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Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
GraspGRIP4Across1 HeadgearCAP3Across4 PantGASP4Across6 EdgeRIM3Across9 The lifter of the lid gets a big surpriseEYEOPENER9Across9 Sudden bright idea, informallyBRAINWAVE9Across9 FilterSTRAINER8Across10 Try to stave in, foolishly, but it’s ridiculousTRAVESTY8Across10 Wicked actATROCITY8Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 He’s one who’s come to the foreIVAN4Across12 BurdenONUS4Across12 It will make you laugh - and crySCREAM6Across13 Open-air mealPICNIC6Across13 Don’t accept there’s a diminutionDECLINE7Across14 Back complaintLUMBAGO7Across14 LubricateOIL3Across14 BrutalBARBAROUS9Across15 Damage the vehicle, a sled, I then repairVANDALISE9Across15 ResponseREPLY5Across16 Happening to have spotted appropriating a numberSEVENTEEN9Across17 AvertedPREVENTED9Across17 Assumes, when one is brought down bySLIPSON7Across18 Strongly disapprove ofDEPLORE7Across18 FamedRENOWNED8Across19 The party to beat all parties?THRASH6Across20 European riverDANUBE6Across20 WickedEVIL4Across21 BarLEVER5Across21 The water was running when I came inRAIN4Across21 ProtectorDEFENDER8Across23 Goes towards, when one earns on behalf ofMAKESFOR8Across24 AssaultedATTACKED8Across24 HugeLARGE5Across24 Reinforcement for only the lockBUTTRESS8Across26 Look likeRESEMBLE8Across26 CoverLID3Across27 Gather you’re to make the acquaintance ofMEET4Across28 GemstoneONYX4Across28 AccompanyESCORT6Across29 Bearing a large damaged crate of wineCLARET6Across29 ReinforceBOLSTER7Across31 ChastePURE4Across31 Lively and cheerful, he’s playing a golf shotCHIPPER7Across31 CrucialCRITICAL8Across33 Tackled the problem when one spoke toADDRESSED9Across34 PoliteCOURTEOUS9Across34 ProsecuteSUE3Across34 RushREED4Across35 PoemODE3Across36 Newlyweds' holidayHONEYMOON9Across36 Within a spell, should be taken overBOUGHTOUT9Across36 TradeDEAL4Across37 Seat of governmentCAPITAL7Across38 From the very beginning, is good at golfSCRATCH7Across38 Counting frameABACUS6Across39 Prophecies are transmitted through it, but nothing clear-cutORACLE6Across39 CasseroleSTEW4Across40 Crest, you say, showing a dogPEKE4Across40 Mentioned that the arbiter had been mistakenREFERRED8Across41 HonestTRUTHFUL8Across41 Attacked for having been extravagantLASHEDOUT9Across42 Private conversationTETEATETE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soaked upABSORBED8Down1 Thinks there are insects, live, flying around insideBELIEVES8Down1 WildcatJAGUAR6Down2 Get back in gear with difficultyREGAIN6Down2 CeremonyRITE4Down2 UndergarmentCAMISOLE8Down3 I can change into going out, after workingINACTION8Down3 PlotPLAN4Down3 LimitedCONFINED8Down4 SportTENNIS6Down4 All you need to fly a kite - it’s easyBREEZE6Down4 DividePART4Down5 Cooking utensilSAUCEPAN8Down5 To a terrible skinflint, how to make perfume go furtherATOMISER8Down5 SeriousGRAVE5Down6 Public transport vehicleTROLLEYBUS10Down6 Called on and was charged to enter?PAIDAVISIT10Down6 SickenAIL3Down7 ScurrySCAMPER7Down7 Lights outside the house would be the answerBEACONS7Down7 LittleSMALL5Down8 Royal houseSTUART6Down8 Are out? Blow!STRIKE6Down8 Standing Nina up, taking Margaret out and proposing toMEANING7Down11 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Down11 FeebleFRAIL5Down12 BeneathUNDER5Down13 BirdOWL3Down14 FlatLEVEL5Down15 Weatherproof coatANORAK6Down16 You’re asking for it!ANSWER6Down16 ConceitPRIDE5Down17 LongYEARN5Down18 Fancy dropping in to get the picture!IMAGE5Down19 TrivialPETTY5Down19 FatherDAD3Down20 PreciseDEFINITE8Down20 As far as “the right height”TOR3Down20 ManservantVALET5Down22 ColourRED3Down22 Coming back, sit beside a Greek authorAESOP5Down22 Anger of one put in the shadeWRAITH6Down23 UseEMPLOY6Down23 The season’s quickly over and is not up to expectationsFALLSSHORT10Down25 Artificial respirationKISSOFLIFE10Down25 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 AvariceGREED5Down26 RodentRAT3Down26 Started to eat the morselBIT3Down26 FabricateCONCOCT7Down27 I myself hold the ticket; it’s a deadlockIMPASSE7Down27 ResoundECHO4Down28 DiscoverFIND4Down29 FactsDATA4Down30 HindranceOBSTACLE8Down30 The word does conjure up treesREDWOODS8Down30 FeastsBANQUETS8Down31 Stupid and having no prospect of success as a sleuthCLUELESS8Down31 Goes back and enters into further negotiationsRETREATS8Down32 RegretRUE3Down32 FamousRENOWNED8Down32 Paid for, as agreed uponSETTLED7Down33 LawSTATUTE7Down33 Sports officialUMPIRE6Down35 Dealt with the problem of the confounded rent?DARNED6Down35 Yells right through the fightsBRAWLS6Down36 Card suitHEARTS6Down36 Go on incoherently about, in a stateOREGON6Down37 BeginningOUTSET6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 14, 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.