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Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 129 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#
Population countCENSUS6Across1 SermonisePREACH6Across1 Witches getting round a soldier for some puddingHAGGIS6Across1 CharSCORCH6Across5 MerrythoughtWISHBONE8Across7 When there's occasion to attack, this can be dangerousTIMEBOMB8Across7 Able to return to a place of exileELBA4Across8 Brass instrumentTUBA4Across8 TrueLOYAL5Across9 One who sells dear, perhaps, in extremes of terrorTRADER6Across10 Signal fireBEACON6Across10 House mice could see it as a popular pearCOMICE6Across11 PainterARTIST6Across11 CavalrymanLANCER6Across11 HickoryPECAN5Across12 LengthyLONG4Across14 Put down some mousetrapsSET3Across14 LimbLEG3Across14 Town waterVICHY5Across16 Present ageTODAY5Across16 RowTIER4Across17 Coloured, turbulent eddyDYED4Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 SportedWORE4Across18 Bombed by a deranged duke at central GreenwichNUKED5Across19 Wobbly foodJELLY5Across19 AllEVERY5Across20 Bee substanceHONEY5Across21 Revealed as hard-hearted in a plotBARED5Across21 ForbiddenTABOO5Across22 A childish beastBUNNY5Across22 SculledOARED5Across22 Romantic appointmentDATE4Across23 The place for fatheaded old bleaters?FOLD4Across23 OrientalEASTERN7Across23 BeltSTRAP5Across24 SuitBEFIT5Across26 Courage shown by the artistHEART5Across26 Heavenly messengerANGEL5Across26 Dad has half of it readyPAT3Across28 TowboatTUG3Across28 Shaggy native of South AmericaALPACA6Across29 FuelPEAT4Across29 SportTENNIS6Across29 How petals can change colourPASTEL6Across30 SkipHOP3Across30 Large woodFOREST6Across30 A voice of regal toneALTO4Across31 DryARID4Across31 BrawnyMUSCULAR8Across32 EatDINE4Across32 The lesser chargePRICECUT8Across32 LastFINAL5Across33 MotorENGINE6Across33 Poet's name for chorea, possiblyHORACE6Across33 FishermanANGLER6Across35 FeltSENSED6Across36 MockTEASE5Across37 BoardedLODGED6Across38 MissionERRAND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SousePICKLE6Down1 BattleCOMBAT6Down1 Suggested the din could be modifiedHINTED6Down1 Like a cage rather than a lilyGILDED6Down2 Goes with a cupSAUCER6Down2 FurERMINE6Down2 Sunny celebrity?STAR4Down3 WaterfowlSWAN4Down3 ApplaudCLAP4Down3 Taken away when you slip into the redREMOVED7Down4 SoonSHORTLY7Down4 InnHOTEL5Down4 CompactSOLID5Down5 Cold dishSALAD5Down5 In Roman numerals, nothing is funnyCOMIC5Down5 TribeCLAN4Down6 Irish theatre in a London 'Wood'!ABBEY5Down6 TrivialPETTY5Down6 ClergymanRECTOR6Down7 DamagedHARMED6Down8 StoryTALE4Down8 A life of this may not totally pleaseEASE4Down8 Wet spongy groundBOG3Down9 Elizabeth's little flutterBET3Down9 PlaythingTOY3Down12 Figures among the pyramidsMID3Down12 WarnCAUTION7Down13 Holy personSAINT5Down13 The cold a companion gets sick ofCHILL5Down13 Male voiceTENOR5Down15 The poet yearns for a rhymeBURNS5Down15 Egg-shapedOVATE5Down15 GrandGREAT5Down16 DiminishedWANED5Down18 SenselessINANE5Down18 Sing in ye old styleYODEL5Down18 OccupationJOB3Down19 Grandmother's girlNAN3Down19 LacRESIN5Down19 A piano piece?KEY3Down20 Star signLEO3Down20 Noted former batsman good at making cutsBUTCHER7Down21 YelpYAP3Down21 FlatfishHALIBUT7Down21 SphereORB3Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 Undergarment found in library!BRA3Down22 ThroughoutDURING6Down23 Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomerFASTER6Down23 Nominally he's in the bottom classOTTO4Down24 StraggleSPRAWL6Down24 ElderlyAGED4Down24 Pull into the river, where there's a lot of waterDELUGE6Down25 TatteredRAGGED6Down25 TemptENTICE6Down25 Suitable, very soft covering of hayHAPPY5Down26 Minute particlesATOMS5Down26 Annual interest, one pound!APRIL5Down27 Grind one's teethGNASH5Down27 FestivalFIESTA6Down27 HillTOR3Down28 Drink up like a dog, so namedPAL3Down28 NursedTENDED6Down28 The way to make a soft blow hardPATH4Down30 Ticket moneyFARE4Down30 RentedHIRED5Down30 Out-datedPASSE5Down31 GalaFETE4Down33 OgleLEER4Down34

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