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Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2019 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
TakeACCEPT6Across1 New area, maybe, for a change of holiday?FOREST6Across4 Front of the neckTHROAT6Across4 RecordDISC4Across5 Like a show jumper's career?EVENTFUL8Across7 LinoOILCLOTH8Across7 Of which, the mayor may have a chainOFFICE6Across8 Hire chargeRENTAL6Across8 StaidSOBER5Across8 BeverageTEA3Across9 Honour and prestigeGLORY5Across10 FlatEVEN4Across10 It's nothing for wild bees to be very plumpOBESE5Across10 ExistenceLIFE4Across11 Map-bookATLAS5Across12 Marquee, for exampleTENT4Across13 When out of uniform, to rest will do nicelySUIT4Across13 MendREPAIR6Across13 IdenticalSAME4Across14 Maybe she's less implacableRUTH4Across14 Deserve attention on a certain pointEARN4Across15 Cast offSHED4Across15 Pen partNIB3Across16 Trap set among pine treesNET3Across16 ObservedSEEN4Across16 Being stony, gives nothing to a friendOPAL4Across17 Garden toolRAKE4Across17 ResoundECHO4Across18 HeroicEPIC4Across19 Soon, apparently, Ann will be out of circulationANON4Across19 Seed-casePOD3Across20 VaudevilleMUSICHALL9Across21 It's shorter when followed by a dogCURTAILED9Across21 FixedSET3Across22 ColourPINK4Across23 Not a new acronymNATO4Across23 ParchedDRY3Across23 Attracted many with a share of the rewardDREW4Across24 PitMINE4Across24 Rabbit-like mammalHARE4Across24 ExcusePLEA4Across25 Such a lot is so little!FAT3Across26 BleatBAA3Across26 Be about 40% right where cheese is concernedBRIE4Across27 Twelve inchesFOOT4Across27 HungDRAPED6Across28 In sweet wine, it's doubleTWIN4Across29 Very keenAVID4Across29 RespondREACT5Across30 Made sure of getting five out of sevenSEEN4Across32 RiseGOUP4Across32 FoundationROOT4Across32 On the shelf in a seaside resortASIDE5Across33 DomesticatedTAME4Across33 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Across33 Question of a woman's ability or long-established dominionCANADA6Across34 LoiterLAG3Across34 Boots for anglersWADERS6Across34 Fearful lizard very upsetting in roads taking a bendDINOSAUR8Across35 NumberSEVEN5Across35 IndefatigableTIRELESS8Across35 Use a tricky device that gets me upsetEMPLOY6Across36 ExpiredDIED4Across36 EvaluateASSESS6Across36 AtelierSTUDIO6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DittiesSONGS5Down1 DressATTIRE6Down1 Points a hill out, if you get my driftTENOR5Down1 SupportCHAMPION8Down2 Partial or total darknessGLOOM5Down2 Release? Not really, but a landlord might do soRELET5Down2 Sort of thing to inflame a viewer?STYE4Down3 Modelling materialCLAY4Down3 SummaryPRECIS6Down3 It's handy if you want to make some doughFLOUR5Down4 NumberTHREE5Down4 SatisfiedCONTENTED9Down4 PostponedDELAYED7Down5 Smallest of a litterRUNT4Down5 It makes the lute less harmoniousRIFT4Down5 FlagIRIS4Down6 A piece of music, you know, can make you fed upSICKEN6Down6 Foreign languageARABIC6Down6 GangCREW4Down7 OceanSEA3Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 In leaf, can be grand at lastFINALE6Down9 StriplingLAD3Down11 Chelsea hairstyle?BUN3Down11 Cry when shut out of the job centreSHOUT5Down12 RepeatRERUN5Down12 Obviously he wouldn't have put food out for CrusadersSALADIN7Down13 Dismissal from workTHECHOP7Down13 ReveredRESPECTED9Down14 Move on snowSKI3Down15 TimidSHY3Down15 Do what's necessary in the atticEAT3Down15 NothingNIL3Down16 One gesture of a number on the quarter deckNOD3Down16 FishEEL3Down17 Searched a relations officer's sleeping placePROBED6Down18 Try to obtain by requestingASKFOR6Down18 MaimedCRIPPLED8Down19 Creatures bringing news about trouble startingNEWTS5Down20 HogPIG3Down20 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Down20 Primitive punishment befitting a burgler?CAT3Down21 Girl's nameMIA3Down21 ErasedDELETED7Down21 Resentment of some unfair excessesIRE3Down22 TitferHAT3Down22 Weapon used in the heat of the moment?NAPALM6Down23 HeathensPAGANS6Down23 TreeFIR3Down25 Glider cockpit cover?LID3Down25 PassionateARDENT6Down26 SlowlyADAGIO6Down27 ExpelsOUSTS5Down28 Prepared to study a key partREADY5Down28 GeneratedBRED4Down29 Where to start work for doubtful gainWIGAN5Down30 AscendedROSE4Down30 ManservantVALET5Down30 ThickDENSE5Down31 BrownTAN3Down31 Comes close to breaking out of a snareNEARS5Down31 A trip around some islandsSAIL4Down32 DNA unitGENE4Down32 A name meaning very littleATOM4Down33 PaceSTEP4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 19, 2019. 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.