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Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 124 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#
WideBROAD5Across1 FelicityBLISS5Across1 In London, place a hundred on accountACTON5Across1 PutridSEPTIC6Across5 Clean up for the lubbers!SWABS5Across6 ElectorVOTER5Across6 StudentPUPIL5Across8 Marine mammalDOLPHIN7Across9 Go down as the originatorFOUNDER7Across9 TunBARREL6Across10 Love intenselyADORE5Across10 Tenor and doctor, unusually fitDRIFT5Across10 Large seaOCEAN5Across11 The overseer's poetic partVERSE5Across11 Partly openAJAR4Across11 A stony mugSTEIN5Across12 Climb upSCALE5Across12 The leaseholder's occupationTENANCY7Across13 RidiculesDERIDES7Across13 AppeasePACIFY6Across14 LairDEN3Across15 A little cough, merely marginalHEM3Across15 SecrecySTEALTH7Across15 Leave outOMIT4Across17 Travellers' gameAWAY4Across17 TearRIP3Across18 MohairANGORA6Across18 The charm of a cash incentiveALLURE6Across18 FaucetTAP3Across19 A premiumBONUS5Across19 Discuss the toss?ARGUE5Across19 Canter around in a dreamTRANCE6Across20 Citizen of BrittanyBRETON6Across20 ClergymanDEAN4Across21 Rose can be very tenderSORE4Across22 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across22 At no timeNEVER5Across23 PitchTAR3Across24 DittySONG4Across24 Bad boy?YOB3Across24 Burial ceremonyFUNERAL7Across25 Comparatively slight bit of bother outside the pubTHINNER7Across25 One who perseveresTRIER5Across26 Is in an ermine coat at timesSTOAT5Across26 TimorousTIMID5Across27 She takes me out for fresh airMARIE5Across27 DecayROT3Across27 Drink a saint unconscious!STOUT5Across28 Strong pointFORTE5Across28 Easily impressed by credit cards, sayPLASTIC7Across29 Young hareLEVERET7Across29 LubricateOIL3Across29 Confused, at some times outwardly shyMESSY5Across30 Applaud vocallyCHEER5Across30 There could be a numberTHREE5Across31 EerieWEIRD5Across31 BentCROOKED7Across31 GasolinePETROL6Across32 BorderEDGE4Across34 ExciteFOMENT6Across35 FashionSTYLE5Across38 AceEXPERT6Across39 BoreDRILL5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RegainREDEEM6Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 Timely restriction on a cad having more than a couple!CURFEW6Down2 Brief absence when one is below parOFFDAY6Down3 ScatterSPREAD6Down3 SkilfulADROIT6Down3 Nothing in the New Testament is negativeNOT3Down4 ProsecuteSUE3Down4 Female deerDOE3Down4 SmackSLAP4Down5 Opportunity to finish in concertUNITY5Down5 Glasses, informallySPECS5Down5 CalmPLACID6Down6 Check out some villas in townSEVILLE7Down6 Musical instrumentsVIOLINS7Down6 GulchCANYON6Down7 FormerlyONCE4Down7 Lawrence's birdWREN4Down7 Entertainer without a roof over his headBUSKER6Down8 RubberERASER6Down8 PlatePLATTER7Down9 Cause to attackSETON5Down12 VesselJAR3Down12 Hit twentySCORE5Down12 MatureRIPE4Down13 Too nice to be tatty, exactly?TASTY5Down13 UncertaintyDOUBT5Down13 JockeyRIDER5Down14 Formerly, in India, a form of 'bwana'?NAWAB5Down14 Smashing time by northern lakeHURON5Down15 Person giving bloodDONOR5Down15 LearnerTYRO4Down16 It measures a short line, not the whole undergroundMETER5Down16 UmbilicusNAVEL5Down16 DevastationHAVOC5Down17 BodeAUGUR5Down18 Anything that upsets a thugAUGHT5Down18 LodgerBOARDER7Down19 Injury leading to a lively second half in keen styleACUTELY7Down19 TerrorisePETRIFY7Down20 Go round with a list at half termROTATE6Down21 Pungent rootRADISH6Down21 CompetentABLE4Down22 IndicateDENOTE6Down22 Pinch the noseSNITCH6Down22 Never accept rubbishREFUSE6Down23 Second of twoLATTER6Down23 LitheSUPPLE6Down24 Resembling the pansy, it has yellow flowersTANSY5Down25 AgueFEVER5Down25 ObserveNOTE4Down25 Drinks very littleSIPS4Down26 Roofing slabTILE4Down26 BeltGIRDLE6Down26 It's wrong when you take an examSIT3Down28 PreviousFORMER6Down28 Hardly anyFEW3Down28 RecordLOG3Down30 In caseLEST4Down33 AgedOLD3Down36 ZeroNIL3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 19, 2024. 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.