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Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2023 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Japanese miniature treeBONSAI6Across1 Does she not strike us as being wifely?MISSUS6Across1 PlentifulAMPLE5Across2 Dissent in opinionDISAGREE8Across7 MinusLESS4Across7 Checked the raging fire in a disorderly diveVERIFIED8Across7 Bound to upset us againSURE4Across8 PerverseWILFUL6Across8 ImpudenceGALL4Across8 FormSHAPE5Across9 Giving guidance, it's field is in BucksBEACON6Across10 Pointed beardGOATEE6Across10 Keep in orderPOLICE6Across11 Go away for a month with a politicianDECAMP6Across11 CotBED3Across11 HorseCOB3Across13 Supplied from a safe distanceFED3Across14 ObserveSEE3Across14 ParchedARID4Across15 LettuceCOS3Across16 Master traitor, apparently, in the revolutionMARAT5Across16 African riverNIGER5Across16 Days of anticipationEVES4Across17 GratuitiesTIPS4Across17 MislayLOSE4Across18 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across19 ColonistSETTLER7Across19 Darts back to get a notably treasured instrumentSTRAD5Across19 AbsorbedRAPT4Across20 Continental quiltDUVET5Across21 Pass money to the senior memberDOYEN5Across21 RunTROT4Across22 One eating a mealDINER5Across22 Was prepared with sound timberWOULD5Across22 ScullerOARSMAN7Across23 Plant partSTEM4Across23 Few may be said to express surprisePHEW4Across23 FishCARP4Across25 Hank's geese?SKEIN5Across26 StudentPUPIL5Across26 ConsumeEAT3Across27 Express disapprovalBOO3Across28 What the pigeon said in company with a duck?COO3Across28 ImageICON4Across28 ImaginaryUNREAL6Across29 Mark's wild rage during a raceTARGET6Across29 Daughter performed a roll for moneyDOLLAR6Across30 Great quantitiesOODLES6Across30 OutfitKIT3Across30 This lets me outEXIT4Across31 PullTUG3Across31 BucketPAIL4Across31 States loudly that medicals can be fiddledDECLAIMS8Across32 StartCOMMENCE8Across32 DisparageDECRY5Across33 Being cut to the quick may be thus resentedKEENLY6Across33 That is to sayNAMELY6Across33 GratifyPLEASE6Across36 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across37 DarknessNIGHT5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One can roll or ramble aroundMARBLE6Down1 Spending planBUDGET6Down1 CutSEVER5Down1 CensuresSLATES6Down2 Various causes for dietary additivesSAUCES6Down2 DonkeyASS3Down2 LazyIDLE4Down3 Swede perhaps getting three points out of fiveSVEN4Down3 VegetablePEA3Down3 SheepEWE3Down4 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down4 He can go to blazes!FIREMAN7Down4 SickILL3Down5 Craig wreathed in smoke!CIGAR5Down5 Man's nameCRAIG5Down5 RenownKUDOS5Down6 Not everNEVER5Down6 Modify so that a girl will get the pointADAPT5Down6 PantGASP4Down8 A badly cracked containerSAFE4Down8 Sheltered sideLEE3Down9 He gets the stickROD3Down9 PlanPLOT4Down10 JeerBARRACK7Down11 In civic administration, he's not goodCAD3Down12 FrolicDISPORT7Down12 CoverLID3Down12 She earned about a grand in AmericaMADGE5Down13 RightCORRECT7Down13 StopCEASE5Down13 ThrashingBEATING7Down14 Tay, sayRIVER5Down15 A name in fashionSTYLE5Down15 EndCEASE5Down16 ErmineSTOAT5Down17 AllowLET3Down18 As a jokeINFUN5Down18 Spirit of RussiaVODKA5Down18 You couldn't really have got half soused on one!SOU3Down19 Sweet rollBUN3Down19 Such a letter could be read aloud!RED3Down20 For everyPER3Down20 Assume there's a wild gale in IrelandDONEGAL7Down21 FaucetTAP3Down21 ExpandsDILATES7Down21 False thatchingWIG3Down22 Cease livingDIE3Down22 Forceful sort of service?POLICE6Down23 Silvery-white elementSODIUM6Down23 Ring out slowlyTOLL4Down24 LabyrinthMAZE4Down24 Where an otter is at home in NortholtHOLT4Down24 ChieflyMOSTLY6Down25 Carefully confront a confused liar in outer WembleyWARILY6Down25 PassageAISLE5Down26 Party drinkPUNCH5Down26 Room for learning?STUDY5Down26 Standing upright before the courtERECT5Down27 First-ratePRIME5Down27 He may give guidance to eight men in a rowCOX3Down28 SnakeBOA3Down28 ExcelOUTDO5Down29 At which one may work or two can playDESK4Down30 UnlockOPEN4Down30 UncookedRAW3Down32 LairDEN3Down33 ToothCOG3Down34 StillYET3Down35

About this puzzle

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