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Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2019 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2019 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
Utter wordsSPEAK5Across1 BeatTHRASH6Across1 As a Musketeer, he could always have a shotATHOS5Across1 Plant-studyBOTANY6Across5 Happily, a letter to a girlGAILY5Across6 Woolly animalSHEEP5Across6 ConsumerEATER5Across9 Mathematical considerations?FACTORS7Across9 LudicrousRISIBLE7Across9 ReiterateREPEAT6Across10 The boatbuilder’s skill?CRAFT5Across10 Vital organHEART5Across10 FriskGAMBOL6Across11 Put upERECT5Across11 Leading a masterAHEAD5Across11 Offal itemLIVER5Across12 LawfulLEGAL5Across12 Equine animal having bits of hay outside the pubHINNY5Across12 Many a London district can be said to be on seaCLACTON7Across13 Synthetic materialPLASTIC7Across13 AlwaysEVER4Across14 Short of vegetablesVEG3Across15 Not wetDRY3Across15 DirectionEAST4Across17 A flowing Ketelbey pieceELBE4Across17 LairDEN3Across17 Lacking colour, Albion need a shakeupALBINO6Across18 Deduction, discountREBATE6Across18 GalaFETE4Across18 Underground drainSEWER5Across19 It’s poetic, for instance, in a cathedralELEGY5Across19 IntelligentCLEVER6Across20 Look duly moved in a crescendo?LOUDLY6Across20 NowTODAY5Across20 ColourPUCE4Across22 Drinks with the trainer, maybeTEAS4Across22 PublicisedAIRED5Across22 TraceVESTIGE7Across23 Frequently coming from the rooftopsOFT3Across24 NumberSEVEN5Across24 That womanHER3Across24 Luxurious railway coachPULLMAN7Across25 Anybody with a certain amount of moneySOMEONE7Across25 One taking the driver’s turn?SCREW5Across26 SeniorELDER5Across26 HoodwinksDUPES5Across26 Ending in deathFATAL5Across27 Send back that timer!REMIT5Across27 Australian ones are sportingly specialRULES5Across28 Academy AwardOSCAR5Across28 Produce the goods reviled when returnedDELIVER7Across29 Fit of bad temperTANTRUM7Across29 ParchedARID4Across29 Extra keys for dad, maybeADDED5Across30 At no timeNEVER5Across30 BeerALE3Across30 StoriesTALES5Across31 Lines from across the silver seaVERSE5Across31 FruitDATE4Across32 SlumberSLEEP5Across33 AnimalRABBIT6Across35 SoonerRATHER6Across36 SatanDEVIL5Across37 LowerDEEPER6Across38 EvadedELUDED6Across39

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ObjectiveTARGET6Down1 Spanish dishPAELLA6Down2 KnockedRAPPED6Down2 The endless little stream of sensationTHRILL6Down2 Wherein the work is away from the coldOFFICE6Down3 Stop upSEAL4Down3 NabARREST6Down3 LoathedHATED5Down4 Rested for a daySAT3Down4 EquipmentKIT3Down4 StartedBEGAN5Down5 A bad markSTAIN5Down5 ImitateMIMIC5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Loftily, ostentatiously and heartily?GRANDLY7Down6 Spy planted in advanceSLEEPER7Down6 German manHERR4Down7 WalkerAMBLER6Down7 Looking grey can make one a bit reclusiveASHY4Down7 Weighing heavily on the French at AdenLEADEN6Down8 UsherESCORT6Down8 ShoutedYELLED6Down8 Passenger shipLINER5Down12 How the summer games are contested?HOTLY5Down12 Non-JewGENTILE7Down13 It’s played with little room for loveCELLO5Down13 FruitPEACH5Down13 Concerning an attackABOUT5Down14 Garden plantASTER5Down14 ElectorVOTER5Down15 A dove fluttering around one, is worth watchingVIDEO5Down15 FactDATUM5Down15 RantedRAVED5Down16 Republic in SW ArabiaYEMEN5Down16 Good variety of rose or evergreen shrubGORSE5Down16 SphereFIELD5Down18 Picture puzzleREBUS5Down18 A little light is shiningAGLOW5Down18 Proved to be the pick of the pollsELECTED7Down19 PrincipleTENET5Down19 TemporalSECULAR7Down19 Affront, usually right at the finishOFFEND6Down21 LongingYEN3Down21 EnvoyLEGATE6Down21 Fluid part of bloodPLASMA6Down22 EraAGE3Down22 The resident’s occupationTENURE6Down22 Type of glass containerCARAFE6Down23 Messengers coming from various anglesANGELS6Down23 HolySACRED6Down24 TrivialPETTY5Down25 Possibly a pie’s a warm brown colourSEPIA5Down25 PracticableVIABLE6Down25 West Ham rather than Preston North End?SIDE4Down26 Romantic appointmentDATE4Down26 DartedDASHED6Down27 Step on the gas, there’s a good fellow!REV3Down28 BredREARED6Down28 On strikeOUT3Down28 ChangeALTER5Down30 WeirdEERIE5Down31 TeamSIDE4Down33 ShroudPALL4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 31, 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.