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Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2022 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2022 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 127 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#
She has a consuming interest in the opposite sexBLACKWIDOW10Across1 Of the PopePAPAL5Across1 SurplusEXCESS6Across1 BaseBOTTOM6Across5 Person's private bookDIARY5Across6 How Rod Tate took a turnROTATED7Across9 Small streamRIVULET7Across9 DifferentOTHER5Across9 Certificates of a financial descriptionSCRIP5Across10 DomeCUPOLA6Across10 WideBROAD5Across10 Has no one a right to this nickname?LEFTY5Across11 LassoLARIAT6Across11 FruitPEACH5Across11 ComicDROLL5Across12 She gives little Beatrice about £50BELLA5Across12 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across12 Panacea provided by a twister touring part of EalingCUREALL7Across13 Splits upDIVIDES7Across13 RaveRANT4Across14 Body of waterSEA3Across15 Black aircraft?JET3Across15 Work in the music businessOPUS4Across17 Day beforeEVE3Across17 Of the earOTIC4Across17 ShiftMOVE4Across18 Leapt wildly around the ring in sportPELOTA6Across18 PantihoseTIGHTS6Across18 WelcomeGREET5Across19 Takes the plunge putting Victor into the changed sideDIVES5Across19 GlowersGLARES6Across20 TautTIGHT5Across20 Hunting drink?CHASER6Across20 Poker stakeANTE4Across22 Cleverly ties in positionSITE4Across22 HelpedAIDED5Across22 BellowingROARING7Across23 FishEEL3Across24 NudgeELBOW5Across24 He's shallow but not slowHAL3Across24 Theirs is a growing businessFARMERS7Across25 AftersDESSERT7Across25 PulsateTHROB5Across26 Continental quiltDUVET5Across26 The last piece of fish, a cut of halibutFINAL5Across26 Native New ZealanderMAORI5Across27 Naughty mates can be let offSTEAM5Across27 Pass onRELAY5Across28 Do such numbers relate to quality?PRIME5Across28 Little boys' lies about a terrible dadLADDIES7Across29 DisentangleUNRAVEL7Across29 LakeMERE4Across29 Cook a bit of grub badlyGRILL5Across30 EdgeVERGE5Across30 PitcherJUG3Across30 Shallow round dishPLATE5Across31 Not those in the Kentish areaTHESE5Across31 DomesticatedTAME4Across32 GarmentTUNIC5Across33 PassionARDOUR6Across35 PedantPURIST6Across36 EnhanceBOOST5Across37 CustodianKEEPER6Across38 CowardlyYELLOW6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PartnerESCORT6Down1 The clink of a jugLOCKUP6Down2 Skilful, dexterousADROIT6Down2 ManagingCOPING6Down2 RetailedSOLD4Down3 Many increases in times of troubleCRISES6Down3 Foreign languageARABIC6Down3 GazeSTARE5Down4 Banking, Liverpool styleKOP3Down4 CoverLID3Down4 BeautyBELLE5Down5 Arrived at the corner with a beast of burdenCAMEL5Down5 The fists, slangDUKES5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Familiar footwearWELLIES7Down6 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down6 StandTRIPOD6Down7 Thought I had to take notesIDEA4Down7 ArticleITEM4Down7 FireworkROCKET6Down8 Means of escapeOUTLET6Down8 EntangledMATTED6Down8 Tony's ably centralised means of survivalBLAIR5Down12 Tolerates, enduresBEARS5Down12 SidestepDODGE5Down13 Seating causing Charlie a cry of painCOUCH5Down13 EngulfOVERRUN7Down13 A truly difficult word to say?RURAL5Down14 EssentialVITAL5Down14 PassageAISLE5Down15 Foster a child actress, formerlyJODIE5Down15 Emit lightSHINE5Down15 PangTHROE5Down16 Accepts minced steakTAKES5Down16 Valuable commodityASSET5Down16 PowerMIGHT5Down18 Favourite name for a flower partPETAL5Down18 BeliefTENET5Down18 PoisonVENOM5Down19 That part of the month for mail sortingDECIMAL7Down19 AuthenticGENUINE7Down19 It stops Hank having an unsuccessful winterHALTER6Down21 PullTOW3Down21 EnvoyLEGATE6Down21 InsectANT3Down22 In additionASWELL6Down22 Novel organisation taking a small part in the summer showSMERSH6Down22 Best suitTRUMPS6Down23 School absenteeTRUANT6Down23 BeginEMBARK6Down24 Nick's riverside partyFALDO5Down25 SpanBRIDGE6Down25 Hold upDELAY5Down25 Narcotic, for exampleDRUG4Down26 Drop everything after a fresh startFALL4Down26 EthnicRACIAL6Down27 A trumpet piece to handle lovinglyPET3Down28 AgentREP3Down28 BequeathBESTOW6Down28 JurymanJUROR5Down30 RomanyGIPSY5Down31 PipeTUBE4Down33 CleverCUTE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. 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.