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Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2024 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 131 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#
ApartASIDE5Across3 Elfin creatureSPRITE6Across4 Dad's attempt at baking?PASTRY6Across4 Port of Spain, where you can't get caught in a lie!ALICANTE8Across7 LimitRESTRICT8Across7 Wild nights aren't what they used to beTHINGS6Across8 Canvas shelterAWNING6Across8 NeedleBODKIN6Across9 Postage labelSTAMP5Across10 SarcasticIRONIC6Across10 A cut at computing?SLASH5Across10 InsectMIDGE5Across11 Short tailSCUT4Across12 As top man, he gets a bit of publicityHEAD4Across13 Eagerly expectantAGOG4Across13 Indian dressSARI4Across14 Employee of an ancient emperor, brieflyTEMP4Across14 Young Simpson, entitled to 'Sir'?BART4Across15 ArticleITEM4Across15 SoilMARL4Across15 The little that sank inBIT3Across16 Farmyard birdHEN3Across16 Finished bowling?OVER4Across17 WrinkleSHRIVEL7Across17 CondimentSALT4Across17 Either of the lads in prison for arson?TWIN4Across19 SuretyBAIL4Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 Read about a terrible hound in historyROUNDHEAD9Across21 Distinguish betweenTELLAPART9Across21 PurpleLILAC5Across21 FlingHURL4Across23 In Piccadilly, a tasteful additionDILL4Across23 ListROTA4Across23 The 'dash' needed in a singular game!DART4Across24 QuoteCITE4Across24 FootwearSHOE4Across25 SpicyHOT3Across26 A world wide threat to insect life?WEB3Across26 Turning-pointHINGE5Across26 Aptly enough, it goes with 22 DownCOAT4Across27 Cook in an ovenBAKE4Across27 PendulumBOB3Across28 Burn the fish!CHAR4Across29 UnguisNAIL4Across29 LateOVERDUE7Across30 Grand girl, high in the epicure's appreciationGAMY4Across32 AdoFUSS4Across32 The quiet individual did wellSHONE5Across33 Molten rockMAGMA5Across33 SurmountingATOP4Across33 Entreat a person to buzz off!BEGONE6Across34 ScarcityDEARTH6Across34 Understood to make the gradeGATHERED8Across35 AdmissionENTRANCE8Across35 BearingMIEN4Across35 Expresses in wordsSTATES6Across36 A start in bed making?STRATA6Across36 LeapBOUND5Across36 Short-sightednessMYOPIA6Across38 HabitCUSTOM6Across39 ParchedDRIED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Twelve dozenGROSS5Down1 In some way, it's possibly beltedWAIST5Down1 ChasmABYSS5Down1 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down2 Nominal hairstyle for the maleHIRAM5Down2 SmellODOUR5Down2 GraspGRIP4Down3 Might it be full of Avon water?BATH4Down3 TargetAIM3Down3 PhaseSTAGE5Down4 SniffleSNIVEL6Down4 He's among the trumpeters, having no ability to strumPETER5Down4 LodgingsDIGS4Down5 Jewellery itemRING4Down5 Such lids can save cracking nutsSKID4Down5 BeforeERE3Down6 Underground passageTUNNEL6Down6 Recover anew and make a profitREGAIN6Down6 YearbookANNAL5Down7 ChastiseSCOLD5Down8 MarsupialWOMBAT6Down9 In Alice in Wonderland, he couldn't quite build a theatreHATTER6Down9 Scottish riverTAY3Down11 Cricket side in a scrabble gameLEG3Down11 Snappy film centre?SPOOL5Down12 SkinflintMISER5Down12 CarriageCHARIOT7Down13 Busy time, seen in a harsh sort of lightHARDDAY7Down13 Sets uponATTACKS7Down13 CultivationTILTH5Down14 He's big at WestminsterBEN3Down15 UnwellILL3Down15 Try to buy a lotBID3Down16 IncomeREVENUE7Down16 StrikeHIT3Down16 LanguageLINGO5Down18 Immortal, but he needed an unusual amount of luck to get in frontVULCAN6Down18 NearlyALLBUT6Down18 FuelGAS3Down19 As a witness, be careful!WATCH5Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down21 Adam's spare one?RIB3Down21 Pastry dishPIE3Down22 It links up toppingly with 27 AcrossHAT3Down22 EndearCHARM5Down22 TrustworthyHONEST6Down23 It can make you fed up with a bit of a beatingDEFEAT6Down23 TuneAIR3Down24 Girl or boy's nameKIM3Down25 In prohibition, bank a thousand lessBAN3Down25 ShowEVINCE6Down27 The end of an alphabetOMEGA5Down28 MildBALMY5Down28 Remains of a fireASHES5Down28 BreastBOSOM5Down29 RepresentativeAGENT5Down30 An alluring female I have time forHOURI5Down30 SoiledDIRTY5Down31 AfterwardsLATER5Down31 Prepared to go steady?READY5Down31 WorryFRET4Down32 FoeENEMY5Down32 Picture a yard in Indian territoryGOYA4Down32 So gets a little house in LondonSOHO4Down33 Female horseMARE4Down33 BellowROAR4Down34 OfferBID3Down36 CounterfeitDUD3Down37

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