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Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
Ballroom danceCHACHA6Across1 Take inABSORB6Across1 It's a sweet Oriental vessel to an alienJUNKET6Across1 TroubleHASSLE6Across5 Capital of FinlandHELSINKI8Across7 To start, tie it in a knot!INITIATE8Across7 It's a bit fishy that Gillian's lost her boyGILL4Across8 RemainingTOGO4Across8 Communion tableALTAR5Across9 Jack has to hit the markTARGET6Across10 Sham, informallyPHONEY6Across10 SallySORTIE6Across10 Domain without bordersSPHERE6Across11 YearlyANNUAL6Across11 EvenSMOOTH6Across11 UnpleasantNASTY5Across12 In the Bahamas, it can express surpriseAHA3Across14 HovelSLUM4Across14 BlokesMEN3Across14 Stupid peopleDOLTS5Across16 Standard Anglo Saxon soldiers, in shortPARAS5Across16 ClefKEY3Across17 One of those in a costly pile-up?DEBT4Across17 RecedesEBBS4Across17 SlayKILL4Across18 Amassed a fortune at the trading centrePILED5Across19 UnfashionableDATED5Across19 Silk fabricSATIN5Across20 Person eating with much noise and little ceremonyDINER5Across21 Italian riverTIBER5Across21 ClotheENDUE5Across22 Leguminous plantLUPIN5Across22 Being soft on Enid, perhaps, carried a torchPINED5Across22 Does this sound a note of familiarity?BELL4Across23 RealGENUINE7Across23 Large bagSACK4Across23 VisionSIGHT5Across24 Thus the Spanish produce individual performancesSOLOS5Across26 Ship’s craneDAVIT5Across26 Defeated competitorLOSER5Across26 In making a scene, talk a lotGAS3Across28 Border of clothHEM3Across28 Out West, a small person may be called a little jerkTWITCH6Across29 WeaveKNIT4Across29 Stick or hold fastADHERE6Across29 DiverseVARIED6Across30 Man of stoneJASPER6Across30 CushionPAD3Across30 ElderlyAGED4Across31 Carry out an order to the very endOBEY4Across31 Site, positionLOCATION8Across32 To get the stuff, tear mail apart!MATERIAL8Across32 SkirtingDADO4Across32 SpedHARED5Across33 Doing one's best to be a nuisanceTRYING6Across33 Fortified wineSHERRY6Across33 PillTABLET6Across35 EmotionalMOVING6Across36 DisproveREBUT5Across37 MillinerHATTER6Across38 EbbRECEDE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EvaluateASSESS6Down1 PairCOUPLE6Down1 Spurned, Jack's girlfriend is said to have gone with TedJILTED6Down1 Horsy looking fellow on boardKNIGHT6Down2 Genetic copiesCLONES6Down2 ShootSPROUT6Down2 Tip it playfully over an officer!TILT4Down3 Nautical cryAHOY4Down3 ShowerRAIN4Down3 It's a corking preventative!STOPPER7Down4 In piecesASUNDER7Down4 DrearyBLEAK5Down4 Make voidANNUL5Down5 RashHASTY5Down5 A term for mumMATER5Down5 HostARMY4Down6 We take a little boy around townLEWES5Down6 SlaysKILLS5Down6 PhlegmaticSTOLID6Down7 Breathe outEXHALE6Down8 SepulchreTOMB4Down8 Pick up very quicklyGRAB4Down8 Information, informallyGEN3Down9 The field to be in credit, that's clearLEA3Down9 Caught in possession?HAD3Down12 Signal agreementNOD3Down12 His Bolero might seem a bit of a marvelRAVEL5Down13 MundaneSECULAR7Down13 GarretATTIC5Down13 HutCABIN5Down15 It's better to be the beakFINER5Down15 RomanLATIN5Down15 PowerMIGHT5Down16 MassageKNEAD5Down18 Bodily fluidBLOOD5Down18 Provide with a new, wonderful partENDOW5Down18 Something stuck in a good way?PIN3Down19 ClearLUCID5Down19 Slope downwardsDIP3Down19 Was first in the field of racingLED3Down20 NumberTEN3Down20 Perceive a way to rescindDISCERN7Down21 Small towersTURRETS7Down21 EntrapNET3Down21 FinishEND3Down22 Potato vessel?POT3Down22 Sheltered sideLEE3Down22 TranquilSERENE6Down23 In shameful style in a bachelor's placeBASELY6Down23 AmongAMID4Down24 DrawingSKETCH6Down24 Make visual contact with a key agentESPY4Down24 GallowsGIBBET6Down25 Tempting one to start lunch with a wry grinLURING6Down25 Renal organKIDNEY6Down25 Put one's foot down to make an impression?STAMP5Down26 Soup serverLADLE5Down26 SuitcaseVALISE6Down27 Is inclined to make enumerationsLISTS5Down27 Horrify, stunSHOCK5Down27 WitchHAG3Down28 LanguageTONGUE6Down28 Too much talk of the brave heart in BritainGAB3Down28 Write out a novel's ending so as to shock!JOLT4Down30 VehiclesVANS4Down30 FatherPATER5Down30 ObjectDEMUR5Down31 PresentHERE4Down33 LoveDOTE4Down34

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