Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2023 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 21 2023. 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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Of tides53 AcrossReveal answer → Upright53 AcrossReveal answer → They tell, at length, how epicures do without water53 AcrossReveal answer → Len has consumed some more fruit!58 AcrossReveal answer → Apron, informally58 AcrossReveal answer → On land69 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic510 AcrossReveal answer → Cab610 AcrossReveal answer → Pest that can ruin a ship510 AcrossReveal answer → In Gujarati, a wide-mouthed vessel311 AcrossReveal answer → Groove311 AcrossReveal answer → Add511 AcrossReveal answer → Insular contribution to formal talks512 AcrossReveal answer → Raise412 AcrossReveal answer → Extra playing card512 AcrossReveal answer → What a defender is past earning?713 AcrossReveal answer → Decisively important713 AcrossReveal answer → Dungeon415 AcrossReveal answer → Recess515 AcrossReveal answer → For which low gear is highly reasonable515 AcrossReveal answer → Gush717 AcrossReveal answer → Information318 AcrossReveal answer → Mother meets her end in ruin!318 AcrossReveal answer → Women's public lavatory619 AcrossReveal answer → European, rather like Dan?619 AcrossReveal answer → Observe320 AcrossReveal answer → Monotonous721 AcrossReveal answer → Enlist521 AcrossReveal answer → Name the city to lay waste!721 AcrossReveal answer → The horse trotted round the ring422 AcrossReveal answer → German man422 AcrossReveal answer → Copied out of a cheap edition423 AcrossReveal answer → Greek letter423 AcrossReveal answer → Region423 AcrossReveal answer → Glaswegian park keepers?724 AcrossReveal answer → Tutor724 AcrossReveal answer → Regretted425 AcrossReveal answer → Drive to support with a bit of help626 AcrossReveal answer → Add up to626 AcrossReveal answer → Spate526 AcrossReveal answer → Stitch328 AcrossReveal answer → Strike with an axe329 AcrossReveal answer → Champagne ingredient unsuitable for vegetarians329 AcrossReveal answer → Authority730 AcrossReveal answer → The flat stones shone weirdly531 AcrossReveal answer → Tree531 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthen a sentence?732 AcrossReveal answer → Minor deity732 AcrossReveal answer → Poke433 AcrossReveal answer → Outstanding534 AcrossReveal answer → Delectable turning in a river534 AcrossReveal answer → Like the price of certain stockings?335 AcrossReveal answer → Rim435 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of disapproval335 AcrossReveal answer → Army officer536 AcrossReveal answer → Branch536 AcrossReveal answer → An animal Biggles could have used?536 AcrossReveal answer → Thespian537 AcrossReveal answer → Many an iron worker, apparently, is under age!537 AcrossReveal answer → Fixes538 AcrossReveal answer → Brings up half an army in reserves!538 AcrossReveal answer → Annul638 AcrossReveal answer → Lasso639 AcrossReveal answer → Principle540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Of a virus51 DownReveal answer → Myth51 DownReveal answer → In Saudi Arabia, he gets endless music51 DownReveal answer → Whole number72 DownReveal answer → Worn out, some go round the King's Head with me72 DownReveal answer → Arrow52 DownReveal answer → Age33 DownReveal answer → Object of worship44 DownReveal answer → Rubbish64 DownReveal answer → Take part for fun44 DownReveal answer → Note45 DownReveal answer → A yacht wrecked in the Orient65 DownReveal answer → Stadia65 DownReveal answer → Levy36 DownReveal answer → Sensational56 DownReveal answer → Land in a spin!56 DownReveal answer → Remains57 DownReveal answer → Turning tool57 DownReveal answer → Women of the future57 DownReveal answer → Grin58 DownReveal answer → Pistachio, say39 DownReveal answer → Scot holding the master key?39 DownReveal answer → Involved in marital conflict?712 DownReveal answer → Shrub or small tree712 DownReveal answer → Intruder713 DownReveal answer → Father's not French!314 DownReveal answer → Robber514 DownReveal answer → Gave food to314 DownReveal answer → Goes slowly, like a number of politicians516 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink516 DownReveal answer → Ahead716 DownReveal answer → Prose composition517 DownReveal answer → Considered capable of dark deeds?517 DownReveal answer → Bequeath518 DownReveal answer → Hunting dog719 DownReveal answer → Hill319 DownReveal answer → Being resolute, many should finish strongly719 DownReveal answer → Asian country520 DownReveal answer → Diagram, but it could be part of a diaphragm520 DownReveal answer → Name a wandering nomad521 DownReveal answer → Vagrant521 DownReveal answer → Profit522 DownReveal answer → Enchant723 DownReveal answer → Song about men in the country723 DownReveal answer → Not the first transaction concerning a northern town624 DownReveal answer → Transgress324 DownReveal answer → Term of office624 DownReveal answer → Something shell-like from the sea, really325 DownReveal answer → Border of cloth325 DownReveal answer → Hang627 DownReveal answer → Customary527 DownReveal answer → Something to make war on, it's growing527 DownReveal answer → Dot528 DownReveal answer → Broom of twigs528 DownReveal answer → He'll take a squint round the road junction528 DownReveal answer → Injury529 DownReveal answer → Continue working in west London530 DownReveal answer → Engine530 DownReveal answer → Confess531 DownReveal answer → Deceased432 DownReveal answer → Cogs532 DownReveal answer → Make the tea go round in jug432 DownReveal answer → A double quintet of lutenists333 DownReveal answer → Intestine333 DownReveal answer → Part434 DownReveal answer → Gamble336 DownReveal answer → Headgear337 DownReveal answer →

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