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Evening Standard Crossword December 13 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 13 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 133 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#
ChooseELECT5Across1 Sun-bathedBASKED6Across5 SubsequentlyLATER5Across8 Building designerARCHITECT9Across9 Whatever happens with whichever patientINANYCASE9Across9 GroupsGENERA6Across10 “Take the First Step” is a best sellerSTARTOUT8Across10 Perfume sprayATOMISER8Across10 WatchedEYED4Across11 TenseTAUT4Across12 Said every one of them can wield the needle, tooALSO4Across12 Desire for drinkTHIRST6Across13 Have ambition and, like before, I enterASPIRE6Across13 DerelictRUNDOWN7Across14 A minor injury that’s no handicapSCRATCH7Across14 HarmDAMAGE6Across14 Used long words when one bragged?TALKEDBIG9Across15 HonestSINCERE7Across15 ReserveRETICENCE9Across15 ScentFRAGRANCE9Across17 A number having witnessed what happened inSEVENTEEN9Across17 PoisonARSENIC7Across18 FavouritePET3Across18 Fill in for salesman number fifty oneREPLACE7Across18 TavernINN3Across19 By one? Don’t talk rot!PERISH6Across20 SoothingDULCET6Across20 FruitDATE4Across21 Lots of trousersBAGS4Across21 CabTAXI4Across21 BirdHERON5Across23 GraspedHELD4Across24 HatedDESPISED8Across24 A collector of dirty filmsDUSTTRAP8Across24 A soppy pet?WATERDOG8Across26 Towelling dressing gownBATHROBE8Across26 SpotDOT3Across27 Given a hard time about, in that caseTHEN4Across28 WidespreadRIFE4Across28 Figure it’s a double-crossTWENTY6Across29 Involuntary responseREFLEX6Across29 FishEEL3Across29 RespireBREATHE7Across31 Noticed it was speckledSPOTTED7Across31 TerseLACONIC7Across31 GatheredMASSED6Across32 The rep takes a mere flip through the contractAGREEMENT9Across34 LocationSITE4Across34 Punctuation markSEMICOLON9Across34 GuideLEADER6Across35 CanteenCAFETERIA9Across36 Laughed at for having turned it into a gameMADEFUNOF9Across36 A vehicle that’s trying to run somebody down?TRAILER7Across38 VigilantALERT5Across38 Back complaintLUMBAGO7Across38 Worked away at and managed to stabilise prices?PEGGED6Across39 LeftEXITED6Across39 SteadySTABLE6Across39 Move back. It’s right behindSTIR4Across40 PromptREADY5Across40 Bill of fareMENU4Across40 “Sorry” will do, banal though it isCONTRITE8Across41 Inability to sleepINSOMNIA8Across41 Just soTHEREFORE9Across42 BuildCONSTRUCT9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MicroorganismsBACTERIA8Down1 Said unfortunately the rest had collapsed: a catastropheDISASTER8Down1 SupernaturalOCCULT6Down2 UntruthLIE3Down2 Girl with a figure males are driven crazy byDAMSEL6Down2 Grease monkeyMECHANIC8Down3 Not so wonderful that you can’t leave behind?PASSABLE8Down3 GraspCLENCH6Down3 SailorTAR3Down4 Deprive of foodSTARVE6Down4 In view of the fact that one’s datingSEEING6Down4 GeneratedBRED4Down5 ProdigalWASTEFUL8Down5 The judge is the twit with the bunch of rosesASSESSOR8Down5 AppearedSEEMED6Down6 CompetitionTOURNAMENT10Down6 Stops by, though a toll is exacted from?PAYSAVISIT10Down6 EraseDELETE6Down7 VictorsWINNERS7Down7 Keeping the strong obstreperous one insideSTORING7Down7 FameRENOWN6Down8 What the dressmaker of yore would busy herself making?BUSTLE6Down8 LingeredTARRIED7Down9 The Asian child I had seen running byCHINESE7Down11 Lacking in vitalityANAEMIC7Down11 YelpYAP3Down12 FactsDATA4Down13 AwningCANOPY6Down16 Demands that one does, at onceEXACTS6Down16 IslandISLE4Down16 EnlistENROL5Down17 LedgeSHELF5Down19 Make the spruce sprucer?PRUNE5Down19 RemarkableNOTABLE7Down20 FatherDAD3Down20 A drink, or nipPOP3Down20 Not quite surroundingABOUT5Down22 ScopeAMBIT5Down22 PassionateARDENT6Down23 Say you’re too unhappy to participate in?CRYOFF6Down23 LowlyHUMBLE6Down24 MinusLESS4Down25 He’ll have to take private lessonsRAWRECRUIT10Down25 EnthralledSPELLBOUND10Down25 StopDESIST6Down26 Means to consider carefully, you sayWAY3Down26 CartonBOX3Down26 Reversing begins to get one in difficultiesSTRAITS7Down27 GrappleWRESTLE7Down27 GiveDONATE6Down28 Referee's assistantLINESMAN8Down30 PermitLET3Down30 No sound and no attempt to see through the blindfold?NOTAPEEP8Down30 Perhaps needs to add going through it was depressingSADDENED8Down31 MystifyingBAFFLING8Down31 AppraiseEVALUATE8Down32 Fed up, made the mistake of having it postponedDEFERRED8Down32 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 The facts about disruption in ItalyREALITY7Down33 South American countryECUADOR7Down33 Deduce there’s justificationREASON6Down35 InstantMOMENT6Down35 OpportunityCHANCE6Down36 StrayERR3Down36 Could be young and strongMIGHTY6Down36 Thought “I won’t get into trouble”NOTION6Down37 FinishEND3Down37 RegretfulRUEFUL6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 13, 2019. 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.