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Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2018 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Academy AwardOSCAR5Across3 Mistakes by sleepy headed mouthpiecesSLIPS5Across3 VainPROUD5Across4 StaggeredREELED6Across7 Directorial meals?BOARD5Across8 Dead languageLATIN5Across8 ShelterLEE3Across9 OddRUM3Across10 Edge alongSIDLE5Across10 Keeps on about an explosive piece of shrapnel!HARPS5Across10 A question of world healthWHO3Across11 MinePIT3Across11 The doctor's a bit of a fool to enthuse undulyDROOL5Across12 Cattle farmRANCH5Across12 Searches for preyHUNTS5Across12 CradleCRIB4Across13 Decreed dramatically?ENACTED7Across13 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Across13 In sport, it's no long shotTAPIN5Across15 RoyalREGAL5Across15 MelodyMUSIC5Across15 AgileNIMBLE6Across17 Prepared to be sought, perhapsHID3Across18 Slope downwardsDIP3Across18 A unit's crafty contribution in spaceMODULE6Across19 VolumeTOME4Across19 FruitBANANA6Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 CommonGENERAL7Across21 Strips off for an exposureDENUDES7Across21 Throw violentlyHURL4Across22 Departure from a line in the reduced textEXIT4Across22 LabelTAB3Across22 Haul back out of the gardenDRAG4Across23 StrikesHITS4Across23 Gold or silver in massBULLION7Across24 WantedDESIRED7Across24 Men take time to get households establishedMENAGES7Across24 Stoat-like mammalWEASEL6Across26 Saint due to be hiddenSTOWED6Across26 ChildTOT3Across27 StadiumARENA5Across28 Rowing bladeOAR3Across29 Has she vowed not to take orders?NUN3Across29 Giant canned potato centreTITAN5Across31 SatisfiesSATES5Across31 AlcoveAPSE4Across31 Passes over wild regionsIGNORES7Across32 Lizard typeMONITOR7Across32 SmokestackFUNNEL6Across33 BroadenWIDEN5Across34 Search and rob of a weaponRIFLE5Across34 Beat, but less than instantlyTAN3Across35 Fastening deviceZIP3Across35 DegreeGRADE5Across35 River providing one with a unit of electricityVOLTA5Across36 Lose bloodBLEED5Across36 Such charges may disturb submarinersDEPTH5Across37 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across37 RouseWAKE4Across37 CrestRIDGE5Across38 StinksREEKS5Across38 Wound a hotheaded wild lassSLASH5Across38 SheepEWE3Across39 SpriteELF3Across41 FeltSENSED6Across42 PoorNEEDY5Across43

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There's many a snowstorm at Epsom!DOWNS5Down1 Writing materialPAPER5Down1 UproarFRACAS6Down1 Form of needlework one may get hooked on?CROCHET7Down2 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down2 PurifyREFINE6Down2 ThroughPER3Down3 Avoid deliberatelySHUN4Down4 FairyPERI4Down4 Aristocrat with no right to be terribly oldLORD4Down4 RespondREACT5Down5 Of the starsASTRAL6Down5 Pictures taken lightlyPHOTOS6Down5 RareUNCOMMON8Down6 Food for a chap going to South AfricaSALAD5Down6 Restored from deathRISEN5Down6 To drop an apple core in the dirt would do it no good!SPOIL5Down7 Free from dirtCLEAN5Down7 MuteDUMB4Down8 Facial twitchTIC3Down9 An exclamation from Sir GalahadAHA3Down9 HostMULTITUDE9Down11 Worked out the figures about mid-January indeed!DEDUCED7Down12 OptimisticHOPEFUL7Down12 SpiritGIN3Down14 TieBIND4Down14 An element of distinctionTIN3Down14 ScorchSEAR4Down16 Sounds vibrantly happyPURRS5Down16 Street urchinGAMIN5Down16 Equine refusal?NEIGH5Down17 Round-up ropeLASSO5Down17 EncounterMEET4Down18 Confusion gives me a new angleMELANGE7Down19 Inflatable rubber bagBALLOON7Down19 Robbery by some atheistsHEIST5Down20 MeltsTHAWS5Down20 One knocked out with a club?DIVOT5Down21 ConsistCOMPRISE8Down21 BigGREAT5Down21 VegetableBEAN4Down23 SkylineHORIZON7Down23 Meant being robbed of fame?DENOTED7Down23 Badly lame in servingMENIAL6Down24 Next toBESIDE6Down24 CouchSOFA4Down25 A piece of string, unfortunatelyGUN3Down25 Boy's nameIAN3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Athenian's way of working in metalTIMON5Down27 PrematureEARLY5Down27 Oliver Cromwell's unbeauty spots?WARTS5Down28 Underground drainSEWER5Down28 PassELAPSE6Down29 CorrectsAMENDS6Down30 ThemeTOPIC5Down30 Being short, they're in urgent supplyGENTS5Down30 UrgedEGGED5Down32 Their effect is simply sickeningILLS4Down32 HumbleMEEK4Down32 One beaten by an American criminal?RAP3Down33 Metallic elementTIN3Down33 InformationNEWS4Down34 DependRELY4Down36 FishEEL3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 17, 2018. 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.