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Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2022 answers. The Thursday 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#
CeaseSTOP4Across1 Surgeon's stitchSUTURE6Across4 DelvedDUG3Across4 Books possibly considered groovy?ALBUMS6Across4 ImpetuousRASH4Across6 Historic charter between the Irish and the Americans?ATLANTIC8Across7 Large shopEMPORIUM8Across7 AccountREPORT6Across8 EntryACCESS6Across8 Destroy in the rush to get promoted?TEARUP6Across8 InnTAVERN6Across9 Assumed nameALIAS5Across10 BeerALE3Across10 Bit of a calamity friends commonly shareAMITY5Across10 MovingASTIR5Across12 Got rid of a slow starter, possibly past itSOLD4Across13 LevelFLAT4Across13 Nobody imitates a pious womanNONE4Across14 PresumptuousBOLD4Across14 DemandCLAIM5Across14 Richard, seen in the larger epicsGERE4Across15 HerbDILL4Across15 CompactSOLID5Across15 Hack out of the wayHEW3Across16 OceanSEA3Across16 PostMAIL4Across17 There used to be a lot more of it in NorfolkPEAT4Across17 CancelDELETE6Across18 AmongAMID4Across19 Swing to the right, usuallyVEER4Across19 RubberERASER6Across20 The original eleven?FIRSTTEAM9Across21 InstructionDIRECTION9Across21 Team with only one wing?SIDE4Across23 Greek letterIOTA4Across23 SpeciesGENUS5Across24 MultitudeHOST4Across24 A brief denialLONG4Across24 TemptressSIREN5Across26 Was victoriousWON3Across26 He always has a kiss for motherMAX3Across26 Make beerBREW4Across27 Produced a second-class road out EastBRED4Across27 DonatedGIVEN5Across28 Leave outOMIT4Across29 Key to a room in paradiseEDEN4Across29 ElderlyOLD3Across30 In additionPLUS4Across32 Prosecuted complicated duesSUED4Across32 CrownDIADEM6Across32 His code of laws took a lot of executingDRACO5Across33 BeastANIMAL6Across33 DealTRADE5Across33 Misers upset by the delinquentREMISS6Across34 RecognisedKNEW4Across34 MurdererKILLER6Across34 Was that Ivan fellow really very poor?TERRIBLE8Across35 BrownTAN3Across35 BeekeeperAPIARIST8Across35 If not, a fund is diminished and diminished!UNLESS6Across36 AlwaysEVER4Across36 Of the teethDENTAL6Across36

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Shish or donerKEBAB5Down1 See a vehicle in a county townCAVAN5Down1 MonthAPRIL5Down2 Killed by flying nails?SLAIN5Down2 LockTRESS5Down2 LimbsARMS4Down3 But never take off a heartless lady!ONLY4Down3 UndertakePROMISE7Down3 LittleSMALL5Down4 FactsDATA4Down4 Does only a bad one get a part in Hamlet?ACTOR5Down4 EntranceGATE4Down5 DiscretionTACT4Down5 It's decorative and carefully drawnBEAD4Down5 EmulateRIVAL5Down6 HurriedRUSHED6Down6 Cat with her own way of working for an employerMOUSER6Down6 SubmissiveSERVILE7Down7 French portCALAIS6Down9 The ones that figure?ELEVEN6Down9 Auction itemLOT3Down11 They have their own rule, which is to be unruly!MOB3Down11 GarlandLEI3Down11 Without enthusiasm for a new diet that includes apple coreTEPID5Down12 HelpAID3Down12 Let inADMIT5Down12 DecayROT3Down13 Came down and paid upSETTLED7Down13 PilfersFILCHES7Down13 ExpireDIE3Down15 Talk a lot, then hang upGAS3Down15 TransgressionSIN3Down16 LimbLEG3Down16 A cough caught in the chemist's?HEM3Down16 LairDEN3Down17 That deep dark place where beer is brewed for usEREBUS6Down18 Suitable for cropsARABLE6Down18 IssueEDITION7Down19 Quick to fly into a rage after closing timeEAGER5Down20 EngineMOTOR5Down20 Dilemma if returning before tenFIX3Down21 Put onDON3Down21 MatRUG3Down21 He's presumably on his ownTOD3Down22 StupidASININE7Down22 HaulTOW3Down22 Non-metallic elementIODINE6Down23 ManageRUN3Down23 Fabric seen around the centre of matsSATEEN6Down23 FishEEL3Down25 Young goatKID3Down25 Dry in half a moSEC3Down25 BequeathENDOW5Down27 The breaks snooker players needRESTS5Down28 RusticRURAL5Down28 AvoidEVADE5Down29 SorceryMAGIC5Down30 Brady, wrong to associate with JoanDARBY5Down30 ExcludeOMIT4Down30 DaybreakDAWN4Down31 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down31 Book number five doesn't take the whole shelf!NOVEL5Down31 Dobbin's dad?SIRE4Down32 ConspiracyPLOT4Down32 Many ran wild, dash it!DARN4Down33 MeltTHAW4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 15, 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.