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Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2022 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#
StickPASTE5Across3 WaylayAMBUSH6Across4 Result of finding a change of diet a bit humdrum?TEDIUM6Across4 Traveller and giver, outwardly, of a bit of fun for £50GULLIVER8Across7 Passenger planeAIRLINER8Across7 It must mean something when you find me again upset about a blockhead!EMBLEM6Across8 JabberGABBLE6Across8 EntertainedAMUSED6Across9 Boring toolDRILL5Across10 BirdEAGLET6Across10 Sea of whiskey?IRISH5Across10 SoarTOWER5Across11 RosterROTA4Across12 Variety of tape useful to gardenersPEAT4Across13 GemstoneRUBY4Across13 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across14 Home is where the eggs areNEST4Across14 When some of the vessels are wrecked, there aren't so manyLESS4Across15 GibeJEER4Across15 RodentsMICE4Across15 Black planeJET3Across16 SphereORB3Across16 How can it possibly cope with all that oil?OPEC4Across17 BuiltERECTED7Across17 BoastBRAG4Across17 People who have the ability to hide a false heart?CLAN4Across19 UnsightlyUGLY4Across19 BowNOD3Across20 Many a timbered chamber is a convenient place for hats and coatsCLOAKROOM9Across21 FruitCRABAPPLE9Across21 QuiltDUVET5Across21 Grain husksBRAN4Across23 One's links with the old schoolTIES4Across23 AlwaysEVER4Across23 Not much of a letterIOTA4Across24 Ancient stringed instrumentLUTE4Across24 RecordDISC4Across25 PlaythingTOY3Across26 Was bound to be put in the shadeHAD3Across26 Old-fashionedDATED5Across26 Trial game?TEST4Across27 Let it standSTET4Across27 DampWET3Across28 Tease for being a fatheadTWIT4Across29 Corrosive substanceACID4Across29 VariedDIVERSE7Across30 Giving her a piano could be a helpLEAH4Across32 Farm animalsCOWS4Across32 Run after Charles EastCHASE5Across33 Greek letterOMEGA5Across33 HeroIDOL4Across33 In opera, perhaps, then get no restTENORS6Across34 PresupposeASSUME6Across34 Like the busy life of a show jumper?EVENTFUL8Across35 Tires outEXHAUSTS8Across35 CaribouDEER4Across35 Failed to hitMISSED6Across36 Walk on the street with a sailorly gaitSTROLL6Across36 PreventDEBAR5Across36 PhysicianDOCTOR6Across38 LanguageTONGUE6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BeauDANDY5Down1 Once more, the great man's "not out”AGAIN5Down1 SwordSABRE5Down1 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down2 Died in his forties, but in some ways he was 56ELVIS5Down2 CiteQUOTE5Down2 Bird's beakBILL4Down3 Possessed of humour and a head of hairWITH4Down3 FavouritePET3Down3 QuarrelARGUE5Down4 WorshippedADORED6Down4 Timber suppliersTREES5Down4 PourTEEM4Down5 Newborn childBABY4Down5 You may regret getting into an untidy bed for a short timeDEBT4Down5 SpikeEAR3Down6 IncomeSALARY6Down6 Just a rough descriptionUNEVEN6Down6 UnadornedPLAIN5Down7 War-horseSTEED5Down8 CurtABRUPT6Down9 Lucky number at a racing venueMASCOT6Down9 ColourRED3Down11 Textile salesman?REP3Down11 Swiped round the neck!STOLE5Down12 Star signLIBRA5Down12 CommandedORDERED7Down13 Hungry for a little kiss?PECKISH7Down13 Gives pleasure toREGALES7Down13 PerformedACTED5Down14 Country area at least without a row of houses!LEA3Down15 Quick short punchJAB3Down15 Tomorrow's traffic problem?JAM3Down16 BriefCONCISE7Down16 Spanish cryOLE3Down16 CheatedDUPED5Down18 Sender of a bill?POSTER6Down18 Kidnapper's paymentRANSOM6Down18 MarryWED3Down19 Unwilling to make a halt since there's nothing in itLOATH5Down20 Flash of lightGLEAM5Down20 Shed tearsCRY3Down21 Plain clothes men in the incident roomCID3Down21 To placePUT3Down22 Rubbish from Wrotham?ROT3Down22 WearyTIRED5Down22 Japanese dwarf treeBONSAI6Down23 Volunteers, on an annual occasion, for a sort of showTALENT6Down23 KnockRAP3Down24 LargeBIG3Down25 Hengist's soldiers?GIS3Down25 SwellDILATE6Down27 It supports and gives comfort to a learnerEASEL5Down28 BreezyWINDY5Down28 Woollen clothTWEED5Down28 FlashlightTORCH5Down29 StopCEASE5Down30 Was, if misconstrued, associated with straysWAIFS5Down30 RuleREIGN5Down31 Plant typeDAISY5Down31 A watchable part for Mr SavalasTELLY5Down31 IncisionsCUTS4Down32 StrayedERRED5Down32 Company's emblem, record and discLOGO4Down32 Hypocrisy? There's no such word!CANT4Down33 Egg-shapedOVAL4Down33 LakeMERE4Down34 SpotDOT3Down36 DecayROT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 22, 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.