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Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2021 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#
ThrowFLING5Across4 ImmatureCALLOW6Across7 AlsoTOO3Across9 An irritating reminder of past misdemeanoursHAIRSHIRT9Across9 AlignORIENTATE9Across9 RodentRAT3Across10 Even without exception, old-fashioned in their viewsALLSQUARE9Across10 Large marine creatureSWORDFISH9Across10 Go off with a tableROTA4Across12 ProprietorOWNER5Across12 TreesELMS4Across12 Running away to seaEBBING6Across13 CookCHEF4Across13 White cotton fabricCALICO6Across13 For the conveyance of goods, trains run to timeTRANSIT7Across14 Unsuspected difficultyPITFALL7Across14 Sad-lookingLONGFACED9Across15 Handcraft?CARDSENSE9Across15 AngryIRATE5Across15 Have hallucinations of bubblings and boilings?SEETHINGS9Across17 Inspire with dreadTERRORISE9Across17 InstrumentGUITAR6Across17 They’re refuse collectors, they addTOTTERS7Across18 UnderminesWEAKENS7Across18 A male I mistake for a femaleAMELIA6Across19 ReservedMODEST6Across19 PartROLE4Across19 RepresentativeAGENT5Across20 Excessively complacentSMUG4Across20 Deliver without chargeFREE4Across20 PlungeDIP3Across22 Don't understand why you don't grant interviewsFAILTOSEE9Across23 SparkledGLITTERED9Across23 ScornedDERIDED7Across24 Called for calmCOLLECTED9Across25 IncludedCONTAINED9Across25 Not anyNONE4Across26 Thought to be perfect, though reduced by a poundIDEA4Across26 Mark has two keys, though they're in short supplySCARCE6Across27 ClaimASSERT6Across27 EncounteredMET3Across27 PerchROOST5Across28 Is a collector, one understandsGATHERS7Across29 ToleratesACCEPTS7Across29 DreadFEAR4Across31 Take againRECAPTURE9Across32 Was involved in and worried aboutCONCERNED9Across32 LocatingSITING6Across33 Not well-likedUNPOPULAR9Across34 Why the DIY enthusiast was reading on the beach?SANDPAPER9Across34 Turn in the history booksANNUALS7Across35 PerceivedNOTICED7Across35 PerformerACTOR5Across35 Continue to view, or to think of asLOOKON6Across36 Source of stabilityANCHOR6Across36 Blue fluffDOWN4Across37 CeaseSTOP4Across37 GaelicERSE4Across37 A proviso as regards the physical fitnessCONDITION9Across38 UnspecifiedUNDEFINED9Across38 CarpCAVIL5Across38 HorseNAG3Across39 Avocado dishGUACAMOLE9Across39 Triumphed over evil, Padre Turner didPREVAILED9Across39 SpottedSAW3Across41 ChasePURSUE6Across42 CutHEWED5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bob will show you the quick waySHORTCUT8Down1 Cabbage saladCOLESLAW8Down1 TreeACACIA6Down1 Fighting in a beer hall?BITTERSTRIFE12Down2 ColorationPIGMENTATION12Down2 MaintainALLEGE6Down2 BecauseFOR3Down3 Brings to equilibriumBALANCES8Down3 Breaks up when one removes the hoop?DISBANDS8Down3 BottomFOOT4Down4 Resisted openlyDEFIED6Down4 "Industrial action" does ring a bellSTRIKE6Down4 DropLOWER5Down5 MiscellaneousASSORTED8Down5 Points to the big S in "gifts"LARGESSE8Down5 A refutation issued from home?FLATDENIAL10Down6 UnnecessaryNEEDLESS8Down6 LikenessCOMPARISON10Down6 Like the over-the-top fruit the drink was made from?SQUASHY7Down7 Single copy of bookEDITION7Down7 TarryWAIT4Down8 DisputedCHALLENGED10Down8 The date she had worked out from the skullDEATHSHEAD10Down8 Hear he abandoned the child and that's a crimeARSON5Down11 CustomTRADITION9Down11 From Baghdad, e.g.IRAQI5Down11 StoreFUND4Down14 CarnivalFIESTA6Down16 ParchedARID4Down16 In that case mum has the heat switched onSHEATH6Down16 DetailITEM4Down18 SenselessMAD3Down19 Possibly a diamond expertACE3Down19 How the treatment is working if the patient feels quite ill?RATHERPOORLY12Down21 Devious controlMANIPULATION12Down21 CreateGENERATE8Down21 Continued and prevented one from going to bedKEPTUP6Down22 ImpulsiveMADCAP6Down22 DiseasedGANGRENOUS10Down23 FairyPERI4Down23 Likelihood there is that things will be above board?FAIRCHANCE10Down23 A change of underwear for the cricketerSECONDSLIP10Down24 ReverberatingRESOUNDING10Down24 ReposeREST4Down25 Baby's bedCOT3Down25 Rod and line, you sayCUE3Down25 FinishedDONE4Down26 Precious stonesEMERALDS8Down28 Suggesting the welfare money goes in rentREDOLENT8Down28 MonsterOGRESS6Down29 Having defected, is examined byGONEOVER8Down29 SanctionAPPROVAL8Down29 PouredTEEMED6Down30 Strain to convey one's admiration toSERENADE8Down30 DiscardedSCRAPPED8Down30 Standing one a beer outside "The Orb and Sceptre"?REGALIA7Down31 State as a conditionSPECIFY7Down31 ElevateRAISE5Down32 Turned out to be a fine materialNINON5Down33 QuotedCITED5Down33 Having the mixture too wet is carelessSLOPPY6Down34 SnareTRAP4Down34 Free from restraintUNCAGE6Down34 ClothedCLAD4Down36 FirearmGUN3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 5, 2021. 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.