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Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2019 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2019 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Cruel, viciousBRUTAL6Across1 DividePART4Across1 My Tess uses this arrangementSYSTEM6Across1 SorrowfulSAD3Across4 SwerveVEER4Across6 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 Sandy, maybe, is apt to be irritatingABRASIVE8Across7 TailFOLLOW6Across8 Fishy film?JAWS4Across8 Be on fireBURN4Across8 SweetMELLOW6Across9 SleepNAP3Across10 Posh seat on a jumboHOUDAH6Across10 DaftSTUPID6Across10 Outward appearanceFACADE6Across11 Friendly signs when there are troubled skies at SpitheadKISSES6Across11 BlemishSTAIN5Across12 Gave food toFED3Across14 Prudence's boy?DEN3Across14 StartBEGIN5Across14 SoilEARTH5Across15 ClawTALON5Across16 The riddle is possibly woman!SIEVE5Across16 In a heavenly way, he's thunderousTHOR4Across17 StrongboxSAFE4Across17 PromisePLEDGE6Across18 Drink harder to swallow when cold?TOAST5Across19 Landed estateMANOR5Across19 PassionateARDENT6Across20 It goes with all geese indiscriminatelySAUCE5Across21 Defeated competitorLOSER5Across21 What to do when a snappish dog takes a piece off your nose?CURSE5Across22 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across22 American ostrichRHEA4Across23 Adds up the outcome when people multiplyTOTS4Across23 CourtyardPATIO5Across24 PigmeatBACON5Across26 Fire-raisingARSON5Across26 Brush in more ways than oneSCRUB5Across26 Do a job that's not so unmentionableSEW3Across28 DampMOIST5Across28 Born asNEE3Across28 Pretty feminine sort of cakeCHEESE6Across29 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across29 ConsumedATE3Across30 TrustworthyHONEST6Across30 Jeer unfairly at my forenameJEREMY6Across30 Deserve to be near, perhapsEARN4Across31 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 Famous poppy growing areaFLANDERS8Across32 DebaseDEMEAN6Across32 PartisanONESIDED8Across32 For many people, the wrong rhymeTHRONG6Across33 PointingAIMING6Across33 Boy's nameERNEST6Across33 SortTYPE4Across34 PaleWAN3Across35 RequireNEED4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RupturesBURSTS6Down1 Container that cheats, maybe?SACHET6Down1 ConcerningABOUT5Down2 Seller of less than a metre possibly dearTRADER6Down2 HairpieceTOUPEE6Down2 Touch downLAND4Down3 AgreedTALLIED7Down3 There's many a tree to reduce to pulpMASH4Down3 The artist is surrounded by unconventional matesMATISSE7Down4 BroadcastSOWN4Down4 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 HeapDUMP4Down5 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 A quick washRINSE5Down5 WorthVALUE5Down6 Lines from overseasVERSE5Down6 TwelveDOZEN5Down6 FeelingEMOTION7Down7 PolishBUFF4Down8 Its exponents are beltedJUDO4Down8 To freeRID3Down9 Siamese said to leave Taiwan pallidWAN3Down9 DeedACT3Down11 Be resting as a modelSIT3Down12 WeakenSAP3Down12 VehicleCAR3Down12 Throw out for starting trouble with wicked viceEVICT5Down13 HorseNAG3Down13 SidestepDODGE5Down13 FundamentalBASIC5Down15 Residence with hot waterHOUSE5Down15 MaterialREP3Down16 HeadgearHAT3Down17 In which to rabbit on about the cramped accommodation?HUTCH5Down18 In frontAHEAD5Down18 Jack thanks a raw beginnerTAR3Down19 TheftLARCENY7Down19 Angry crowdMOB3Down19 It's a one-strokeACE3Down20 MeshNET3Down20 Go down with a below standard teamSUBSIDE7Down21 EdgeRIM3Down21 Wool fatLANOLIN7Down21 CommissionaireDOORMAN7Down22 SpicyHOT3Down22 One playfully pushed over a bridge?CUE3Down22 FameRENOWN6Down23 Fear to make a slip with a tin-openerTERROR6Down23 ChildTOT3Down23 Foot partHEEL4Down24 Be indebted, at one point, to a soccer starOWEN4Down24 PainterARTIST6Down25 Mentioning a maximSAYING6Down25 AsternAFT3Down25 Eat in various coffee housesSCOFF5Down26 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down26 FatOBESE5Down27 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Down27 Improve the track for a raceRELAY5Down27 Signal agreementNOD3Down28 In some cases it's stormy!SEA3Down28 BecauseSINCE5Down29 A joke just unusually enunciatedJEST4Down30 AfreshANEW4Down30 ConcealHIDE4Down30 DeserveEARN4Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 4, 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.