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Evening Standard Crossword February 8 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 8 2022 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
TarnishTAINT5Across1 WhipFLOG4Across1 An attack by the RE, roughly speaking?ABOUT5Across1 SeverCUT3Across4 Like a goal at rugby, it's often droppedAITCH5Across6 DumbMUTE4Across6 CaptureCATCH5Across6 Non-professionalsLAYMEN6Across8 AffrontINSULT6Across9 Spray canAEROSOL7Across9 Spotted a pastry without a toppingPIEBALD7Across9 FaucetTAP3Across10 In ordinary terms, a teasing poserPROSE5Across10 SlantSLOPE5Across10 Food taken quietly, at leisurePEASE5Across11 Open soreULCER5Across11 Means of communication used by intermediariesMEDIA5Across12 PulsateTHROB5Across12 Small coinPENNY5Across12 Fondled or shot on the 1st of DecemberSTROKED7Across13 Gold in massBULLION7Across13 PungentACRID5Across14 ZestGUSTO5Across15 Therefore finish up making a peace offeringSOP3Across15 That womanHER3Across15 ParticleATOM4Across17 Many consume itMEAT4Across17 Check out the name of a savoury seedSESAME6Across18 SafeSECURE6Across18 ConsentACCEDE6Across18 RusticRURAL5Across19 Where, at leisure, sailors can make sportPORTS5Across19 Drinking vesselTEACUP6Across20 Frederic never had something to eat outCHOPIN6Across20 PatternDESIGN6Across20 Venerable writer of a noted plotBEDE4Across22 Go by seaSAIL4Across22 UnwellILL3Across24 HandleTREAT5Across24 One man's name for a bird lacking 'chic'KEN3Across24 Baker's blunder?BLOOMER7Across25 JustificationGROUNDS7Across25 Moral storyFABLE5Across26 Something suitably said as Sarah consumed the excellent punchSKOAL5Across26 UnhealthyUNFIT5Across26 Drinking tubeSTRAW5Across27 O lord, what a mess - simply drivel!DROOL5Across27 Cold and dismal, finish the job and get outBLEAK5Across28 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Across28 HoboTRAMP5Across28 Is she capable of a fruity suggestion?MELANIE7Across29 LettLATVIAN7Across29 Cremated cricketASHES5Across30 StrangelyODDLY5Across30 Piercing-toolAWL3Across30 PerceiveSENSE5Across31 Persisted in one's efforts, though terribly tiredTRIED5Across31 ItinerantTINKER6Across32 LightIGNITE6Across33 BetweenAMID4Across34 OwingDUE3Across35 NoblemanEARL4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Using maximum effortALLOUT6Down2 LeadLEASH5Down2 Scold a worker for hiding a traitorBERATE6Down2 Prepared to push for a resultUPSHOT6Down3 ColourGAMBOGE7Down3 Incendiary liquidNAPALM6Down3 Link it up with an ear-pieceTIE3Down4 HypocrisyCANT4Down4 Golf pegTEE3Down4 ExcursionTRIP4Down5 Ran away to seaEBBED5Down5 VoucherTOKEN5Down5 MelodyMUSIC5Down6 Edelweiss, etc., a fellow longs forALPINES7Down6 Give advice toCOUNSEL7Down6 ConfederateALLY4Down7 Thought I had to start earlyIDEA4Down7 EffectiveTELLING7Down7 Cool-headed American male, as a ruleCUSTOM6Down8 IntelligentCLEVER6Down8 AsternAFT3Down11 BeverageTEA3Down12 People accept half a loaf as something to eatMELON5Down12 Appear suddenlyPOPUP5Down12 ShootBUD3Down13 Out fishing, perhaps, there can be quite a blowSMACK5Down13 Spicy Indian dishBALTI5Down13 FaithfulLOYAL5Down14 He may be Spanish or possibly RomanRAMON5Down14 PersonHUMAN5Down15 Where alleged witches cooked mealsSALEM5Down15 Run out and look around for a tin openerPETER5Down16 SpoolsREELS5Down16 FixedSET3Down16 PoemODE3Down17 It's possibly left on the corner like a parked carSTILL5Down18 SwordSABRE5Down18 RatifyCONFIRM7Down19 EscapeRUNAWAY7Down19 Show preference for the French savoury productsPICKLES7Down19 ConsumeEAT3Down21 Very happyELATED6Down21 Club cardsHEARTS6Down21 OddSTRANGE7Down22 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Down22 Player who needs to get his broken elbow rightBOWLER6Down22 SleepNAP3Down23 Discuss going up to bed before tea, perhapsDEBATE6Down23 FoolsIDIOTS6Down23 RankROW3Down25 Commonplace boycott on an inexperienced driverBANAL5Down25 MittenGLOVE5Down25 DropFALL4Down26 Equally, at half time, it's not a hundred per centSOME4Down26 IrritatedIRKED5Down27 The part that makes the holeBIT3Down28 Used to beWAS3Down28 EngineMOTOR5Down29 ParchedARID4Down30 ExistenceLIFE4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. 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.