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Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2024 answers. The Tuesday 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#
ShaftARROW5Across3 Senior nurseSISTER6Across4 Compulsive producers?MAKERS6Across4 Generosity with capital?LARGESSE8Across7 RunwayAIRSTRIP8Across7 Rose, being so prickly, calls for careful handlingTHORNY6Across8 Freshwater mammalsOTTERS6Across8 FameREPUTE6Across9 Remove dirt fromCLEAN5Across10 SoonerRATHER6Across10 A world of information in the geography classGLOBE5Across10 CompositionESSAY5Across11 Land measureACRE4Across12 Talk till Tom's out of breath?CHAT4Across13 TypeSORT4Across13 DeserveEARN4Across14 Is such water good for the laundry?SODA4Across14 Oriental style of seatEAST4Across15 Country roadLANE4Across15 DecorateDECK4Across15 Go quickly back againPOP3Across16 SnoopPRY3Across16 Quibble about parking behind the saloon?CARP4Across17 CarefulMINDFUL7Across17 EagerKEEN4Across17 It upsets me in particularITEM4Across19 MimicsAPES4Across19 EnemyFOE3Across20 He's abroad somewhereFOREIGNER9Across21 Large crocodilianALLIGATOR9Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 Serene joyGLEE4Across23 Can a coat-tail have a touch of colour?TINT4Across23 DiplomacyTACT4Across23 Vessels capsized by a terrible gust?TUGS4Across24 HazardRISK4Across24 ProfoundDEEP4Across25 FaucetTAP3Across26 French word for a car testMOT3Across26 HardTOUGH5Across26 Fighting the effect of attrition?FRAY4Across27 YashmakVEIL4Across27 WeepCRY3Across28 The opposite of "hen," in a senseSTAG4Across29 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across29 UnluckyHAPLESS7Across30 Fight expected to start lateDUEL4Across32 Girl's nameVERA4Across32 Flora's local associateFAUNA5Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 SoonANON4Across33 Ways of inland navigationCANALS6Across34 Eye membraneRETINA6Across34 What an actress may make so as to charm?ENTRANCE8Across35 Quicker routeSHORTCUT8Across35 JotMITE4Across35 Give to charityDONATE6Across36 In which to foster timber production?FOREST6Across36 WandererNOMAD5Across36 IniquitousSINFUL6Across38 RanRUSHED6Across39 OarBLADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
KetchupSAUCE5Down1 Weakens and falls behind after a flying startFLAGS5Down1 Best partCREAM5Down1 CommandORDER5Down2 Think seriously about the chicksBROOD5Down2 ScornSPURN5Down2 ShockSTUN4Down3 He again is with usHERE4Down3 ConsumedATE3Down3 Cutlery itemSPOON5Down4 SaveRESCUE6Down4 Manuscript about the mysterious spiritsMETHS5Down4 SpokenORAL4Down5 Badger's burrowSETT4Down5 Join in silence, initiallyKNOT4Down5 RouteWAY3Down6 MistakesERRORS6Down6 On Mars, perhaps, one could refuse to be held to itRANSOM6Down6 MainCHIEF5Down7 SnappedBROKE5Down8 Nice surprisesTREATS6Down9 A night in chaos with no lovingHATING6Down9 CircuitLAP3Down11 A beastly noise, but quiet, at leastLOW3Down11 He may be curedBACON5Down12 Body partANKLE5Down12 TankCISTERN7Down13 London's finance?CAPITAL7Down13 Spanish drinkSANGRIA7Down13 DecreeEDICT5Down14 Sooner than finish nowhereERE3Down15 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down15 By joining the jury, becomes criminalPER3Down16 FertiliserCOMPOST7Down16 For everyPER3Down16 GuffawLAUGH5Down18 Clever enough to seem right, in recalcitrant faultARTFUL6Down18 NumberELEVEN6Down18 MarryWED3Down19 She was exempt from taxTESSA5Down20 Card gamePOKER5Down20 High mountainALP3Down21 You can exercise your right to keep itFIT3Down21 AfflictAIL3Down22 Ropy effigy?GUY3Down22 KingdomREALM5Down22 SummerhouseGAZEBO6Down23 To shoot duck somewhere near TrinidadTOBAGO6Down23 PlaythingTOY3Down24 PigmeatHAM3Down25 Managed to be a candidateRAN3Down25 ChanceHAZARD6Down27 Adjust so as to steer a different wayRESET5Down28 ReasonCAUSE5Down28 Rub outERASE5Down28 YouthfulYOUNG5Down29 Drainage channelDITCH5Down30 They're taken in rotationTURNS5Down30 Rowing crewEIGHT5Down31 ThawsMELTS5Down31 Pontoon bridge componentsGAMES5Down31 Travel permitVISA4Down32 ShabbySEEDY5Down32 The person you're seeing may have a heart of stone!DATE4Down32 Only one warning in four is heardFORE4Down33 Knitting stitchPURL4Down33 LoungeLOLL4Down34 GistNUB3Down36 OwingDUE3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. 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.