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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 21 2018. 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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Coppice51 AcrossReveal answer → Pail65 AcrossReveal answer → Trophy58 AcrossReveal answer → Convinced it's inevitable78 AcrossReveal answer → Caretaker78 AcrossReveal answer → Arrogant99 AcrossReveal answer → A fat insect?99 AcrossReveal answer → Tell610 AcrossReveal answer → Cease411 AcrossReveal answer → Indian language513 AcrossReveal answer → Revolted, had left one's seat513 AcrossReveal answer → Period of darkness514 AcrossReveal answer → Wearying614 AcrossReveal answer → Move the teeniest bit514 AcrossReveal answer → Manage715 AcrossReveal answer → Best satisfied when they fall sharply715 AcrossReveal answer → Live together715 AcrossReveal answer → Suppress the anti - anti is wrong716 AcrossReveal answer → Eat716 AcrossReveal answer → A quarrel when you take the new car for a drive517 AcrossReveal answer → Oily fruit517 AcrossReveal answer → Something you wear because you've always worn it?518 AcrossReveal answer → Sever318 AcrossReveal answer → Allude518 AcrossReveal answer → Total319 AcrossReveal answer → Not happy about, we gave the chop to520 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of weight520 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear421 AcrossReveal answer → Off one rushed, to the police622 AcrossReveal answer → Very dirty622 AcrossReveal answer → The language could be French623 AcrossReveal answer → Rot523 AcrossReveal answer → Pang623 AcrossReveal answer → Eft424 AcrossReveal answer → Drawing a box with a hole in it725 AcrossReveal answer → Scorn725 AcrossReveal answer → Worship727 AcrossReveal answer → Clamour327 AcrossReveal answer → Play the part of the harbourman727 AcrossReveal answer → Sicken329 AcrossReveal answer → He's on the watch for the Second Coming630 AcrossReveal answer → Monarch's son630 AcrossReveal answer → Dawdled731 AcrossReveal answer → Academy Awards631 AcrossReveal answer → Show a film about partition?631 AcrossReveal answer → Has Dante heartlessly put into the inferno532 AcrossReveal answer → Tower632 AcrossReveal answer → Musical drama532 AcrossReveal answer → Manufactured434 AcrossReveal answer → Could be Mr Right535 AcrossReveal answer → Inexpensive535 AcrossReveal answer → Start635 AcrossReveal answer → Declaim, though having nothing to complain about536 AcrossReveal answer → Weak536 AcrossReveal answer → Planet737 AcrossReveal answer → Why we don't remember the men who struggled in Asia?737 AcrossReveal answer → Brushed538 AcrossReveal answer → Small bet739 AcrossReveal answer → A fight in the car ahead739 AcrossReveal answer → Excluding639 AcrossReveal answer → Strap540 AcrossReveal answer → Tea at home, or one of the many restaurants?541 AcrossReveal answer → Big541 AcrossReveal answer → A well-known name in textile542 AcrossReveal answer → Playground item542 AcrossReveal answer → Plan that makes a surprise start to a rough game943 AcrossReveal answer → Relevant943 AcrossReveal answer → Reading through "America At Large"744 AcrossReveal answer → Issue744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Big gun61 DownReveal answer → Period in which the main issue appears61 DownReveal answer → Derision82 DownReveal answer → Level with the post82 DownReveal answer → Possess32 DownReveal answer → Forgery113 DownReveal answer → Where you had a trying time while shopping?113 DownReveal answer → Athletic63 DownReveal answer → Two weeks94 DownReveal answer → It's true the aunt passed away at ninety-nine94 DownReveal answer → Wander34 DownReveal answer → Greatest45 DownReveal answer → Spikes of ice75 DownReveal answer → It's wrong to hang on to someone's pay75 DownReveal answer → Refrain66 DownReveal answer → Orderly retreat106 DownReveal answer → Emphasised that it had been published106 DownReveal answer → Language67 DownReveal answer → Pavement edge47 DownReveal answer → For "15", the top of the tree47 DownReveal answer → Asserted79 DownReveal answer → Young birds610 DownReveal answer → Jokes that create rifts610 DownReveal answer → Base711 DownReveal answer → For the present, having electricity711 DownReveal answer → Spasm312 DownReveal answer → Deprive of food612 DownReveal answer → Try to get the rent together, but it's a pain!612 DownReveal answer → Gist413 DownReveal answer → Seep416 DownReveal answer → Clear517 DownReveal answer → Adroitness719 DownReveal answer → He robs from the ship as well719 DownReveal answer → Fetter720 DownReveal answer → Won't bother about the hat stand with shelves721 DownReveal answer → Opening721 DownReveal answer → Formerly422 DownReveal answer → Does it spray ink all over the place?1124 DownReveal answer → Miscellaneous items1124 DownReveal answer → Indigenous624 DownReveal answer → Ardent425 DownReveal answer → Diatribe626 DownReveal answer → Averted one's gaze from, when refused admittance1026 DownReveal answer → Behead1026 DownReveal answer → Detective628 DownReveal answer → Attacker928 DownReveal answer → When the cars crashed, got bad chest abrasions928 DownReveal answer → Duck729 DownReveal answer → Leaves out the R in "divers"729 DownReveal answer → Guided330 DownReveal answer → Leave the TV unplugged630 DownReveal answer → Appease630 DownReveal answer → Reverse832 DownReveal answer → Distributes about a thousand832 DownReveal answer → Has been worried, you know, and agitated633 DownReveal answer → Trial433 DownReveal answer → Requite633 DownReveal answer → Gosh! A mug for the drink!734 DownReveal answer → Insult734 DownReveal answer → Appropriate336 DownReveal answer → Tin337 DownReveal answer → Concord638 DownReveal answer → Yell "Be off!" grabbing the key638 DownReveal answer → Spoil a table440 DownReveal answer → Second-hand440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 21, 2018. 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.