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Evening Standard Crossword December 11 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 11 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 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#
LeaptSPRANG6Across1 Established by lawLEGAL5Across3 Exclusive shop at Ponders EndSCOOP5Across3 WageSALARY6Across5 SpringFOUNTAIN8Across8 Painter whose work centre was in bedCOROT5Across8 Warning deviceSIREN5Across8 ImitateCOPY4Across9 Complaint from an officer, I seeCOLIC5Across10 ScoffsMOCKS5Across10 PleadBEG3Across10 Perhaps not all that heavy?TON3Across11 Religious sisterNUN3Across11 Worries about the guitar partsFRETS5Across12 Take awayMINUS5Across12 WrapSHAWL5Across12 In general, knaves get aheadJACKSON7Across13 Whole numberINTEGER7Across13 JumpsLEAPS5Across15 DampWET3Across15 From him, sour grapes were just a bit of a storyAESOP5Across15 IlluminatedLIT3Across17 Slippery customer getting some free electricityEEL3Across18 ScullOAR3Across18 DistantFAR3Across18 Ruined when performed by the United NationsUNDONE6Across19 FussADO3Across19 RuptureHERNIA6Across19 ResinAMBER5Across20 FreezeICE3Across21 CookieBISCUIT7Across21 Weather feature that makes you take the bike out fartherCYCLONE7Across21 So carelessly shutTHUS4Across22 HotnessHEAT4Across22 PossessOWN3Across22 AssistantAIDE4Across23 Like the drinks often on sale without beerSOFT4Across23 ManageRUN3Across23 TreeELM3Across24 Certainly not a free state, historicallySERFDOM7Across24 Easily brokenBRITTLE7Across24 WeekdayFRIDAY6Across26 SquatDUMPY5Across26 Women taking trips to BirkenheadBRIDES6Across26 Does an engine use none of it for half a mile?OIL3Across29 DeityGOD3Across29 LubricateOIL3Across29 Located where seen, we hearSITED5Across31 ClawTALON5Across31 LibertyFREEDOM7Across32 To start trouble - for whatever cause - is very badTREASON7Across32 BowPROW4Across33 She gets angry when Amy's Yankee desertsMADAM5Across34 PliableFLEXIBLE8Across34 PixieFAIRY5Across34 A nut from the NicobarsCOB3Across35 MenaceTHREAT6Across35 IntentionAIM3Across35 Possibly kill when there's little growthSHOOT5Across36 Long stepSTRIDE6Across36 BuffaloBISON5Across36 Hank's chicken curry, left by the dogHENRY5Across37 Clean feathersPREEN5Across37 'Nay,' said Dobbin!NEIGH5Across38 ScopeRANGE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Apron, informallyPINNY5Down1 Drink nearly all of what there isTOTAL5Down1 WritingPROSE5Down2 Plays around with primatesMONKEYS7Down2 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down2 Skin complaintACNE4Down3 To pop, it tastes sweeterCORN4Down4 Muslim rulerEMIR4Down4 GrindGNASH5Down4 TendonSINEW5Down5 That of a fuel can be highOCTANE6Down5 CharmAMULET6Down5 DearthLACK4Down6 In the position to dispense dopesPOSED5Down6 Defeated competitorLOSER5Down6 African mammalOKAPI5Down7 Indian coinRUPEE5Down7 Spike with a bent point?PITON5Down7 GrooveRUT3Down9 It could carry an elephant, one imaginesROC3Down9 PairBRACE5Down10 MelancholyGLOOM5Down11 PlanetMERCURY7Down12 EndureSTAND5Down12 A review of one's rashness?FOLLIES7Down12 Record-setALBUM5Down13 Dry in next to no timeSEC3Down14 Household fuelGAS3Down14 TruckLORRY5Down14 ExtortWRING5Down15 City of changing moodsSODOM5Down16 Girl's nameANNIE5Down16 StepTREAD5Down16 Place in the upper threePERTH5Down17 RescuesSAVES5Down17 Tommy will be in it all the sameUNIFORM7Down19 School subjectHISTORY7Down19 StealingTHEFT5Down20 Remnants left behind by a tearaway?STUBS5Down20 Measure and cut out a piece of webbingCUBIT5Down21 HerbBASIL5Down21 AttentiveALLEARS7Down23 Thus strengthened and comfortedSOLACED7Down23 FruitBANANA6Down24 Seated in order to seem dignifiedSEDATE6Down24 The German girl has a keyDIE3Down25 Drawn matchTIE3Down25 StaggerLURCH5Down25 ProportionRATIO5Down27 The side of a sockRIGHT5Down27 UnhealthyUNFIT5Down27 Cause the ruin ofDOFOR5Down28 Devil of a strange omen to many!DEMON5Down28 IronPRESS5Down28 LubricatedOILED5Down30 King of snakes?COBRA5Down30 Ardent maleROMEO5Down30 SmallTWEE4Down31 AmphibianFROG4Down32 A squashed gnat could spoil the flavourTANG4Down32 JettyPIER4Down32 Twin very close to his brother in a Michael Jackson songSON3Down33 Cease livingDIE3Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. 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.