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Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2019 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Spanish manSENOR5Across3 Good victuals can be provided thus fullyCHEER5Across3 FunSPORT5Across4 HitSTRUCK6Across7 Assume it’s a leg-pullPUTON5Across8 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Across8 DogCUR3Across9 NumberTEN3Across10 RoyalREGAL5Across10 A bad thing to call an elephantROGUE5Across10 Pantomime cat?TOM3Across11 Floor coveringMAT3Across11 Not a place to be allowed outINLET5Across12 FirearmRIFLE5Across12 SumTOTAL5Across12 CheeseEDAM4Across13 Like the unfamiliar ways in prisonSTRANGE7Across13 Arm boneHUMERUS7Across13 Bent on milking the applause?BOWED5Across15 Roofing slabsTILES5Across15 SatPOSED5Across15 PercolateDISTIL6Across17 Has she vowed not to take orders?NUN3Across18 FlipperFIN3Across18 Get four wrong again and there’ll be a big fussFURORE6Across19 BorderEDGE4Across19 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 PlanetJUPITER7Across21 Its eight members are legless!OCTOPUS7Across21 Handle clumsilyMAUL4Across22 A bit hard to find in the food line?RARE4Across22 DrunkardSOT3Across22 Star maker in old RussiaTSAR4Across23 SummonCALL4Across23 Ill-fated shipTITANIC7Across24 ErasedDELETED7Across24 To me, a certain degreeMEASURE7Across24 Small tree or shrubACACIA6Across26 Surrounded by soldiers, a deserter gets free!GRATIS6Across26 NothingNIL3Across27 HelpedAIDED5Across28 Sound of annoyanceTUT3Across29 To make provision, one needs foresightPRO3Across29 Could it give guidance in solving arson?SONAR5Across31 Stair partRISER5Across31 MuddleMESS4Across31 Unenthusiastic about the centrepiece being maybe remoteCONTROL7Across32 LockjawTETANUS7Across32 CloserNEARER6Across33 Shoe fastenersLACES5Across34 Artist who took the part of Lucie ManetteMANET5Across34 Apt to be on the end of a pipeTAP3Across35 24 hoursDAY3Across35 RidgeCREST5Across35 Possibly grips a little hollySPRIG5Across36 MeadowFIELD5Across36 Musical timesTEMPI5Across37 To fatherBEGET5Across37 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across37 StockSTORE5Across38 PerceiveSENSE5Across38 Location of Edinburgh’s dismissive policeLEITH5Across38 BroadcastSOW3Across39 SerpentASP3Across41 PesterMOLEST6Across42 SkilfulADEPT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Victims there to be shot at?BUTTS5Down1 Whole rangeGAMUT5Down1 EvaluateASSESS6Down1 When the love went out of it, Carmen was distraughtROMANCE7Down2 Having important consequencesFATEFUL7Down2 ColonnadeARCADE6Down2 DeedACT3Down3 CupidEROS4Down4 CertainSURE4Down4 A hot individual can sharpen things upHONE4Down4 ConceitPRIDE5Down5 Public speakerORATOR6Down5 The underworld is a noted puzzleEREBUS6Down5 DemoteRELEGATE8Down6 It spins as it risesROTOR5Down6 Ancient artefactRELIC5Down6 KO shot?OUTER5Down7 Artist’s standEASEL5Down7 RetainedKEPT4Down8 Male sheepRAM3Down9 Equatorial high ground?TOR3Down9 SilentNOISELESS9Down11 Shows no interest in rediscovered regionsIGNORES7Down12 CountryTUNISIA7Down12 RendRIP3Down14 ObjectMIND4Down14 If you eat it, don’t bolt itNUT3Down14 ApertureSLOT4Down16 In one way or another, poorerWORSE5Down16 Light purpleLILAC5Down16 Nice people, each having doctors aroundDEARS5Down17 VendsSELLS5Down17 ObservedSEEN4Down18 Finicky fellow’s American place at Flamborough HeadFUSSPOT7Down19 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Down19 Green jumpersFROGS5Down20 BedaubSMEAR5Down20 Like the nose, say, it needs to be blownORGAN5Down21 StuckCEMENTED8Down21 TraitorJUDAS5Down21 RipTEAR4Down23 Fortified buildingCITADEL7Down23 Tow-headed cad, a bit of a pigTROTTER7Down23 I’m crazed with anger at the deception!MIRAGE6Down24 DeclamationTIRADE6Down24 AncestryLINE4Down25 Vessel’s incomplete journeyURN3Down25 Pistachio, for exampleNUT3Down25 ExpiredDIED4Down26 Has fun or gets upset with politiciansROMPS5Down27 Polite, civicCIVIL5Down27 It can be spoken (not fluently!) in part of BaltimoreTAMIL5Down28 Prison roomsCELLS5Down28 ForcedDRIVEN6Down29 ShortageDEARTH6Down30 PurchaserBUYER5Down30 Sentimental and so very soft at the story’s endSOPPY5Down30 FragmentSCRAP5Down32 Recent reduction in cashCENT4Down32 Golf pegsTEES4Down32 Charge heavily for a quarter of an hour one morningRAM3Down33 HorseNAG3Down33 ParticleATOM4Down34 ReposeREST4Down36 GainedWON3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 30, 2019. 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.