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Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 129 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#
OpportunityCHANCE6Across1 I go far in creating a roleFIGARO6Across4 SpiteMALICE6Across4 DopeDRUG4Across5 Calculate roughlyESTIMATE8Across7 Fuel leaking out of a hole is far from dull!EVENTFUL8Across7 Room to workOFFICE6Across8 ObscureVAGUE5Across8 Vulnerable, sensitiveTENDER6Across8 SashOBI3Across9 Is he especially saintly to Spanish children?SANTA5Across10 ExplosionBLAST5Across10 HighTALL4Across11 PungentACRID5Across12 Single stepPACE4Across13 EducateSCHOOL6Across13 What impatient motorists may do is quite a laugh!HOOT4Across13 Card gameSOLO4Across14 Article on love for the little manTHEO4Across14 Catherine's dad had a posh carPARR4Across15 DropFALL4Across15 AttemptTRY3Across16 ArdentWARM4Across16 Chap from SpitalfieldsALF3Across16 Like a free choice of ways to go to workOPEN4Across17 DenLAIR4Across17 UnsightlyUGLY4Across18 Do a grinding jobMILL4Across19 Nautical cryAHOY4Across19 EnergyPEP3Across20 Vicious personBARBARIAN9Across21 Not one with a good-looking peach, surely?BLINDDATE9Across21 ProsecuteSUE3Across22 BalladLAY3Across23 Supreme DianaROSS4Across23 Cultivate landFARM4Across23 One fished out of the Solent?SOLE4Across24 Indian dressSARI4Across24 GameLUDO4Across24 TransmitSEND4Across25 Use a spadeDIG3Across26 Supplied by a G-man?FED3Across26 Rugby forwardPROP4Across27 It's correct to be constantTRUE4Across27 ThrillTINGLE6Across28 GenuineREAL4Across29 Where many paintings, etc., are bought and soldMART4Across29 ConditionSTATE5Across30 On the menu, it's only so highSOUP4Across32 Watch faceDIAL4Across32 DandyBEAU4Across32 A sainted monarch's flower?ASTER5Across33 ImpelURGE4Across33 Wild animalHYENA5Across33 Extra deliveryNOBALL6Across34 AlsoTOO3Across34 NakednessNUDITY6Across34 Worldly character in science fictionEARTHMAN8Across35 DegreeGRADE5Across35 Friendly, sociableOUTGOING8Across35 They can be fired for putting money into safe placesBLANKS6Across36 PlantTREE4Across36 DefeatedBEATEN6Across36 TempestuousSTORMY6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Doing wordsVERBS5Down1 SelectCHOOSE6Down1 Wickedly steal from the poorestLEAST5Down1 He showed some cleverness in writingVERNE5Down2 Take illegallySTEAL5Down2 DescendedALIGHTED8Down2 The height a bet can go up toETNA4Down3 InexperiencedCALLOW6Down3 Speck of soot or dirtSMUT4Down3 VellumPARCHMENT9Down4 To which one can be knocked down or lifted upFLOOR5Down4 Iron, sayMETAL5Down4 In the present case, here's a pushover for you!GIFT4Down5 Country roadLANE4Down5 ObedientDUTIFUL7Down5 PerusedREAD4Down6 FruitCHERRY6Down6 Can't you remember what's beyond it?RECALL6Down6 StormGALE4Down7 ThroughVIA3Down8 Cream cakeECLAIR6Down9 According to the book that's reservedFORMAL6Down9 Unhewn piece of timberLOG3Down11 What to exclaim when an article has the end cut off!AHA3Down11 For stoolmaking?TOOLS5Down12 Of the sunSOLAR5Down12 SunshadePARASOL7Down13 What the holdup man says at 12 o'clock?HANDSUP7Down13 LanguorLASSITUDE9Down14 Petty lieFIB3Down15 FoldPLY3Down15 The enclosure of a threepenny bitPEN3Down15 Unit of weightTON3Down16 Being alcoholic, it detracts from alertnessALE3Down16 RegretRUE3Down17 AxillaARMPIT6Down18 Weapon causing pilots to crashPISTOL6Down18 MobsterGANGSTER8Down19 Possibly news in troubled timesITEMS5Down20 PileousHAIRY5Down20 PlacePUT3Down20 Cambodian customer?BOD3Down21 AttitudePOSTURE7Down21 A sackBAG3Down21 Female with a pass keyDOE3Down22 KnockRAP3Down22 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Down23 The kick one gets from shootingRECOIL6Down23 Karate expertDAN3Down25 Live in a bit of a dreamARE3Down25 StraightDIRECT6Down26 AirMELODY6Down27 Perhaps one draws the line at breaking themRULES5Down28 Synthetic fibreRAYON5Down28 AidABET4Down29 WeirdEERIE5Down30 WiseSAGE4Down30 They're of little matterATOMS5Down30 BeforeERE3Down31 Box of vital parts?TRUNK5Down31 BigLARGE5Down31 Was up north getting cutSAWN4Down32 GrimeDIRT4Down32 Social crawlersANTS4Down33 EmbracesHUGS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 29, 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.