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Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 23 2022. 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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Shabby61 AcrossReveal answer → Search45 AcrossReveal answer → Premium58 AcrossReveal answer → Fake99 AcrossReveal answer → Youth39 AcrossReveal answer → Understanding what the nod of the head means99 AcrossReveal answer → Painting910 AcrossReveal answer → Kind person who’s something of an oddity910 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid410 AcrossReveal answer → Repair411 AcrossReveal answer → Nonsense! A hard drinker knocks it back412 AcrossReveal answer → Very small412 AcrossReveal answer → Enquired512 AcrossReveal answer → Are in charge and get silver hair all round!613 AcrossReveal answer → Leave helpless613 AcrossReveal answer → Deserved613 AcrossReveal answer → Entertainment with refreshments? And how!714 AcrossReveal answer → Examining714 AcrossReveal answer → Hurried after, cold and humbled915 AcrossReveal answer → Deduction915 AcrossReveal answer → Liability416 AcrossReveal answer → Herald917 AcrossReveal answer → With figures about heart trouble tries to frighten917 AcrossReveal answer → Bewitch718 AcrossReveal answer → Impel418 AcrossReveal answer → Gave heart, in the end, to the performers who felt unappreciated?718 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat619 AcrossReveal answer → Rule that it’s gold and I prove to be wrong619 AcrossReveal answer → Stash away - with the exception of420 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed320 AcrossReveal answer → Pudding ingredient420 AcrossReveal answer → Entrap322 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted923 AcrossReveal answer → Observe323 AcrossReveal answer → Given a power one felt affronted by923 AcrossReveal answer → Jetty424 AcrossReveal answer → Thought425 AcrossReveal answer → Impetuosity925 AcrossReveal answer → Either fire or unload it925 AcrossReveal answer → Are out to get the point they deserve426 AcrossReveal answer → Bound426 AcrossReveal answer → Rue627 AcrossReveal answer → Considered taking action - myself included627 AcrossReveal answer → Imagined628 AcrossReveal answer → Transported729 AcrossReveal answer → Did it contribute to the snarling of the old-time traffic?729 AcrossReveal answer → Twenty530 AcrossReveal answer → Rebellion432 AcrossReveal answer → Legal proof that you’re the champion?932 AcrossReveal answer → Clumsy932 AcrossReveal answer → Cunning433 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle934 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern334 AcrossReveal answer → Seems irritated when one withdraws from the match934 AcrossReveal answer → Artery535 AcrossReveal answer → Perched735 AcrossReveal answer → Gave the impression, as one left on the trip735 AcrossReveal answer → Cat-noise436 AcrossReveal answer → Once it’s planted, does it shoot up?636 AcrossReveal answer → Marks636 AcrossReveal answer → Coma637 AcrossReveal answer → Daze437 AcrossReveal answer → Grasp the branch437 AcrossReveal answer → Autograph938 AcrossReveal answer → Stop a man with a packet coming from the supermarket938 AcrossReveal answer → Put a curb on the police, perhaps, or give them more power939 AcrossReveal answer → Dish939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tiny portion of a soft item81 DownReveal answer → Harangue81 DownReveal answer → Tray61 DownReveal answer → How obvious it is the fortune-teller’s a fake?122 DownReveal answer → Meaning122 DownReveal answer → Stubborn82 DownReveal answer → Stayed to meander about. I went inside83 DownReveal answer → Clear83 DownReveal answer → Considered63 DownReveal answer → Desert sand64 DownReveal answer → Risky64 DownReveal answer → Pampered94 DownReveal answer → Took to be the done thing85 DownReveal answer → Songbird85 DownReveal answer → Arm-bone75 DownReveal answer → Employed46 DownReveal answer → As a hen would do when its henhouse had been demolished?106 DownReveal answer → Ingenuity106 DownReveal answer → Neat47 DownReveal answer → Get a different route and means of access77 DownReveal answer → Hold77 DownReveal answer → Snake38 DownReveal answer → A lot of people got captured in it108 DownReveal answer → Sociable108 DownReveal answer → Laugh when he goes into the stand511 DownReveal answer → Due511 DownReveal answer → Defame914 DownReveal answer → Day315 DownReveal answer → Cause616 DownReveal answer → Artist who was a convert?616 DownReveal answer → Couch317 DownReveal answer → Not even rum!319 DownReveal answer → Narrative819 DownReveal answer → Colour319 DownReveal answer → Tune320 DownReveal answer → Improvement1221 DownReveal answer → Builder721 DownReveal answer → Spring water1221 DownReveal answer → Lemon-like fruit622 DownReveal answer → The route to the interior622 DownReveal answer → No shortage of work for the con-man?1023 DownReveal answer → Class1023 DownReveal answer → Great1024 DownReveal answer → The far tree, felled subsequently1024 DownReveal answer → Served up, too325 DownReveal answer → Success325 DownReveal answer → Sagittarius symbol626 DownReveal answer → Posture627 DownReveal answer → Opposed828 DownReveal answer → Reduce speed, after a fashion828 DownReveal answer → Grasp429 DownReveal answer → Liking829 DownReveal answer → From where the flowers are, getting one a bloom829 DownReveal answer → Tower430 DownReveal answer → Game830 DownReveal answer → No longer caring, decided not to keep the appointment830 DownReveal answer → Writing about Rome, I digress in the autobiography731 DownReveal answer → Impartial731 DownReveal answer → Epoch331 DownReveal answer → Amid533 DownReveal answer → The fish will be rising right away533 DownReveal answer → It’s safe to tie up634 DownReveal answer → Opportunity634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 23, 2022. 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.