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Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
AvariceGREED5Across1 SnatchesGRABS5Across3 There's a seat for each honoured companionPERCH5Across3 Mountain-peaksMASSIF6Across5 A book on Capone, a disreputable AmericanALBUM5Across8 ElbowNUDGE5Across8 MasculineMANLY5Across8 DecayFESTER6Across10 On paper, they can make a star out of nothingROTAS5Across10 LubricatedOILED5Across10 WickedEVIL4Across11 By quiet hesitationPER3Across11 Foot digitTOE3Across11 Would he bail out a skinhead?BASIL5Across12 StoreyFLOOR5Across12 Long-lastingDURABLE7Across13 It appears to be some orphan named TomPHANTOM7Across13 GiftTALENT6Across14 BeliefTENET5Across15 WithdrawRETREAT7Across15 Cut, thus causing severe reductionSEVER5Across15 Go wrong out of sheer terror?ERR3Across18 Golf-pegTEE3Across18 By way ofVIA3Across18 This appetite is unusual in wild deerDESIRE6Across19 MalesMEN3Across19 Spanish womanSENORA6Across19 Nom de plumePENNAME7Across21 Don't you need to save any money for them?DRYDAYS7Across21 CartDRAY4Across21 The whiskey she's short of isn't ScotchIRIS4Across22 Not richPOOR4Across22 PoisonVENOM5Across23 NuisancePEST4Across23 Spy going undergroundMOLE4Across23 A wave of destruction?BREAKER7Across24 Small falconKESTREL7Across24 LeaderHEAD4Across24 RapscallionRASCAL6Across26 Wealth a drunken sot needs for birdsRICHES6Across26 SpotDOT3Across27 FixPEG3Across29 WitchHAG3Across29 This little chap is wrong a lotSID3Across29 DevastatedRAVAGED7Across31 BedaubSMEAR5Across31 Those of a cricket body?ASHES5Across31 Getting dressed makes a famous old model wearyATTIRED7Across32 FineryREGALIA7Across32 BelieveCREDIT6Across32 My consumption of gin, perhaps, is parsimoniousMINGY5Across34 Sand-hillDUNE4Across34 Army officerMAJOR5Across34 American tinCAN3Across35 LollLOUNGE6Across35 HardenSET3Across35 Food for certain daysSALAD5Across36 Brimless capBERET5Across36 Was outside the theatre advertising one's needs!WANTS5Across37 SucroseSUGAR5Across37 Dog's leadLEASH5Across38 Nelson Eddy's donkeyNEDDY5Across38 PerspireSWEAT5Across38 DislikeRESENT6Across39 PretendFEIGN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FactDATUM5Down1 A start in Greek?ALPHA5Down1 MeataxeCLEAVER7Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 Valuable pictures of workers in revolution?TURNERS7Down2 WholeENTIRE6Down3 AnnoyRILE4Down4 OwingDUE3Down4 The pantomime dame's cheese?EDAM4Down4 EncounterMEET4Down5 See increases coming at critical momentsCRISES6Down5 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down5 GrinnedSMILED6Down6 Warning deviceSIREN5Down6 In tattered galoshes, they spoil the waterproofingHOLES5Down6 UncleanFILTHY6Down7 Underground drainSEWER5Down7 Hesitate to be the flag bearer?WAVER5Down7 And notNOR3Down9 It takes but a trice to finish her off!BEA3Down9 ImaginedDREAMED7Down9 Face clothFLANNEL7Down12 The margins a business head demands?BORDERS7Down12 TankVAT3Down12 OgleLEER4Down13 A shot at goal?TRY3Down14 Rubbish receptacleBIN3Down14 RelaxEASE4Down16 A face-saving device, but the knight saw through itVISOR5Down16 OriginalNOVEL5Down16 SingerTENOR5Down17 It's fun to have several during a danceREVEL5Down17 FlavourTASTE5Down17 StifleSMOTHER7Down19 Was it on TV for generations?DYNASTY7Down19 Practises boxingSPARS5Down20 RemarkableNOTABLE7Down20 The pound signLIBRA5Down20 ComposurePOISE5Down21 Abandon at the roadsideDITCH5Down21 FeverAGUE4Down22 Winged horsePEGASUS7Down23 Decimal system absurdly claimed to be clinicalMEDICAL7Down23 HarryHECTOR6Down24 I had bees swarming around right next door!BESIDE6Down24 Martial artKARATE6Down24 Torn clothRAG3Down25 ImitatedAPED4Down25 A make-up outfit?KIT3Down25 InferDEDUCE6Down26 Fossil resinAMBER5Down27 Mali's religion?ISLAM5Down27 Desert animalCAMEL5Down28 Tough guy getting a letter from a tennis starHEMAN5Down28 GreetSALUTE6Down28 A recent survey revealed hundreds of them!CENTS5Down30 TrapGIN3Down30 EssentialVITAL5Down30 Elderly to a rising degree!AGED4Down32 DecomposesROTS4Down32 Managed to get a part in TurandotRAN3Down33 TrialTEST4Down33 LimbLEG3Down33 LoutOAF3Down36 SilenceGAG3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 12, 2022. 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.