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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Dried grapeRAISIN6Across1 CertifyATTEST6Across1 Wild praise for the old countryPERSIA6Across1 DivulgeIMPART6Across5 In spite of everythingAFTERALL8Across7 The Forces clergyman had been lyingCHAPLAIN8Across7 The majority are stray tomsMOST4Across8 SympathyPITY4Across8 FragranceAROMA5Across9 Whereon the first or last of the skiers moves easilySLOPES6Across10 Large choirCHORUS6Across10 FesterRANKLE6Across10 Sausages shared by Sarah and a friendSALAMI6Across11 For exampleSUCHAS6Across11 TormentPLAGUE6Across11 BirdEAGLE5Across12 Rest in positionSIT3Across14 FrozenICED4Across14 MeshNET3Across14 Is priced atCOSTS5Across16 Again fixed the engineers' radioRESET5Across16 AttemptTRY3Across17 Do a cleaning job for gold, perhapsDUST4Across17 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Meant to become a painterMANET5Across19 Goes by horseRIDES5Across19 ChallengedDARED5Across20 Hold out a key that's damagedHOLED5Across21 ShamBOGUS5Across21 JockeyRIDER5Across22 Of rabiesRABID5Across22 Leave to get work in a successful showHOPIT5Across22 Self-possessed, albeit out of controlCOOL4Across23 PalerFAINTER7Across23 ParadiseEDEN4Across23 PulledTOWED5Across24 Comic feature that's a take-off?STRIP5Across26 DangerPERIL5Across26 Unit of gold purityCARAT5Across26 Food for dad and the coppersPAP3Across28 TykeCUR3Across28 Angry when the chap broke a dateHEATED6Across29 LearnHEAR4Across29 Takes onADOPTS6Across29 Spirit of optimismMORALE6Across30 Struck by the way Morse was sent out?TAPPED6Across30 Girl'sHER3Across30 Eagerly expectantAGOG4Across31 A voice of phenomenal toneALTO4Across31 CompareCONTRAST8Across32 Growing reasons for settling out of court?CACTUSES8Across32 FruitDATE4Across32 HellHADES5Across33 Where pupils are taught how to get out of a Rolls?HARROW6Across33 OozedSEEPED6Across33 ReviserEDITOR6Across35 ElbowedNUDGED6Across36 BarLEVER5Across37 StubbornDOGGED6Across38 ArtisanWELDER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FrightenedAFRAID6Down1 RespondsREACTS6Down1 I posed suitably in balancePOISED6Down1 Words used in making an arrestSTOPIT6Down2 PartySOIREE6Down2 OfferTENDER6Down2 In plays, the cast can varyACTS4Down3 No votesNAYS4Down3 AuctionSALE4Down3 A listener rushed out, transfixed!SPEARED7Down4 InfersDEDUCES7Down4 HandleTREAT5Down4 ThoroughfaresPATHS5Down5 InsinuateIMPLY5Down5 Standard Anglo-Saxon soldiers?PARAS5Down5 MasculineMALE4Down6 Not able to remove an attachment?UNFIT5Down6 CategoryCLASS5Down6 DisputedARGUED6Down7 See-sawTEETER6Down8 Small horsePONY4Down8 There's nothing in manuscripts of botanical interestMOSS4Down8 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down9 A determined group of peopleSET3Down9 Enable to show a bit of subtletyLET3Down12 LettuceCOS3Down12 European underground line that gets me to RomeMETRO5Down13 PermittedGRANTED7Down13 Make amendsATONE5Down13 NumberDIGIT5Down15 Virginia takes cover - as is logicalVALID5Down15 BoatCANOE5Down15 PostponeDEFER5Down16 CharteredHIRED5Down18 Tyre surfaceTREAD5Down18 Join in less than a minute, maybeUNITE5Down18 Do a shock clean-up job?MOP3Down19 SendREMIT5Down19 Steal fromROB3Down19 Can such a profit be fishy?NET3Down20 A failureDUD3Down20 Optimistic about a flight on the wrong fuelHOPEFUL7Down21 Unit of artilleryBATTERY7Down21 FatherDAD3Down21 MaterialREP3Down22 Make hard contact with the thing in questionHIT3Down22 KnockRAP3Down22 ContinentEUROPE6Down23 An officer or one who has taken a prisonerCAPTOR6Down23 HaleDRAG4Down24 TwineTHREAD6Down24 The pal in –palindrome”?OPPO4Down24 PaddlingWADING6Down25 Shropshire town with an old part renewedLUDLOW6Down25 RequiredNEEDED6Down25 Primitive accommodation for hacks?SHACK5Down26 CaptureCATCH5Down26 TatteredRAGGED6Down27 Whence the hands managed to get to church?RANCH5Down27 CircularROUND5Down27 GearwheelCOG3Down28 GuideLEADER6Down28 Outwardly paternal associate?PAL3Down28 New hats as worn by menTASH4Down30 Floor coveringsMATS4Down30 RanHARED5Down30 RenovateRENEW5Down31 CavityHOLE4Down33 CertainSURE4Down34

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