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Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword February 9 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 131 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#
PrincipleTENET5Across3 MumbleMUTTER6Across4 Only a little girl, but she's maybe washed upDISHES6Across4 Marriage means everything to some fiancees!ALLIANCE8Across7 Until this timeHITHERTO8Across7 Vessel in the Mediterranean, that's obviousMARKED6Across8 Unquestionable truthGOSPEL6Across8 LoadBURDEN6Across9 SituatePLACE5Across10 GiveDONATE6Across10 Like Colleen, the girl at the hotelIRISH5Across10 CompositionESSAY5Across11 DispatchedSENT4Across12 Turn up business for meCOME4Across13 DirtMUCK4Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 Find fault with a swimmerCARP4Across14 Could Daniel East be the gloomy one?DANE4Across15 DisgustingVILE4Across15 BroadWIDE4Across15 Youngster somewhat lacking as a pupilPUP3Across16 Hardly anyFEW3Across16 Stout-hearted friend - but stony!OPAL4Across17 BetrothedENGAGED7Across17 Biblical killerCAIN4Across17 He comes but once a yearNOEL4Across19 Act of lendingLOAN4Across19 VehicleCAR3Across20 In pain, perhaps, increased one's betDOUBLEDUP9Across21 HappenCOMEABOUT9Across21 CubedDICED5Across21 Married German womanFRAU4Across23 Animal hard to hit?BULL4Across23 GroupUNIT4Across23 Oven used in roastingOAST4Across24 RodentsRATS4Across24 PressIRON4Across25 Produce eggsLAY3Across26 Money, for instance, for a cricket sideLEG3Across26 DomesticatedTAMED5Across26 Left out - as he deserves to be?LOUT4Across27 PaceSTEP4Across27 NourishedFED3Across28 Were in jugEWER4Across29 StumbleTRIP4Across29 DisfiguredDEFACED7Across30 Full of sauce during supper timePERT4Across32 ChairSEAT4Across32 A cord knotted by a lawmakerDRACO5Across33 WillowOSIER5Across33 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 Game that has a lot in it for a seedPELOTA6Across34 FondleCARESS6Across34 The pastry business?TURNOVER8Across35 HerbTARRAGON8Across35 ManufacturedMADE4Across35 MildGENTLE6Across36 Work of art superior in taste, maybeSTATUE6Across36 WireCABLE5Across36 RaceNATION6Across38 EnrolENLIST6Across39 WhiskersBEARD5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FellowsCHAPS5Down1 Fear of terrible pain and a tragic endPANIC5Down1 RevileABUSE5Down1 ThieveSTEAL5Down2 Tony could never be completely ribald!BLAIR5Down2 FetchBRING5Down2 Hereditary unitGENE4Down3 It's unwise to hush an artist!RASH4Down3 Golf-pegTEE3Down3 Important personMOGUL5Down4 FollowedENSUED6Down4 Donald holds them to be a bad thingDEMON5Down4 CheeseEDAM4Down5 AssignmentTASK4Down5 Bound to be a clever ruseSURE4Down5 PlaythingTOY3Down6 NumberELEVEN6Down6 The amount of money for fuel, perhaps, is worth looking atEYEFUL6Down6 AnxietyPANIC5Down7 DrainSEWER5Down8 Feline mammalOCELOT6Down9 They're made to be correctiveAMENDS6Down9 Unhewn piece of timberLOG3Down11 Fresh, and a bit of a tearawayRAW3Down11 You may well have seen a film on oneSPOOL5Down12 Bedtime drinkCOCOA5Down12 ToleratedENDURED7Down13 Could such a charge make you cry?CALLOUT7Down13 Mosque towerMINARET7Down13 ImplicitTACIT5Down14 Fish turning bad?DAB3Down15 ContendVIE3Down15 Ripe pomegranates can give you go!PEP3Down16 DiscouragedDAUNTED7Down16 CorpulentFAT3Down16 AteDINED5Down18 Bird put out about a £50 notePULLET6Down18 EntertainsAMUSES6Down18 GarlandLEI3Down19 KO shot?OUTER5Down20 ExpelsOUSTS5Down20 Shed tearsCRY3Down21 Little Douglas, said to be pushedDUG3Down21 Bread rollBAP3Down22 Take down what's on the menuEAT3Down22 VisionDREAM5Down22 Outer appearanceFACADE6Down23 Deprived of a swill of beer, going on footBEREFT6Down23 FaucetTAP3Down24 FalsehoodLIE3Down25 Dry in next to no timeSEC3Down25 TraderDEALER6Down27 Speak or eat, possiblyORATE5Down28 DemonFIEND5Down28 FlavourTASTE5Down28 DemiseDEATH5Down29 Long narrow hilltopRIDGE5Down30 I'm in the sea, but can manage without!WAIVE5Down30 CarpCAVIL5Down31 Fork partPRONG5Down31 What the fire does when the wind blowsROARS5Down31 CultSECT4Down32 GodDEITY5Down32 Is it on the boozy side?PORT4Down32 Enid may have dinnerDINE4Down33 MonsterOGRE4Down33 SensibleSANE4Down34 HorseCOB3Down36 FinishEND3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, February 9, 2023. 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.