Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 1 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Char61 AcrossReveal answer → Frustrate65 AcrossReveal answer → Begin88 AcrossReveal answer → Sport99 AcrossReveal answer → Near49 AcrossReveal answer → The lifter of the lid gets a big surprise99 AcrossReveal answer → Wooing810 AcrossReveal answer → Encountered310 AcrossReveal answer → Try to stave in, foolishly, but it’s ridiculous810 AcrossReveal answer → Hostelries412 AcrossReveal answer → Poetry512 AcrossReveal answer → He’s one who’s come to the fore412 AcrossReveal answer → Fame613 AcrossReveal answer → It will make you laugh - and cry613 AcrossReveal answer → Large sailing ship714 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t accept there’s a diminution714 AcrossReveal answer → Intermediate storey915 AcrossReveal answer → Damage the vehicle, a sled, I then repair915 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean315 AcrossReveal answer → Court317 AcrossReveal answer → Butterfly pupa917 AcrossReveal answer → Happening to have spotted appropriating a number917 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch318 AcrossReveal answer → Assumes, when one is brought down by718 AcrossReveal answer → Interconnected group718 AcrossReveal answer → Cereal319 AcrossReveal answer → The party to beat all parties?620 AcrossReveal answer → List520 AcrossReveal answer → Consternation620 AcrossReveal answer → Anger321 AcrossReveal answer → The water was running when I came in421 AcrossReveal answer → Parasitic insect421 AcrossReveal answer → Beer322 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil323 AcrossReveal answer → Goes towards, when one earns on behalf of824 AcrossReveal answer → Brown-haired girl824 AcrossReveal answer → Moose324 AcrossReveal answer → Recover526 AcrossReveal answer → Reinforcement for only the lock826 AcrossReveal answer → Subtle deception826 AcrossReveal answer → Gather you’re to make the acquaintance of428 AcrossReveal answer → Playthings428 AcrossReveal answer → Bearing a large damaged crate of wine629 AcrossReveal answer → On-off device629 AcrossReveal answer → Consume329 AcrossReveal answer → Greatly feared731 AcrossReveal answer → Lively and cheerful, he’s playing a golf shot731 AcrossReveal answer → Parched433 AcrossReveal answer → Tackled the problem when one spoke to934 AcrossReveal answer → Financial officer934 AcrossReveal answer → Loyal834 AcrossReveal answer → Happen635 AcrossReveal answer → Sex636 AcrossReveal answer → Within a spell, should be taken over936 AcrossReveal answer → English county936 AcrossReveal answer → From the very beginning, is good at golf738 AcrossReveal answer → Sad738 AcrossReveal answer → Prophecies are transmitted through it, but nothing clear-cut639 AcrossReveal answer → Mean639 AcrossReveal answer → Crest, you say, showing a dog440 AcrossReveal answer → Deeds440 AcrossReveal answer → Mentioned that the arbiter had been mistaken841 AcrossReveal answer → Of clerks or clergy841 AcrossReveal answer → Attacked for having been extravagant942 AcrossReveal answer → TV presenter942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Lucky charm81 DownReveal answer → Thinks there are insects, live, flying around inside81 DownReveal answer → Glazed cotton fabric62 DownReveal answer → Hag52 DownReveal answer → Get back in gear with difficulty62 DownReveal answer → Comic rhyme83 DownReveal answer → I can change into going out, after working83 DownReveal answer → Slope43 DownReveal answer → Thus54 DownReveal answer → Take for granted64 DownReveal answer → All you need to fly a kite - it’s easy64 DownReveal answer → Ringlet55 DownReveal answer → Chemistry, physics, etc.85 DownReveal answer → To a terrible skinflint, how to make perfume go further85 DownReveal answer → Need46 DownReveal answer → Big lorry106 DownReveal answer → Called on and was charged to enter?106 DownReveal answer → Make use of77 DownReveal answer → Knave57 DownReveal answer → Lights outside the house would be the answer77 DownReveal answer → Ill68 DownReveal answer → Are out? Blow!68 DownReveal answer → Coalesce510 DownReveal answer → Standing Nina up, taking Margaret out and proposing to711 DownReveal answer → Pinch511 DownReveal answer → Strange711 DownReveal answer → Elector512 DownReveal answer → Revolt513 DownReveal answer → Foe514 DownReveal answer → Steeple515 DownReveal answer → Vigilant516 DownReveal answer → Sum616 DownReveal answer → You’re asking for it!616 DownReveal answer → Late519 DownReveal answer → Fancy dropping in to get the picture!519 DownReveal answer → As far as “the right height”320 DownReveal answer → Colorant320 DownReveal answer → Clear522 DownReveal answer → Coming back, sit beside a Greek author522 DownReveal answer → Dessert, informally623 DownReveal answer → Anger of one put in the shade623 DownReveal answer → High-rise building1025 DownReveal answer → The season’s quickly over and is not up to expectations1025 DownReveal answer → Big525 DownReveal answer → Started to eat the morsel326 DownReveal answer → Tree326 DownReveal answer → Terrible527 DownReveal answer → I myself hold the ticket; it’s a deadlock727 DownReveal answer → Law727 DownReveal answer → Mendacious528 DownReveal answer → Awful830 DownReveal answer → The word does conjure up trees830 DownReveal answer → Revile530 DownReveal answer → Stupid and having no prospect of success as a sleuth831 DownReveal answer → Caribbean country831 DownReveal answer → Thought431 DownReveal answer → Goes back and enters into further negotiations832 DownReveal answer → Sauce832 DownReveal answer → Eschew432 DownReveal answer → Kent town733 DownReveal answer → Paid for, as agreed upon733 DownReveal answer → Make possible635 DownReveal answer → Dealt with the problem of the confounded rent?635 DownReveal answer → Yells right through the fights636 DownReveal answer → Hired killer636 DownReveal answer → Revenue637 DownReveal answer → Go on incoherently about, in a state637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 1, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.