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Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2024 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 31 2024. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Coach53 AcrossReveal answer → Songbird64 AcrossReveal answer → It's returned in payments for jobs64 AcrossReveal answer → Beckham's posh station in life?87 AcrossReveal answer → Great elation87 AcrossReveal answer → It's not quite true politicians are winners!68 AcrossReveal answer → Igneous rock68 AcrossReveal answer → Tenant69 AcrossReveal answer → Circus entertainer510 AcrossReveal answer → See-saw610 AcrossReveal answer → He gets credit for nothing good510 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage511 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge412 AcrossReveal answer → Make fun of a disheartened jester413 AcrossReveal answer → Bludgeon413 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian dance414 AcrossReveal answer → Sailors' star turn!414 AcrossReveal answer → Shattered piece of sculpture?415 AcrossReveal answer → Nincompoop415 AcrossReveal answer → Diplomacy415 AcrossReveal answer → Animal disturbed when a gun goes off316 AcrossReveal answer → Spicy316 AcrossReveal answer → A murderer is able to get out of line417 AcrossReveal answer → Read717 AcrossReveal answer → Former Russian emperor417 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned renegade's exclamation419 AcrossReveal answer → A cheese419 AcrossReveal answer → Rabbit320 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces arranged for piano recitals921 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral oil921 AcrossReveal answer → Liability521 AcrossReveal answer → Atmosphere423 AcrossReveal answer → Carry to Acton central by car423 AcrossReveal answer → Mistake423 AcrossReveal answer → Dad figures it's something handy424 AcrossReveal answer → Neck part424 AcrossReveal answer → Voucher425 AcrossReveal answer → Ovum326 AcrossReveal answer → Man of tomorrow?326 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse526 AcrossReveal answer → Possessing nothing, he'd worked on the land427 AcrossReveal answer → Lost blood427 AcrossReveal answer → Era328 AcrossReveal answer → A low-key state of mind429 AcrossReveal answer → Sound a horn429 AcrossReveal answer → Serious730 AcrossReveal answer → Turn up with a growl - a beastly noise?432 AcrossReveal answer → Conspiracy432 AcrossReveal answer → A vessel to push, roughly?533 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult question533 AcrossReveal answer → Precede433 AcrossReveal answer → Is unlikely to be broken (especially if vinyl)634 AcrossReveal answer → Invisible634 AcrossReveal answer → Historic battle of marginal prominence835 AcrossReveal answer → Calculate roughly835 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance435 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait636 AcrossReveal answer → Was he burning to write Dracula?636 AcrossReveal answer → Jumped536 AcrossReveal answer → Sooner638 AcrossReveal answer → Dirge639 AcrossReveal answer → Symbol540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Roost51 DownReveal answer → Oust tenants from the east side of Victoria?51 DownReveal answer → Slumber51 DownReveal answer → Reel52 DownReveal answer → He could play a wild Croat52 DownReveal answer → Moving52 DownReveal answer → Fine soft feathers43 DownReveal answer → But it could be one to play43 DownReveal answer → Beverage33 DownReveal answer → Forbidden54 DownReveal answer → Reposed64 DownReveal answer → The fruits of one's studies of history?54 DownReveal answer → Detail45 DownReveal answer → Hurry45 DownReveal answer → Go around to an ancient city45 DownReveal answer → Entrap36 DownReveal answer → Rarely66 DownReveal answer → In business, a swell thing to do66 DownReveal answer → Place57 DownReveal answer → Rasp58 DownReveal answer → Slumbering69 DownReveal answer → Narrate in unoriginal style69 DownReveal answer → Drag with effort311 DownReveal answer → Such recruits are unfamiliar with war311 DownReveal answer → Figure it as a mark on one's head512 DownReveal answer → Liquid for drinking512 DownReveal answer → Missive713 DownReveal answer → A growing source of flavouring for gin713 DownReveal answer → Small crown713 DownReveal answer → Jacket514 DownReveal answer → The little that sank in315 DownReveal answer → Distant315 DownReveal answer → Too much talk of breaking asunder316 DownReveal answer → Fight716 DownReveal answer → Pigmeat316 DownReveal answer → Thick518 DownReveal answer → Ben Hur's brother?618 DownReveal answer → Steady618 DownReveal answer → Spasm319 DownReveal answer → She's a treasure to mum520 DownReveal answer → Because of520 DownReveal answer → Dog321 DownReveal answer → Show a profit on a piece of land from Paisley321 DownReveal answer → Stripling322 DownReveal answer → Arcadian rotter?322 DownReveal answer → Object522 DownReveal answer → Schedule623 DownReveal answer → Convincing information in bed623 DownReveal answer → Snoop324 DownReveal answer → Gardening tool325 DownReveal answer → Barker, it seems, can figure to go up325 DownReveal answer → Specimen627 DownReveal answer → Neatness in using a word erroneously?528 DownReveal answer → Vigilant528 DownReveal answer → One without friends528 DownReveal answer → Ground529 DownReveal answer → Acting award530 DownReveal answer → All round, it's less than exorbitant530 DownReveal answer → Soothed531 DownReveal answer → Attempts531 DownReveal answer → Gave the players a hand531 DownReveal answer → Nuisance432 DownReveal answer → Cogs532 DownReveal answer → Such pies can be deceptive432 DownReveal answer → Buzzers at Brentford433 DownReveal answer → Bucket433 DownReveal answer → Nothing434 DownReveal answer → Permit336 DownReveal answer → Brown337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. 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.