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Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
ShabbySHODDY6Across1 SearchHUNT4Across5 PremiumBONUS5Across8 FakeIMITATION9Across9 YouthLAD3Across9 Understanding what the nod of the head meansAGREEMENT9Across9 PaintingOILCOLOUR9Across10 Kind person who’s something of an oddityCHARACTER9Across10 CupidEROS4Across10 RepairMEND4Across11 Nonsense! A hard drinker knocks it backTOSH4Across12 Very smallTINY4Across12 EnquiredASKED5Across12 Are in charge and get silver hair all round!MANAGE6Across13 Leave helplessSTRAND6Across13 DeservedEARNED6Across13 Entertainment with refreshments? And how!ICESHOW7Across14 ExaminingVETTING7Across14 Hurried after, cold and humbledCHASTENED9Across15 DeductionINFERENCE9Across15 LiabilityDEBT4Across16 HeraldHARBINGER9Across17 With figures about heart trouble tries to frightenTHREATENS9Across17 BewitchENCHANT7Across18 ImpelURGE4Across18 Gave heart, in the end, to the performers who felt unappreciated?ENCORED7Across18 SomewhatRATHER6Across19 Rule that it’s gold and I prove to be wrongORDAIN6Across19 Stash away - with the exception ofSAVE4Across20 ConsumedATE3Across20 Pudding ingredientSAGO4Across20 EntrapNET3Across22 TwistedCONTORTED9Across23 ObserveSEE3Across23 Given a power one felt affronted byPRESENTED9Across23 JettyPIER4Across24 ThoughtIDEA4Across25 ImpetuosityHASTINESS9Across25 Either fire or unload itDISCHARGE9Across25 Are out to get the point they deserveEARN4Across26 BoundTIED4Across26 RueREGRET6Across27 Considered taking action - myself includedDEEMED6Across27 ImaginedDREAMT6Across28 TransportedFERRIED7Across29 Did it contribute to the snarling of the old-time traffic?GROWLER7Across29 TwentySCORE5Across30 RebellionRIOT4Across32 Legal proof that you’re the champion?TITLEDEED9Across32 ClumsyGRACELESS9Across32 CunningARCH4Across33 RiddleCONUNDRUM9Across34 TavernINN3Across34 Seems irritated when one withdraws from the matchSCRATCHES9Across34 ArteryAORTA5Across35 PerchedROOSTED7Across35 Gave the impression, as one left on the tripTOOKOFF7Across35 Cat-noisePURR4Across36 Once it’s planted, does it shoot up?ROCKET6Across36 MarksSTAINS6Across36 ComaTRANCE6Across37 DazeSTUN4Across37 Grasp the branchTWIG4Across37 AutographSIGNATURE9Across38 Stop a man with a packet coming from the supermarketDETERGENT9Across38 Put a curb on the police, perhaps, or give them more powerREINFORCE9Across39 DishCASSEROLE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tiny portion of a soft itemPARTICLE8Down1 HarangueDIATRIBE8Down1 TraySALVER6Down1 How obvious it is the fortune-teller’s a fake?CRYSTALCLEAR12Down2 MeaningSIGNIFICANCE12Down2 StubbornOBDURATE8Down2 Stayed to meander about. I went insideREMAINED8Down3 ClearDISTINCT8Down3 ConsideredDEEMED6Down3 Desert sandSTRAND6Down4 RiskyUNSAFE6Down4 PamperedCOSSETTED9Down4 Took to be the done thingACCEPTED8Down5 SongbirdWOODCHAT8Down5 Arm-boneHUMERUS7Down5 EmployedUSED4Down6 As a hen would do when its henhouse had been demolished?LAYINRUINS10Down6 IngenuityCLEVERNESS10Down6 NeatTIDY4Down7 Get a different route and means of accessGATEWAY7Down7 HoldCONTAIN7Down7 SnakeBOA3Down8 A lot of people got captured in itCROWDSCENE10Down8 SociableGREGARIOUS10Down8 Laugh when he goes into the standTEHEE5Down11 DueOWING5Down11 DefameDENIGRATE9Down14 DayAGE3Down15 CauseREASON6Down16 Artist who was a convert?TURNER6Down16 CouchBED3Down17 Not even rum!ODD3Down19 NarrativeRELATION8Down19 ColourRED3Down19 TuneAIR3Down20 ImprovementAMELIORATION12Down21 BuilderERECTOR7Down21 Spring waterAPRILSHOWERS12Down21 Lemon-like fruitCITRON6Down22 The route to the interiorTHROAT6Down22 No shortage of work for the con-man?PLENTYTODO10Down23 ClassCATEGORISE10Down23 GreatTREMENDOUS10Down24 The far tree, felled subsequentlyTHEREAFTER10Down24 Served up, tooDID3Down25 SuccessHIT3Down25 Sagittarius symbolARCHER6Down26 PostureSTANCE6Down27 OpposedRESISTED8Down28 Reduce speed, after a fashionMODERATE8Down28 GraspGRIP4Down29 LikingFONDNESS8Down29 From where the flowers are, getting one a bloomGARDENIA8Down29 TowerSOAR4Down30 GameDOMINOES8Down30 No longer caring, decided not to keep the appointmentRESIGNED8Down30 Writing about Rome, I digress in the autobiographyMEMOIRS7Down31 ImpartialNEUTRAL7Down31 EpochERA3Down31 AmidAMONG5Down33 The fish will be rising right awayTROUT5Down33 It’s safe to tie upSECURE6Down34 OpportunityCHANCE6Down34

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