Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2023 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 28 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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Thought41 AcrossReveal answer → Talons53 AcrossReveal answer → I see Ted's upset about this decree53 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten34 AcrossReveal answer → Too46 AcrossReveal answer → Seraglio58 AcrossReveal answer → Dread68 AcrossReveal answer → Occasion for players to get their heads down58 AcrossReveal answer → Extend69 AcrossReveal answer → The idea of a barbarian having a companion510 AcrossReveal answer → Enemy310 AcrossReveal answer → Shaving implement510 AcrossReveal answer → Chap bent on catching a big fish?311 AcrossReveal answer → Round vessel311 AcrossReveal answer → Correct512 AcrossReveal answer → Old Nick rested on one512 AcrossReveal answer → Post off512 AcrossReveal answer → Bereaved husband713 AcrossReveal answer → Stunning contribution to flood defence?713 AcrossReveal answer → Brink514 AcrossReveal answer → Long-snouted mammal515 AcrossReveal answer → Dizzy515 AcrossReveal answer → Number observed to include a '5'515 AcrossReveal answer → Animal doctor318 AcrossReveal answer → It should be kept in Delaware318 AcrossReveal answer → Relinquish618 AcrossReveal answer → Threaten619 AcrossReveal answer → Stepped in the direction of Dover, say619 AcrossReveal answer → Last620 AcrossReveal answer → Little creature possibly found in the wood721 AcrossReveal answer → Infers721 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch422 AcrossReveal answer → Verdant area previously adjacent to Victoria?422 AcrossReveal answer → Be inclined423 AcrossReveal answer → Frenchman with some children, note423 AcrossReveal answer → Singer524 AcrossReveal answer → Photographer724 AcrossReveal answer → Projected drawing by Edward724 AcrossReveal answer → Moving526 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerates626 AcrossReveal answer → Like the path taken by a serious student?626 AcrossReveal answer → Stunned528 AcrossReveal answer → Old Spanish hero in the fight against crime329 AcrossReveal answer → Cabin329 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral330 AcrossReveal answer → There's resistance to them by tough customers531 AcrossReveal answer → Lowest point531 AcrossReveal answer → Arranged to be accommodated732 AcrossReveal answer → With quick light taps732 AcrossReveal answer → Habit632 AcrossReveal answer → Roam633 AcrossReveal answer → A seat in the market?534 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet434 AcrossReveal answer → Planet534 AcrossReveal answer → In earnest, dear, you need more than one!335 AcrossReveal answer → Hill335 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch335 AcrossReveal answer → Too much water can spoil tapes536 AcrossReveal answer → Task436 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve536 AcrossReveal answer → Ned and me, back in port537 AcrossReveal answer → External537 AcrossReveal answer → At year's end, fled to a Scottish island538 AcrossReveal answer → Cut off538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Quick51 DownReveal answer → A fight broken off?51 DownReveal answer → Surmount72 DownReveal answer → Dud, confused, ran out, being tipsy72 DownReveal answer → Vision52 DownReveal answer → Dispose73 DownReveal answer → Sod44 DownReveal answer → Look lasciviously44 DownReveal answer → A scent worth hunting for?44 DownReveal answer → Comfort45 DownReveal answer → Modest church seat, perhaps65 DownReveal answer → Pens65 DownReveal answer → Concur56 DownReveal answer → Devil56 DownReveal answer → One making adjustments to a fine pitch?56 DownReveal answer → Reel77 DownReveal answer → Poisonous57 DownReveal answer → Longed for an aspirin?57 DownReveal answer → He always has some cronies39 DownReveal answer → Stick, shaft39 DownReveal answer → Uneven311 DownReveal answer → Sprite312 DownReveal answer → Where there's many a cut in timber supplies712 DownReveal answer → Goes back712 DownReveal answer → Delve313 DownReveal answer → Except for that hard-hearted bighead314 DownReveal answer → Marry314 DownReveal answer → Made one's mark in an election516 DownReveal answer → Spot316 DownReveal answer → Writing material516 DownReveal answer → Longing317 DownReveal answer → Prepared517 DownReveal answer → Not very firmly?517 DownReveal answer → Print something penetrating!719 DownReveal answer → Dim719 DownReveal answer → American city719 DownReveal answer → Minor branches, one understands520 DownReveal answer → Large sea520 DownReveal answer → A child needs a bit of love, that's all521 DownReveal answer → Bow321 DownReveal answer → Boy's name521 DownReveal answer → Exhausted722 DownReveal answer → Lockjaw723 DownReveal answer → Gets cash for the wild deer over the river723 DownReveal answer → Finish323 DownReveal answer → Peaceful, tranquil624 DownReveal answer → Worry Peter as he tours the South624 DownReveal answer → Stray325 DownReveal answer → Half of nine plus ten means nothing!325 DownReveal answer → Place325 DownReveal answer → Bury527 DownReveal answer → Name of several physicians527 DownReveal answer → Powerful businessman527 DownReveal answer → Red-headed goddess?528 DownReveal answer → Plunges528 DownReveal answer → Vote529 DownReveal answer → Neglect430 DownReveal answer → Fixed by crude manipulation530 DownReveal answer → Jacket part530 DownReveal answer → Pitcher431 DownReveal answer → A puce jumper432 DownReveal answer → Unmixed432 DownReveal answer → Pop an article in the very centre of the middle!333 DownReveal answer → Mine333 DownReveal answer →

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