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Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 14 2018. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Grasp41 AcrossReveal answer → Headgear34 AcrossReveal answer → Pant46 AcrossReveal answer → Edge39 AcrossReveal answer → The lifter of the lid gets a big surprise99 AcrossReveal answer → Sudden bright idea, informally99 AcrossReveal answer → Filter810 AcrossReveal answer → Try to stave in, foolishly, but it’s ridiculous810 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked act810 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately411 AcrossReveal answer → He’s one who’s come to the fore412 AcrossReveal answer → Burden412 AcrossReveal answer → It will make you laugh - and cry613 AcrossReveal answer → Open-air meal613 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t accept there’s a diminution714 AcrossReveal answer → Back complaint714 AcrossReveal answer → Lubricate314 AcrossReveal answer → Brutal915 AcrossReveal answer → Damage the vehicle, a sled, I then repair915 AcrossReveal answer → Response516 AcrossReveal answer → Happening to have spotted appropriating a number917 AcrossReveal answer → Averted917 AcrossReveal answer → Assumes, when one is brought down by718 AcrossReveal answer → Strongly disapprove of718 AcrossReveal answer → Famed819 AcrossReveal answer → The party to beat all parties?620 AcrossReveal answer → European river620 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked421 AcrossReveal answer → Bar521 AcrossReveal answer → The water was running when I came in421 AcrossReveal answer → Protector823 AcrossReveal answer → Goes towards, when one earns on behalf of824 AcrossReveal answer → Assaulted824 AcrossReveal answer → Huge524 AcrossReveal answer → Reinforcement for only the lock826 AcrossReveal answer → Look like826 AcrossReveal answer → Cover327 AcrossReveal answer → Gather you’re to make the acquaintance of428 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone428 AcrossReveal answer → Accompany629 AcrossReveal answer → Bearing a large damaged crate of wine629 AcrossReveal answer → Reinforce731 AcrossReveal answer → Chaste431 AcrossReveal answer → Lively and cheerful, he’s playing a golf shot731 AcrossReveal answer → Crucial833 AcrossReveal answer → Tackled the problem when one spoke to934 AcrossReveal answer → Polite934 AcrossReveal answer → Prosecute334 AcrossReveal answer → Rush435 AcrossReveal answer → Poem336 AcrossReveal answer → Newlyweds' holiday936 AcrossReveal answer → Within a spell, should be taken over936 AcrossReveal answer → Trade437 AcrossReveal answer → Seat of government738 AcrossReveal answer → From the very beginning, is good at golf738 AcrossReveal answer → Counting frame639 AcrossReveal answer → Prophecies are transmitted through it, but nothing clear-cut639 AcrossReveal answer → Casserole440 AcrossReveal answer → Crest, you say, showing a dog440 AcrossReveal answer → Mentioned that the arbiter had been mistaken841 AcrossReveal answer → Honest841 AcrossReveal answer → Attacked for having been extravagant942 AcrossReveal answer → Private conversation942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Soaked up81 DownReveal answer → Thinks there are insects, live, flying around inside81 DownReveal answer → Wildcat62 DownReveal answer → Get back in gear with difficulty62 DownReveal answer → Ceremony42 DownReveal answer → Undergarment83 DownReveal answer → I can change into going out, after working83 DownReveal answer → Plot43 DownReveal answer → Limited84 DownReveal answer → Sport64 DownReveal answer → All you need to fly a kite - it’s easy64 DownReveal answer → Divide45 DownReveal answer → Cooking utensil85 DownReveal answer → To a terrible skinflint, how to make perfume go further85 DownReveal answer → Serious56 DownReveal answer → Public transport vehicle106 DownReveal answer → Called on and was charged to enter?106 DownReveal answer → Sicken37 DownReveal answer → Scurry77 DownReveal answer → Lights outside the house would be the answer77 DownReveal answer → Little58 DownReveal answer → Royal house68 DownReveal answer → Are out? Blow!68 DownReveal answer → Standing Nina up, taking Margaret out and proposing to711 DownReveal answer → Venetian boat711 DownReveal answer → Feeble512 DownReveal answer → Beneath513 DownReveal answer → Bird314 DownReveal answer → Flat515 DownReveal answer → Weatherproof coat616 DownReveal answer → You’re asking for it!616 DownReveal answer → Conceit517 DownReveal answer → Long518 DownReveal answer → Fancy dropping in to get the picture!519 DownReveal answer → Trivial519 DownReveal answer → Father320 DownReveal answer → Precise820 DownReveal answer → As far as “the right height”320 DownReveal answer → Manservant522 DownReveal answer → Colour322 DownReveal answer → Coming back, sit beside a Greek author522 DownReveal answer → Anger of one put in the shade623 DownReveal answer → Use623 DownReveal answer → The season’s quickly over and is not up to expectations1025 DownReveal answer → Artificial respiration1025 DownReveal answer → Entertain525 DownReveal answer → Avarice526 DownReveal answer → Rodent326 DownReveal answer → Started to eat the morsel326 DownReveal answer → Fabricate727 DownReveal answer → I myself hold the ticket; it’s a deadlock727 DownReveal answer → Resound428 DownReveal answer → Discover429 DownReveal answer → Facts430 DownReveal answer → Hindrance830 DownReveal answer → The word does conjure up trees830 DownReveal answer → Feasts831 DownReveal answer → Stupid and having no prospect of success as a sleuth831 DownReveal answer → Goes back and enters into further negotiations832 DownReveal answer → Regret332 DownReveal answer → Famous832 DownReveal answer → Paid for, as agreed upon733 DownReveal answer → Law733 DownReveal answer → Sports official635 DownReveal answer → Dealt with the problem of the confounded rent?635 DownReveal answer → Yells right through the fights636 DownReveal answer → Card suit636 DownReveal answer → Go on incoherently about, in a state637 DownReveal answer → Beginning637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 14, 2018. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.