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Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 19 2019. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Take61 AcrossReveal answer → New area, maybe, for a change of holiday?64 AcrossReveal answer → Front of the neck64 AcrossReveal answer → Record45 AcrossReveal answer → Like a show jumper's career?87 AcrossReveal answer → Lino87 AcrossReveal answer → Of which, the mayor may have a chain68 AcrossReveal answer → Hire charge68 AcrossReveal answer → Staid58 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage39 AcrossReveal answer → Honour and prestige510 AcrossReveal answer → Flat410 AcrossReveal answer → It's nothing for wild bees to be very plump510 AcrossReveal answer → Existence411 AcrossReveal answer → Map-book512 AcrossReveal answer → Marquee, for example413 AcrossReveal answer → When out of uniform, to rest will do nicely413 AcrossReveal answer → Mend613 AcrossReveal answer → Identical414 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe she's less implacable414 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve attention on a certain point415 AcrossReveal answer → Cast off415 AcrossReveal answer → Pen part316 AcrossReveal answer → Trap set among pine trees316 AcrossReveal answer → Observed416 AcrossReveal answer → Being stony, gives nothing to a friend417 AcrossReveal answer → Garden tool417 AcrossReveal answer → Resound418 AcrossReveal answer → Heroic419 AcrossReveal answer → Soon, apparently, Ann will be out of circulation419 AcrossReveal answer → Seed-case320 AcrossReveal answer → Vaudeville921 AcrossReveal answer → It's shorter when followed by a dog921 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed322 AcrossReveal answer → Colour423 AcrossReveal answer → Not a new acronym423 AcrossReveal answer → Parched323 AcrossReveal answer → Attracted many with a share of the reward424 AcrossReveal answer → Pit424 AcrossReveal answer → Rabbit-like mammal424 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse425 AcrossReveal answer → Such a lot is so little!326 AcrossReveal answer → Bleat326 AcrossReveal answer → Be about 40% right where cheese is concerned427 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve inches427 AcrossReveal answer → Hung628 AcrossReveal answer → In sweet wine, it's double429 AcrossReveal answer → Very keen429 AcrossReveal answer → Respond530 AcrossReveal answer → Made sure of getting five out of seven432 AcrossReveal answer → Rise432 AcrossReveal answer → Foundation432 AcrossReveal answer → On the shelf in a seaside resort533 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated433 AcrossReveal answer → Gaze fixedly533 AcrossReveal answer → Question of a woman's ability or long-established dominion634 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter334 AcrossReveal answer → Boots for anglers634 AcrossReveal answer → Fearful lizard very upsetting in roads taking a bend835 AcrossReveal answer → Number535 AcrossReveal answer → Indefatigable835 AcrossReveal answer → Use a tricky device that gets me upset636 AcrossReveal answer → Expired436 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluate636 AcrossReveal answer → Atelier637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Ditties51 DownReveal answer → Dress61 DownReveal answer → Points a hill out, if you get my drift51 DownReveal answer → Support82 DownReveal answer → Partial or total darkness52 DownReveal answer → Release? Not really, but a landlord might do so52 DownReveal answer → Sort of thing to inflame a viewer?43 DownReveal answer → Modelling material43 DownReveal answer → Summary63 DownReveal answer → It's handy if you want to make some dough54 DownReveal answer → Number54 DownReveal answer → Satisfied94 DownReveal answer → Postponed75 DownReveal answer → Smallest of a litter45 DownReveal answer → It makes the lute less harmonious45 DownReveal answer → Flag46 DownReveal answer → A piece of music, you know, can make you fed up66 DownReveal answer → Foreign language66 DownReveal answer → Gang47 DownReveal answer → Ocean38 DownReveal answer → Make beloved69 DownReveal answer → In leaf, can be grand at last69 DownReveal answer → Stripling311 DownReveal answer → Chelsea hairstyle?311 DownReveal answer → Cry when shut out of the job centre512 DownReveal answer → Repeat512 DownReveal answer → Obviously he wouldn't have put food out for Crusaders713 DownReveal answer → Dismissal from work713 DownReveal answer → Revered914 DownReveal answer → Move on snow315 DownReveal answer → Timid315 DownReveal answer → Do what's necessary in the attic315 DownReveal answer → Nothing316 DownReveal answer → One gesture of a number on the quarter deck316 DownReveal answer → Fish317 DownReveal answer → Searched a relations officer's sleeping place618 DownReveal answer → Try to obtain by requesting618 DownReveal answer → Maimed819 DownReveal answer → Creatures bringing news about trouble starting520 DownReveal answer → Hog320 DownReveal answer → Fold in clothing520 DownReveal answer → Primitive punishment befitting a burgler?321 DownReveal answer → Girl's name321 DownReveal answer → Erased721 DownReveal answer → Resentment of some unfair excesses322 DownReveal answer → Titfer322 DownReveal answer → Weapon used in the heat of the moment?623 DownReveal answer → Heathens623 DownReveal answer → Tree325 DownReveal answer → Glider cockpit cover?325 DownReveal answer → Passionate626 DownReveal answer → Slowly627 DownReveal answer → Expels528 DownReveal answer → Prepared to study a key part528 DownReveal answer → Generated429 DownReveal answer → Where to start work for doubtful gain530 DownReveal answer → Ascended430 DownReveal answer → Manservant530 DownReveal answer → Thick531 DownReveal answer → Brown331 DownReveal answer → Comes close to breaking out of a snare531 DownReveal answer → A trip around some islands432 DownReveal answer → DNA unit432 DownReveal answer → A name meaning very little433 DownReveal answer → Pace433 DownReveal answer →

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