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Evening Standard Crossword December 18 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 18 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 122 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#
Pass onRELAY5Across1 StaunchSTEM4Across1 Where to get soft and decorative fabric?PLACE5Across1 DecayROT3Across4 Arrest hurtfully?PINCH5Across6 KnifeSTAB4Across6 Artist's garmentSMOCK5Across6 FateLOT3Across9 Went round to put a name on the listROTATED7Across9 Pair of scalesBALANCE7Across9 Crime ran so wild!ARSON5Across10 DeadDECEASED8Across10 TempestSTORM5Across10 Go furtively forming linksSLINK5Across11 JotIOTA4Across11 Burnt remainsASHES5Across11 Fight to provide some men with shelterMELEE5Across12 Abstains from eatingFASTS5Across12 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Across13 Victoria's married nameBECKHAM7Across13 FinishEND3Across14 Write a bit of a joke letterJOT3Across15 PrecipitationDEW3Across15 AttainREACH5Across16 DryARID4Across17 Rose to become immortalEROS4Across17 Split fruit?BANANA6Across18 Next toBESIDE6Across18 Retails sound batteries, perhapsSELLS5Across19 Of the moonLUNAR5Across19 AffrontedINSULTED8Across19 Being so, tasted defeat!LICKED6Across20 Illegal actsCRIMES6Across20 MeasureMETER5Across21 Her name came upROSE4Across22 FibberLIAR4Across22 RelegationDEMOTION8Across23 A hush in the woodASH3Across24 DepositLODGE5Across24 FishEEL3Across24 Making men soft possibly causes troubleFOMENTS7Across25 Unduly deferredBELATED7Across25 Was told to stampede a herd!HEARD5Across26 AgueFEVER5Across26 Grape variety that gets one's attentionPAGER5Across27 Madagascan primateLEMUR5Across27 UncookedRAW3Across27 Money's finished, on the dole perhaps, yet sing!YODEL5Across28 ThemeTOPIC5Across28 Foreigner you don't want to play roulette with!RUSSIAN7Across29 Discussion groupSEMINAR7Across29 They're of marginal interestEDGES5Across30 BruteBEAST5Across30 Beautiful girlBELLE5Across31 Land in the chicken yardKENYA5Across31 CeaseSTOP4Across31 ShowINDICATE8Across33 SheepEWE3Across34 RearedBRED4Across35 YouthLAD3Across36 MudMIRE4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One of twoEITHER6Down2 RankTIER4Down2 More lager is drunk at mid-afternoon!LARGER6Down2 Old and broken down, yet maybe dishy?CROCKS6Down3 BearingMIEN4Down3 OverseasABROAD6Down3 How time changes oneEON3Down4 DislikedRESENTED8Down4 Sweet potatoYAM3Down4 NeatTIDY4Down5 Wherein the women have much charm out EastHAREM5Down5 HeathenPAGAN5Down5 SliverSLICE5Down6 Money maybe hidden by the cheats in the cheapest seatsPESETAS7Down6 DisperseSCATTER7Down6 Busy doing nothingIDLE4Down7 Untidy stateMESS4Down7 AlsoTOO3Down7 MasticatedCHEWED6Down8 Part of Switzerland in China?CANTON6Down8 GarretATTIC5Down8 More than merely checkedMATED5Down12 CourteousCIVIL5Down12 ConcentrateFOCUS5Down12 EnquiredASKED5Down13 Be all upset by a girlBELLA5Down13 Move to musicDANCE5Down13 TreeELM3Down14 PoliteCIVIL5Down14 Train wholly or in partCOACH5Down14 DissuadeDETER5Down15 Finger or toeDIGIT5Down15 Yes, boy, a fabulous heroJASON5Down15 As told in hospital, especially?TALES5Down16 EerieWEIRD5Down16 CaperANTIC5Down17 It's nobly claimed to be blueBLOOD5Down18 RetreatHAUNT5Down18 Bread makerBAKER5Down18 Young hareLEVERET7Down19 Roman who came to Britain (to cut us off?)SEVERUS7Down19 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down20 In the sea, you can see what it isISLAND6Down21 EbbRECEDE6Down21 Performed anew by a colourful individualREDONE6Down22 DinROW3Down22 Pakistani cityLAHORE6Down22 It's hard to get a slippery customer into an enclosureSTEELY6Down23 AntennaAERIAL6Down23 ContradictBELIE5Down25 Search touchinglyFRISK5Down25 ExteriorOUTER5Down25 Come and get it!HERE4Down26 AdoFUSS4Down26 YawnedGAPED5Down26 Animal of many a kind?YAK3Down28 InvoiceBILL4Down28 Small flapTAB3Down28 DrossSCUM4Down29 AgitateSTIR4Down30 Be indebtedOWE3Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 18, 2023. 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.