Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2023 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 27 2023. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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House52 AcrossReveal answer → To fine leg?64 AcrossReveal answer → Scattered, scanty64 AcrossReveal answer → Estrange87 AcrossReveal answer → Bearcat57 AcrossReveal answer → It's awfully bad of Ivan87 AcrossReveal answer → Start58 AcrossReveal answer → Foolish person68 AcrossReveal answer → Comes to the point of a peculiar repast?68 AcrossReveal answer → Originate510 AcrossReveal answer → Are like regions or districts510 AcrossReveal answer → Sag510 AcrossReveal answer → Transgress312 AcrossReveal answer → One giving all-round strength in leadership?413 AcrossReveal answer → Skeleton part413 AcrossReveal answer → Prise513 AcrossReveal answer → Insect or white-headed snake414 AcrossReveal answer → Insect414 AcrossReveal answer → Train715 AcrossReveal answer → Hospital room415 AcrossReveal answer → Disreputable haunts of heartless demons415 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel in the financial centre316 AcrossReveal answer → Go by plane316 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds weak, but will probably hold water417 AcrossReveal answer → Worshipped617 AcrossReveal answer → Epochs417 AcrossReveal answer → Wand319 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument419 AcrossReveal answer → Bent on doing a turn at the top, possibly419 AcrossReveal answer → Fearful720 AcrossReveal answer → One living next door921 AcrossReveal answer → Novelly difficult periods921 AcrossReveal answer → Chant423 AcrossReveal answer → Acid423 AcrossReveal answer → A tame denial423 AcrossReveal answer → It may occur at any time424 AcrossReveal answer → Rage424 AcrossReveal answer → Needlecase425 AcrossReveal answer → Short punch326 AcrossReveal answer → Oriental726 AcrossReveal answer → Curiosity's victim?326 AcrossReveal answer → Burden427 AcrossReveal answer → Dean's dotty daughter?427 AcrossReveal answer → Dog food?429 AcrossReveal answer → Muslim ruler429 AcrossReveal answer → Through330 AcrossReveal answer → Boredom631 AcrossReveal answer → Warm in the sun, perhaps, at Gateshead432 AcrossReveal answer → Petrol, for example432 AcrossReveal answer → Job that's hard in the central part533 AcrossReveal answer → Hauteur533 AcrossReveal answer → Photographs botanical subjects?634 AcrossReveal answer → Numerical symbol634 AcrossReveal answer → Doorkeeper734 AcrossReveal answer → On an outing do they come to grief?835 AcrossReveal answer → Industrious835 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetable636 AcrossReveal answer → Knotty old dear?636 AcrossReveal answer → High-pitched537 AcrossReveal answer → Boat539 AcrossReveal answer → Foal540 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic541 AcrossReveal answer → Blithe542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Precocious girl51 DownReveal answer → Tubular form of hat?51 DownReveal answer → Rescued51 DownReveal answer → Lawful52 DownReveal answer → Rugby players go over for them52 DownReveal answer → Viper52 DownReveal answer → Leg joint43 DownReveal answer → Slight contact that can break skis43 DownReveal answer → Sterile63 DownReveal answer → Portal44 DownReveal answer → Spanish man54 DownReveal answer → A go-ahead thing to do54 DownReveal answer → Remainder75 DownReveal answer → Poker stake45 DownReveal answer → New pals in high places45 DownReveal answer → Less56 DownReveal answer → Smother66 DownReveal answer → Nosy character liable to cry over a refusal?66 DownReveal answer → Opposite of outdoor69 DownReveal answer → Snare39 DownReveal answer → Amuses amazingly, let's say69 DownReveal answer → Deviate711 DownReveal answer → Ceramic animal?311 DownReveal answer → Noisy quarrel311 DownReveal answer → Horrify a very soft little chap512 DownReveal answer → Lustre512 DownReveal answer → Lariat513 DownReveal answer → Singing loudly, can you hear a bell ring?713 DownReveal answer → Diffident, timid713 DownReveal answer → Fashion514 DownReveal answer → Wit315 DownReveal answer → Acted up again!315 DownReveal answer → The thing is, one of the bits is missing!316 DownReveal answer → Also316 DownReveal answer → In favour of316 DownReveal answer → Burning anew to read the New Testament618 DownReveal answer → Demolish718 DownReveal answer → Hardship618 DownReveal answer → Beauty with a heart of stone520 DownReveal answer → Purchaser520 DownReveal answer → Tarnish521 DownReveal answer → Pen part321 DownReveal answer → Hard at it, you'll find success321 DownReveal answer → Public transport vehicle322 DownReveal answer → Diaphanous522 DownReveal answer → Friday's girl?322 DownReveal answer → Salty623 DownReveal answer → Does it make a clean contact for a nut?623 DownReveal answer → Swiftly724 DownReveal answer → Offer325 DownReveal answer → How remarkable, a French horn!325 DownReveal answer → Fixed327 DownReveal answer → Poor528 DownReveal answer → Lower628 DownReveal answer → Sort of answer seemingly long unused528 DownReveal answer → Furious529 DownReveal answer → Poetic pigeon?530 DownReveal answer → Skinflint530 DownReveal answer → Kind of rabbit in dragon country?531 DownReveal answer → Puts one's feet up531 DownReveal answer → Refrain532 DownReveal answer → Broadcast, maybe, or shown breathlessly432 DownReveal answer → Merge432 DownReveal answer → Manage to catch a loose end433 DownReveal answer → Below533 DownReveal answer → Couple433 DownReveal answer → Nothing335 DownReveal answer → Speed436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.