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Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2022 answers. The Wednesday 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#
HeathensPAGANS6Across1 Furnish with flexibilitySUPPLY6Across1 ChasmABYSS5Across3 Organ stopsEARPLUGS8Across7 Good-lookingHANDSOME8Across7 Sand hillDUNE4Across8 It's a long storySAGA4Across8 FesterRANKLE6Across9 Weapon for which gunners need a landing-placeRAPIER6Across10 StoppedCEASED6Across10 ActiveLIVELY6Across10 Concluding partFINALE6Across11 Quietly step up the laudationsPRAISE6Across11 BowlBASIN5Across11 GritSAND4Across12 InsectBEE3Across14 Only pretend to work?ACT3Across14 ShapeFORM4Across15 IrritatesRILES5Across16 They aren't all that colourfulTINTS5Across16 OratorSPEAKER7Across17 GirlLASS4Across17 Sound a thick-headed personTONE4Across17 Rope-making fibreSISAL5Across19 Maxim, maybe, of many an AmericanHIRAM5Across19 RouteWAY3Across20 Old Nick was enthroned on oneSATAN5Across21 KingdomREALM5Across21 CantBEVEL5Across21 Food the teetotaller has to pay out forPATTY5Across22 BaaBLEAT5Across22 SpoolREEL4Across23 Junior boys apt to get lit up?FAGS4Across23 AssistHELP4Across23 LightLAMP4Across25 ObjectDEMUR5Across26 Flare in wild fashionFERAL5Across26 Magic servantGENIE5Across26 Four-poster, sayBED3Across28 Figure in the late newsTEN3Across28 WelcomeAVE3Across28 Baffling personENIGMA6Across29 Of the type to give a twist to the tail, I seeITALIC6Across29 GlowingRADIANT7Across30 Chiefly macho when getting out of lineMAINLY6Across30 CourteousPOLITE6Across30 An afterthought, note, in churchAPSE4Across31 Go outEXIT4Across31 ForefatherANCESTOR8Across32 Might they possibly restrain racehorses?TRAINERS8Across32 CurveBEND4Across33 ImitatesMIMICS6Across33 Doing one's best to be irksomeTRYING6Across33 DumbMUTE4Across35 LarcenyTHEFT5Across36 ParadiseUTOPIA6Across38 MournLAMENT6Across39 CrawlCREEP5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Erects constructively under coverSECRET6Down1 PackagePARCEL6Down1 StupidCRASS5Down1 Sound position for a swimmerPLAICE6Down2 MaltreatsABUSES6Down2 SillyINANE5Down2 Cast offSHED4Down3 We need a new one annuallyYEAR4Down3 VestmentALB3Down3 Naval commanderADMIRAL7Down4 Ancient skill in bridge buildingSPARTAN7Down4 GlassBEAKER6Down4 RegalROYAL5Down5 SlenderSLIM4Down5 I go round the cityTURIN5Down5 TransgressionSIN3Down6 Hereditary unitsGENES5Down6 It's foolish of them to cut classesASSES5Down6 UnderBELOW5Down7 Fingerprints, slangDABS4Down8 Cover for a spellSPAN4Down8 DwarfPYGMY5Down8 Become a bit fidgetyGET3Down9 Born asNEE3Down9 Mark has the article I'm afterAIM3Down12 NothingNIL3Down12 One injected acidly?STING5Down13 HorizontalLEVEL5Down13 AuthoriseAPPROVE7Down13 StunnedDAZED5Down14 Dot it as aforementionedDITTO5Down15 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down15 RearingRAMPANT7Down16 Two quartets don't necessarily make oneOCTET5Down18 ForeignALIEN5Down18 ReappearRECUR5Down18 SickILL3Down19 Heady reward for a tricky trio?HAT3Down19 ObserveSEE3Down19 He's sunny, but not JimRAY3Down20 HardenSET3Down20 Outstanding stranger in the streetSALIENT7Down21 StainBLEMISH7Down21 Drink up, chumPAL3Down22 PrincipleMAXIM5Down22 LargeBIG3Down22 Balloon gasHELIUM6Down23 It's fey, perhaps, that such an excitable woman might be calledFEISTY6Down23 GuidedLED3Down24 ReviseEDIT4Down24 Daughter of the woman next door?ANNE4Down24 Mentioning an old sawSAYING6Down25 BitsPIECES6Down25 Gain access toGETAT5Down26 Half a tonFIFTY5Down26 Ruler sometimes breathlessRAJAH5Down27 LotteryRAFFLE6Down27 Female relativeNIECE5Down27 Obtain a supply with a word of thanks, softlyTAP3Down28 ConcerningABOUT5Down28 Engage in pugilismBOX3Down28 MessengerENVOY5Down29 HairstylePERM4Down30 The upright part of a Christmas treeMAST4Down30 DrillAUGER5Down31 CogsTEETH5Down32 SingeCHAR4Down34 SpasmTIC3Down36 FaucetTAP3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 28, 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.