Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 23 2019. 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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Perfect52 AcrossReveal answer → Major religion53 AcrossReveal answer → Legendary character quick to get out of uniform53 AcrossReveal answer → Idiot47 AcrossReveal answer → He's useful in the kitchen58 AcrossReveal answer → Ace68 AcrossReveal answer → Discourage58 AcrossReveal answer → Jumped59 AcrossReveal answer → Payment is for transportation510 AcrossReveal answer → Trite510 AcrossReveal answer → In the reading room, it's not wanted311 AcrossReveal answer → Label311 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce311 AcrossReveal answer → Backless sofa512 AcrossReveal answer → A tree elaborately cared for?512 AcrossReveal answer → Mother's the greatest!713 AcrossReveal answer → Attacking footballer713 AcrossReveal answer → Pig pen313 AcrossReveal answer → Theme515 AcrossReveal answer → In opera, she makes love between acts, madly!515 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise415 AcrossReveal answer → Strive316 AcrossReveal answer → Pain418 AcrossReveal answer → Slope downwards318 AcrossReveal answer → Ted gets carried away by it318 AcrossReveal answer → To rot619 AcrossReveal answer → Shares out, that is, between the girls619 AcrossReveal answer → Stain719 AcrossReveal answer → Fairy420 AcrossReveal answer → Relegates721 AcrossReveal answer → At the dining place, each is esculent721 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet422 AcrossReveal answer → Neckwear items422 AcrossReveal answer → Wad of banknotes or maybe fifty pounds422 AcrossReveal answer → Signals agreement423 AcrossReveal answer → Frighten out of Soho?423 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle723 AcrossReveal answer → To do so legally is so legitimate!724 AcrossReveal answer → Small stream724 AcrossReveal answer → Emporium425 AcrossReveal answer → Charm626 AcrossReveal answer → When arches collapse, you need a drink626 AcrossReveal answer → Expire327 AcrossReveal answer → Yield428 AcrossReveal answer → Rob of a vessel?329 AcrossReveal answer → Chronic drunkard329 AcrossReveal answer → Cat330 AcrossReveal answer → Try a test, perhaps531 AcrossReveal answer → Defective331 AcrossReveal answer → Water lily531 AcrossReveal answer → Small rounded stones732 AcrossReveal answer → Sapper out of breath, maybe!732 AcrossReveal answer → Vice533 AcrossReveal answer → Ready to fight for a dream?534 AcrossReveal answer → Governs534 AcrossReveal answer → With a little patience, you'll find the link335 AcrossReveal answer → Afflict335 AcrossReveal answer → I step shakily on the slippery slope536 AcrossReveal answer → Jeans fabric536 AcrossReveal answer → Fleet636 AcrossReveal answer → Rents adjusted for fliers537 AcrossReveal answer → Senior537 AcrossReveal answer → Creep437 AcrossReveal answer → Fold538 AcrossReveal answer → They're of marginal significance538 AcrossReveal answer → End of life538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cults51 DownReveal answer → Wanderer51 DownReveal answer → A two-way source of detective information51 DownReveal answer → Apart from72 DownReveal answer → In the end, I see, bit too fussy72 DownReveal answer → Sick32 DownReveal answer → Epoch33 DownReveal answer → Move44 DownReveal answer → Permit34 DownReveal answer → A little cough when one is on edge44 DownReveal answer → Imitate35 DownReveal answer → One erected, say, outside the community centre65 DownReveal answer → Subsides65 DownReveal answer → Veracity56 DownReveal answer → Landed estate56 DownReveal answer → One of a pack taking a trot56 DownReveal answer → French capital57 DownReveal answer → Something to do with words (anagrammatically?)57 DownReveal answer → Hill39 DownReveal answer → For a big hit, yes, you get a kiss!39 DownReveal answer → Couple410 DownReveal answer → Storm711 DownReveal answer → Chamber712 DownReveal answer → The person responsible for upsetting our cart712 DownReveal answer → Down payment712 DownReveal answer → Plotted713 DownReveal answer → The basis of judo, etc.314 DownReveal answer → Longed714 DownReveal answer → Girl's name314 DownReveal answer → Fulcrum516 DownReveal answer → Being out of key, this makes sense516 DownReveal answer → Sound516 DownReveal answer → Large strong box517 DownReveal answer → Where the role of '15 Across' was created?517 DownReveal answer → Follow517 DownReveal answer → Donkey318 DownReveal answer → Meant to get a hundred pounds by stated right719 DownReveal answer → Studies719 DownReveal answer → Reading, so to speak, is a certain area520 DownReveal answer → Take illegally520 DownReveal answer → Nominally he may be less than pleasing521 DownReveal answer → Devil321 DownReveal answer → Player's first game521 DownReveal answer → Sport723 DownReveal answer → Observed not to need Braille723 DownReveal answer → Begin again624 DownReveal answer → Lose one's rag624 DownReveal answer → Account424 DownReveal answer → Hit in a high arc325 DownReveal answer → Dog needing a cure for a lost tail?325 DownReveal answer → Store526 DownReveal answer → Roadside hotel527 DownReveal answer → What one has done when all is lost527 DownReveal answer → Sensational528 DownReveal answer → Condition of the nation?528 DownReveal answer → Dullard529 DownReveal answer → Riotous brawl530 DownReveal answer → Passed from one's grasp entirely530 DownReveal answer → Nuisance432 DownReveal answer → Wicked332 DownReveal answer → Keep disturbing the dog432 DownReveal answer → It's free at the garage333 DownReveal answer → Top333 DownReveal answer → Removable cover333 DownReveal answer → Wonder334 DownReveal answer → Mine335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 23, 2019. 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.