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Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 14 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
PeacefulCALM4Across1 GlassesSPECS5Across3 Choose to read from the lecternELECT5Across3 MouthfulSIP3Across4 LegendMYTH4Across6 Use moneySPEND5Across8 ComaTRANCE6Across8 Table used by a novice sailor?ALTAR5Across8 IntroduceINSERT6Across9 Ward offREPEL5Across10 Reason to go wrong in certain figuresLOGIC5Across10 MaleMAN3Across10 RodentRAT3Across11 Decoration added to a drinking placeBAR3Across11 FoldPLEAT5Across12 Wherein to find art in hairdressing?SALON5Across12 Light beerLAGER5Across12 Word for wordLITERAL7Across13 Soft part of a flower, imaginably pinkPANTHER7Across13 FeebleFRAIL5Across14 PulledTOWED5Across15 French town with ivy rambling round the churchVICHY5Across15 AssertsAVERS5Across15 EraseDELETE6Across18 That woman's always contradicting him!HER3Across18 Beam of lightRAY3Across18 Hi-fiSTEREO6Across19 From memory, sayRECITE6Across19 BeganOPENED6Across20 Growing sources of food and drink?POPPIES7Across21 Sharp replyRIPOSTE7Across21 OdePOEM4Across22 Can such a race be a bore?DRAG4Across22 Trumpeter's namePETE4Across23 Sit for an artistPOSE4Across23 Joined in needlework?KNITTED7Across24 SingerTENOR5Across24 Loss of hopeDESPAIR7Across24 InsightACUMEN6Across26 Wild caper with an abrupt end flat on the floorCARPET6Across26 DealTRADE5Across28 StrikeHIT3Across29 Over five lessOER3Across29 WeepCRY3Across30 Is it among the less enterprising cities?ESSEN5Across31 Restored from deathRISEN5Across31 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across32 You'll get quickly to its North EndPRESTON7Across32 MailPOSTAL6Across32 DressATTIRE6Across33 For one to get a broken leg, may be obtuseANGLE5Across34 DreadFEAR4Across34 ArrestRUNIN5Across34 Love of moneyOOF3Across35 GainWIN3Across35 In favour ofFOR3Across35 The kind of thread I sell for weavingLISLE5Across36 MasticateCHEW4Across36 LukewarmTEPID5Across36 Girls having the same name as old Indian coppersANNAS5Across37 PurchaserBUYER5Across37 Censure stonilySLATE5Across38 Native American tentTEPEE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Small twigSPRIG5Down1 Saintly restatement of the banalALBAN5Down1 ProvisionalINTERIM7Down2 A growth, maybe, in the porcine populationWARTHOG7Down2 MonthAPRIL5Down2 InstructionMANDATE7Down3 AppearSEEM4Down4 Burst of noisePEAL4Down4 One misleading you into returning by rail?LIAR4Down4 AchePAIN4Down5 They add spiciness to many amoursCLOVES6Down5 InventCREATE6Down5 SkinflintMISER5Down6 Wait onSERVE5Down6 Medicine you can never quite get on tickTONIC5Down6 AntTERMITE7Down7 CategoryGENRE5Down7 A night in Scotland, not in GermanyNICHT5Down7 Colour of a sheet anchor?TAN3Down9 Chew and swallowEAT3Down9 WonderAWE3Down11 CushionPAD3Down12 Devilish tempting creature?SERPENT7Down12 RevealLAYOPEN7Down12 ChildTOT3Down13 KnockRAP3Down14 In the past, it meant ‘hip’HEP3Down14 Quoted from an edict?CITED5Down16 MistakeERROR5Down16 DampWET3Down16 The old-fashioned chaps in the countryYEMEN5Down17 FellowDON3Down17 Not drunkSOBER5Down17 Boy's nameSTEPHEN7Down19 Renovate and put back in stockRESTORE7Down19 BurstEXPLODE7Down19 Draw information from a letter to MussoliniEDUCE5Down20 JavelinSPEAR5Down20 Piano music for duosPAIRS5Down21 TankardPOT3Down21 Picture puzzleREBUS5Down21 WanderingERRATIC7Down22 WoefulPITIFUL7Down23 RabbitDOE3Down23 Character of anybody middle-classPERSONA7Down23 Make bareDENUDE6Down24 Ken, backed up by Len, makes a shelterKENNEL6Down24 SpikeEAR3Down25 AssistAID3Down25 Like a shirt off the peg?TEE3Down25 Savoury jelly with some minced capsicumASPIC5Down27 ChangeALTER5Down27 QuotesCITES5Down27 DeserveMERIT5Down28 Rings friends out EastPEALS5Down28 LamentDIRGE5Down29 TalonCLAW4Down30 It's a long way, so fares are reduced!SOFAR5Down30 SeraglioHAREM5Down30 GapeYAWN4Down31 Scheme to finish up with a fortunePLOT4Down32 Eight furlongsMILE4Down32 Quantity of plutoniumTON3Down33 ShyCOY3Down33

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