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Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 122 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#
MuscularBEEFY5Across1 FadWHIM4Across1 Fishy starting price for a rodent race runner!SPRAT5Across1 FriendPAL3Across4 She's in the poolKITTY5Across6 Crucial pointCRUX4Across6 Grasslike plantSEDGE5Across6 UnconsciousOUT3Across9 Jacket, not a twinsetDOUBLET7Across9 Proof of purchaseRECEIPT7Across9 To Ann, a changed man!ANTON5Across10 CalmCOMPOSED8Across10 BraidPLAIT5Across10 One-fifth of a ton?SCORE5Across11 BanVETO4Across11 Oak tree fruitACORN5Across11 Port can make you lithe!LEITH5Across12 LazinessSLOTH5Across12 AbductsKIDNAPS7Across13 Does it provide but little transportation?MINIBUS7Across13 JeerBOO3Across14 On his own, Mr SloanTOD3Across15 CourtWOO3Across15 SheerSTARK5Across16 DryARID4Across17 Winged wader, once worshippedIBIS4Across17 Dignified way to get an appointmentSEDATE6Across18 Fine mortarCEMENT6Across18 Lower the cover at the leisure centreSCOWL5Across19 CommandORDER5Across19 SecularTEMPORAL8Across19 What a cloud burst may do when some children go to churchDRENCH6Across20 ThespiansACTORS6Across20 BowlBASIN5Across21 Fair twins?SOSO4Across22 GaelicERSE4Across22 SimilarlyLIKEWISE8Across23 Thus a learner can be 'King'SOL3Across24 IronPRESS5Across24 Of great importanceKEY3Across24 Also in the scheme as a unitPLATOON7Across25 SlimSLENDER7Across25 In her job, many may be on the doleMODEL5Across26 SnapshotPHOTO5Across26 Be out till morning, perhapsSLEEP5Across27 ShinboneTIBIA5Across27 CliqueSET3Across27 Mystic rites or essaysTRIES5Across28 Money bagPURSE5Across28 Forbear to check out the RAF activityREFRAIN7Across29 Prime ministerPREMIER7Across29 Fred gets out of line, but isn't given a roasting!FRIED5Across30 YieldedCEDED5Across30 Small coinPENNY5Across31 Where the Aussies have a Scottish accent?PERTH5Across31 ReignRULE4Across31 AtmosphereAMBIENCE8Across33 SolidifyGEL3Across34 RingPEAL4Across35 UntruthLIE3Across36 PourTEEM4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cream cakeECLAIR6Down2 CowlHOOD4Down2 A writer's pointPENNIB6Down2 A Spaniard is a handsome fellowADONIS6Down3 BroodMOPE4Down3 MateFRIEND6Down3 Actually more than a stoneTON3Down4 RuralPASTORAL8Down4 StillYET3Down4 GentlewomanLADY4Down5 They're instrumental in making players puffOBOES5Down5 TouchesFEELS5Down5 DesireCOVET5Down6 The flier crashed into the back of the helter-skelter!KESTREL7Down6 SplashSPATTER7Down6 Is the number of years for one!ITCH4Down7 EngraveETCH4Down7 RegretRUE3Down7 Boy's nameGORDON6Down8 Is it like a trout swimming around Beach Head?TURBOT6Down8 SpeakUTTER5Down8 A middling meal?LUNCH5Down12 CrouchSTOOP5Down12 Practises boxingSPARS5Down12 PlentifulAMPLE5Down13 Watches, as objectsMINDS5Down13 Small boatKAYAK5Down13 PendulumBOB3Down14 GrubbyDIRTY5Down14 Another name for Elgin, maybeNIGEL5Down14 Fertile spotOASIS5Down15 EerieWEIRD5Down15 Whole-hearted boat-building is forbidden!TABOO5Down15 Devilish contributor to pandemoniumDEMON5Down16 DifferentOTHER5Down16 ConfessADMIT5Down17 Heave up out of wells, possiblySWELL5Down18 GenuflectKNEEL5Down18 Musical instrumentCELLO5Down18 Area of fruit treesORCHARD7Down19 Picked up something good for the EditorSCOOPED7Down19 AmiableLIKEABLE8Down20 Big wave in possible contact with a coasterROLLER6Down21 ColourCERISE6Down21 Enters in the style of LaurenceSTERNE6Down22 EntrapNET3Down22 GuaranteeENSURE6Down22 The only national theatre near PortsmouthSOLENT6Down23 Spring, saySEASON6Down23 Baffle, confuseSTUMP5Down25 Her mother's beautiful, tooPEARL5Down25 Make-upROUGE5Down25 Just a body of waterMERE4Down26 Long tubePIPE4Down26 CrustSHELL5Down26 A gratuity for taking the rubbishTIP3Down28 LamentWAIL4Down28 VigourPEP3Down28 HidePELT4Down29 PainACHE4Down30 MeadowLEA3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 26, 2024. 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.