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Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
HarmDAMAGE6Across1 AreaREGION6Across5 UnawareIGNORANT8Across8 Not getting a mite worried about it? Never!ATNOTIME8Across9 RaiseLIFT4Across9 SingerBARITONE8Across9 SerpentASP3Across10 Knock back, as usualRAP3Across10 ProhibitBAN3Across10 Smiling, I claim to be exploitedAMUSED6Across11 InsectEARWIG6Across11 Rabbit the baby likes to have in its pramRATTLE6Across12 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across12 SeatSTOOL5Across12 StandROSTRUM7Across13 Wild bear in an animal showCABARET7Across13 Be wide openGAPE4Across14 Catch some in retreatTRAP4Across14 When low on money, what to have for tea?SHORTBREAD10Across15 SkillART3Across15 SafeguardPRECAUTION10Across15 WrathIRE3Across17 UncommunicativeTACITURN8Across17 Continues to make profitsPROCEEDS8Across17 SphereORB3Across18 Having come back, worked regularly at againREPLIED7Across18 FireDISMISS7Across18 Vehicle returns at elevenTAXI4Across19 GrooveRUT3Across19 DiplomacyTACT4Across19 FamousNOTED5Across20 HatchetAXE3Across21 CutLOPPED6Across21 When he leaves here at eleven, settle inRESIDE6Across21 LettuceCOS3Across22 ObtainedGOT3Across23 TreeASH3Across24 Rest that one, in all fairness, deserves?THESLEEPOFTHEJUST17Across24 AstersMICHAELMASDAISIES17Across24 NestEYRIE5Across26 Don’t accept the parent’s taken to drinkPASSUP6Across27 RebukesSCOLDS6Across27 SimpleEASY4Across29 Put, inside it, a love letterIOTA4Across29 ConsumeEAT3Across29 SiblingBROTHER7Across30 The long-suffering alto is having to change key in itSTOICAL7Across30 UnfastenUNDO4Across33 FleeingONTHERUN8Across33 A girl imprisoned for having wasted moneyMISSPENT8Across33 AmissUNTOWARD8Across34 All second-hand? We’re used to that!NOTHINGNEW10Across35 IntentionalDELIBERATE10Across35 DisconnectDETACH6Across35 RulingREGENT6Across36 Catch on to a branchTWIG4Across36 ChiefMAIN4Across36 Unsheathe, to make one talkDRAWOUT7Across37 Curved swordCUTLASS7Across37 Performing their number in it, do really wellTHRIVE6Across38 MadnessLUNACY6Across38 Decree the road must be repaired inORDAIN6Across40 SheepdogCOLLIE6Across40 Came out on top, you say, in both halvesONE3Across41 VehicleVAN3Across41 When the food is cooked, slipping offNONSTICK8Across42 RaisedELEVATED8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Affection you feel for someone you’re stuck on?ATTACHMENT10Down1 Flowering plantNASTURTIUM10Down1 FlankSIDE4Down2 Wolf in close upBOLT4Down2 SponsorshipAEGIS5Down2 OutlinesCONTOURS8Down3 Quite big, but not immeasurably soSIZEABLE8Down3 SoonANON4Down3 PreciseEXACT5Down4 ChorusREFRAIN7Down4 Stretched out in the shade, long toREACHED7Down4 ProportionRATIO5Down5 ThanklessnessINGRATITUDE11Down5 Apt to take for one’s own useAPPROPRIATE11Down5 SquallGALE4Down6 PastaVERMICELLI10Down6 After this, my teaching days are over, my sweet!LASTCOURSE10Down6 Seem busy making attire for the period pieceBUSTLE6Down7 BidOFFER5Down7 IntelligentBRIGHT6Down7 ScatterDISPERSE8Down8 Seen to be highly thought ofREGARDED8Down8 Mad to free the imprisoned sailorRABID5Down10 ArteryAORTA5Down10 BuffaloBISON5Down10 ThrowPITCH5Down11 FeelingSENSE5Down12 ExteriorOUTER5Down13 DepositLODGE5Down14 DiminishABATE5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 FunnyCOMICAL7Down16 Seen in seas so rough they make your hair curl?ROLLERS7Down16 Around a roundABOUT5Down20 GatherAMASS5Down20 ArtistPAINTER7Down22 Going off to get a coin to telephoneSOURING7Down22 DifferentALTERNATIVE11Down23 Squabble with, when you queue up?GETINTOAROW11Down23 PreoccupiedABSTRACTED10Down25 Seeing what you have to say for youselfLIPREADING10Down25 BecauseSINCE5Down25 China has a problem with depravityTEASERVICE10Down26 GlassesSPECTACLES10Down26 YoungsterYOUTH5Down27 Are we prepared to sit in for, so to speak?ASITWERE8Down28 BuryINTER5Down28 SpiceCINNAMON8Down28 PinaforeAPRON5Down30 In giving a garbled version of, is cheatingTWISTING8Down31 MutiniedREBELLED8Down31 RosterROTA4Down31 Saying there’s a metal animal outside itSTATING7Down32 BunchCLUSTER7Down32 SprigTWIG4Down32 A remarkable cueSIGNAL6Down34 ManageHANDLE6Down34 HaggardDRAWN5Down35 One’s to squeeze the ring into the loopNOOSE5Down35 CloseNEAR4Down39 Nonsense! Light up!RATS4Down39

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 16, 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.