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Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2019 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Detest vehementlyABHOR5Across1 EditREVISE6Across1 Cutlery item for which a bird gets a billSPOON5Across1 HiredRENTED6Across5 For which you need a partner in attendance?DANCE5Across6 Large rich mealFEAST5Across6 UnfastenedUNDID5Across9 Can tire badly, to be sureCERTAIN7Across9 Speaker's platformROSTRUM7Across9 InvoicedBILLED6Across10 Bill is in this, maybe as tenorVOICE5Across10 ConfessADMIT5Across10 Hand gunPISTOL6Across11 StiffRIGID5Across11 Virginia is just about sick of the house!VILLA5Across11 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across12 PrincipleTENET5Across12 It goes round in loopsSPOOL5Across12 Makes loud noises like puffersBELLOWS7Across13 French beanHARICOT7Across13 Ran offFLED4Across14 A serviceable stopperBUS3Across15 AgentREP3Across15 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 Issue the time to returnEMIT4Across17 LairDEN3Across17 Take a small measure, note, before a larger oneACCEPT6Across18 Time to comeFUTURE6Across18 YieldCEDE4Across18 SurrendersCEDES5Across19 One player's remark ignored by othersASIDE5Across19 Hard, determinedSTEELY6Across20 Bad smell of fish at SpitheadSTENCH6Across20 FoulFETID5Across20 Greek letterBETA4Across22 If returning twice to get the girlFIFI4Across22 ManagedFARED5Across22 MeanerNASTIER7Across23 Sailor found among vegetariansTAR3Across24 LooseBAGGY5Across24 That womanHER3Across24 More than a fewSEVERAL7Across25 Had he skill in bridge?SPARTAN7Across25 A youngster takes it to be an outdated measureCUBIT5Across26 RotDECAY5Across26 JavelinSPEAR5Across26 Spring bulbTULIP5Across27 Agents getting food at the Saracen's HeadSPIES5Across27 Old writer never without a plotPLATO5Across28 Try to win the love ofCOURT5Across28 Pointed outcome of medical researchDECIMAL7Across29 ProprietyDECORUM7Across29 FriendALLY4Across29 Around the end of June, Fred was releasedFREED5Across30 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across30 CouchBED3Across30 NervyTENSE5Across31 They change colourDYERS5Across31 ChallengeDARE4Across32 EncipheredCODED5Across33 VenerateHONOUR6Across35 HumanMORTAL6Across36 BroomBESOM5Across37 ConsideredDEEMED6Across38 ApproachedNEARED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SnubREBUFF6Down1 MayhemBEDLAM6Down2 FabricVELVET6Down2 Abbreviated just for nowPROTEM6Down2 Secretive lout thrown out of the cricket clubOCCULT6Down3 FatSUET4Down3 Primary sourceORIGIN6Down3 FinishedENDED5Down4 French bornNEE3Down4 DecomposeROT3Down4 MatureRIPEN5Down5 You can take them up a ladderSTEPS5Down5 Small Eurasian mammalSTOAT5Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 Something unionists don't believe in?DIVORCE7Down6 Very angryFURIOUS7Down6 DischargeEMIT4Down7 Tie upTETHER6Down7 Vanilla extract with colourful possibilitiesANIL4Down7 Ring some reservists?CALLUP6Down8 Tarantula, for exampleSPIDER6Down8 DugDELVED6Down8 Bee substanceHONEY5Down12 Social leader with desire to be fashionableSWISH5Down12 SnuggledNESTLED7Down13 For an animal, one has the finest aroundBEAST5Down13 DraconianHARSH5Down13 Brown is a survivorLIVER5Down14 AlludeREFER5Down14 LawfulLEGAL5Down15 Keep in shape so as to suit?BEFIT5Down15 Measuring stickRULER5Down15 DrabDINGY5Down16 Of punishmentPENAL5Down16 The beer drinker may take it in handSTEIN5Down16 TroubledCARED5Down18 AgueFEVER5Down18 Take up, when likely to be out of the partyADOPT5Down18 Account number used or chargedACCUSED7Down19 PreventDEBAR5Down19 Fast sailing shipCLIPPER7Down19 Interfere with the packer?TAMPER6Down21 AgeDAY3Down21 Term of officeTENURE6Down21 Develop intoBECOME6Down22 NourishedFED3Down22 Pretty sick, being among the lesser swimmersFRILLY6Down22 Star signTAURUS6Down23 Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomerFASTER6Down23 SwamBATHED6Down24 Wooden shoeSABOT5Down25 Join the session when there's something wrong about itSITIN5Down25 LookGLANCE6Down25 Grant an unprecedented shareCEDE4Down26 FlankSIDE4Down26 GuardCAPTOR6Down27 Go softly, as when pussyfootingPAD3Down28 ShoutedYELLED6Down28 Use scissorsCUT3Down28 DrilledBORED5Down30 DevilDEMON5Down31 DieCUBE4Down33 CupolaDOME4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. 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.