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Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
StruggleTUSSLE6Across1 PenaltyFINE4Across1 Supplies of flowersSTOCKS6Across1 ConflictWAR3Across4 ExistenceLIFE4Across6 RebukeREPROACH8Across7 Guns possibly heard around, when there's a warHARDWARE8Across7 RubbishLITTER6Across8 Pool game?POLO4Across8 Prima donnaDIVA4Across8 CharacterNATURE6Across9 FollowDOG3Across10 Vessel involved in a storm?TEACUP6Across10 Loves intenselyADORES6Across10 Thin candlesTAPERS6Across11 A flight can get one among the stars!STAIRS6Across11 StrictSTERN5Across12 EncounteredMET3Across14 Did the spadeworkDUG3Across14 RevoltREBEL5Across14 KeenEAGER5Across15 Roofing slabsTILES5Across16 A small dry areaISLET5Across16 Mother joins the saints in a church serviceMASS4Across17 Elm, sayTREE4Across17 SpanBRIDGE6Across18 See a flier as a villain!CROOK5Across19 Meat in rashersBACON5Across19 ShrewdASTUTE6Across20 Derivatively, today's his dayWODEN5Across21 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across21 It never made strong chainsPAPER5Across22 Senior memberDOYEN5Across22 Tented areaCAMP4Across23 Dairy suppliers in a Moscow suburbCOWS4Across23 SingerTENOR5Across24 Bee substanceHONEY5Across26 TenderOFFER5Across26 He had the golden touch, one imaginesMIDAS5Across26 Name shared by Karajan and JanacekJAN3Across28 JigDANCE5Across28 DroopSAG3Across28 Praises an old salt shakerEXALTS6Across29 StadiaARENAS6Across29 BeverageTEA3Across30 Picture houseCINEMA6Across30 Coal miner's dog?COLLIE6Across30 Looking nasty enough to plug?UGLY4Across31 Corrosive substanceACID4Across31 The number of trees associated with Covent GardenNINEELMS8Across32 Summer houseGAZEBO6Across32 Strong affection, loyaltyDEVOTION8Across32 Where to learn how to get out of a car?HARROW6Across33 DozenTWELVE6Across33 FashionsTRENDS6Across33 GroupUNIT4Across34 TotalSUM3Across35 StoryYARN4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DespotTYRANT6Down1 Though orderly, can get messy around the end of AugustSYSTEM6Down1 FoolIDIOT5Down2 A reptile to us, a flower to youCROCUS6Down2 Private evening partySOIREE6Down2 EpochsERAS4Down3 Went inENTERED7Down3 Possibly posh emporiumSHOP4Down3 Published erudition with the rude bit cut outEDITION7Down4 DistrictWARD4Down4 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 CircleRING4Down5 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down5 Raise objections in numbers about middayCAVIL5Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Eat a lot too quickly out of hearty greedFEAST5Down6 Board gameCHESS5Down6 ArdentFERVENT7Down7 Curved roofDOME4Down8 In cricket, they go to legPADS4Down8 Animal doctorVET3Down9 Pull some plugs outLUG3Down9 IndividualONE3Down11 Demand when you finish workASK3Down12 WeepSOB3Down12 Narrow broochPIN3Down12 Make newer somehowRENEW5Down13 HorseNAG3Down13 KingdomREALM5Down13 FriendsMATES5Down15 Method of making gold turn red!ORDER5Down15 ObtainGET3Down16 ManagedRAN3Down17 Stick to fax, if possibleAFFIX5Down18 Shaving implementRAZOR5Down18 Member of the San Francisco policeCOP3Down19 ChorusREFRAIN7Down19 Young maleBOY3Down19 Over five missingOER3Down20 SwindleCON3Down20 Layabout offering a treatment for warts to a key figureWASTREL7Down21 TurfSOD3Down21 Kings, queens, etc.ROYALTY7Down21 DisasterTRAGEDY7Down22 LairDEN3Down22 As a correspondent, needs a penPAL3Down22 DoglikeCANINE6Down23 Visitor at bingo?CALLER6Down23 SheepEWE3Down23 ElderlyAGED4Down24 But ahead, finishing earlyONLY4Down24 Shallow round dishesPLATES6Down25 On which playmates have their ups and downsSEESAW6Down25 WatchEYE3Down25 Suggests it's nasty, being so lovelessMEANS5Down26 RobustHARDY5Down26 ChooseELECT5Down27 CourageNERVE5Down27 Boy with an Irish airDANNY5Down27 So or thusSIC3Down28 Just beginning to go back for a bit of exerciseJOG3Down28 LidCOVER5Down29 On the billiard table, a resilient all-rounderCUSH4Down30 PitchTOSS4Down30 BevelCANT4Down30 ParticleATOM4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 12, 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.