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Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 17 2024. 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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Apart53 AcrossReveal answer → Elfin creature64 AcrossReveal answer → Dad's attempt at baking?64 AcrossReveal answer → Port of Spain, where you can't get caught in a lie!87 AcrossReveal answer → Limit87 AcrossReveal answer → Wild nights aren't what they used to be68 AcrossReveal answer → Canvas shelter68 AcrossReveal answer → Needle69 AcrossReveal answer → Postage label510 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcastic610 AcrossReveal answer → A cut at computing?510 AcrossReveal answer → Insect511 AcrossReveal answer → Short tail412 AcrossReveal answer → As top man, he gets a bit of publicity413 AcrossReveal answer → Eagerly expectant413 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress414 AcrossReveal answer → Employee of an ancient emperor, briefly414 AcrossReveal answer → Young Simpson, entitled to 'Sir'?415 AcrossReveal answer → Article415 AcrossReveal answer → Soil415 AcrossReveal answer → The little that sank in316 AcrossReveal answer → Farmyard bird316 AcrossReveal answer → Finished bowling?417 AcrossReveal answer → Wrinkle717 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment417 AcrossReveal answer → Either of the lads in prison for arson?419 AcrossReveal answer → Surety419 AcrossReveal answer → Guided320 AcrossReveal answer → Read about a terrible hound in history921 AcrossReveal answer → Distinguish between921 AcrossReveal answer → Purple521 AcrossReveal answer → Fling423 AcrossReveal answer → In Piccadilly, a tasteful addition423 AcrossReveal answer → List423 AcrossReveal answer → The 'dash' needed in a singular game!424 AcrossReveal answer → Quote424 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear425 AcrossReveal answer → Spicy326 AcrossReveal answer → A world wide threat to insect life?326 AcrossReveal answer → Turning-point526 AcrossReveal answer → Aptly enough, it goes with 22 Down427 AcrossReveal answer → Cook in an oven427 AcrossReveal answer → Pendulum328 AcrossReveal answer → Burn the fish!429 AcrossReveal answer → Unguis429 AcrossReveal answer → Late730 AcrossReveal answer → Grand girl, high in the epicure's appreciation432 AcrossReveal answer → Ado432 AcrossReveal answer → The quiet individual did well533 AcrossReveal answer → Molten rock533 AcrossReveal answer → Surmounting433 AcrossReveal answer → Entreat a person to buzz off!634 AcrossReveal answer → Scarcity634 AcrossReveal answer → Understood to make the grade835 AcrossReveal answer → Admission835 AcrossReveal answer → Bearing435 AcrossReveal answer → Expresses in words636 AcrossReveal answer → A start in bed making?636 AcrossReveal answer → Leap536 AcrossReveal answer → Short-sightedness638 AcrossReveal answer → Habit639 AcrossReveal answer → Parched540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Twelve dozen51 DownReveal answer → In some way, it's possibly belted51 DownReveal answer → Chasm51 DownReveal answer → Academy Award52 DownReveal answer → Nominal hairstyle for the male52 DownReveal answer → Smell52 DownReveal answer → Grasp43 DownReveal answer → Might it be full of Avon water?43 DownReveal answer → Target33 DownReveal answer → Phase54 DownReveal answer → Sniffle64 DownReveal answer → He's among the trumpeters, having no ability to strum54 DownReveal answer → Lodgings45 DownReveal answer → Jewellery item45 DownReveal answer → Such lids can save cracking nuts45 DownReveal answer → Before36 DownReveal answer → Underground passage66 DownReveal answer → Recover anew and make a profit66 DownReveal answer → Yearbook57 DownReveal answer → Chastise58 DownReveal answer → Marsupial69 DownReveal answer → In Alice in Wonderland, he couldn't quite build a theatre69 DownReveal answer → Scottish river311 DownReveal answer → Cricket side in a scrabble game311 DownReveal answer → Snappy film centre?512 DownReveal answer → Skinflint512 DownReveal answer → Carriage713 DownReveal answer → Busy time, seen in a harsh sort of light713 DownReveal answer → Sets upon713 DownReveal answer → Cultivation514 DownReveal answer → He's big at Westminster315 DownReveal answer → Unwell315 DownReveal answer → Try to buy a lot316 DownReveal answer → Income716 DownReveal answer → Strike316 DownReveal answer → Language518 DownReveal answer → Immortal, but he needed an unusual amount of luck to get in front618 DownReveal answer → Nearly618 DownReveal answer → Fuel319 DownReveal answer → As a witness, be careful!520 DownReveal answer → Stadium520 DownReveal answer → Sound of disapproval321 DownReveal answer → Adam's spare one?321 DownReveal answer → Pastry dish322 DownReveal answer → It links up toppingly with 27 Across322 DownReveal answer → Endear522 DownReveal answer → Trustworthy623 DownReveal answer → It can make you fed up with a bit of a beating623 DownReveal answer → Tune324 DownReveal answer → Girl or boy's name325 DownReveal answer → In prohibition, bank a thousand less325 DownReveal answer → Show627 DownReveal answer → The end of an alphabet528 DownReveal answer → Mild528 DownReveal answer → Remains of a fire528 DownReveal answer → Breast529 DownReveal answer → Representative530 DownReveal answer → An alluring female I have time for530 DownReveal answer → Soiled531 DownReveal answer → Afterwards531 DownReveal answer → Prepared to go steady?531 DownReveal answer → Worry432 DownReveal answer → Foe532 DownReveal answer → Picture a yard in Indian territory432 DownReveal answer → So gets a little house in London433 DownReveal answer → Female horse433 DownReveal answer → Bellow434 DownReveal answer → Offer336 DownReveal answer → Counterfeit337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. 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.