Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 17 2019. 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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Detest vehemently51 AcrossReveal answer → Edit61 AcrossReveal answer → Cutlery item for which a bird gets a bill51 AcrossReveal answer → Hired65 AcrossReveal answer → For which you need a partner in attendance?56 AcrossReveal answer → Large rich meal56 AcrossReveal answer → Unfastened59 AcrossReveal answer → Can tire badly, to be sure79 AcrossReveal answer → Speaker's platform79 AcrossReveal answer → Invoiced610 AcrossReveal answer → Bill is in this, maybe as tenor510 AcrossReveal answer → Confess510 AcrossReveal answer → Hand gun611 AcrossReveal answer → Stiff511 AcrossReveal answer → Virginia is just about sick of the house!511 AcrossReveal answer → Nun's costume512 AcrossReveal answer → Principle512 AcrossReveal answer → It goes round in loops512 AcrossReveal answer → Makes loud noises like puffers713 AcrossReveal answer → French bean713 AcrossReveal answer → Ran off414 AcrossReveal answer → A serviceable stopper315 AcrossReveal answer → Agent315 AcrossReveal answer → Prayer ending417 AcrossReveal answer → Issue the time to return417 AcrossReveal answer → Lair317 AcrossReveal answer → Take a small measure, note, before a larger one618 AcrossReveal answer → Time to come618 AcrossReveal answer → Yield418 AcrossReveal answer → Surrenders519 AcrossReveal answer → One player's remark ignored by others519 AcrossReveal answer → Hard, determined620 AcrossReveal answer → Bad smell of fish at Spithead620 AcrossReveal answer → Foul520 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter422 AcrossReveal answer → If returning twice to get the girl422 AcrossReveal answer → Managed522 AcrossReveal answer → Meaner723 AcrossReveal answer → Sailor found among vegetarians324 AcrossReveal answer → Loose524 AcrossReveal answer → That woman324 AcrossReveal answer → More than a few725 AcrossReveal answer → Had he skill in bridge?725 AcrossReveal answer → A youngster takes it to be an outdated measure526 AcrossReveal answer → Rot526 AcrossReveal answer → Javelin526 AcrossReveal answer → Spring bulb527 AcrossReveal answer → Agents getting food at the Saracen's Head527 AcrossReveal answer → Old writer never without a plot528 AcrossReveal answer → Try to win the love of528 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed outcome of medical research729 AcrossReveal answer → Propriety729 AcrossReveal answer → Friend429 AcrossReveal answer → Around the end of June, Fred was released530 AcrossReveal answer → Leprosy victim530 AcrossReveal answer → Couch330 AcrossReveal answer → Nervy531 AcrossReveal answer → They change colour531 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge432 AcrossReveal answer → Enciphered533 AcrossReveal answer → Venerate635 AcrossReveal answer → Human636 AcrossReveal answer → Broom537 AcrossReveal answer → Considered638 AcrossReveal answer → Approached639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Snub61 DownReveal answer → Mayhem62 DownReveal answer → Fabric62 DownReveal answer → Abbreviated just for now62 DownReveal answer → Secretive lout thrown out of the cricket club63 DownReveal answer → Fat43 DownReveal answer → Primary source63 DownReveal answer → Finished54 DownReveal answer → French born34 DownReveal answer → Decompose34 DownReveal answer → Mature55 DownReveal answer → You can take them up a ladder55 DownReveal answer → Small Eurasian mammal55 DownReveal answer → Revise46 DownReveal answer → Something unionists don't believe in?76 DownReveal answer → Very angry76 DownReveal answer → Discharge47 DownReveal answer → Tie up67 DownReveal answer → Vanilla extract with colourful possibilities47 DownReveal answer → Ring some reservists?68 DownReveal answer → Tarantula, for example68 DownReveal answer → Dug68 DownReveal answer → Bee substance512 DownReveal answer → Social leader with desire to be fashionable512 DownReveal answer → Snuggled713 DownReveal answer → For an animal, one has the finest around513 DownReveal answer → Draconian513 DownReveal answer → Brown is a survivor514 DownReveal answer → Allude514 DownReveal answer → Lawful515 DownReveal answer → Keep in shape so as to suit?515 DownReveal answer → Measuring stick515 DownReveal answer → Drab516 DownReveal answer → Of punishment516 DownReveal answer → The beer drinker may take it in hand516 DownReveal answer → Troubled518 DownReveal answer → Ague518 DownReveal answer → Take up, when likely to be out of the party518 DownReveal answer → Account number used or charged719 DownReveal answer → Prevent519 DownReveal answer → Fast sailing ship719 DownReveal answer → Interfere with the packer?621 DownReveal answer → Age321 DownReveal answer → Term of office621 DownReveal answer → Develop into622 DownReveal answer → Nourished322 DownReveal answer → Pretty sick, being among the lesser swimmers622 DownReveal answer → Star sign623 DownReveal answer → Quicker to make a fatheaded bloomer623 DownReveal answer → Swam624 DownReveal answer → Wooden shoe525 DownReveal answer → Join the session when there's something wrong about it525 DownReveal answer → Look625 DownReveal answer → Grant an unprecedented share426 DownReveal answer → Flank426 DownReveal answer → Guard627 DownReveal answer → Go softly, as when pussyfooting328 DownReveal answer → Shouted628 DownReveal answer → Use scissors328 DownReveal answer → Drilled530 DownReveal answer → Devil531 DownReveal answer → Die433 DownReveal answer → Cupola434 DownReveal answer →

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