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Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 128 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#
Cooks in an ovenROASTS6Across1 The best fellows around central GermanyCHAMPS6Across1 ChasmABYSS5Across2 BookletPAMPHLET8Across7 CoolCHILL5Across7 Woman for a writer to run away withPENELOPE8Across7 Little chap clutched by a singerMIKE4Across8 TurretTOWER5Across8 CelebritySTAR4Across8 Darted around as one did businessTRADED6Across10 ShipLINER5Across10 TalkativeCHATTY6Across10 Riverside property in a foreign countryPOLAND6Across11 Leg boneFIBULA6Across11 NothingNIL3Across12 Wooden shoeSABOT5Across13 Indeed ScottishGEY3Across14 Sheltered sideLEE3Across14 Atomic pileREACTOR7Across15 Virginia and Leslie down in the countryVALES5Across16 Ship of the desertCAMEL5Across16 Go round to the doctor?SPIN4Across17 Fencing swordEPEE4Across17 DressCLOTHE6Across17 Subdued when mated, maybeTAMED5Across19 EraAGE3Across19 EngineMOTOR5Across19 Blow upEXPLODE7Across20 Well known to have done wrong about central heatingNOTED5Across21 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across21 TruncheonBATON5Across22 It's highly brilliant but not meteoricCOMET5Across22 Stupid personDOLT4Across23 Pedestrian location in Lambeth?WALK4Across23 WorryFRET4Across23 TestEXAM4Across25 HermitRECLUSE7Across26 French artist, to some degree Anglo-SaxonDEGAS5Across26 PreviousPRIOR5Across26 Auction itemLOT3Across28 Held in the sense of 'caught'HAD3Across28 Flattened by a hard manIRONED6Across29 RecessALCOVE6Across29 AlsoTOO3Across30 Like silence or those grand days of yoreGOLDEN6Across30 CreditBELIEF6Across30 Birds slow in movementOWLS4Across31 ResultEFFECT6Across31 AfflictsAILS4Across31 Its players pretend to have funCHARADES8Across32 WolframTUNGSTEN8Across32 Here on the Green somewhere near LewishamHITHER6Across33 Martial artKARATE6Across33 PlayhouseTHEATRE7Across34 FoalFILLY5Across37 TavernINN3Across38 FollowENSUE5Across39 InvestENDUE5Across40 NoseSNOUT5Across41 PrintedTYPED5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
No pet dog having to sit up with a cupCURTIS6Down1 SaveRESCUE6Down1 ReefSHOAL5Down1 CouchSETTEE6Down2 Might she be bowled over?MAIDEN6Down2 DistributeALLOT5Down2 Active and briskSPRY4Down3 Speed pastSPED4Down3 GayBLITHE6Down3 ProphetSEER4Down4 FruitAPRICOT7Down4 Let me adore you darling!BELOVED7Down4 GrantCONCEDE7Down5 Of central interest when a loaf is shared out for a numberFOCAL5Down5 Song collectionALBUM5Down5 CriminalFELON5Down6 Take unlawfullySTEAL5Down6 A chancy callHEADS5Down6 AuctionSALE4Down8 Trio of magiciansMAGI4Down8 Had foodATE3Down9 IntelligenceWIT3Down9 Has it a musical ring?KEY3Down9 UnderstandREALISE7Down11 Chap glad to shed a little weightLAD3Down12 ObstructionBAR3Down12 Liven up in the style of novelist ShuteNEVIL5Down13 LawfulLEGAL5Down13 JeerSCOFF5Down13 PugilistBOXER5Down14 Getting too immersed in it can be fatalWATER5Down15 AutomatonROBOT5Down15 PreviouslyAGO3Down16 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down18 SearchEXPLORE7Down18 Does it make a noise like a squashed grape?PAGER5Down18 Floor coveringMAT3Down19 He can be cattyTOM3Down19 CanTIN3Down20 Satisfied the requirement of some transport lineMET3Down20 Flowery point made in a case of terrible agonyNOSEGAY7Down21 BanishEXPEL5Down21 ReapHARVEST7Down21 FriendshipAMITY5Down22 Expression of disapprovalBOO3Down22 Has ability in buccaneeringCAN3Down22 Monetary unitDOLLAR6Down23 Container of rainwater maybe, about a half gallonWALLET6Down23 Puts on extra for tots?ADDS4Down24 LockjawTETANUS7Down24 Boy's nameOTIS4Down24 Young Germans seem more considerateKINDER6Down25 Chewy sweetTOFFEE6Down25 BeanoPARTY5Down26 Rid oneself of many a desireDITCH5Down26 Cake decorationICING5Down27 CradleCOT3Down27 Nobbled animal about to finish lastGOTAT5Down27 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down28 Supposedly brave greeting?HOW3Down28 GushEFFUSE6Down28 CreviceCHINK5Down29 Financial institutionBANK4Down30 Crikey, wild hogs!GOSH4Down30 DemonFIEND5Down32 StrikeCLOUT5Down33 FinishEND3Down35 JealousyENVY4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 23, 2024. 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.