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Below you will find all the solutions to Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword from February 16th 2023.

February 16th 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
To cheat can involve bowing and scraping!	FIDDLE
A cleaner fuel used by artists	CHARCOAL
About to act or play the ham	OVERDO
Also called a torn sail	ALIAS
Schoolgirl in company with a boy	COED
Conceal handily	PALM
Ruins something heavenly	MARS
Girl to form an attachment with?	PEG
Women can buy them in zebra stripes	BRAS
Rush at a mad rate	TEAR
In a new label, Bach composition for playing at the seaside	BEACHBALL
Dear addressees?	SIRS
Is it bad down there?	BASE
Work during play?	ACT
Duck into bed with a bird	COOT
It moves when you chu your chow	CHIN
A cat to make any fellow cross	MANX
Weight in carats, perhaps?	STONE
Tales of a lax sloven	NOVELS
Physical activity, but it can be bookish	EXERCISE
Our earthly one is not mercurial	PLANET
It could cause you to finish up with a nasty scar	SCRAP
A growing boy	BASIL
Winners of a complicated case	ACES
On which a crazy fool has a right to lie?	FLOOR
Act up again	DEED
No snake on board but a large viper!	LADDER
Do they use staves for matchwood?	VESTAS
He figures to tour central Spain	LAD
Is it forever changing to red?	AMBER
See a wooden container as a place for money	CASHBOX
Master Charlie's raincoat	MAC
Canine chum?	PAL
He could give a tail-ender a scar	RASCAL
Choose from a limited selection	ELECT
The biting part?	BIT
Take a knock	BAT
Academy for young swimmers?	SCHOOL
Get the girl?	WIN
Attack on a clique or faction	ONSET
Escape with a sprained ankle?	HOPIT
Not so dusty	NEWER
Stingy fellow hiding a cigarette end	MEAN
Old toiler who could never quite turn up fresh	SERF

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