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Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
Quick to remain in officePRESTO6Across1 Burrowing rodentGERBIL6Across1 FragmentSCRAP5Across4 StretchELONGATE8Across7 SpeechmakerORATOR6Across7 One possibly tending to be poorINDIGENT8Across7 No fish can make a foul noise!FOWL4Across8 Roman gownTOGA4Across8 SailorTAR3Across9 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Across10 Gosh, there's an outcry for Ike!CRIKEY6Across10 CoachBUS3Across10 GoverningRULING6Across11 Prick a pie with some forcePIERCE6Across11 CurtTERSE5Across12 SideTEAM4Across13 One cast as a drifter?NET3Across14 HardenSET3Across14 YieldedCEDED5Across15 Mother of a Latin scholarMATER5Across16 FruitLEMON5Across16 Interviewed a skinhead, even!SEEN4Across17 CarryTOTE4Across17 ChangeableFICKLE6Across17 Of its kind, a crushingly big thingMOLAR5Across19 LeerOGLE4Across19 ProportionRATIO5Across19 ProjectileSHELL5Across20 On a rickety pier, a number are in dangerPERIL5Across21 Worker in stoneMASON5Across21 Golf termBOGEY5Across22 The head, informallyBONCE5Across22 FinishEND3Across22 Go byPASS4Across23 In Lancashire it's called brassCASH4Across23 PerceiveDISCERN7Across24 Be suitable toBEFIT5Across26 Being so tends to dispel fearsSAFER5Across26 PlacePUT3Across27 Was victoriousWON3Across28 ExternalOUTER5Across28 Some craft can drift a long way!FAR3Across28 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 Spell ‘carnet’ wrongTRANCE6Across29 Roundabout routeDETOUR6Across30 Can she ruin a U.S. federal agency?MARCIA6Across30 The state a hut may be inUTAH4Across31 Norse godODIN4Across31 NotionIDEA4Across31 Having a shy at them may be fair gameCOCONUTS8Across32 FearlessINTREPID8Across32 UndulationRIPPLE6Across33 Legal possessorsOWNERS6Across33 Having twin boys, he paid attentionHEEDED6Across33 RiddleSIEVE5Across35 TardyLATE4Across37 DrollCOMIC5Across38 ConsumeEAT3Across39 LairDEN3Across41 VenerateREVERE6Across42 BotheredVEXED5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bitty compositions?PIECES6Down1 Chess termGAMBIT6Down1 EmbryoFOETUS6Down1 Said to be satisfactorily enclosed in new pensSPOKEN6Down2 Baby's soft shoeBOOTEE6Down2 JugCARAFE6Down2 CrowdMOB3Down3 ThinLEAN4Down3 Not exactly wily, but unctuousOILY4Down3 CloySATE4Down4 Very little mail is misdirected to the ministryMINIMAL7Down4 Pancreatic hormoneINSULIN7Down4 BeliefCREDO5Down5 Courage needed when you learn trouble's startingHEART5Down5 AxiomMAXIM5Down5 TotalABSOLUTE8Down6 Keep a car on the road?STEER5Down6 PretendFEIGN5Down6 Try outTEST4Down8 FoldRUCK4Down8 Better than prison? Jolly good!FINE4Down8 ObtainedGOT3Down9 Too silly to get out of the rain?WET3Down9 ChoosySELECTIVE9Down11 Star signLEO3Down12 Having one for music, you get the notes rightEAR3Down12 Possibly scent cashCENTS5Down13 ObservesNOTES5Down13 GentleMILD4Down14 Beam of lightLASER5Down15 Light to carryTORCH5Down15 ValleyDENE4Down16 TrimCLIP4Down18 His symphonies, for instance, are in large formELGAR5Down18 LubricatedOILED5Down18 They aren't all of the same natureMEN3Down19 Torn clothRAG3Down19 A salient feature of perjuryLIE3Down20 PlaythingTOY3Down20 Good-lookingHANDSOME8Down21 ReasonsMOTIVES7Down21 Like pigs with no price, possiblyPORCINE7Down21 Mountain man?BEN3Down22 Rubbish holderBIN3Down22 Magic drinkPOTION6Down23 SinkDROP4Down23 Breaking this bottle could be a facer!CARAFE6Down23 Chief of the hierarchyARCH4Down24 SoonANON4Down24 CertainSURE4Down25 TensionSTRESS6Down25 Being angry, he'd go out to have a mealHEATED6Down25 InvalidNULL4Down26 HerbBASIL5Down26 Supply a firearm partSTOCK5Down26 Ornamental as you can imagineFANCY5Down27 Strong pointFORTE5Down27 MarryWED3Down28 Never-ending destiny to be overweightFAT3Down28 PuzzleTEASER6Down29 Soft food and hard exercise for a dogMUSH4Down30 Extinct birdDODO4Down30 StaggeredREELED6Down30 ApartASIDE5Down32 FruitPEAR4Down34 FrozenICED4Down36 BeverageTEA3Down40

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