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Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
AbutADJOIN6Across1 Savoury snackCANAPE6Across1 A cause of growing heatednessHOTBED6Across1 ThroatGULLET6Across5 New York's Oriental team?EASTSIDE8Across7 Gambling gameROULETTE8Across7 SubmarineUNDERSEA8Across8 Possibly cracked containerSAFE4Across8 DestroyRUIN4Across8 MarqueeTENT4Across9 Slightly damaged the pasture?GRAZED6Across10 JewelGEM3Across10 RuffleTOUSLE6Across10 Heart of the Indies, possiblyINSIDE6Across11 WheedleCAJOLE6Across11 KindCLASS5Across12 CongealGEL3Across14 What to exclaim when some jeers are heard?GEE3Across14 MouthfulSIP3Across15 The sort of meat one took a chance with?DICED5Across16 Of the noseNASAL5Across16 Boy's nameROSS4Across17 Being indigent is not goodPOOR4Across17 ScullOAR3Across17 SickILL3Across18 Writing materialPAPER5Across19 Don't take a taxi out to Uncle Tom's!CABIN5Across19 BirdEMU3Across19 ConsumedEATEN5Across20 SnakeVIPER5Across21 ExpertACE3Across21 Fabricated now, strangely enough, about a day of victoryWOVEN5Across21 DiscourageDETER5Across22 Being fed up, tried a changeTIRED5Across22 UntruthLIE3Across22 You may eat it during the Christmas holidayMASH4Across23 Tie fastBIND4Across23 TinCAN3Across23 PerformedDID3Across24 For detectives to be after a bit of lunch is very understandableLUCID5Across26 Call onVISIT5Across26 CleansePURGE5Across26 Senior officer in company with a learnerCOL3Across28 That womanHER3Across28 After half time, she's gone wrongIMOGEN6Across29 ProverbsADAGES6Across29 ObtainGET3Across29 Beast causing a nasty turn for Reg!BADGER6Across30 Glass containerCARAFE6Across30 In this region, there's a reason to be childlessAREA4Across31 Prayer endingAMEN4Across31 Give a worker too muchHANDOVER8Across32 PanthersLEOPARDS8Across32 How one loves to get a letter sooner than expected!DEARLY6Across33 EmployedUSED4Across33 IrritableTETCHY6Across33 UnearthDISINTER8Across34 MendREPAIR6Across35 DecoratedORNATE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Horse's gaitCANTER6Down1 Finish phoning with some difficultyHANGUP6Down1 DullardDUNCE5Down2 EntertainsAMUSES6Down2 You can wear it right next to the fireBLAZER6Down2 FinishedOVER4Down3 Sea eagleERNE4Down3 Denoted "not out", in factDEED4Down3 Mrs MopCLEANER7Down4 A substitute also found in tins, possiblySTANDIN7Down4 Of nosesNASAL5Down4 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down5 MirrorGLASS5Down5 Copy Roman numeralsMIMIC5Down5 TardyLATE4Down6 WallowREVEL5Down6 Honoured with a meal, going round the West EndFETED5Down6 BoredomENNUI5Down7 Was finished, in the past, as a pudding ingredientSAGO4Down8 MatsRUGS4Down8 Medical charge for cut feet?FEE3Down9 UnwellILL3Down9 AvariceGREED5Down10 FormMOULD5Down11 JoltJAR3Down12 Wicked piece of gross incompetenceSIN3Down12 CrawlCREEP5Down12 LoadedLADEN5Down13 Artist, for instance, in sad disarrayDEGAS5Down13 PerformerACTOR5Down13 BecauseSINCE5Down14 Maurice and Eva turned in opposite directionsRAVEL5Down15 NarrowTAPER5Down15 JargonSLANG5Down15 FoldPLEAT5Down16 Quietly leaves the podium in great unpopularityODIUM5Down18 Egg-shapedOVOID5Down18 MinePIT3Down19 A common exclamation when some crockery's broken!COR3Down19 Three notes, usually nice and softBED3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Shrewd fellow (but wasn't Billy Bunter one?)WIDEBOY7Down21 Old soldierVETERAN7Down21 Tight game?TIG3Down22 Use a spadeDIG3Down22 City of the modern miss?MODENA6Down23 DeprivedBEREFT6Down23 Unusually singular plant in Trafalgar SquareALGA4Down24 CountryIRAN4Down24 OutcomeISSUE5Down25 Softly denied? Not really!HARDLY6Down25 DullDREARY6Down25 Many an article is suppleLITHE5Down26 Spring overVAULT5Down26 BeneathUNDER5Down27 A titled person will matter, of courseCOUNT5Down27 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Down27 ZestGUSTO5Down28 One driven with some lack of care?CAR3Down28 Bad actorHAM3Down28 Shakespeare, it seems, was wrong about Romeo!BARD4Down30 UprightERECT5Down30 Set of actorsCAST4Down30 ThoughtIDEA4Down31 SoonANON4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. 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.