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Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
BeliefCREDIT6Across1 The tall grassBAMBOO6Across1 CombineUNITE5Across2 Shell fragmentsSHRAPNEL8Across7 FeelGROPE5Across7 To revere, yet maybe even to rebuke!VENERATE8Across7 Being cute, we replace the centre part in timeTWEE4Across8 NoteMINIM5Across8 Heroic narrativeSAGA4Across8 A coat (but not a topcoat) for resale, possiblySEALER6Across10 RescuedSAVED5Across10 FittingPROPER6Across10 Scrupulously within the rules, but not totally restrictiveSTRICT6Across11 FilamentsFIBRES6Across11 UntruthLIE3Across12 BeleaguerBESET5Across13 By luck, perchance?PER3Across14 LairDEN3Across14 DeterminationRESOLVE7Across15 Biblical name for a plant out EastMOSES5Across16 SwellBULGE5Across16 Faded, we hear, yet not without colourDYED4Across17 Wound markSCAR4Across17 ExhilaratedELATED6Across17 What a sailor could do with a pinBELAY5Across19 ClubBAT3Across19 Disease-causing organismVIRUS5Across19 DevastatedRAVAGED7Across20 Nomad's new name?DAMON5Across21 First gameDEBUT5Across21 Ancient languageLATIN5Across22 What the toast may do when dad gets out of bedPOPUP5Across22 CeremonyRITE4Across23 An absolute necessity in winemakingMUST4Across23 RemitSEND4Across23 FallDROP4Across25 BaubleTRINKET7Across26 Chuck from HeathrowTHROW5Across26 Tribal emblemTOTEM5Across26 That womanHER3Across28 A thudding noise?DIN3Across28 Hasten to make capitalATHENS6Across29 AntennaAERIAL6Across29 InsectANT3Across30 Dig out an obscure inn for eatingDINING6Across30 EmptyVACANT6Across30 In a funny way, I'm to skipOMIT4Across31 SwellDILATE6Across31 Prayer endingAMEN4Across31 Got into the papers for having fabricated information?MADENEWS8Across32 Falls backRETREATS8Across32 Not all greengages will be found charmingENGAGE6Across33 HatTITFER6Across33 CoachedTRAINED7Across34 JockeyRIDER5Across37 PossessOWN3Across38 CouchDIVAN5Across39 PerforatedHOLED5Across40 ThickDENSE5Across41 HorseSTEED5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Partial to one, as in bedBIASED6Down1 University groundsCAMPUS6Down1 Fishing-basketCREEL5Down1 Dealer in fabricsDRAPER6Down2 and 3 In cricket terms, pleasantly surprisedBOWLED6Down2 ToppledUPSET5Down2 EmperorTSAR4Down3 See "2"OVER4Down3 TidierNEATER6Down3 RankTIER4Down4 FishHALIBUT7Down4 May he win a bride for himself also!BESTMAN7Down4 FlewPILOTED7Down5 A standard spare part is simply capitalPARIS5Down5 GrowlSNARL5Down5 RiddleSIEVE5Down6 ShutCLOSE5Down6 Bells across the meadow, perhaps?TENTS5Down6 Fizzy waterSODA4Down8 Record in a specially apt keyTAPE4Down8 InformationGEN3Down9 NothingNIL3Down9 Always five shortEER3Down9 DiscussedDEBATED7Down11 Regally, he's a match for Reg!ROY3Down12 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down12 Yields seeds, it's saidCEDES5Down13 Wading birdEGRET5Down13 BruteBEAST5Down13 Holy personSAINT5Down14 Not Romulus's uncleREMUS5Down15 ShinboneTIBIA5Down15 DroopSAG3Down16 Light boatCANOE5Down18 DiscouragedDAUNTED7Down18 As in the Royal Squadron?YACHT5Down18 Animal doctorVET3Down19 It's soft to eat, though not exactly papBAP3Down19 ManageRUN3Down20 Cut short (as when you run after a gal?)LOP3Down20 Is there much boozing in this street?DOWNING7Down21 FearDREAD5Down21 HarmsDAMAGES7Down21 HigherUPPER5Down22 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down22 There's a letter at the post office for Edgar AllanPOE3Down22 ModernRECENT6Down23 Digging in during a bygone dynastyMINING6Down23 One turns up in continuityUNIT4Down24 ExhaustedDRAINED7Down24 CountryIRAN4Down24 Switch to a horse for half a mile!TOGGLE6Down25 One of twoEITHER6Down25 LingerTARRY5Down26 Little girl's hatTAMMY5Down26 HackneyedTRITE5Down27 TavernINN3Down27 If nothing else, she's hard to upsetRHODA5Down27 Bad actorHAM3Down28 Barely discernible number between 500 and 1000DIM3Down28 DiatribeTIRADE6Down28 StreamBROOK5Down29 ImmenseVAST4Down30 Just what the doctor orderedDOSE4Down30 WrinkledLINED5Down32 TautTENSE5Down33 Boring-toolAWL3Down35 SoilDIRT4Down36

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