Evening Standard Crossword December 18 2024 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 18 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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Exile61 AcrossReveal answer → Religion53 AcrossReveal answer → Run with a cry into the street53 AcrossReveal answer → Stump45 AcrossReveal answer → Shaft58 AcrossReveal answer → Short of spirit58 AcrossReveal answer → Of the Pope58 AcrossReveal answer → Animal’s foot39 AcrossReveal answer → Haggard jockey?510 AcrossReveal answer → Urn410 AcrossReveal answer → Spring over510 AcrossReveal answer → Gosh, how lovey-dovey!311 AcrossReveal answer → Tube411 AcrossReveal answer → Large311 AcrossReveal answer → Four old pence512 AcrossReveal answer → Spurn512 AcrossReveal answer → Bird512 AcrossReveal answer → Smoker's item713 AcrossReveal answer → Exult when Edward gets hit on the head!713 AcrossReveal answer → Rounded613 AcrossReveal answer → Wanderer515 AcrossReveal answer → Many a connection with jail515 AcrossReveal answer → Breeze416 AcrossReveal answer → Speck318 AcrossReveal answer → Could mum have a bit of fun with him?318 AcrossReveal answer → Cranny418 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle left on one side behind the bus terminus619 AcrossReveal answer → Uproar619 AcrossReveal answer → Mire320 AcrossReveal answer → Immortal who had a way with a piano tune721 AcrossReveal answer → Afternoon show721 AcrossReveal answer → Among422 AcrossReveal answer → Heavenly way of working to get ahead422 AcrossReveal answer → Charge322 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch423 AcrossReveal answer → History of dad's old model car423 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral323 AcrossReveal answer → Protected724 AcrossReveal answer → It's on the cards that one may improve724 AcrossReveal answer → Valley424 AcrossReveal answer → Provide425 AcrossReveal answer → Can they turn a piece of wood to ashes at last?626 AcrossReveal answer → Again626 AcrossReveal answer → Lessee628 AcrossReveal answer → Thirsty doctor at the eye centre329 AcrossReveal answer → A flipper329 AcrossReveal answer → Float530 AcrossReveal answer → Sister's daughter531 AcrossReveal answer → Three might put you to sleep531 AcrossReveal answer → A US president accepted war to be advanced732 AcrossReveal answer → Fever432 AcrossReveal answer → Ordinary or dull732 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked433 AcrossReveal answer → Capital morning for a mere male534 AcrossReveal answer → Recede334 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial waterway534 AcrossReveal answer → Eggs in two varieties335 AcrossReveal answer → View535 AcrossReveal answer → Rowing blade335 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly a drag for an Irish police officer536 AcrossReveal answer → Target436 AcrossReveal answer → Planet536 AcrossReveal answer → Those written about rivers?537 AcrossReveal answer → Squirm637 AcrossReveal answer → Frequently537 AcrossReveal answer → The ways a pair of ducks finish up can be just too curious538 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Portray61 DownReveal answer → Bemoan being thirsty around East Central London51 DownReveal answer → Of rabies51 DownReveal answer → Mighty82 DownReveal answer → Barnum and Bailey were flashy fellows!72 DownReveal answer → Iraqi capital72 DownReveal answer → Survey63 DownReveal answer → A strong line to get fish out of the river44 DownReveal answer → Previous case94 DownReveal answer → Fly high44 DownReveal answer → Singer75 DownReveal answer → Has infinite wisdom but makes nothing clear65 DownReveal answer → Way of approach65 DownReveal answer → Landed estate56 DownReveal answer → Identical46 DownReveal answer → Let it be nominal56 DownReveal answer → Reared47 DownReveal answer → Distinct57 DownReveal answer → A wild binge may be only human57 DownReveal answer → Donkey38 DownReveal answer → Farm animal39 DownReveal answer → Further in the direction of the job centre39 DownReveal answer → They squirm like that chap Leslie712 DownReveal answer → Entourage712 DownReveal answer → Toddler314 DownReveal answer → Shy914 DownReveal answer → Game on the snooker table?314 DownReveal answer → Sorrow315 DownReveal answer → Light motorcycle516 DownReveal answer → The very best ale I'd brew516 DownReveal answer → His minced steak is sheer poetry!517 DownReveal answer → Born317 DownReveal answer → Disparage517 DownReveal answer → Decorate819 DownReveal answer → Afraid719 DownReveal answer → High land where the Poles chop wood to the north719 DownReveal answer → Zola (possibly reminding one of Heskey?)520 DownReveal answer → Insane320 DownReveal answer → Place of safety520 DownReveal answer → Processed meat521 DownReveal answer → Parry721 DownReveal answer → The way to get frozen, perhaps?521 DownReveal answer → Dismiss from play723 DownReveal answer → Board united under pressure723 DownReveal answer → Thick oil624 DownReveal answer → Such shepherds may know a few words of English624 DownReveal answer → Wander to the back of the queue with a growl325 DownReveal answer → Faint325 DownReveal answer → Trader626 DownReveal answer → Firm627 DownReveal answer → Mountains of maps?527 DownReveal answer → African river527 DownReveal answer → Being human, they have no tails528 DownReveal answer → Happen528 DownReveal answer → Dress429 DownReveal answer → Heals530 DownReveal answer → It's out of the picture!530 DownReveal answer → Blast430 DownReveal answer → Day before331 DownReveal answer → Manual worker432 DownReveal answer → Game calling for much more than a stout heart432 DownReveal answer → A little way from Abergavenny333 DownReveal answer → Long-tailed rodent333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 18, 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.