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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2018 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CoppiceCOPSE5Across1 PailBUCKET6Across5 TrophyPRIZE5Across8 Convinced it's inevitableCERTAIN7Across8 CaretakerJANITOR7Across8 ArrogantCONCEITED9Across9 A fat insect?BUTTERFLY9Across9 TellINFORM6Across10 CeaseSTOP4Across11 Indian languageHINDI5Across13 Revolted, had left one's seatRISEN5Across13 Period of darknessNIGHT5Across14 WearyingTIRING6Across14 Move the teeniest bitTOUCH5Across14 ManageCONTROL7Across15 Best satisfied when they fall sharplyPLUMMET7Across15 Live togetherCOHABIT7Across15 Suppress the anti - anti is wrongCONTAIN7Across16 EatCONSUME7Across16 A quarrel when you take the new car for a driveRUNIN5Across17 Oily fruitOLIVE5Across17 Something you wear because you've always worn it?HABIT5Across18 SeverCUT3Across18 AlludeREFER5Across18 TotalSUM3Across19 Not happy about, we gave the chop toSAWED5Across20 Unit of weightSTONE5Across20 FootwearSHOE4Across21 Off one rushed, to the policeRANCID6Across22 Very dirtyFILTHY6Across22 The language could be FrenchPOLISH6Across23 RotDECAY5Across23 PangTWINGE6Across23 EftNEWT4Across24 Drawing a box with a hole in itCARTOON7Across25 ScornDISDAIN7Across25 WorshipIDOLISE7Across27 ClamourDIN3Across27 Play the part of the harbourmanPORTRAY7Across27 SickenAIL3Across29 He's on the watch for the Second ComingSENTRY6Across30 Monarch's sonPRINCE6Across30 DawdledDALLIED7Across31 Academy AwardsOSCARS6Across31 Show a film about partition?SCREEN6Across31 Has Dante heartlessly put into the infernoHADES5Across32 TowerTURRET6Across32 Musical dramaOPERA5Across32 ManufacturedMADE4Across34 Could be Mr RightTITLE5Across35 InexpensiveCHEAP5Across35 StartLAUNCH6Across35 Declaim, though having nothing to complain aboutORATE5Across36 WeakFRAIL5Across36 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across37 Why we don't remember the men who struggled in Asia?AMNESIA7Across37 BrushedSWEPT5Across38 Small betFLUTTER7Across39 A fight in the car aheadFORWARD7Across39 ExcludingEXCEPT6Across39 StrapTHONG5Across40 Tea at home, or one of the many restaurants?CHAIN5Across41 BigLARGE5Across41 A well-known name in textileSERGE5Across42 Playground itemSWING5Across42 Plan that makes a surprise start to a rough gameSTRATAGEM9Across43 RelevantPERTINENT9Across43 Reading through "America At Large"PERUSAL7Across44 IssueEDITION7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Big gunCANNON6Down1 Period in which the main issue appearsSEASON6Down1 DerisionRIDICULE8Down2 Level with the postSTANDARD8Down2 PossessOWN3Down2 ForgeryCOUNTERFEIT11Down3 Where you had a trying time while shopping?FITTINGROOM11Down3 AthleticSPORTY6Down3 Two weeksFORTNIGHT9Down4 It's true the aunt passed away at ninety-nineAUTHENTIC9Down4 WanderERR3Down4 GreatestBEST4Down5 Spikes of iceICICLES7Down5 It's wrong to hang on to someone's paySTIPEND7Down5 RefrainCHORUS6Down6 Orderly retreatWITHDRAWAL10Down6 Emphasised that it had been publishedBROUGHTOUT10Down6 LanguageTONGUE6Down7 Pavement edgeKERB4Down7 For "15", the top of the treePLUM4Down7 AssertedIMPOSED7Down9 Young birdsCHICKS6Down10 Jokes that create riftsCRACKS6Down10 BaseIGNOBLE7Down11 For the present, having electricityCURRENT7Down11 SpasmTIC3Down12 Deprive of foodSTARVE6Down12 Try to get the rent together, but it's a pain!STITCH6Down12 GistPITH4Down13 SeepOOZE4Down16 ClearLUCID5Down17 AdroitnessFINESSE7Down19 He robs from the ship as wellBRIGAND7Down19 FetterMANACLE7Down20 Won't bother about the hat stand with shelvesWHATNOT7Down21 OpeningORIFICE7Down21 FormerlyONCE4Down22 Does it spray ink all over the place?FOUNTAINPEN11Down24 Miscellaneous itemsODDSANDENDS11Down24 IndigenousNATIVE6Down24 ArdentWARM4Down25 DiatribeTIRADE6Down26 Averted one's gaze from, when refused admittanceTURNEDAWAY10Down26 BeheadDECAPITATE10Down26 DetectiveSLEUTH6Down28 AttackerASSAILANT9Down28 When the cars crashed, got bad chest abrasionsSCRATCHES9Down28 DuckMALLARD7Down29 Leaves out the R in "divers"SEVERAL7Down29 GuidedLED3Down30 Leave the TV unpluggedSETOFF6Down30 AppeasePACIFY6Down30 ReverseOPPOSITE8Down32 Distributes about a thousandHANDSOUT8Down32 Has been worried, you know, and agitatedSHAKEN6Down33 TrialTEST4Down33 RequiteAVENGE6Down33 Gosh! A mug for the drink!CORDIAL7Down34 InsultAFFRONT7Down34 AppropriateAPT3Down36 TinCAN3Down37 ConcordUNISON6Down38 Yell "Be off!" grabbing the keySCREAM6Down38 Spoil a tableROTA4Down40 Second-handUSED4Down40

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