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Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2019 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
PhantomGHOST5Across1 Accept no authority from a fatheaded oafFLOUT5Across1 FeebleFRAIL5Across2 A slim assortment of postal packagesMAILS5Across6 EraEPOCH5Across6 AnnoyancePIQUE5Across7 SagDROOP5Across8 According to reasonLOGICAL7Across9 In the wild, they don't contrive to save gasSAVAGES7Across9 RescuedSAVED5Across10 Behave smuglyGLOAT5Across10 Gigantic source of taintTITAN5Across10 PerchROOST5Across11 The ones belonging to Thomas EastTHOSE5Across11 TeaseTAUNT5Across12 Short and interesting, at heartPITHY5Across12 PossessOWN3Across12 Get betterRECOVER7Across13 Given something to burnFUELLED7Across13 SlumberSLEEP5Across13 This is breathlessly assertive!TIS3Across15 InterferedMEDDLED7Across15 Jump on one footHOP3Across15 Part of a church in a state of collapseAPSE4Across17 AlightedLANDED6Across17 Minute particleATOM4Across17 There's a national one for these peopleANTHEM6Across18 Take for grantedASSUME6Across18 FishCOD3Across19 Communicate by taxi with the FrenchCABLE5Across19 Very tall personGIANT5Across19 As emperor, he had his own columnTRAJAN6Across20 PressedIRONED6Across20 DelineatedDEFINED7Across20 Price of sheet music, ostensiblyCOST4Across22 Cut into cubesDICE4Across22 RindPEEL4Across23 Perhaps a lofty Haydn piece?HAY3Across24 Karate expertDAN3Across24 ExpensiveDEAR4Across25 LodgerBOARDER7Across25 Famously lacking ability?NOTABLE7Across25 Strong drinkSTOUT5Across26 RegainRECOVER7Across26 DisparageDECRY5Across26 Aircraft detection systemRADAR5Across27 We go in to the left (by rail, maybe?)TOWEL5Across27 Occasions of upsetting '16 Down'TIMES5Across28 Spaghetti, for examplePASTA5Across28 Where, afresh, one went off to be a proprietorNEWTOWN7Across29 Principal bullfighterMATADOR7Across29 Females dim as can be?MAIDS5Across30 CantBEVEL5Across30 LettuceCOS3Across30 KindsTYPES5Across31 EraseDELETE6Across31 Looked to perambulate the dog about half a mile?OGLED5Across31 BroadcastSCATTER7Across34 TroubledCARED5Across37 FastenTIE3Across38 QuiltDUVET5Across39 FretWORRY5Across40 GodDEITY5Across41 PostponeDEFER5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HouseVILLA5Down1 Protection for the headHELMET6Down2 MeltedFUSED5Down2 Sick of being kept in reserve?LAIDUP6Down2 Valid way for us to get fitUSABLE6Down3 HarvestedREAPED6Down3 Skiing raceSLALOM6Down3 DetailITEM4Down4 Instant healthy-looking colour?TAN3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 PokedPRODDED7Down5 Singular thing to shoot on the river!RAPID5Down5 Cheroot, for exampleCIGAR5Down5 SharpenedHONED5Down6 Somehow name the gasMETHANE7Down6 SincereEARNEST7Down6 Like a backward, pale appearance?ASHY4Down7 ConspiracyPLOT4Down7 Would she fib about a fathead?LASSIE6Down8 Traditional practiceCUSTOM6Down8 BirdOWL3Down9 DeterminedDECIDED7Down11 Growing need to change pace at one pointPECAN5Down12 LukewarmTEPID5Down12 InclineSLOPE5Down13 QuickRAPID5Down13 A woman with both hope and charity?FAITH5Down13 Go inENTER5Down14 Piece of writing for the Standard, say?ESSAY5Down14 Punctuation markCOLON5Down14 Beat both possibly outrightTHROB5Down15 Hot and stickyHUMID5Down15 FellowDON3Down16 Boy's namePETER5Down16 Strike as being old-fashioned?SMITE5Down16 OustedDEPOSED7Down18 Irritate, displeaseANNOY5Down18 Give everything not to be decapitated!ALLOT5Down18 Strong places to chuck a chap intoCASTLES7Down19 CommonGENERAL7Down19 She's Spanish, but there's a Roman versionRAMONA6Down21 PlunderRAVAGE6Down21 DissuadeDETER5Down21 DolefulDREARY6Down22 Preparing to rob of cover?CASING6Down22 GenerateBREED5Down22 MiddleCENTRE6Down23 You may well have a hand in it, albeit brieflySLEEVE6Down23 Reading-deskLECTERN7Down24 Staff of lifeBREAD5Down25 Not so much heady as potty!NUTTY5Down25 Post a letter to finish withSEND4Down26 Panto characterDAME4Down26 BedCOT3Down27 Figure of a magnificent womanTWO3Down28 A containerPOT3Down28 EbbRECEDE6Down28 PerformerACTOR5Down29 SubsequentlyLATER5Down32 CogsTEETH5Down33 TuneAIR3Down35 DiscourteousRUDE4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. 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.