Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2022 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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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HauntRESORT6Across1 DaggerDIRK4Across5 ElectedVOTED5Across8 NothingNIL3Across9 LoatheABOMINATE9Across9 Going to give them a duck that’s in the oven, cookedONTHEMOVE9Across9 Feeling movingTOUCHING8Across10 SpruceTRIM4Across10 Girl's namePRUNELLA8Across10 SolitaryLONE4Across11 “Disease,” with the seventh letter missingGOUT4Across12 HorrifyAPPAL5Across12 BloodGORE4Across12 MadINSANE6Across13 FreezingARCTIC6Across13 Notice, when you take another look atREVIEW6Across13 CycloneTORNADO7Across14 Something you didn’t polish off on your plateTARNISH7Across14 IncisiveTRENCHANT9Across15 Accept a girl would be affronted by itTAKEAMISS9Across15 LearningLORE4Across16 Wearing on the track or when driving one’s new carRUNNINGIN9Across17 BleakCHEERLESS9Across17 ChorusREFRAIN7Across18 The grassing is effectiveTELLING7Across18 AlwaysEVER4Across18 MarryWED3Across20 MovementMOTION6Across20 Relay from fathers to offspringPASSON6Across20 ResoundECHO4Across21 One managed to hold waterRAIN4Across21 KernelNUT3Across22 DelveDIG3Across23 Obeyed the instructions and succeededFOLLOWED8Across24 SaviourREDEEMER8Across24 ManufacturedMADE4Across24 PourTEEM4Across25 TreeCHESTNUT8Across26 Having alighted from the coach out of view of the audienceOFFSTAGE8Across26 RitualRITE4Across28 Row the better half and I got intoTIER4Across28 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across28 SlantedSLOPED6Across29 Leant over and gave some money toTIPPED6Across29 LocatedFOUND5Across30 Make out, when you minister to beforehandPRETEND7Across31 Get level withCATCHUP7Across31 BecomeSUIT4Across32 ImpelURGE4Across33 Equally convinced you’ll find outASCERTAIN9Across34 SickILL3Across34 HeldCONTAINED9Across34 ReimburseREPAY5Across35 ExpiredDIED4Across36 Can’t understand, when you miss it on TVFAILTOSEE9Across36 AwfulFRIGHTFUL9Across36 RemainedSTAYED6Across37 Taken to against one’s will, it was slow and boringDRAGGED7Across38 European languageSPANISH7Across38 The cat trapped an insect in the shedLEANTO6Across39 HitSTRUCK6Across39 Catch, we’re told, glimpsesSEES4Across40 GrottoCAVE4Across40 Clearly uneasy when you take fewer breaksRESTLESS8Across41 Small fleetFLOTILLA8Across41 Didn’t force to alight when one made a commotionCARRIEDON9Across42 On handAVAILABLE9Across42

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HoodlumGANGSTER8Down1 Hire-chargeRENTAL6Down1 Don’t let that bother you - make a counterfeit bird!FORGETIT8Down1 GruffHOARSE6Down2 ChoseSELECTED8Down2 Hit by the second vehicleSTRUCK6Down2 SellRETAIL6Down3 ClaimMAINTAIN8Down3 Have the bloke call for the wrapperCOVERING8Down3 LeaveDEPART6Down4 FinishedCOMPLETED9Down4 Negligent misers reformedREMISS6Down4 Boxing blowUPPERCUT8Down5 Puts up with the drawback in working at seaSTEWARDS8Down5 PostponedDELAYED7Down5 BirdTURTLEDOVE10Down6 By delaying, causing to lose one’s enjoyment ofPUTTINGOFF10Down6 HeroIDOL4Down6 FearsTERRORS7Down7 RecognisedKNEW4Down7 Did his cleaner mislead him?CHARLIE7Down7 GratifyPLEASE6Down8 By way ofVIA3Down8 Concluding, on posting the second offENDING6Down8 AbandonedFORSOOK7Down11 Bright, is doing very wellSHINING7Down11 IncessantCONTINUAL9Down14 FixPEG3Down15 A few, admitted daily, troop about eagerlyAVIDLY6Down16 PitCRATER6Down16 RegretRUE3Down17 LocalityVICINITY8Down19 Big Leo has broken out and is at largeLOOSE5Down19 SpeedyFLEET5Down19 LumpWAD3Down20 On which to write letters home?PAD3Down20 RuinMAR3Down20 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down21 SquashCRUSH5Down22 Contend a rogue has nothing to loseARGUE5Down22 Leave it as it is - again in the waySTREET6Down23 SewSTITCH6Down23 Unhelpful answer to “How long must I queue?”WAITANDSEE10Down25 GloomyMELANCHOLY10Down25 The occasional one without a mateODD3Down26 RotterCAD3Down26 RetiringMODEST6Down26 ShoutedYELLED6Down27 Leaves the shoresSTRANDS7Down27 ExactPRECISE7Down27 EmployedUSED4Down29 BlazeFIRE4Down30 Write a pack of lies and they punish onePENALISE8Down30 StandPEDESTAL8Down30 They train dogsPOINTERS8Down31 ParchedDRY3Down31 GossipCHITCHAT8Down31 Relish playing the nurseDRESSING8Down32 StolenPILFERED8Down32 Gun fire explodes round the shipFRIGATE7Down33 EmitRADIATE7Down33 AlmostNEARLY6Down35 The car jerked and upset the boxesCRATES6Down35 Is the old currency English in that country?FRANCE6Down36 ConventionalFORMAL6Down36 FlaccidFLABBY6Down37 Be careful! That’s the girl I always take out!STEADY6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 2, 2022. 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.