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Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
CharSCORCH6Across1 FrustrateTHWART6Across5 BeginCOMMENCE8Across8 SportATHLETICS9Across9 NearNIGH4Across9 The lifter of the lid gets a big surpriseEYEOPENER9Across9 WooingCOURTING8Across10 EncounteredMET3Across10 Try to stave in, foolishly, but it’s ridiculousTRAVESTY8Across10 HostelriesINNS4Across12 PoetryVERSE5Across12 He’s one who’s come to the foreIVAN4Across12 FameREPUTE6Across13 It will make you laugh - and crySCREAM6Across13 Large sailing shipGALLEON7Across14 Don’t accept there’s a diminutionDECLINE7Across14 Intermediate storeyMEZZANINE9Across15 Damage the vehicle, a sled, I then repairVANDALISE9Across15 OceanSEA3Across15 CourtWOO3Across17 Butterfly pupaCHRYSALIS9Across17 Happening to have spotted appropriating a numberSEVENTEEN9Across17 PinchNIP3Across18 Assumes, when one is brought down bySLIPSON7Across18 Interconnected groupNETWORK7Across18 CerealRYE3Across19 The party to beat all parties?THRASH6Across20 ListTABLE5Across20 ConsternationDISMAY6Across20 AngerIRE3Across21 The water was running when I came inRAIN4Across21 Parasitic insectFLEA4Across21 BeerALE3Across22 SpoilMAR3Across23 Goes towards, when one earns on behalf ofMAKESFOR8Across24 Brown-haired girlBRUNETTE8Across24 MooseELK3Across24 RecoverRALLY5Across26 Reinforcement for only the lockBUTTRESS8Across26 Subtle deceptionARTIFICE8Across26 Gather you’re to make the acquaintance ofMEET4Across28 PlaythingsTOYS4Across28 Bearing a large damaged crate of wineCLARET6Across29 On-off deviceSWITCH6Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across29 Greatly fearedDREADED7Across31 Lively and cheerful, he’s playing a golf shotCHIPPER7Across31 ParchedARID4Across33 Tackled the problem when one spoke toADDRESSED9Across34 Financial officerTREASURER9Across34 LoyalFAITHFUL8Across34 HappenBEFALL6Across35 SexGENDER6Across36 Within a spell, should be taken overBOUGHTOUT9Across36 English countyHAMPSHIRE9Across36 From the very beginning, is good at golfSCRATCH7Across38 SadTEARFUL7Across38 Prophecies are transmitted through it, but nothing clear-cutORACLE6Across39 MeanINTEND6Across39 Crest, you say, showing a dogPEKE4Across40 DeedsACTS4Across40 Mentioned that the arbiter had been mistakenREFERRED8Across41 Of clerks or clergyCLERICAL8Across41 Attacked for having been extravagantLASHEDOUT9Across42 TV presenterANCHORMAN9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Lucky charmTALISMAN8Down1 Thinks there are insects, live, flying around insideBELIEVES8Down1 Glazed cotton fabricCHINTZ6Down2 HagCRONE5Down2 Get back in gear with difficultyREGAIN6Down2 Comic rhymeLIMERICK8Down3 I can change into going out, after workingINACTION8Down3 SlopeRAMP4Down3 ThusHENCE5Down4 Take for grantedASSUME6Down4 All you need to fly a kite - it’s easyBREEZE6Down4 RingletTRESS5Down5 Chemistry, physics, etc.SCIENCES8Down5 To a terrible skinflint, how to make perfume go furtherATOMISER8Down5 NeedWANT4Down6 Big lorryJUGGERNAUT10Down6 Called on and was charged to enter?PAIDAVISIT10Down6 Make use ofUTILISE7Down7 KnaveROGUE5Down7 Lights outside the house would be the answerBEACONS7Down7 IllUNWELL6Down8 Are out? Blow!STRIKE6Down8 CoalesceMERGE5Down10 Standing Nina up, taking Margaret out and proposing toMEANING7Down11 PinchTWEAK5Down11 StrangeUNUSUAL7Down11 ElectorVOTER5Down12 RevoltREBEL5Down13 FoeENEMY5Down14 SteepleSPIRE5Down15 VigilantALERT5Down16 SumAMOUNT6Down16 You’re asking for it!ANSWER6Down16 LateTARDY5Down19 Fancy dropping in to get the picture!IMAGE5Down19 As far as “the right height”TOR3Down20 ColorantDYE3Down20 ClearLUCID5Down22 Coming back, sit beside a Greek authorAESOP5Down22 Dessert, informallyAFTERS6Down23 Anger of one put in the shadeWRAITH6Down23 High-rise buildingTOWERBLOCK10Down25 The season’s quickly over and is not up to expectationsFALLSSHORT10Down25 BigLARGE5Down25 Started to eat the morselBIT3Down26 TreeASH3Down26 TerribleAWFUL5Down27 I myself hold the ticket; it’s a deadlockIMPASSE7Down27 LawSTATUTE7Down27 MendaciousLYING5Down28 AwfulTERRIBLE8Down30 The word does conjure up treesREDWOODS8Down30 RevileABUSE5Down30 Stupid and having no prospect of success as a sleuthCLUELESS8Down31 Caribbean countryDOMINICA8Down31 ThoughtIDEA4Down31 Goes back and enters into further negotiationsRETREATS8Down32 SauceDRESSING8Down32 EschewSHUN4Down32 Kent townASHFORD7Down33 Paid for, as agreed uponSETTLED7Down33 Make possibleENABLE6Down35 Dealt with the problem of the confounded rent?DARNED6Down35 Yells right through the fightsBRAWLS6Down36 Hired killerHITMAN6Down36 RevenueINCOME6Down37 Go on incoherently about, in a stateOREGON6Down37

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