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Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 123 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
Of birthNATAL5Across1 FoldPLEAT5Across1 Look weary and fall out of the ringDROOP5Across1 AgainstVERSUS6Across5 When unreasonable jostling starts, there are impactsJOLTS5Across6 ThawsMELTS5Across6 RiddleSIEVE5Across8 Like, resemblingSIMILAR7Across9 Martin or Robin Fowler?BIRDMAN7Across9 Declare in bad tasteSTATE5Across10 MethodSYSTEM6Across10 Wind instrumentFLUTE5Across10 It's refined and tastefulSUGAR5Across11 PitSUMP4Across11 Let downLOWER5Across11 Gives out cardsDEALS5Across12 In favour of writing music annually!PROMS5Across12 Not eitherNEITHER7Across13 Gains weight, nominallyWINSTON7Across13 ShockTRAUMA6Across14 Sibling from South IslandSIS3Across15 ImmediateINSTANT7Across15 PermitLET3Across15 Church recessAPSE4Across17 Has bitter associations, but contributes nothing in beerALOE4Across17 Cook slowlyBRAISE6Across18 Take by the nose?SNITCH6Across18 PinchNIP3Across18 Lamp spirit?GENIE5Across19 Of rabiesRABID5Across19 CurveARC3Across19 A headLEADER6Across20 On which there's a guiding hand at the plough?TILLER6Across20 SpikeNAIL4Across21 SmackSLAP4Across22 It's sure a tricky feat!FATE4Across22 SeatSTOOL5Across23 RayBEAM4Across24 Man's nameSAM3Across24 Girl back from eastern AustraliaZOE3Across24 Sought information boyishly?SCOUTED7Across25 ShacklesFETTERS7Across25 RestrictLIMIT5Across26 Look favourably on military occupation of the southeastSMILE5Across26 TreeELM3Across27 SedateSTAID5Across27 Violated character in ‘Twelfth Night’?VIOLA5Across27 But on Tyneside it means a sandwichBUTTY5Across28 BuffaloBISON5Across28 One Channel port that's in HampshireANDOVER7Across29 ChastenedSUBDUED7Across29 SnareGIN3Across29 My tea can be distinctly non-vegetarianMEATY5Across30 Rubbish, informallyTRIPE5Across30 Perpetual denial!NEVER5Across31 RipsTEARS5Across31 GenerousLIBERAL7Across31 OrnateFLORID6Across32 FeteGALA4Across34 DescendALIGHT6Across35 CriminalFELON5Across38 DormantLATENT6Across39 IrritableTESTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sell plenty of new trailersRETAIL6Down2 SlumberingASLEEP6Down2 BalladLAY3Down2 Not a clever sort of angleOBTUSE6Down3 ShrewdASTUTE6Down3 FastenTIE3Down4 It's crusty yet soft, that isPIE3Down4 FalsehoodLIE3Down4 Grace, giving a party for sailorsADORN5Down5 UndergarmentVEST4Down5 Five-pound noteFIVER5Down5 Heartily, she gives Jane a bit of a smileJASMINE7Down6 StayREMAIN6Down6 Duck typeMALLARD7Down6 ScribbleSCRAWL6Down7 The burden on the AmericansONUS4Down7 CupidEROS4Down7 TopicsTHEMES6Down8 It's very serious when Joe's in the cart, perhapsTRAGIC6Down8 IssueEMANATE7Down9 The nation's electricityPOWER5Down12 VesselURN3Down12 ExcludeDEBAR5Down12 Something to do with Matilda in AustraliaWALTZ5Down13 ChrysalisPUPA4Down13 UnguesNAILS5Down13 Noel's upset about a bighead being poshNOBLE5Down14 ReligionISLAM5Down14 After chewing oats, it has a little teaSTOAT5Down15 Cotton threadLISLE5Down15 Short-term workersTEMPS5Down16 ObserveNOTE4Down16 Had one's fling at a fair gameSHIED5Down16 SpriteTROLL5Down17 Because of the time that's passed?SINCE5Down18 Bathroom fittingBIDET5Down18 RemainderRESIDUE7Down19 Land of the man in grey, perhapsGERMANY7Down19 FunnyCOMICAL7Down20 What to paint with when one has nothing to eat?IODINE6Down21 Religious festivalEASTER6Down21 ThoughtIDEA4Down22 It's coming true, maybe, after a bit of funFUTURE6Down22 Single stepSTRIDE6Down22 FervourARDOUR6Down23 An infantile thing to doTEETHE6Down23 OccurBEFALL6Down24 Vessel of soup said to have a large ingredientSLOOP5Down25 ExpectantAGOG4Down25 LocatesFINDS5Down25 IllusionMIRAGE6Down26 Speech defectLISP4Down26 Wooden salt shakerSLAT4Down26 He has to live, a man with no masterBEN3Down28 PurifyREFINE6Down28 WagerBET3Down28 NothingNIL3Down30 IdioticDAFT4Down33 DestinyLOT3Down36 StrikeHIT3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 25, 2023. 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.