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Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2023 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Afternoon napSIESTA6Across1 On the quiet, a passionate admirer of a birdPLOVER6Across1 BrushBROOM5Across2 SlaughterMASSACRE8Across7 NothingZERO4Across7 Team in a troublesome tour, liable to loseOUTSIDER8Across7 Like a singular channel of reproductionMONO4Across8 MessyUNTIDY6Across8 FishPIKE4Across8 GlimmerGLEAM5Across9 Had no success in a field of activityFAILED6Across10 Former coinFLORIN6Across10 ShapeFIGURE6Across11 I'm wrong to rant and rave at a mere illusionMIRAGE6Across11 PerformedDID3Across11 MatRUG3Across13 All you need to get establishedSET3Across14 MeshNET3Across14 ThoughtIDEA4Across15 FixedSET3Across16 Coasts, perhaps?ROLLS5Across16 Monetary unitRUPEE5Across16 Home is the place to be broodyNEST4Across17 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Deep circular dishBASIN5Across19 AustereSPARTAN7Across19 Being thus addressed could give a bishop a start!SAHIB5Across19 TreatyPACT4Across20 Wading birdHERON5Across21 Endless canvas production in IrelandCAVAN5Across21 Food-listMENU4Across22 TruckWAGON5Across22 Barred from leavingCAGED5Across22 SincereEARNEST7Across23 PiecesBITS4Across23 It's short, noteMEMO4Across23 BalladSONG4Across25 Violin part, of noteworthy valueSTRAD5Across26 As yetSOFAR5Across26 ConsumeEAT3Across27 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Across28 Volunteers a figure as a cash contributionTAX3Across28 GullTERN4Across28 BeliefCREDIT6Across29 Objects when ones nights are restless?THINGS6Across29 Revealing how gin was spilt on the counterBARING6Across30 ObviousPATENT6Across30 NewtEFT3Across30 One piece of ammunitionUNIT4Across31 OwingDUE3Across31 School testEXAM4Across31 Charlie has a penchant for houseworkCLEANING8Across32 DecampsABSCONDS8Across32 PrySNOOP5Across33 Black-coated workers, you may rememberSWEEPS6Across33 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Across33 ReproveREBUKE6Across36 SpokenORAL4Across37 BrandishWIELD5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Flier almost out of breath?PUFFIN6Down1 MocksSCOFFS6Down1 FoulFETID5Down1 PartySOIREE6Down2 A flower girlVIOLET6Down2 MorassBOG3Down2 Prayer endingAMEN4Down3 Measure up the doorROOD4Down3 PoemODE3Down3 SilentMUM3Down4 Headache tabletASPIRIN7Down4 It may help with a headache in Paris, perhapsASPIRIN7Down4 Pig-penSTY3Down5 Above criticism, I do businessIDEAL5Down5 Give troubleACTUP5Down5 SmellODOUR5Down6 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down6 French ones can be cooked with firesFRIES5Down6 Small horsePONY4Down8 Notice the absence of a young womanMISS4Down8 EquipmentKIT3Down9 A gross misstatement!NET3Down9 RegionAREA4Down10 ArrangeDISPOSE7Down11 Steal some silver objectsROB3Down12 FallDESCENT7Down12 WeaponGUN3Down12 It's not greatly illuminatingGLEAM5Down13 RenovatedRENEWED7Down13 RespondREACT5Down13 TrueGENUINE7Down14 Powerful businessmanBARON5Down15 Protected from hail in the borders of ScotlandSAVED5Down15 BackboneSPINE5Down16 BelieveTRUST5Down17 MeatHAM3Down18 Male voiceTENOR5Down18 Dirt in an electrical connection?EARTH5Down18 Be limp, like some sausagesSAG3Down19 BeseechBEG3Down19 Caught, having taken something?HAD3Down20 Male offspringSON3Down20 Doing so, a rotter will get a drink and go without nothingCADGING7Down21 LabelTAG3Down21 French beanHARICOT7Down21 Is able to do half a danceCAN3Down22 Roll of banknotesWAD3Down22 Misguidedly remain in the briny!MARINE6Down23 Fuel gasBUTANE6Down23 ArticleITEM4Down24 DeserveEARN4Down24 It can get one out of weaving some textilesEXIT4Down24 Easy scoring chanceSITTER6Down25 Good times considered badORGIES6Down25 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down26 FragmentSCRAP5Down26 Suffer corporal punishment?STICK5Down26 Bolt a plate while it's hotRIVET5Down27 BanquetFEAST5Down27 Beat Nathaniel up?TAN3Down28 LevyTAX3Down28 RusticRURAL5Down29 Little creatures with electronic ears?BUGS4Down30 NuisancePEST4Down30 BeakerMUG3Down32 StitchSEW3Down33 IndividualONE3Down34 Seed-casePOD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. 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.