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Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2019 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
ImproveBETTER6Across1 Muscular and strongBRAWNY6Across4 Get to suitBECOME6Across4 AbruptSUDDEN6Across5 Highest pointPINNACLE8Across7 In optics, a bit of looker?EYEPIECE8Across7 Get together against backing a dog and a horseGANGUP6Across8 ImperilENDANGER8Across8 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across8 SpeedRATE4Across9 Nominally you'll find a clue in central DakarALIAS5Across10 Man'sHIS3Across10 Put clothes onDRESS5Across10 JamWEDGE5Across12 Joe, by the way, is the tenorGIST4Across13 ImitationCOPY4Across13 Indian garmentSARI4Across14 The high cost of terrorism?BOMB4Across14 Slightly wetDAMP4Across15 Writers of a footnote about certain pointsPENS4Across15 RodentRAT3Across15 Not all crab apples can be eatenBAP3Across16 Single numberONE3Across16 Kick in the rear?BOOT4Across17 Wound markSCAR4Across17 VegetablePEA3Across17 HatchetAXE3Across18 Biblical name in every thesaurusESAU4Across19 Hearing organsEARS4Across19 WrathIRE3Across19 HandleTREAT5Across20 Grand old guard giving timely informationGOLDWATCH9Across21 Fruit preserveMARMALADE9Across21 EachALL3Across21 CurveARC3Across22 Nevertheless one may be thought really to existYETI4Across23 FinishEND3Across23 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across23 NucleusCORE4Across24 HillTOR3Across24 She's back, more than half asleepELSA4Across24 MortalHUMAN5Across26 FaucetTAP3Across26 Satisfied with a methodical startMET3Across26 Prevalent depression in the countryside?VALE4Across27 Pull alongDRAG4Across27 PokePROD4Across29 Pressure on a youth with nothing to hide?LOAD4Across29 YelpYAP3Across29 Dispose of, part used, for £50SELL4Across32 PerishesDIES4Across32 Border on being edgyVERGE5Across33 InactiveIDLE4Across33 Unit of weightSTONE5Across33 Charm a chap with temptationALLURE6Across34 CompleteTHOROUGH8Across34 Catch fireIGNITE6Across34 A case of 'hit and run' involving childrenROUNDERS8Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 MarsupialKANGAROO8Across35 Nowadays, an opening is always comingADVENT6Across36 MoodTEMPER6Across36 FracturesBREAKS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PotatoesSPUDS5Down1 Food they bake badly at Birkenhead?KEBAB5Down1 Go inENTER5Down2 BoredomENNUI5Down2 Material may be minedDENIM5Down2 Make a little love with a light touchKISS4Down3 SideTEAM4Down3 GirlLASS4Down3 Start to live with spiritBEGIN5Down4 RascalROGUE5Down4 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down4 Is incapable of hypocrisy?CANT4Down5 ShootSPRIG5Down5 Military land forceARMY4Down5 The terrorists twice gave mum a turnMAUMAU6Down6 SoilDIRT4Down6 StockingsNYLONS6Down6 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Liquid maybe, but a mug will take only halfASSETS6Down9 SeemAPPEAR6Down9 RaiseHOIST5Down10 Owl fluttering near the groundLOW3Down11 JavelinSPEAR5Down11 Beam of lightRAY3Down11 Good man's boat wrecked around Beachy HeadABBOT5Down12 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Down12 ObserveWATCH5Down12 On the cards as good advice?GETWELL7Down13 VisionDREAM5Down13 Venezuelan capitalCARACAS7Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down14 A case of seediness?POD3Down15 WeirDAM3Down15 PromptREADY5Down15 FlowerTULIP5Down16 Utterance of a bachelor on fishing lunchBAH3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 Is he a Romeo to a girl?OLIVER6Down18 BeliefCREDIT6Down18 Climb on a fish's back, perhaps?SCALE5Down20 SkilfulADEPT5Down20 Achieve one's target at lastGET3Down21 Cleaning itemMOP3Down21 The dealer's drink?ALE3Down22 Register, recordLOG3Down22 RiskDANGER6Down23 Held to rhyme with 'howled'YELLED6Down23 CommandORDER5Down25 With wages cut, will he joke?WAG3Down25 Was victoriousWON3Down25 SpeakUTTER5Down27 StinksREEKS5Down28 Warning of real disaster starting tomorrow?ALERT5Down28 ConcerningABOUT5Down28 BellowsROARS5Down30 FishANGLE5Down30 Tell someone the arrangement?ORDER5Down30 FiendDEMON5Down31 DespatchedSENT4Down31 Possibly needs to be thickDENSE5Down31 Prima donnaDIVA4Down32 Satisfied it's safeSURE4Down32 ChamberROOM4Down32 Do such tomatoes taste like grapes?VINE4Down33 HerbSAGE4Down33

About this puzzle

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