Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 16 2019. 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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Card game53 AcrossReveal answer → Modify a name for physical training53 AcrossReveal answer → Collection54 AcrossReveal answer → Skulked67 AcrossReveal answer → What Ian needs to become a noted player58 AcrossReveal answer → Extra payment58 AcrossReveal answer → Taxi39 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch310 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight510 AcrossReveal answer → Not one's left sock!510 AcrossReveal answer → A musical time for gunners at Gateshead311 AcrossReveal answer → In favour of311 AcrossReveal answer → A quick blow to avoid finally512 AcrossReveal answer → Sword512 AcrossReveal answer → Hut512 AcrossReveal answer → Yield413 AcrossReveal answer → Neither flattened nor sharpened!713 AcrossReveal answer → Seaman713 AcrossReveal answer → Designed average central heating515 AcrossReveal answer → Post off515 AcrossReveal answer → Gather515 AcrossReveal answer → Crude617 AcrossReveal answer → A traveller in company?318 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing blade318 AcrossReveal answer → Tickets for the donkeys at the pierhead619 AcrossReveal answer → Aperture419 AcrossReveal answer → Next to619 AcrossReveal answer → Present520 AcrossReveal answer → Hernia721 AcrossReveal answer → Tricky side for a batsman's stroke721 AcrossReveal answer → Regrets422 AcrossReveal answer → The flag lady?422 AcrossReveal answer → Energy322 AcrossReveal answer → I can't afford it, darling423 AcrossReveal answer → Clenched hand423 AcrossReveal answer → Ill-fated ship724 AcrossReveal answer → Ebbed724 AcrossReveal answer → With his skill, he makes an impression724 AcrossReveal answer → Insight626 AcrossReveal answer → Solitary hothead with unusual merit626 AcrossReveal answer → Total327 AcrossReveal answer → Delete528 AcrossReveal answer → Racket329 AcrossReveal answer → There's nothing in turning left329 AcrossReveal answer → Handle the outing531 AcrossReveal answer → Of the nose531 AcrossReveal answer → Prima-donna431 AcrossReveal answer → Dispersed remains of a student group732 AcrossReveal answer → Exact copy732 AcrossReveal answer → Rue633 AcrossReveal answer → Not dirty534 AcrossReveal answer → Let out, say534 AcrossReveal answer → He could be mistaken for his motherless partner335 AcrossReveal answer → Land measure335 AcrossReveal answer → View535 AcrossReveal answer → Loves an anagram to unravel536 AcrossReveal answer → Turning tool536 AcrossReveal answer → There could be more than two537 AcrossReveal answer → Move furtively537 AcrossReveal answer → Timber437 AcrossReveal answer → Share538 AcrossReveal answer → Address the public538 AcrossReveal answer → Being wined makes him drunk538 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet339 AcrossReveal answer → Stray341 AcrossReveal answer → Area642 AcrossReveal answer → Vigilant543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rum spilt by a learner on the wall!51 DownReveal answer → As yet51 DownReveal answer → Evoke61 DownReveal answer → Works out that fruits contain water72 DownReveal answer → Eager to learn72 DownReveal answer → Rut62 DownReveal answer → Insect33 DownReveal answer → Perceive sound44 DownReveal answer → Singer44 DownReveal answer → Wooden town?44 DownReveal answer → Embarrass55 DownReveal answer → Private evening party65 DownReveal answer → Prissy little chap, but original65 DownReveal answer → Negligent86 DownReveal answer → New diets bring their ups and downs56 DownReveal answer → Melodies56 DownReveal answer → Amid fluttering hens, I do well57 DownReveal answer → Pungent57 DownReveal answer → Haul48 DownReveal answer → And not39 DownReveal answer → Rested on the bottom39 DownReveal answer → Astonishment911 DownReveal answer → A good understanding of French, originally712 DownReveal answer → Sure712 DownReveal answer → Card game314 DownReveal answer → Cat noise414 DownReveal answer → Is he a regular guy?314 DownReveal answer → Parched416 DownReveal answer → It blooms in a monastery garden516 DownReveal answer → Imitate516 DownReveal answer → The Russians ruined half Strasbourg517 DownReveal answer → Incisors, say517 DownReveal answer → Dregs418 DownReveal answer → One who is accident free?719 DownReveal answer → Widen719 DownReveal answer → Trite rhyme not taken seriously520 DownReveal answer → Keyboard instrument520 DownReveal answer → Quantity helping to raise fertility521 DownReveal answer → Customary821 DownReveal answer → Picture puzzle521 DownReveal answer → Nobleman423 DownReveal answer → European country723 DownReveal answer → Great fun (but keep it dark?)723 DownReveal answer → No longer stony-hearted regarding dates624 DownReveal answer → Cashier624 DownReveal answer → Remedy425 DownReveal answer → He needs a bit of time325 DownReveal answer → Pinch325 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Flynn got right to the heart of the tricky role527 DownReveal answer → Artificial waterway527 DownReveal answer → Colour very unusual in a tame vulture528 DownReveal answer → Exaggeratedly masculine528 DownReveal answer → Nuclear629 DownReveal answer → Finish630 DownReveal answer → Atlantic, for example530 DownReveal answer → The boys turning up for the beer530 DownReveal answer → Flower532 DownReveal answer → Is it only half habitable?432 DownReveal answer → Boat of logs432 DownReveal answer → Neither direction is a short cut333 DownReveal answer → Anger333 DownReveal answer → Equipment434 DownReveal answer → Wagon436 DownReveal answer → Fix340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 16, 2019. 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.