xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Advertisements

Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2018 answers. The Monday 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.

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TossPITCH5Across2 One who perseveresTRIER5Across3 Kind of officer concerned with recruitment?STAFF5Across3 DandyBEAU4Across7 Fighting among great warriorsATWAR5Across8 RebelliousUNRULY6Across8 Adult femaleWOMAN5Across8 RendezvousTRYST5Across9 Picking it was a ropy jobOAKUM5Across10 Backless sofaDIVAN5Across10 Moved swiftly in transitRAN3Across11 BanBAR3Across11 LabelTAG3Across11 PungentACRID5Across12 Express disgust when a letter gets torn to shredsSNORT5Across12 It's a touching thing to doCONTACT7Across13 Flammable gasMETHANE7Across13 LimbARM3Across13 LukewarmTEPID5Across15 Value of getting the time about right?MERIT5Across15 WatchedEYED4Across15 MeadowLEA3Across16 RegionAREA4Across18 RacketDIN3Across18 Time to back up '14 Down'ERA3Across18 SullenMOROSE6Across19 How to handle a piece of cakeEASILY6Across19 ConstituteCONSIST7Across19 EmployedUSED4Across20 Tea urnSAMOVAR7Across21 Alleged reason for an advanced piece of writing?PRETEXT7Across21 SubsideSINK4Across22 BurdenLOAD4Across22 Frank has nothing to writeOPEN4Across22 SurrenderCEDE4Across23 Terrible rough ride!DIRE4Across23 ClankedRATTLED7Across23 Dedicated to being disfranchised?DEVOTED7Across24 NormalREGULAR7Across24 StaunchSTEM4Across25 ToleratedABIDED6Across26 One who has a job to hang curtains?DRAPER6Across26 StrikeHIT3Across27 StupefySTUN4Across28 Message half of us get so wrong!SOS3Across29 KnockRAP3Across29 Golf pegTEE3Across30 Nominal maker of sailsSILAS5Across31 FinishEND3Across31 Of the kidneysRENAL5Across31 ReadableLEGIBLE7Across32 Stopped work, being just about exhausted?RETIRED7Across32 AnimalBEAST5Across33 Not exactly vivid, but arguably colourful!LIVID5Across34 StoriesTALES5Across34 Hole in a cooking applianceGAP3Across35 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Across35 Not very emphatically!NEVER5Across36 PortlySTOUT5Across36 EvadeESCAPE6Across36 If obtuse, can never be rightANGLE5Across37 Weekly payWAGES5Across37 CurseOATH4Across37 PiousGODLY5Across38 A Russian name for clothSERGE5Across38 IntendsMEANS5Across38

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DistinguishedNOTED5Down1 HindranceDELAY5Down1 It helps prevent a cutthroat from being bluntSTROP5Down1 Iraqi capitalBAGHDAD7Down2 Magic light?LANTERN7Down2 PlacePUT3Down2 AttemptTRY3Down3 Food grainRICE4Down4 ShedHUT3Down4 A colourful suggestionTINT4Down4 SnoopPRY3Down5 A layout as required by a piece of materialFORMAT6Down5 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down5 StareGLARE5Down6 JockeyRIDER5Down6 Feast arranged by goddessesFATES5Down6 FoundationBASIS5Down7 An opening in optics for a learnerPUPIL5Down7 Floor coveringMAT3Down9 The western one is paleWAN3Down9 ObservedSEEN4Down10 LegacyBEQUEST7Down11 UmpireREFEREE7Down12 Have one's fling as a broadcaster?SCATTER7Down12 VexedANNOYED7Down12 PerformerARTISTE7Down13 Have a double life in the Trafalgar Square areaARE3Down14 HumanityMANKIND7Down14 ObjectiveAIM3Down14 Baffling questionPOSER5Down16 Uncompromising, to be exactRIGID5Down16 ReluctantLOATH5Down16 PostponeDEFER5Down17 Some pretty pestilent sorts!TYPES5Down17 AdvantageASSET5Down17 DonkeyASS3Down18 Shown up in cameraEXPOSED7Down19 RipensMATURES7Down19 Clubs in shady locationsWOODS5Down20 Communion tableALTAR5Down20 For the pianist, it can be sustainingPEDAL5Down21 BarrierDAM3Down21 FabricSATIN5Down21 Large-sized letterCAPITAL7Down23 Could the tattooist have them on people?DESIGNS7Down23 Tell, narrateRELATE6Down24 A half dead stallion has a certain needDESIRE6Down24 DwellLIVE4Down24 InsulateLAG3Down25 Child brought up to be equableTOT3Down25 TautTENSE5Down26 DefeatsBEATS5Down27 Only one pound in the red, but unhappyRILED5Down27 FactDATUM5Down28 Looks a bit sick due to quiet drinksPALES5Down28 JoinUNITE5Down29 ChangeALTER5Down30 An answer you can depend on being soft-heartedREPLY5Down30 Lacking fatLEAN4Down32 WickedBAD3Down32 Central Haringey, possible scene of fightingRING4Down32 Singular clothing can never be all the rage!RAG3Down33 PleadBEG3Down33 Small insectBUG3Down33 HelpAID3Down34 PlaythingTOY3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 10, 2018. 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.