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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 131 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#
Of tidesTIDAL5Across3 UprightERECT5Across3 They tell, at length, how epicures do without waterEPICS5Across3 Len has consumed some more fruit!LEMON5Across8 Apron, informallyPINNY5Across8 On landASHORE6Across9 RusticRURAL5Across10 CabHANSOM6Across10 Pest that can ruin a shipAPHIS5Across10 In Gujarati, a wide-mouthed vesselJAR3Across11 GrooveRUT3Across11 AddAFFIX5Across11 Insular contribution to formal talksMALTA5Across12 RaiseLIFT4Across12 Extra playing cardJOKER5Across12 What a defender is past earning?BACKPAY7Across13 Decisively importantFATEFUL7Across13 DungeonCELL4Across15 RecessNICHE5Across15 For which low gear is highly reasonableHILLS5Across15 GushENTHUSE7Across17 InformationGEN3Across18 Mother meets her end in ruin!MAR3Across18 Women's public lavatoryLADIES6Across19 European, rather like Dan?DANISH6Across19 ObserveSEE3Across20 MonotonousTEDIOUS7Across21 EnlistENROL5Across21 Name the city to lay waste!DESTROY7Across21 The horse trotted round the ringROAN4Across22 German manHERR4Across22 Copied out of a cheap editionAPED4Across23 Greek letterBETA4Across23 RegionAREA4Across23 Glaswegian park keepers?RANGERS7Across24 TutorTEACHER7Across24 RegrettedRUED4Across25 Drive to support with a bit of helpPROPEL6Across26 Add up toNUMBER6Across26 SpateFLOOD5Across26 StitchSEW3Across28 Strike with an axeHEW3Across29 Champagne ingredient unsuitable for vegetariansHAM3Across29 AuthorityWARRANT7Across30 The flat stones shone weirdlyHONES5Across31 TreeASPEN5Across31 Lengthen a sentence?STRETCH7Across32 Minor deityDEMIGOD7Across32 PokePROD4Across33 OutstandingSUPER5Across34 Delectable turning in a riverTASTY5Across34 Like the price of certain stockings?NET3Across35 RimEDGE4Across35 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Across35 Army officerMAJOR5Across36 BranchBOUGH5Across36 An animal Biggles could have used?CAMEL5Across36 ThespianACTOR5Across37 Many an iron worker, apparently, is under age!MINOR5Across37 FixesMENDS5Across38 Brings up half an army in reserves!REARS5Across38 AnnulCANCEL6Across38 LassoLARIAT6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of a virusVIRAL5Down1 MythFABLE5Down1 In Saudi Arabia, he gets endless musicHEJAZ5Down1 Whole numberINTEGER7Down2 Worn out, some go round the King's Head with meWORKMEN7Down2 ArrowSHAFT5Down2 AgeERA3Down3 Object of worshipIDOL4Down4 RubbishREFUSE6Down4 Take part for funPLAY4Down4 NoteCHIT4Down5 A yacht wrecked in the OrientCATHAY6Down5 StadiaARENAS6Down5 LevyTAX3Down6 SensationalLURID5Down6 Land in a spin!SPAIN5Down6 RemainsASHES5Down7 Turning toolLATHE5Down7 Women of the futureGIRLS5Down7 GrinSMILE5Down8 Pistachio, sayNUT3Down9 Scot holding the master key?MAC3Down9 Involved in marital conflict?MARTIAL7Down12 Shrub or small treeJUNIPER7Down12 IntruderINVADER7Down13 Father's not French!PAS3Down14 RobberTHIEF5Down14 Gave food toFED3Down14 Goes slowly, like a number of politiciansLIMPS5Down16 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Down16 AheadLEADING7Down16 Prose compositionESSAY5Down17 Considered capable of dark deeds?SHADY5Down17 BequeathENDOW5Down18 Hunting dogLURCHER7Down19 HillTOR3Down19 Being resolute, many should finish stronglyDOUGHTY7Down19 Asian countryCHINA5Down20 Diagram, but it could be part of a diaphragmGRAPH5Down20 Name a wandering nomadDAMON5Down21 VagrantTRAMP5Down21 ProfitLUCRE5Down22 EnchantBEWITCH7Down23 Song about men in the countryARMENIA7Down23 Not the first transaction concerning a northern townRESALE6Down24 TransgressALE3Down24 Term of officeTENURE6Down24 Something shell-like from the sea, reallyEAR3Down25 Border of clothHEM3Down25 HangDANGLE6Down27 CustomaryUSUAL5Down27 Something to make war on, it's growingROWAN5Down27 DotSPECK5Down28 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down28 He'll take a squint round the road junctionPETER5Down28 InjuryWOUND5Down29 Continue working in west LondonACTON5Down30 EngineMOTOR5Down30 ConfessADMIT5Down31 DeceasedDEAD4Down32 CogsTEETH5Down32 Make the tea go round in jugSTIR4Down32 A double quintet of lutenistsTEN3Down33 IntestineGUT3Down33 PartROLE4Down34 GambleBET3Down36 HeadgearHAT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 21, 2023. 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.