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Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2022 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#
CabinBERTH5Across3 ShriekSCREAM6Across4 A very good and superior womanABBESS6Across4 Hires marine map-makers?CHARTERS8Across7 ReboundRICOCHET8Across7 Gardening suit?SPADES6Across8 Things of valueASSETS6Across8 StaggeredREELED6Across9 ClotheDRESS5Across10 SturdyROBUST6Across10 U.S. president, mad as could beADAMS5Across10 ShyTIMID5Across11 CheeseEDAM4Across12 Due to the sunshine, you need a hat out EastHEAT4Across13 Long journeyTREK4Across13 StitchedSEWN4Across14 Extra piece of work accepted by meMORE4Across14 Shoots for prizesPOTS4Across15 AleBEER4Across15 NakedBARE4Across15 Letter to a police inspector from a pickpocketDIP3Across16 Boy's nameIAN3Across16 A snare to race out of?TRAP4Across17 ToldRELATED7Across17 Opera songARIA4Across17 He'll sell you a ticket - all in French!TOUT4Across19 NoblemanEARL4Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 A contradiction in terms, but good!WHOLESOME9Across21 PerfumeFRAGRANCE9Across21 MaterialDENIM5Across21 SongbirdWREN4Across23 In essence, a literal misstatementGIST4Across23 PressIRON4Across23 What the passenger pays to get on?FARE4Across24 WorryFRET4Across24 SheetPANE4Across25 BlitheGAY3Across26 Beethoven followed this vehicleVAN3Across26 WanderedROVED5Across26 You could hit a punch-bag with oneTHUD4Across27 Rabbit's tailSCUT4Across27 BorderHEM3Across28 Look as jolly as RogerGRIN4Across29 Precious stoneOPAL4Across29 RehearsedRECITED7Across30 Timber tradeDEAL4Across32 Hair from sheepWOOL4Across32 A state reached by wandering south from Amiens?MAINE5Across33 Lifting machineCRANE5Across33 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 Part of the eye containing a clear piece, one findsLEARNS6Across34 AllegesCLAIMS6Across34 The most runs, though only twenty at bestTOPSCORE8Across35 AbideTOLERATE8Across35 CipherCODE4Across35 Card suitSPADES6Across36 Discover to be sound?RUMBLE6Across36 StartedBEGAN5Across36 DeservedEARNED6Across38 HiddenCOVERT6Across39 PostponeDEFER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PokesPRODS5Down1 Buzz off and get Steve!SCRAM5Down1 CommandORDER5Down1 Threaded fastenerSCREW5Down2 Letter to a sailor in a Gulf stateQATAR5Down2 LawfulLEGAL5Down2 ExpertsACES4Down3 A name in hypnotismOTIS4Down3 WagerBET3Down3 GazeSTARE5Down4 RevisedEDITED6Down4 Property of the fathead at the end of the street?ASSET5Down4 ExcursionTRIP4Down5 HazardRISK4Down5 Do better than thrash?BEAT4Down5 ScuttleHOD3Down6 Of the starsASTRAL6Down6 Think it proper to check the size and shapeSEEFIT6Down6 RusticRURAL5Down7 War-horseSTEED5Down8 TranquilSERENE6Down9 Cleric who, being tense, gets nothing right!PASTOR6Down9 ColourRED3Down11 It may do good as a guideDOG3Down11 It's liquid, but methinks not writing fluidMETHS5Down12 Animal trapSNARE5Down12 DelineatedDEFINED7Down13 Optimistic about a flight on the wrong fuelHOPEFUL7Down13 About to cryTEARFUL7Down13 ChiefMAJOR5Down14 Opalescent piece of my old chinaPAL3Down15 LargeBIG3Down15 Expected to combine with tricky lobs in the doublesDUE3Down16 RespectedREVERED7Down16 AngerIRE3Down16 DissuadeDETER5Down18 Bad ways to trot, possiblyROTTEN6Down18 Kidnapper's paymentRANSOM6Down18 TearRIP3Down19 A letter from Margaret in the outskirts of OttawaOMEGA5Down20 ThespianACTOR5Down20 Cook in oilFRY3Down21 Get the girlWIN3Down21 SkillART3Down22 Unhappy in serious adversitySAD3Down22 SorceryMAGIC5Down22 Beat soundlyWALLOP6Down23 Tea cake? Not entirelyGATEAU6Down23 PresentNOW3Down24 PallidWAN3Down25 It's to be discouraged in the reading roomDIN3Down25 DisfigureDEFACE6Down27 Additionally, it's all the quicker to slow you down!HASTE5Down28 RentedHIRED5Down28 Is priced atCOSTS5Down28 BlitheMERRY5Down29 HeathenPAGAN5Down30 Tear ahead somewhereRIPON5Down30 SymbolTOKEN5Down31 OutcastLEPER5Down31 Staircase feature; new model, but not modernNEWEL5Down31 FeralWILD4Down32 GodDEITY5Down32 Not much fun for a doctor and a seamanDRAB4Down32 Mum's hot potatoesMASH4Down33 Ship's companyCREW4Down33 YieldCEDE4Down34 CouchBED3Down36 And notNOR3Down37

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