Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 31 2018. 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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Lasting a short time53 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally she can only just beat dad53 AcrossReveal answer → New54 AcrossReveal answer → Obeyed67 AcrossReveal answer → Greyfriars boy?58 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark58 AcrossReveal answer → Strive39 AcrossReveal answer → Resin310 AcrossReveal answer → Raising agent510 AcrossReveal answer → Trophy worth some cash, essentially?510 AcrossReveal answer → Much talk of getting asleep311 AcrossReveal answer → Circuit311 AcrossReveal answer → Writers making a fortune around Mile End512 AcrossReveal answer → Shaver512 AcrossReveal answer → Extra playing card512 AcrossReveal answer → News413 AcrossReveal answer → It's a matter of keeping cool even when disheartened713 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage713 AcrossReveal answer → Tough, hot-headed, possibly mean fellow515 AcrossReveal answer → Loses colour515 AcrossReveal answer → Drugged515 AcrossReveal answer → Suit617 AcrossReveal answer → The mien of a broadcaster?318 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent318 AcrossReveal answer → Murphy gets to a top relocation619 AcrossReveal answer → Shout419 AcrossReveal answer → Stubborn619 AcrossReveal answer → Regal520 AcrossReveal answer → Regulate721 AcrossReveal answer → Is their behaviour revolting?721 AcrossReveal answer → Cat noise422 AcrossReveal answer → Little Tony's school422 AcrossReveal answer → Through322 AcrossReveal answer → Colourful standard of goodness423 AcrossReveal answer → Consider423 AcrossReveal answer → Referee724 AcrossReveal answer → Fought724 AcrossReveal answer → One out of eight?724 AcrossReveal answer → Cure626 AcrossReveal answer → Perform a lovely piece solo626 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch327 AcrossReveal answer → Originate528 AcrossReveal answer → Young fox329 AcrossReveal answer → Just the chap to play it again?329 AcrossReveal answer → It means more to a dead-wrong dunderhead531 AcrossReveal answer → Vapour from hot water531 AcrossReveal answer → Region431 AcrossReveal answer → The toff suffered when prevented from winning732 AcrossReveal answer → Competent732 AcrossReveal answer → Pinched633 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name534 AcrossReveal answer → After the year's end, a pine can mature534 AcrossReveal answer → In a race, can it get you nowhere?335 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of annoyance335 AcrossReveal answer → View535 AcrossReveal answer → Causes some heat by writing on fighting536 AcrossReveal answer → Cut off536 AcrossReveal answer → Originally, points for successfully finishing537 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful537 AcrossReveal answer → Breeze437 AcrossReveal answer → Zest538 AcrossReveal answer → Vegetables538 AcrossReveal answer → Do big ones possess more fire-power?538 AcrossReveal answer → Label339 AcrossReveal answer → Stray341 AcrossReveal answer → Cavalryman642 AcrossReveal answer → Learnt543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Turn and leave one learning to be a writer51 DownReveal answer → Cavities51 DownReveal answer → Spray61 DownReveal answer → Refrain from giving a seaman a bad mark72 DownReveal answer → Empire's ruler72 DownReveal answer → Close62 DownReveal answer → Solidify33 DownReveal answer → Tumult44 DownReveal answer → Blaze44 DownReveal answer → Figure one gets half a dollar44 DownReveal answer → Prompt55 DownReveal answer → View or glance65 DownReveal answer → Pitiable quality65 DownReveal answer → Untarnished86 DownReveal answer → The advantage of turning up with a girl56 DownReveal answer → Wild56 DownReveal answer → Manage to reach a degree of vegetation57 DownReveal answer → Burnt remains57 DownReveal answer → Skirting board48 DownReveal answer → Adult male39 DownReveal answer → Prohibit bank robbery!39 DownReveal answer → Illness911 DownReveal answer → Picture maybe in ropy art712 DownReveal answer → Nervous and anxious712 DownReveal answer → Football supporter314 DownReveal answer → Deceased414 DownReveal answer → Little city in the central Loire, maybe314 DownReveal answer → Rind416 DownReveal answer → Man of stone?516 DownReveal answer → Frogman516 DownReveal answer → Movingly agreeable looking children's character517 DownReveal answer → Ignominy, disgrace517 DownReveal answer → Hint418 DownReveal answer → Avoid delay, as do journalists getting ahead719 DownReveal answer → Punk hairstyle719 DownReveal answer → Money put into one could have been an asset520 DownReveal answer → Practises boxing520 DownReveal answer → A bit of a fight521 DownReveal answer → Opening821 DownReveal answer → Illegal act521 DownReveal answer → Harvest423 DownReveal answer → Formal discussions723 DownReveal answer → He'll back a good horse723 DownReveal answer → Ageing, but with an unusually solid head of hair624 DownReveal answer → Respect highly624 DownReveal answer → Sea eagle425 DownReveal answer → The part of Mabel, as queen325 DownReveal answer → Ram325 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → The one bit of business that's best527 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic527 DownReveal answer → Little things that can have ill effects528 DownReveal answer → Artist's stand528 DownReveal answer → Foolishness629 DownReveal answer → Bear630 DownReveal answer → Communion table530 DownReveal answer → Depend on getting a soft-hearted response530 DownReveal answer → Flower532 DownReveal answer → Very close to ten in a trap432 DownReveal answer → Chef432 DownReveal answer → As a rule, it's half walled up333 DownReveal answer → Insect333 DownReveal answer → Resound434 DownReveal answer → String436 DownReveal answer → Breach340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 31, 2018. 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.