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Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
HouseABODE5Across2 To fine leg?GLANCE6Across4 Scattered, scantySPARSE6Across4 EstrangeALIENATE8Across7 BearcatPANDA5Across7 It's awfully bad of IvanTERRIBLE8Across7 StartBEGIN5Across8 Foolish personNITWIT6Across8 Comes to the point of a peculiar repast?TAPERS6Across8 OriginateARISE5Across10 Are like regions or districtsAREAS5Across10 SagDROOP5Across10 TransgressSIN3Across12 One giving all-round strength in leadership?BOSS4Across13 Skeleton partBONE4Across13 PriseLEVER5Across13 Insect or white-headed snakeWASP4Across14 InsectMOTH4Across14 TrainRETINUE7Across15 Hospital roomWARD4Across15 Disreputable haunts of heartless demonsDENS4Across15 Hotel in the financial centreINN3Across16 Go by planeFLY3Across16 Sounds weak, but will probably hold waterPAIL4Across17 WorshippedADORED6Across17 EpochsERAS4Across17 WandROD3Across19 Musical instrumentOBOE4Across19 Bent on doing a turn at the top, possiblyUPTO4Across19 FearfulNERVOUS7Across20 One living next doorNEIGHBOUR9Across21 Novelly difficult periodsHARDTIMES9Across21 ChantSING4Across23 AcidSOUR4Across23 A tame denialWILD4Across23 It may occur at any timeIDEA4Across24 RageFURY4Across24 NeedlecaseETUI4Across25 Short punchJAB3Across26 OrientalEASTERN7Across26 Curiosity's victim?CAT3Across26 BurdenONUS4Across27 Dean's dotty daughter?EDNA4Across27 Dog food?CHOW4Across29 Muslim rulerEMIR4Across29 ThroughPER3Across30 BoredomTEDIUM6Across31 Warm in the sun, perhaps, at GatesheadSNUG4Across32 Petrol, for exampleFUEL4Across32 Job that's hard in the central partCHORE5Across33 HauteurPRIDE5Across33 Photographs botanical subjects?SHOOTS6Across34 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Across34 DoorkeeperJANITOR7Across34 On an outing do they come to grief?TRIPPERS8Across35 IndustriousDILIGENT8Across35 VegetableCELERY6Across36 Knotty old dear?GRANNY6Across36 High-pitchedTINNY5Across37 BoatYACHT5Across39 FoalFILLY5Across40 AnaestheticETHER5Across41 BlitheMERRY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Precocious girlMADAM5Down1 Tubular form of hat?STRAW5Down1 RescuedSAVED5Down1 LawfulLICIT5Down2 Rugby players go over for themTRIES5Down2 ViperADDER5Down2 Leg jointKNEE4Down3 Slight contact that can break skisKISS4Down3 SterileBARREN6Down3 PortalDOOR4Down4 Spanish manSENOR5Down4 A go-ahead thing to doGETON5Down4 RemainderRESIDUE7Down5 Poker stakeANTE4Down5 New pals in high placesALPS4Down5 LessMINUS5Down6 SmotherSTIFLE6Down6 Nosy character liable to cry over a refusal?CYRANO6Down6 Opposite of outdoorINDOOR6Down9 SnareGIN3Down9 Amuses amazingly, let's sayASSUME6Down9 DeviatePERVERT7Down11 Ceramic animal?RAM3Down11 Noisy quarrelROW3Down11 Horrify a very soft little chapAPPAL5Down12 LustreSHEEN5Down12 LariatLASSO5Down13 Singing loudly, can you hear a bell ring?BELTING7Down13 Diffident, timidBASHFUL7Down13 FashionVOGUE5Down14 WitWAG3Down15 Acted up again!DID3Down15 The thing is, one of the bits is missing!ITS3Down16 AlsoTOO3Down16 In favour ofFOR3Down16 Burning anew to read the New TestamentARDENT6Down18 DemolishDESTROY7Down18 HardshipRIGOUR6Down18 Beauty with a heart of stonePEACH5Down20 PurchaserBUYER5Down20 TarnishSTAIN5Down21 Pen partNIB3Down21 Hard at it, you'll find successHIT3Down21 Public transport vehicleBUS3Down22 DiaphanousFILMY5Down22 Friday's girl?IDA3Down22 SaltySALINE6Down23 Does it make a clean contact for a nut?WASHER6Down23 SwiftlyRAPIDLY7Down24 OfferBID3Down25 How remarkable, a French horn!COR3Down25 FixedSET3Down27 PoorNEEDY5Down28 LowerNETHER6Down28 Sort of answer seemingly long unusedDUSTY5Down28 FuriousRABID5Down29 Poetic pigeon?HOMER5Down30 SkinflintMISER5Down30 Kind of rabbit in dragon country?WELSH5Down31 Puts one's feet upRESTS5Down31 RefrainDITTY5Down32 Broadcast, maybe, or shown breathlesslySOWN4Down32 MergeFUSE4Down32 Manage to catch a loose endCOPE4Down33 BelowUNDER5Down33 CouplePAIR4Down33 NothingNIL3Down35 SpeedRATE4Down36

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