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Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for February 9 2018. 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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Even41 AcrossReveal answer → Uncooked34 AcrossReveal answer → Dungeon46 AcrossReveal answer → Always39 AcrossReveal answer → Understanding what the nod of the head means99 AcrossReveal answer → Concord99 AcrossReveal answer → Manifold810 AcrossReveal answer → Kind person who’s something of an oddity910 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket stroke910 AcrossReveal answer → Peruse411 AcrossReveal answer → Bird of prey412 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense! A hard drinker knocks it back412 AcrossReveal answer → Are in charge and get silver hair all round!613 AcrossReveal answer → Writing desk613 AcrossReveal answer → Time-consuming business714 AcrossReveal answer → Entertainment with refreshments? And how!714 AcrossReveal answer → Resin314 AcrossReveal answer → Large animals915 AcrossReveal answer → Hurried after, cold and humbled915 AcrossReveal answer → Stall516 AcrossReveal answer → Forever917 AcrossReveal answer → With figures about heart trouble tries to frighten917 AcrossReveal answer → Augment718 AcrossReveal answer → Gave heart, in the end, to the performers who felt unappreciated?718 AcrossReveal answer → Crucial819 AcrossReveal answer → Type of beer619 AcrossReveal answer → Rule that it’s gold and I prove to be wrong619 AcrossReveal answer → Reject as false420 AcrossReveal answer → Stash away - with the exception of420 AcrossReveal answer → Singer521 AcrossReveal answer → Logic923 AcrossReveal answer → Given a power one felt affronted by923 AcrossReveal answer → Writing823 AcrossReveal answer → Out-of-date424 AcrossReveal answer → Captivated925 AcrossReveal answer → Either fire or unload it925 AcrossReveal answer → Ready money426 AcrossReveal answer → Are out to get the point they deserve426 AcrossReveal answer → Consume327 AcrossReveal answer → Public speaker627 AcrossReveal answer → Considered taking action - myself included627 AcrossReveal answer → Motorcycle attachment729 AcrossReveal answer → Did it contribute to the snarling of the old-time traffic?729 AcrossReveal answer → Displace431 AcrossReveal answer → Legal proof that you’re the champion?932 AcrossReveal answer → Underwater swimmer932 AcrossReveal answer → Enhance833 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing334 AcrossReveal answer → Seems irritated when one withdraws from the match934 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous934 AcrossReveal answer → Stagger435 AcrossReveal answer → Less heavy735 AcrossReveal answer → Gave the impression, as one left on the trip735 AcrossReveal answer → Plaything336 AcrossReveal answer → Answerable636 AcrossReveal answer → Once it’s planted, does it shoot up?636 AcrossReveal answer → Dread437 AcrossReveal answer → Gasp437 AcrossReveal answer → Grasp the branch437 AcrossReveal answer → Expenditure938 AcrossReveal answer → Stop a man with a packet coming from the supermarket938 AcrossReveal answer → Citrus fruit939 AcrossReveal answer → Put a curb on the police, perhaps, or give them more power939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fine soft wool81 DownReveal answer → “A bit soft,” object to81 DownReveal answer → Monarchs122 DownReveal answer → How obvious it is the fortune-teller’s a fake?122 DownReveal answer → Extol42 DownReveal answer → Successive order83 DownReveal answer → Stayed to meander about. I went inside83 DownReveal answer → Carry43 DownReveal answer → Deputised84 DownReveal answer → Emphasise64 DownReveal answer → Desert sand64 DownReveal answer → Cry45 DownReveal answer → Edible85 DownReveal answer → Took to be the done thing85 DownReveal answer → Freight56 DownReveal answer → Additional part106 DownReveal answer → As a hen would do when its henhouse had been demolished?106 DownReveal answer → Watch37 DownReveal answer → Extend77 DownReveal answer → Get a different route and means of access77 DownReveal answer → Fewest58 DownReveal answer → Naively optimistic108 DownReveal answer → A lot of people got shot in it108 DownReveal answer → Laugh when he goes into the stand511 DownReveal answer → Polite511 DownReveal answer → Fragment512 DownReveal answer → Poison513 DownReveal answer → Illuminated314 DownReveal answer → Boat515 DownReveal answer → Carriage616 DownReveal answer → Artist who was a convert?616 DownReveal answer → Frequently517 DownReveal answer → Hurried518 DownReveal answer → Insect319 DownReveal answer → Not even rum!319 DownReveal answer → District820 DownReveal answer → Reference work1221 DownReveal answer → Spring water1221 DownReveal answer → Furrow322 DownReveal answer → The route to the interior622 DownReveal answer → Roam622 DownReveal answer → Huss1023 DownReveal answer → No shortage of work for the con-man?1023 DownReveal answer → Disrespectful1024 DownReveal answer → The far tree, felled subsequently1024 DownReveal answer → Isolated525 DownReveal answer → Served up, too325 DownReveal answer → Do wrong325 DownReveal answer → Odour526 DownReveal answer → Reduce speed, after a fashion828 DownReveal answer → Iota428 DownReveal answer → Indefatigable828 DownReveal answer → Lash429 DownReveal answer → Very hot829 DownReveal answer → From where the flowers are, getting one a flower829 DownReveal answer → Intend430 DownReveal answer → Reticent830 DownReveal answer → No longer caring, decided not to keep the appointment830 DownReveal answer → Writing about Rome, I digress in the autobiography731 DownReveal answer → Issue731 DownReveal answer → Contend332 DownReveal answer → The fish will be rising right away533 DownReveal answer → Piece of cast metal533 DownReveal answer → It’s safe to tie up634 DownReveal answer → Vigorous and enthusiastic634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, February 9, 2018. 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.