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Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 5 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
American stateTEXAS5Across3 Take up training with much fussADOPT5Across3 PulveriseCRUSH5Across4 BrawlFRACAS6Across7 A lingerie item in mindBRAIN5Across8 LidCOVER5Across8 OpponentFOE3Across9 FuelGAS3Across10 Wet or showeryRAINY5Across10 But not the uncle of Romulus!REMUS5Across10 Knight's line in the old Southern RailwaySIR3Across11 Rubbish receptacleBIN3Across11 Villain who would fain be good-hearted?FAGIN5Across12 Ward offPARRY5Across12 WildFERAL5Across12 GemOPAL4Across13 Only part of the way, by whatever meansSOMEHOW7Across13 Leave for deadABANDON7Across13 Thus has a use in pickleSOUSE5Across15 ShamBOGUS5Across15 PonderedMUSED5Across15 AmuseDIVERT6Across17 Mother Riley's initial ruin!MAR3Across18 Hearing organEAR3Across18 Whence the ball comes in from an angleCORNER6Across19 PullYANK4Across19 Concluding partFINALE6Across19 SubjectTHEME5Across20 YearbookALMANAC7Across21 Fresh portion of heavenly cheese, allegedlyNEWMOON7Across21 AfflictsAILS4Across22 The land one managed?IRAN4Across22 RodentRAT3Across22 It may have been spent in ArgentinaPESO4Across23 TreatyPACT4Across23 ConfusesBEMUSES7Across24 Went inENTERED7Across24 Held the letter that was tornGRIPPED7Across24 SubsidesABATES6Across26 Those razor-sharp Sheffielders?BLADES6Across26 ClamourDIN3Across27 StaidSOBER5Across28 LubricateOIL3Across29 Chest expanderAIR3Across29 Wherein a hairdresser may arrange loans?SALON5Across31 Of the noseNASAL5Across31 DotSPOT4Across31 One who doesn't believe in being rotten about CharlieSCEPTIC7Across32 Collide withRUNINTO7Across32 ReviserEDITOR6Across33 Puzzle-solving aidsCLUES5Across34 Make a call where you figure to take a seatVISIT5Across34 Young fellow making money nowadaysLAD3Across35 CribCOT3Across35 ViperADDER5Across35 Possibly deem a sorceressMEDEA5Across36 ProportionRATIO5Across36 Fabric a bit looser, generally?SERGE5Across37 SeraglioHAREM5Across37 CircleRING4Across37 ClanTRIBE5Across38 CoilTWIRL5Across38 Smooth as keels can beSLEEK5Across38 RankROW3Across39 CircuitLAP3Across41 IrritateNIGGLE6Across42 BorderedEDGED5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bad ignitionARSON5Down1 Police officer, informallyBOBBY5Down1 ExertionEFFORT6Down1 Inspire fellows to form a brigade, perhapsFIREMEN7Down2 Boarding place for dogsKENNELS7Down2 DisplayPARADE6Down2 DroopSAG3Down3 LevelEVEN4Down4 ManageCOPE4Down4 The result of equalityDRAW4Down4 PromptREADY5Down5 Foreign languageARABIC6Down5 Jug of porridgePRISON6Down5 PepperSPRINKLE8Down6 Singer with the general ideaTENOR5Down6 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Down6 Possibly cures an afflictionCURSE5Down7 Make voidANNUL5Down7 IdenticalSAME4Down8 By way ofVIA3Down9 Mean to achieve a rise in amiabilityAIM3Down9 YieldSURRENDER9Down11 They give shape to new reformsFORMERS7Down12 Searches for foodFORAGES7Down12 WeirDAM3Down14 FruitLIME4Down14 Hawaiian fruit?HAW3Down14 AsteriskSTAR4Down16 Like every single adultUNWED5Down16 Festive occasionsGALAS5Down16 In old movies, maybe Peter turns up with FlynnERROL5Down17 ChairsSEATS5Down17 SellVEND4Down18 An agreement, to be briefCOMPACT7Down19 Inanely foolishFATUOUS7Down19 All arms and legs?LIMBS5Down20 HeathenPAGAN5Down20 Alan's upset about Victor, the marineNAVAL5Down21 ImpededHAMPERED8Down21 Assumed nameALIAS5Down21 TrialTEST4Down23 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down23 Puzzle as to how one can get cross after misspelling 'purple'PERPLEX7Down23 Quick to make friends in EalingGENIAL6Down24 RoarBELLOW6Down24 FastenedTIED4Down25 Food item of the sloppiest kind?PIE3Down25 TransgressionSIN3Down25 EntranceDOOR4Down26 Being light, it's said to suit the slackerLASER5Down27 TriteBANAL5Down27 They love a peaceful flightDOVES5Down28 UnspokenTACIT5Down28 SpanBRIDGE6Down29 TatteredRAGGED6Down30 Complete, totalUTTER5Down30 Fly in the central position at some stageMIDGE5Down30 ListTABLE5Down32 The whole team gave an audible sigh!SIDE4Down32 Bring upREAR4Down32 Jack's in the right areaTAR3Down33 And notNOR3Down33 PressIRON4Down34 LifelessDEAD4Down36 IntelligenceWIT3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. 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.