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Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 123 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#
Go byPASS4Across1 Fail to rememberFORGET6Across1 At intervals, dad exercisesPAUSES6Across1 LieFIB3Across4 YieldingSOFT4Across6 Seize the occasion, but don't do so immediatelyTAKETIME8Across7 High and mightyARROGANT8Across7 PostureSTANCE6Across8 Young salmonPARR4Across8 River put to no practical purpose?OUSE4Across8 FrankCANDID6Across9 Absolutely correctSPOTON6Across10 Bell that didn't mean a lot to a dogCURFEW6Across10 MooseELK3Across10 Watchful about central Kilburn, he was nearer VictoriaALBERT6Across11 Prior toBEFORE6Across11 TwistSCREW5Across12 MeshNET3Across14 DeserveMERIT5Across14 A foot backAFT3Across14 RoyalREGAL5Across15 For music, improves the pitchTUNES5Across16 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Across16 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Across17 Is commonly given a unique finishONLY4Across17 ConsentACCEDE6Across18 Turn up distrustful and self-assertivePUSHY5Across19 Warehouse, storehouseDEPOT5Across19 ColourORANGE6Across20 SeraglioHAREM5Across21 An arresting thing for a sailor to sayBELAY5Across21 Of CubaCUBAN5Across22 A fatherly bloomer?POPPY5Across22 Put flowers in thisVASE4Across23 Titled little boy?BART4Across23 SumTOTAL5Across24 PlanetVENUS5Across26 LikeENJOY5Across26 In a struggle to treat a wartATWAR5Across26 A vessel? Yes, on the starboard sideJAR3Across28 PutPLACE5Across28 Spider's trapWEB3Across28 Counties with a common endSHIRES6Across29 Single-cell organismAMOEBA6Across29 ExpungeDELETE6Across30 Weight of a cocky little boxer?BANTAM6Across30 UnusualODD3Across30 A distance from homeAWAY4Across31 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 Piling up in capital styleACCRUING8Across32 BeginnersLEARNERS8Across32 AliveLIVING6Across32 DisputedARGUED6Across33 Brave menHEROES6Across33 In one main sense, he knows the ropesSEADOG6Across33 StaunchSTEM4Across34 ConsumeEAT3Across35 MoistDAMP4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BanquetsFEASTS6Down1 Villa in Mexico oncePANCHO6Down1 GarretATTIC5Down2 Conventional in a materialistic way?STUFFY6Down2 Small pointed beardGOATEE6Down2 Mountain lakeTARN4Down3 HonestSINCERE7Down3 Cook, using some steam and little waterSTEW4Down3 LiberateFREE4Down4 TediumBOREDOM7Down4 Not necessarily wealthy or wiseHEALTHY7Down4 ReverseBACK4Down5 Provided drink all round when the day was victoriousGIVEN5Down5 ClawTALON5Down5 GuideSTEER5Down6 BecauseSINCE5Down6 Small men in urgent straitsGENTS5Down6 DefectFAILING7Down7 Small horsePONY4Down8 By word of mouth or a letterORAL4Down8 DecayROT3Down9 Fixed the telly?SET3Down9 MeadowLEA3Down11 Purchase, by the sound of itBUY3Down12 SeizureFIT3Down12 OceanSEA3Down12 Allude in freer usageREFER5Down13 Speed contestsRACES5Down13 WildFERAL5Down15 Soft or mushy, like certain fiction?PULPY5Down15 ObtainGET3Down16 FateLOT3Down17 Where to go upNORTH5Down18 Tribal badgeTOTEM5Down18 Go very quietly out EastPEP3Down19 Touch lightly and quicklyDAB3Down19 PrisonerCONVICT7Down19 Outskirts of Salisbury, for instanceSAY3Down20 Writing toolPEN3Down20 Confirmed the dreary fellow was ejectedBOREOUT7Down21 KnockRAP3Down21 Male spouseHUSBAND7Down21 Snooker rodCUE3Down22 Knock up to standardPAR3Down22 MaintainedALLEGED7Down22 Velvet-like fabricVELOUR6Down23 StretchEKE3Down23 You couldn't give one straight to a monkeyBANANA6Down23 Cain's brotherABEL4Down24 Tray fashioned in aesthetic styleARTY4Down24 ElderlyOLD3Down25 HappeningsEVENTS6Down25 Subduing, thanks to an old ChineseTAMING6Down25 Spring overVAULT5Down26 In this state, you shouldn't go short of teaASSAM5Down26 HatredODIUM5Down27 WandererNOMAD5Down27 To gain a companion, a cranky thing to do?WINCH5Down27 MarryWED3Down28 Is there much talk of exercising it?JAW3Down28 BestCREAM5Down29 Plenty to carryBAGS4Down30 MonsterOGRE4Down30 PlateDISH4Down30 DashDART4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 25, 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.