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Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Form a liking forTAKETO6Across1 BoastBRAG4Across1 Worker forming a unionJOINER6Across1 ChildTOT3Across4 ReedRUSH4Across6 K2, for exampleMOUNTAIN8Across7 Western, possibly in CineramaAMERICAN8Across7 EarthGROUND6Across8 Sprightly, but not unusually lightSPRY4Across8 Patterned openwork fabricLACE4Across8 MendREPAIR6Across9 LongingYEN3Across10 Runs away with the idea of getting into partnershipELOPES6Across10 Girl's nameSHARON6Across10 Lump of goldNUGGET6Across11 It's in Kent, perhaps, this animal is foundKITTEN6Across11 OrbGLOBE5Across12 Pig penSTY3Across14 It's positively informalYEP3Across14 BrusqueBLUFF5Across14 TagLABEL5Across15 ContinuesLASTS5Across16 Historically lordly part of BelgiumLIEGE5Across16 Learn from a hotheaded listenerHEAR4Across17 GaelicERSE4Across17 EraseDELETE6Across18 The witches' little cavern at the end of the gardenCOVEN5Across19 TraitorJUDAS5Across19 OffendINSULT6Across20 Room for a theatrical entranceFOYER5Across21 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across21 In the East, back it for a gambleTIBET5Across22 Belong, conformFITIN5Across22 Set of actorsCAST4Across23 Little darlings prepared to be a pest?PETS4Across23 WelcomeGREET5Across24 Cutlery itemSPOON5Across26 PerhapsMAYBE5Across26 To a point, basic education about love is a mistakeERROR5Across26 The girl to fix thingsPEG3Across28 ForegoWAIVE5Across28 Boy or girl's nameVAL3Across28 How it hurt dad to upset EnidPAINED6Across29 FacetASPECT6Across29 SpurtJET3Across30 Something illusoryMIRAGE6Across30 Got breakfast in bed for nothingBEGGED6Across30 They have their mastersARTS4Across31 Little devilsIMPS4Across31 Poor rate negotiated for a workerOPERATOR8Across32 QuellSUBDUE6Across32 ReprimandsCENSURES8Across32 It's high on the list of headgearTOPPER6Across33 InciteINDUCE6Across33 Tie upTETHER6Across33 GalaFETE4Across34 PlaythingTOY3Across35 BlemishMARK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StruggleTUSSLE6Down1 He's just beginning to have wild hopesJOSEPH6Down1 PastoralRURAL5Down2 Sleepy head?NAPPER6Down2 Card gameECARTE6Down2 PortentOMEN4Down3 MoanGRUMBLE7Down3 Light to raise, say?RAYS4Down3 Does it follow the film advertised?TRAILER7Down4 NeatTIDY4Down4 Thin and bonyANGULAR7Down4 SpinTURN4Down5 Loud explosionsBANGS5Down5 To be sharp, one needs to be cleverACUTE5Down5 RepulseREPEL5Down6 One article in nine, perhaps, is pretty stupidINANE5Down6 InsectsGNATS5Down6 AdroitSKILFUL7Down7 GirlLASS4Down8 It's saucily associable with Chinese cookerySOYA4Down8 ShyCOY3Down9 Travelling salesman's stuffREP3Down9 ObserveEYE3Down11 An element of impertinenceTIN3Down12 DeityGOD3Down12 Household fuelGAS3Down12 Bird finally perching in a gnarled treeEGRET5Down13 ConsumeEAT3Down13 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down13 StudentPUPIL5Down15 Maybe of pensionable age, he still has to work for his moneyDOYEN5Down15 EntreatBEG3Down16 UntruthLIE3Down17 Run a bit moreEXTRA5Down18 FrolicsROMPS5Down18 That nut in Company BCOB3Down19 DeletionERASURE7Down19 Fast aircraftJET3Down19 The little old soldier coveted taking a girl outVET3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 One who can go to blazes?FIREMAN7Down21 NovelNEW3Down21 Syrupy cough medicineLINCTUS7Down21 FameSTARDOM7Down22 EnemyFOE3Down22 Express speed from EustonTON3Down22 Floor coveringCARPET6Down23 Father's about to get upset with a revolutionary toyPEGTOP6Down23 FastenTIE3Down23 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down24 They may be to a poacher's tasteEGGS4Down24 Minor earthquakeTREMOR6Down25 So loveless, the viper's relatively unhappySADDER6Down25 CerealRYE3Down25 Where to race to compose poems?EPSOM5Down26 Ketchup, saySAUCE5Down26 MoveBUDGE5Down27 Express an opinionOPINE5Down27 Motorcyle courier's free half of beerRIDER5Down27 VigourVIM3Down28 For each childless personPER3Down28 ClergymanVICAR5Down29 Familiar fellow's inherited titleBART4Down30 JokeJEST4Down30 Thin fogMIST4Down30 MinuteTINY4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. 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.