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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 5 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.

Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Of a tribe61 AcrossReveal answer → He shouldn't have had a haircut61 AcrossReveal answer → Alternative53 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of coffee Standard journalists love?87 AcrossReveal answer → Endangers87 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name for a metal article48 AcrossReveal answer → Whitish, wan48 AcrossReveal answer → Confirm69 AcrossReveal answer → Censures, informally610 AcrossReveal answer → Club motorist?610 AcrossReveal answer → Bulk610 AcrossReveal answer → It's natural to brew tea at the tavern611 AcrossReveal answer → Envoy611 AcrossReveal answer → Liberated511 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately412 AcrossReveal answer → Hot beverage314 AcrossReveal answer → She anticipates314 AcrossReveal answer → Delicate415 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name516 AcrossReveal answer → Made a mockery of Mr Fawkes?516 AcrossReveal answer → Water jug417 AcrossReveal answer → Fate717 AcrossReveal answer → Ruddy promising!417 AcrossReveal answer → For me to be in bed is something heavenly519 AcrossReveal answer → Tows519 AcrossReveal answer → Spot320 AcrossReveal answer → French capital521 AcrossReveal answer → Trimmed suitably to drape?521 AcrossReveal answer → Shy521 AcrossReveal answer → Group of nine522 AcrossReveal answer → Meant me to help out522 AcrossReveal answer → Done on a large scale423 AcrossReveal answer → Just what you want in central Lewisham423 AcrossReveal answer → Restrain423 AcrossReveal answer → Swimming pool425 AcrossReveal answer → Peer526 AcrossReveal answer → Royal role for a motherless man, we find526 AcrossReveal answer → Aromatic herb526 AcrossReveal answer → That woman328 AcrossReveal answer → Little chap with a degree of combatant expertise328 AcrossReveal answer → Chop328 AcrossReveal answer → Slanting type629 AcrossReveal answer → In a terrible rut, information is important629 AcrossReveal answer → Imagined730 AcrossReveal answer → Roman god of heat treatment630 AcrossReveal answer → Elder630 AcrossReveal answer → Among431 AcrossReveal answer → 'Dame', or possibly Dane431 AcrossReveal answer → Colourful little pieces for festive occasions832 AcrossReveal answer → Travelling fair832 AcrossReveal answer → Parched433 AcrossReveal answer → Martin would never quite break the rule633 AcrossReveal answer → Join up633 AcrossReveal answer → Observe435 AcrossReveal answer → Brag536 AcrossReveal answer → Voucher638 AcrossReveal answer → Wandering639 AcrossReveal answer → Late540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Something to do with a hot iron61 DownReveal answer → Paper handkerchief61 DownReveal answer → Foodstuff51 DownReveal answer → Figures in heaven as a mere drudge62 DownReveal answer → Straw hat62 DownReveal answer → Map book52 DownReveal answer → Fibs43 DownReveal answer → When out of nectar, there's always the local43 DownReveal answer → Away33 DownReveal answer → Revokes74 DownReveal answer → Being sinned against can get Reg down74 DownReveal answer → Despot64 DownReveal answer → Cheroot, say55 DownReveal answer → Flat45 DownReveal answer → Where one could murder a whisky?55 DownReveal answer → Wand36 DownReveal answer → Poplar tree56 DownReveal answer → Packed up devising a plot about a beast56 DownReveal answer → Sensational57 DownReveal answer → Meat spread48 DownReveal answer → In sport, knotty fixtures?48 DownReveal answer → Cap58 DownReveal answer → Born in Nine Elms39 DownReveal answer → Meadow39 DownReveal answer → Domestic fuel312 DownReveal answer → Something cracked up as a bit of a stunt!312 DownReveal answer → Trainee713 DownReveal answer → State there may be ten in an adjustable seat513 DownReveal answer → Sounds a horn513 DownReveal answer → Blemish514 DownReveal answer → Not amused by that which is full of holes?515 DownReveal answer → Heals515 DownReveal answer → Crown716 DownReveal answer → Cereal plant518 DownReveal answer → Book for a series?518 DownReveal answer → Cede518 DownReveal answer → Cooking vessel319 DownReveal answer → Tragic end to a morning on the river319 DownReveal answer → The sea where sunshine is only average?320 DownReveal answer → Illuminated320 DownReveal answer → Artful, shrewd721 DownReveal answer → As worn when going round the pub for something to eat?721 DownReveal answer → Nothing322 DownReveal answer → Couch522 DownReveal answer → Live in apparent concealment!322 DownReveal answer → Servile623 DownReveal answer → It's figured to be a fine feature of furniture623 DownReveal answer → In certain cases, an old ruler424 DownReveal answer → Present324 DownReveal answer → Dry424 DownReveal answer → Water ice625 DownReveal answer → Yearn to make Henry (an American) a monarch625 DownReveal answer → Move like a drunken churl526 DownReveal answer → Female dog526 DownReveal answer → Deleted627 DownReveal answer → Cavalry sword527 DownReveal answer → An operative with news, perhaps527 DownReveal answer → Border of cloth328 DownReveal answer → Hurry528 DownReveal answer → Backed up, he's still no good328 DownReveal answer → Flinch529 DownReveal answer → Auction430 DownReveal answer → It may conceal an evil manoeuvre430 DownReveal answer → Tooth531 DownReveal answer → Demise532 DownReveal answer → Roster434 DownReveal answer → Wager336 DownReveal answer → Attempt337 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 5, 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.