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Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2024 answers. The Monday 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#
HairdresserBARBER6Across1 DetainARREST6Across1 Writhes breathlessly, as an author doesWRITES6Across1 ImproveBETTER6Across5 Spectator, onlookerOBSERVER8Across7 Shiftily lead me on with drinkLEMONADE8Across7 She goes to Rio in South AmericaROSA4Across8 Food fishTUNA4Across8 Gosh - what the Aussies call a big-headed Britisher!BLIMEY6Across10 SubsidedABATED6Across10 UproarHUBBUB6Across10 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across11 Cheats badly, pretending to be virginal?CHASTE6Across11 AssistanceRELIEF6Across11 MatureRIPEN5Across12 Rent out propertyLET3Across14 PartROLE4Across14 The Great Gatsby's gun?GAT3Across14 Just William's colourBROWN5Across16 ManservantVALET5Across16 MimicsAPES4Across17 Blends from out EastTEAS4Across17 SkillART3Across17 ImplyMEAN4Across18 Writer of notes on a piece of poetryDEFOE5Across19 Thin candleTAPER5Across19 HappeningEVENT5Across20 LubricatedOILED5Across21 It's said to have an arresting effect on sailorsBELAY5Across21 ColourGREEN5Across22 Tough guy, a bit of a bullyMANLY5Across22 JamWEDGE5Across22 MergeFUSE4Across23 Find a market where there's said to be little roomSELL4Across23 DalliedDAWDLED7Across23 CommandORDER5Across24 FoundationBASIS5Across26 In cricket, we start to change the sideWIDES5Across26 ListlessnessENNUI5Across26 Thanks to a dunderhead, this means littleTAD3Across28 SwindleCON3Across28 Angry, he breaks a date!HEATED6Across29 BossSTUD4Across29 LollLOUNGE6Across29 Active in stirring up evil to a silly endLIVELY6Across30 FreezeICE3Across30 Social outcastPARIAH6Across30 False coin imageICON4Across31 Nagging, informallyONAT4Across31 All time to comeEVERMORE8Across32 SolitaryLONE4Across32 Hesitated to change, having dined outFALTERED8Across32 Tell-taleSNEAK5Across33 ThreefoldTREBLE6Across33 One way to be wise?STREET6Across33 OintmentLOTION6Across35 AtticGARRET6Across36 FlatLEVEL5Across37 TillerRUDDER6Across38 EbbRECEDE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StickADHERE6Down1 FruitBANANA6Down1 An Australian diggerWOMBAT6Down1 A maker of hats, he accepts an orderTHOMAS6Down2 BeastsBRUTES6Down2 DebrisRUBBLE6Down2 Dispatch, say, about 50SLAY4Down3 ThoroughfareROAD4Down3 TartSOUR4Down3 Young thug, bashful about bungled boshCOSHBOY7Down4 DearBELOVED7Down4 Shin-boneTIBIA5Down4 Be of useAVAIL5Down5 CapBERET5Down5 Ensnare the girl with the round bottomLASSO5Down5 ParadiseEDEN4Down6 Figure to open a shop at the flatSEVEN5Down6 WelcomeGREET5Down6 FollowedTAILED6Down7 PurifyREFINE6Down8 StoryTALE4Down8 Where frigates and brigantines have something in commonRIGA4Down8 MeshNET3Down9 Fix the telly?SET3Down9 Drive thisCAR3Down12 Obviously a unit of areaARE3Down12 JumpsLEAPS5Down13 YieldPRODUCE7Down13 Fabric, it won't be deniedTWILL5Down13 Cardiff's countryWALES5Down15 Shouts 'Yes!' accepting fifty quidYELLS5Down15 OpenOVERT5Down15 FinishedENDED5Down16 Musical instrumentPIANO5Down18 A Sheffield girlEFFIE5Down18 DecorationMEDAL5Down18 AnewAGAIN5Down19 Drawn matchTIE3Down19 Haunt of thieves in Mildenhall?DEN3Down19 She sounds feyFAY3Down20 Female swanPEN3Down20 SailorTAR3Down21 Low fellows in the field of American sportBASEMEN7Down21 Art of paper foldingORIGAMI7Down21 NetworkWEB3Down22 WeaponGUN3Down22 Got together with me and the headMET3Down22 Rummage aboutFORAGE6Down23 Taste sour, outwardly?SAVOUR6Down23 Water of average densityEDEN4Down24 StablemanOSTLER6Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 A stunning display?LAYOUT6Down25 CleanedDUSTED6Down25 Breathe outEXHALE6Down25 Not much of a smoke?WHIFF5Down26 SeniorELDER5Down26 Flirt like everybody in extremes of depravityDALLY5Down27 Naked figuresNUDES5Down27 OriginSOURCE6Down27 ContainerCAN3Down28 A bit of a twitch, somehowTIC3Down28 SubsideSETTLE6Down28 Covers possibly slid into positionLIDS4Down30 BardPOET4Down30 InternalINNER5Down30 KeenEAGER5Down31 FishSOLE4Down33 CabbageKALE4Down34

About this puzzle

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