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Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 25 2024. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Mettle61 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish snacks53 AcrossReveal answer → Something hard to pinch, we hear53 AcrossReveal answer → Be good65 AcrossReveal answer → Finish88 AcrossReveal answer → Communication by road, perhaps, around India58 AcrossReveal answer → Flower containers58 AcrossReveal answer → Fat49 AcrossReveal answer → Catches with spikes510 AcrossReveal answer → Pugilist510 AcrossReveal answer → Every310 AcrossReveal answer → Just the chap to figure ahead311 AcrossReveal answer → Snake311 AcrossReveal answer → Vituperous about the vermin?512 AcrossReveal answer → Confine, enclose512 AcrossReveal answer → Spook512 AcrossReveal answer → Welsh theatrical assistant?713 AcrossReveal answer → Daybook713 AcrossReveal answer → Finger, toe515 AcrossReveal answer → Cot315 AcrossReveal answer → Do they go round cooking the roast?515 AcrossReveal answer → Eggs317 AcrossReveal answer → A pet to many?318 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet318 AcrossReveal answer → Pen part318 AcrossReveal answer → Legislators a chap has to check out619 AcrossReveal answer → Statute319 AcrossReveal answer → Spiritualist's meeting619 AcrossReveal answer → Copy520 AcrossReveal answer → Sick321 AcrossReveal answer → Represents in words721 AcrossReveal answer → Acceptable new belt for a woman to appear in721 AcrossReveal answer → It's no good being needy422 AcrossReveal answer → Water jug422 AcrossReveal answer → Garland322 AcrossReveal answer → Move in water423 AcrossReveal answer → Michael Ball's island?423 AcrossReveal answer → Barrel323 AcrossReveal answer → Askew324 AcrossReveal answer → Apt to get knocked over, maybe likes to be out of the race724 AcrossReveal answer → Bewails724 AcrossReveal answer → Nutty sweet626 AcrossReveal answer → Jumpy526 AcrossReveal answer → You can count on it626 AcrossReveal answer → Certainly didn't reveal some fresh ideas329 AcrossReveal answer → Before329 AcrossReveal answer → For every329 AcrossReveal answer → Does he govern where to draw the line?531 AcrossReveal answer → Threaded fastener531 AcrossReveal answer → Less dirty732 AcrossReveal answer → Having broken the pen rest, is contrite732 AcrossReveal answer → Confess433 AcrossReveal answer → Seeking to get astonishingly fat on a half of beer!534 AcrossReveal answer → Casino game834 AcrossReveal answer → Go by bike534 AcrossReveal answer → A little bounder; bit of a crook335 AcrossReveal answer → Fury635 AcrossReveal answer → At this moment335 AcrossReveal answer → Run after James Hadley536 AcrossReveal answer → Empty636 AcrossReveal answer → Male duck536 AcrossReveal answer → A joint the Spanish bend537 AcrossReveal answer → Concur537 AcrossReveal answer → One can never make it right!538 AcrossReveal answer → Address the public538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Wooden shoe51 DownReveal answer → Quiet, unusually dear sky pilot51 DownReveal answer → Lurk52 DownReveal answer → I leave a cleric in church72 DownReveal answer → Beginner72 DownReveal answer → Wealthy43 DownReveal answer → Rush, causing damage44 DownReveal answer → Biblical murder victim44 DownReveal answer → Feel54 DownReveal answer → Praise55 DownReveal answer → Portion of green plant served at table65 DownReveal answer → Tolerates65 DownReveal answer → Sacred46 DownReveal answer → Provide or supply only a blend56 DownReveal answer → Girl's name56 DownReveal answer → Ancient artefact57 DownReveal answer → Energy57 DownReveal answer → What a drifter will do, making love flat out57 DownReveal answer → Former French coin39 DownReveal answer → Female, yet named John?39 DownReveal answer → Permit510 DownReveal answer → Humble511 DownReveal answer → Natural surroundings712 DownReveal answer → Urchin512 DownReveal answer → Observations concerning points712 DownReveal answer → Sea-shell513 DownReveal answer → His song never ends314 DownReveal answer → Pinch314 DownReveal answer → Sticky514 DownReveal answer → Cream515 DownReveal answer → Four-legged source of a bleat?516 DownReveal answer → Chews steadily516 DownReveal answer → Dig516 DownReveal answer → It's a bit of a bloomer, boys!517 DownReveal answer → Conditions517 DownReveal answer → Hitler's disastrous slide719 DownReveal answer → Spire719 DownReveal answer → Denim trousers520 DownReveal answer → Being on the male side, it has point520 DownReveal answer → To talk incessantly, that's all521 DownReveal answer → To object521 DownReveal answer → Peculiar723 DownReveal answer → Old enough to have the 'Freedom' of London (transport)723 DownReveal answer → Solicitor624 DownReveal answer → Rider who gets wet624 DownReveal answer → Even if ungenerous, it's over a penny325 DownReveal answer → Born as325 DownReveal answer → Waterway525 DownReveal answer → Yellow-orange527 DownReveal answer → Would such a beard suit George?527 DownReveal answer → Premature527 DownReveal answer → Lizard type528 DownReveal answer → Stop the car starting with ease528 DownReveal answer → Guarantee528 DownReveal answer → Proportion530 DownReveal answer → A seat in the south, also at Leatherhead530 DownReveal answer → Gem530 DownReveal answer → Smile431 DownReveal answer → Coagulate432 DownReveal answer → Re-number this place432 DownReveal answer → Repast432 DownReveal answer → He's posh, and certainly no blockhead!333 DownReveal answer → And not333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.