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Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
FreeGRATIS6Across1 ExaminesPROBES6Across1 Help things to grow wild in the forestFOSTER6Across1 StrictSEVERE6Across5 A friendly approach to music?OVERTURE8Across7 Three-hulled vesselTRIMARAN8Across7 LoseMISPLACE8Across8 There's a lot of money in honeyPOTS4Across8 Travel permitVISA4Across8 IntellectNOUS4Across9 AngelCHERUB6Across10 VitalityPEP3Across10 Inconclusively see off on a travel routeSEAWAY6Across10 Part of Deptford with a cricket club, we take itACCEPT6Across11 DetermineDECIDE6Across11 MaterialSTUFF5Across12 Supporter of the French head of governmentLEG3Across14 SpiritRUM3Across14 FixPEG3Across15 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across16 Land a good blow, for some reasonKOREA5Across16 What is owedDEBT4Across17 FateLOT3Across17 A shrill cry from Mary EllisYELL4Across17 IndividualONE3Across18 QuickRAPID5Across19 Part with a lover!ROMEO5Across19 ChangeALTER5Across20 FastenTIE3Across21 Eye colourHAZEL5Across21 Cold and bearish?POLAR5Across21 SickenAIL3Across22 FruitLEMON5Across22 Clever about it in a proper wayFITLY5Across22 In a musical medley, the part without windCALM4Across23 QuarryPREY4Across23 ObtainGET3Across23 FreeRID3Across24 EnlistENROL5Across26 HugeLARGE5Across26 Having a sound relationship with a boy, I seeSONIC5Across26 Keep out of the pubBAR3Across28 TinyWEE3Across28 Smart move by a tow-headed charmerTWITCH6Across29 LongingYEN3Across29 EsculentEDIBLE6Across29 Pace at which to ride to Bury?CANTER6Across30 SurrendersYIELDS6Across30 Soup container, usually numberedOPUS4Across31 MerelyONLY4Across31 It's shared in a friendly way, gratis, for nothingFREELOVE8Across32 DeceptiveILLUSORY8Across32 Where a very softly played note has to fade awayDIEPPE6Across33 TolerateBEAR4Across33 ConsecrateORDAIN6Across33 UndiminishedUNABATED8Across34 PromisePLEDGE6Across35 PropertyESTATE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EquablePLACID6Down1 Podgy elf, backward and retiringFLESHY6Down1 ElevateRAISE5Down2 Lebanese capitalBEIRUT6Down2 If a plot's full of holes, this may have something to do with itTROWEL6Down2 SortTYPE4Down3 Injure with a knifeSTAB4Down3 Not everything in the garden can be so lovely, surely?ROSY4Down3 EndangerIMPERIL7Down4 A good 'un, but showing signs of breakingCRACKER7Down4 BeginSTART5Down4 Planet's pathORBIT5Down5 BundleSHEAF5Down5 So loveless and pure, perhaps, but brilliantSUPER5Down5 ApertureVENT4Down6 BelowUNDER5Down6 A match for Lucifer?VESTA5Down6 CourseROUTE5Down7 It covers the sharp end and everything elsePALL4Down8 Part of speechVERB4Down8 TotalSUM3Down9 Label the gameTAG3Down9 StrengthPOWER5Down10 BegPLEAD5Down11 FishCOD3Down12 BoothSTALL5Down12 Gosh, the commanding officer has nothing on!COO3Down12 SidestepDODGE5Down13 Girl who handled a revolver?PEARL5Down13 ExtremeUTTER5Down13 SmithyFORGE5Down14 TrivialPETTY5Down15 Musical instrumentKAZOO5Down15 Festive? Emphatically!JOLLY5Down15 VerdantGREEN5Down16 One bent on having a drink?ELBOW5Down18 AntelopeELAND5Down18 TupRAM3Down19 Tripe can be eaten in cars!ROT3Down19 Writing implementPEN3Down20 That time when a Yankee followed mumMAY3Down20 WickedHELLISH7Down21 Little Italian with a high-pitched voicePICCOLO7Down21 Tennis shotLOB3Down22 Capable of an outburst?FIT3Down22 ParedPEELED6Down23 He didn't rule the wavesCANUTE6Down23 Skills needed for starting up straightawayARTS4Down24 DependRELY4Down24 Could one ramble around in such halls?MARBLE6Down25 SycophantYESMAN6Down25 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 WeirdEERIE5Down26 Primly formal, yet somehow breezy?STIFF5Down26 Reginald gets some backing from the stateNIGER5Down27 FirearmRIFLE5Down27 SharpACUTE5Down27 Be victoriousWIN3Down28 ClearingGLADE5Down28 Soft, tasteful notes on the pianoBAP3Down28 Cowed, disheartened schoolgirlCOED4Down30 ExpelEJECT5Down30 ToyYOYO4Down30 GratingGRID4Down31 DividePART4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, February 9, 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.