Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 16 2024. 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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Population count61 AcrossReveal answer → Sermonise61 AcrossReveal answer → Witches getting round a soldier for some pudding61 AcrossReveal answer → Char65 AcrossReveal answer → Merrythought87 AcrossReveal answer → When there's occasion to attack, this can be dangerous87 AcrossReveal answer → Able to return to a place of exile48 AcrossReveal answer → Brass instrument48 AcrossReveal answer → True59 AcrossReveal answer → One who sells dear, perhaps, in extremes of terror610 AcrossReveal answer → Signal fire610 AcrossReveal answer → House mice could see it as a popular pear611 AcrossReveal answer → Painter611 AcrossReveal answer → Cavalryman611 AcrossReveal answer → Hickory512 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthy414 AcrossReveal answer → Put down some mousetraps314 AcrossReveal answer → Limb314 AcrossReveal answer → Town water516 AcrossReveal answer → Present age516 AcrossReveal answer → Row417 AcrossReveal answer → Coloured, turbulent eddy417 AcrossReveal answer → Youth317 AcrossReveal answer → Sported418 AcrossReveal answer → Bombed by a deranged duke at central Greenwich519 AcrossReveal answer → Wobbly food519 AcrossReveal answer → All520 AcrossReveal answer → Bee substance521 AcrossReveal answer → Revealed as hard-hearted in a plot521 AcrossReveal answer → Forbidden522 AcrossReveal answer → A childish beast522 AcrossReveal answer → Sculled522 AcrossReveal answer → Romantic appointment423 AcrossReveal answer → The place for fatheaded old bleaters?423 AcrossReveal answer → Oriental723 AcrossReveal answer → Belt524 AcrossReveal answer → Suit526 AcrossReveal answer → Courage shown by the artist526 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly messenger526 AcrossReveal answer → Dad has half of it ready328 AcrossReveal answer → Towboat328 AcrossReveal answer → Shaggy native of South America629 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel429 AcrossReveal answer → Sport629 AcrossReveal answer → How petals can change colour630 AcrossReveal answer → Skip330 AcrossReveal answer → Large wood630 AcrossReveal answer → A voice of regal tone431 AcrossReveal answer → Dry431 AcrossReveal answer → Brawny832 AcrossReveal answer → Eat432 AcrossReveal answer → The lesser charge832 AcrossReveal answer → Last533 AcrossReveal answer → Motor633 AcrossReveal answer → Poet's name for chorea, possibly633 AcrossReveal answer → Fisherman635 AcrossReveal answer → Felt636 AcrossReveal answer → Mock537 AcrossReveal answer → Boarded638 AcrossReveal answer → Mission639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Souse61 DownReveal answer → Battle61 DownReveal answer → Suggested the din could be modified61 DownReveal answer → Like a cage rather than a lily62 DownReveal answer → Goes with a cup62 DownReveal answer → Fur62 DownReveal answer → Sunny celebrity?43 DownReveal answer → Waterfowl43 DownReveal answer → Applaud43 DownReveal answer → Taken away when you slip into the red74 DownReveal answer → Soon74 DownReveal answer → Inn54 DownReveal answer → Compact55 DownReveal answer → Cold dish55 DownReveal answer → In Roman numerals, nothing is funny55 DownReveal answer → Tribe46 DownReveal answer → Irish theatre in a London 'Wood'!56 DownReveal answer → Trivial56 DownReveal answer → Clergyman67 DownReveal answer → Damaged68 DownReveal answer → Story48 DownReveal answer → A life of this may not totally please48 DownReveal answer → Wet spongy ground39 DownReveal answer → Elizabeth's little flutter39 DownReveal answer → Plaything312 DownReveal answer → Figures among the pyramids312 DownReveal answer → Warn713 DownReveal answer → Holy person513 DownReveal answer → The cold a companion gets sick of513 DownReveal answer → Male voice515 DownReveal answer → The poet yearns for a rhyme515 DownReveal answer → Egg-shaped515 DownReveal answer → Grand516 DownReveal answer → Diminished518 DownReveal answer → Senseless518 DownReveal answer → Sing in ye old style518 DownReveal answer → Occupation319 DownReveal answer → Grandmother's girl319 DownReveal answer → Lac519 DownReveal answer → A piano piece?320 DownReveal answer → Star sign320 DownReveal answer → Noted former batsman good at making cuts721 DownReveal answer → Yelp321 DownReveal answer → Flatfish721 DownReveal answer → Sphere322 DownReveal answer → Number322 DownReveal answer → Undergarment found in library!322 DownReveal answer → Throughout623 DownReveal answer → Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomer623 DownReveal answer → Nominally he's in the bottom class424 DownReveal answer → Straggle624 DownReveal answer → Elderly424 DownReveal answer → Pull into the river, where there's a lot of water625 DownReveal answer → Tattered625 DownReveal answer → Tempt625 DownReveal answer → Suitable, very soft covering of hay526 DownReveal answer → Minute particles526 DownReveal answer → Annual interest, one pound!527 DownReveal answer → Grind one's teeth527 DownReveal answer → Festival627 DownReveal answer → Hill328 DownReveal answer → Drink up like a dog, so named328 DownReveal answer → Nursed628 DownReveal answer → The way to make a soft blow hard430 DownReveal answer → Ticket money430 DownReveal answer → Rented530 DownReveal answer → Out-dated531 DownReveal answer → Gala433 DownReveal answer → Ogle434 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 16, 2024. 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.