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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2019 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2019 answers. The Thursday 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#
FightBATTLE6Across1 Hair colourAUBURN6Across4 Could you translate him in a stupor?PROUST6Across4 LowlyHUMBLE6Across5 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across7 Snow water?WHITESEA8Across7 Ring again to cancelREPEAL6Across8 CalamityDISASTER8Across8 Car shedGARAGE6Across8 EntranceDOOR4Across9 Wear ostentatiously for funSPORT5Across10 CallDUB3Across10 DoshMONEY5Across10 VerticalPLUMB5Across12 Dietary constituent to digest fast?FATS4Across13 Warm and snugCOSY4Across13 Complete extentSPAN4Across14 Sensible article in various waysSANE4Across14 TinsCANS4Across15 Compete in a race with styleDASH4Across15 FixedSET3Across15 By linking price with weightPER3Across16 SquibDUD3Across16 Sounds a whitish vesselPAIL4Across17 Pronounce indistinctlySLUR4Across17 WonderAWE3Across17 PoemODE3Across18 Assert it takes a long time to become meanAVER4Across19 ReviseEDIT4Across19 FirearmGUN3Across19 TeacherTUTOR5Across20 It's ruddy heavenly!REDPLANET9Across21 EnsureGUARANTEE9Across21 VehicleVAN3Across21 FittingAPT3Across22 It is played not alone but in schoolSOLO4Across23 WatchEYE3Across23 EagerKEEN4Across23 SingletVEST4Across24 EveryoneALL3Across24 Minerals of which we have zero reserves?ORES4Across24 CedeYIELD5Across26 Bad actorHAM3Across26 Such a lot could be cheapJOB3Across26 In a rut, there's nothing but defeatROUT4Across27 TalonCLAW4Across27 Dutch cheeseEDAM4Across29 Rank one can link with a ringleaderTIER4Across29 Fish eggsROE3Across29 Do better than live for a perfect endingBEAT4Across32 Lacking fatLEAN4Across32 A cowboy can ride itRANGE5Across33 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across33 Examine thoroughlyPROBE5Across33 Those Norfolk girls?BROADS6Across34 PullingTRACTION8Across34 Military traineesCADETS6Across34 A case of not being out of positionINSTANCE8Across35 MusicianPLAYER6Across35 QuiversTREMBLES8Across35 They're equably associated with roundaboutsSWINGS6Across36 StandENDURE6Across36 AgainstVERSUS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PacifiesCALMS5Down1 Of a land whose southwest is sierraSWISS5Down1 Steam bathSAUNA5Down2 FarewellADIEU5Down2 Where a piano gets a wrought iron frameRIPON5Down2 A penchant for crookedness?BENT4Down3 SideTEAM4Down3 RemainSTAY4Down3 Standard Anglo-Saxon soldiersPARAS5Down4 PraiseEXTOL5Down4 Gaseous elementARGON5Down4 A surprised expressionOOPS4Down5 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 InterBURY4Down5 One waltzing across the ice?SKATER6Down6 ManufacturedMADE4Down6 Richly seasoned stewRAGOUT6Down6 LaxLOOSE5Down7 Gas incautiously with AtheneETHANE6Down9 Valuable commoditiesASSETS6Down9 DoctrineDOGMA5Down10 Of Irish butter?PAT3Down11 TriteBANAL5Down11 ChooseOPT3Down11 Drive back to swim around the pierheadREPEL5Down12 FollowENSUE5Down12 TrivialPETTY5Down12 Quarrel about some nuclear matter?FALLOUT7Down13 UnfastenUNTIE5Down13 Towed vehicleCARAVAN7Down13 DrilledBORED5Down14 Plunge into something to savourDIP3Down15 Vicious dogCUR3Down15 CutSEVER5Down15 TautTENSE5Down16 Cuddle, darling?PET3Down16 PerishDIE3Down16 Loved taking Ruby to a partyADORED6Down18 Surgical knifeLANCET6Down18 She'll give you a lightVESTA5Down20 DiscourageDETER5Down20 What a bit of a reprobate might do?ROB3Down21 JewelGEM3Down21 Ben Hur's little brother, one may imagine?ART3Down22 NovelNEW3Down22 Martial artKARATE6Down23 Distress due to being so loveless, or a quarrelSORROW6Down23 RegionalLOCAL5Down25 Girl in a million?MEG3Down25 Short quick punchJAB3Down25 BuryINTER5Down27 ContinuesLASTS5Down28 Where the fertility is abnormal?OASIS5Down28 DepartLEAVE5Down28 ToysDOLLS5Down30 SmellODOUR5Down30 In a way, sillyINANE5Down30 UntidyMESSY5Down31 SoleONLY4Down31 Have fun with a woman within rational extremesREVEL5Down31 Lower limbsLEGS4Down32 Its door is an easy targetBARN4Down32 BossSTUD4Down32 Roll up a hillROTA4Down33 CougarPUMA4Down33

About this puzzle

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