal answer → Competitor (5)519 AcrossReveal answer → Anybody can sing one519 AcrossReveal answer → Lair320 AcrossReveal answer → With the bad housing, Victor’s in a terrible hole!521 AcrossReveal answer → Spree521 AcrossReveal answer → Rot521 AcrossReveal answer → Terry taking a bath, perhaps?522 AcrossReveal answer → Student522 AcrossReveal answer → Mild423 AcrossReveal answer → As a concert piece, it can’t fail!423 AcrossReveal answer → Farmyard birds423 AcrossReveal answer → Reign425 AcrossReveal answer → Number526 AcrossReveal answer → Summarise shortly526 AcrossReveal answer → Hut526 AcrossReveal answer → Stripling328 AcrossReveal answer → Some legumes can take a lot of chewing328 AcrossReveal answer → Beaker328 AcrossReveal answer → State without proof629 AcrossReveal answer → His employer being out for half an hour, he’ll give a loan629 AcrossReveal answer → Biggest730 AcrossReveal answer → Detesting a thing being out of order630 AcrossReveal answer → Corsair630 AcrossReveal answer → River scene of historic battle in navy service431 AcrossReveal answer → Paper quantity431 AcrossReveal answer → Large snake832 AcrossReveal answer → Showed signs of wanting to communicate832 AcrossReveal answer → Parched433 AcrossReveal answer → Full form of Mr633 AcrossReveal answer → Actors who no longer star, perhaps?633 AcrossReveal answer → Always435 AcrossReveal answer → Boring-tool536 AcrossReveal answer → Charge638 AcrossReveal answer → Bowed639 AcrossReveal answer → Condition540 AcrossReveal answer →

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The campanologist’s double?61 DownReveal answer → Hand tool61 DownReveal answer → Fragment51 DownReveal answer → In movies, they may get cars to crash!62 DownReveal answer → To be precise62 DownReveal answer → Skirmish52 DownReveal answer → Majority, bulk43 DownReveal answer → Clever way to mend a net43 DownReveal answer → Colour33 DownReveal answer → Vacation74 DownReveal answer → A drink the pit worker has a name for74 DownReveal answer → Rubber64 DownReveal answer → Light purple55 DownReveal answer → Flat45 DownReveal answer → Beaten in a friendly game55 DownReveal answer → Free36 DownReveal answer → Brogues, for example56 DownReveal answer → Gets out for a bit of fun with the chaps56 DownReveal answer → Enjoyed57 DownReveal answer → Sacks48 DownReveal answer → A noted heavyweight able to teach boys48 DownReveal answer → Alliance58 DownReveal answer → Point raised in abundance39 DownReveal answer → Star39 DownReveal answer → It’s alcoholic, that’s very clear312 DownReveal answer → Nothing312 DownReveal answer → Not even upset at the bitter end513 DownReveal answer → Fruit513 DownReveal answer → Enchantment713 DownReveal answer → Old-fashioned514 DownReveal answer → Figure in a duet that can help one to sleep515 DownReveal answer → Lawful515 DownReveal answer → Liberate716 DownReveal answer → Desires wild grouse, not duck518 DownReveal answer → Shock, dismay518 DownReveal answer → Satan518 DownReveal answer → Girl’s319 DownReveal answer → The way of a showman319 DownReveal answer → Agent319 DownReveal answer → Gibson in the part of Hamlet, possibly?320 DownReveal answer → Girl’s name320 DownReveal answer → Optimistic of finding fresh fuel for a flight721 DownReveal answer → Underground cell721 DownReveal answer → Jack’s cunning art322 DownReveal answer → Thrust522 DownReveal answer → Baked food item322 DownReveal answer → To badger623 DownReveal answer → Style estimated nicest623 DownReveal answer → Equipment324 DownReveal answer → Dutch cheese424 DownReveal answer → Top man reducing the rise in crime424 DownReveal answer → Nobody would take them for slacks625 DownReveal answer → Kebab spike625 DownReveal answer → Unit of purity of gold526 DownReveal answer → Around the North Pole, warm covers for climbers526 DownReveal answer → Cures gone wrong, dammit!527 DownReveal answer → Gift627 DownReveal answer → Desolate527 DownReveal answer → Inflationary cause of the balloon going up?328 DownReveal answer → Waterway528 DownReveal answer → Fib328 DownReveal answer → Throw529 DownReveal answer → Baby carriage430 DownReveal answer → A park with character, mister430 DownReveal answer → Avoid531 DownReveal answer → Deal532 DownReveal answer → Twosome434 DownReveal answer → Donkey336 DownReveal answer → Fish eggs337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.