Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 5 2023. 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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Went smoothly when the girl got married61 AcrossReveal answer → Light cake61 AcrossReveal answer → Despondency54 AcrossReveal answer → Great skill87 AcrossReveal answer → Entertained67 AcrossReveal answer → Completely rely on the part obtained from the dentist87 AcrossReveal answer → Dad has twice as much as he needs48 AcrossReveal answer → Remaining48 AcrossReveal answer → Tolerates610 AcrossReveal answer → Said to be thrust in opposite directions610 AcrossReveal answer → Expire310 AcrossReveal answer → Type of glass container611 AcrossReveal answer → Doctor treated as a bit of a comedian?611 AcrossReveal answer → Anew512 AcrossReveal answer → Foray413 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish cry314 AcrossReveal answer → It's allowed in tennis314 AcrossReveal answer → Additional515 AcrossReveal answer → Noblemen516 AcrossReveal answer → Figure advanced as a joint contribution516 AcrossReveal answer → Giggle617 AcrossReveal answer → Country road417 AcrossReveal answer → Out of Southampton shortly417 AcrossReveal answer → Bathroom fitting519 AcrossReveal answer → There may be less than four519 AcrossReveal answer → Den419 AcrossReveal answer → Lariat520 AcrossReveal answer → Released Fred to tour Middlesex521 AcrossReveal answer → Competitor521 AcrossReveal answer → Tired522 AcrossReveal answer → Played to Edward out of ultimate pity522 AcrossReveal answer → Abrade322 AcrossReveal answer → Presumptuous423 AcrossReveal answer → Cross the water in the direction of Land's End423 AcrossReveal answer → Vanity724 AcrossReveal answer → Lowest point for stormy rain around the 1st of December526 AcrossReveal answer → Tyre surface526 AcrossReveal answer → Garland327 AcrossReveal answer → Flipper328 AcrossReveal answer → Thread528 AcrossReveal answer → It doesn't help one to be far-seeing328 AcrossReveal answer → Anchorite629 AcrossReveal answer → A large number accustomed to being entertained629 AcrossReveal answer → Insect630 AcrossReveal answer → Talk of a replay?630 AcrossReveal answer → The driving desire of our generation431 AcrossReveal answer → A long time431 AcrossReveal answer → Asterisk431 AcrossReveal answer → After a novelty act, one has a bit of variety, saying little832 AcrossReveal answer → Intermittent832 AcrossReveal answer → Agreement633 AcrossReveal answer → Naval flag633 AcrossReveal answer → Hide or show633 AcrossReveal answer → Concur535 AcrossReveal answer → Run437 AcrossReveal answer → Herb538 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier339 AcrossReveal answer → Droop341 AcrossReveal answer → Way642 AcrossReveal answer → Warhorse543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Palms off, though having nothing in one's hands61 DownReveal answer → Scribble61 DownReveal answer → Keg61 DownReveal answer → We get a little chap to give way62 DownReveal answer → Stylus62 DownReveal answer → Game62 DownReveal answer → Cot33 DownReveal answer → Consumes43 DownReveal answer → One good enough to have a chapter all to himself?43 DownReveal answer → Tackle44 DownReveal answer → Firmly fixed by an old soldier in dire distress!74 DownReveal answer → Fortified building74 DownReveal answer → Lawful55 DownReveal answer → TV, at home, can become chronic!55 DownReveal answer → Cut of beef55 DownReveal answer → Seminal86 DownReveal answer → A lord by name56 DownReveal answer → Sorts56 DownReveal answer → Big cat48 DownReveal answer → The water variety needs a pool48 DownReveal answer → Regimen48 DownReveal answer → Charge39 DownReveal answer → Favourite trumpet piece39 DownReveal answer → Trained911 DownReveal answer → Groove312 DownReveal answer → It flows in a wide estuary312 DownReveal answer → Wild513 DownReveal answer → Insurance, perhaps, can have its point513 DownReveal answer → Record414 DownReveal answer → Tay, say515 DownReveal answer → Loud cry in church, always515 DownReveal answer → Loyal416 DownReveal answer → Implement418 DownReveal answer → Love518 DownReveal answer → It's charitable of Max, maybe518 DownReveal answer → Go and expel the witches from Coventry319 DownReveal answer → Offer319 DownReveal answer → Looking embarrassed in sore distress320 DownReveal answer → Male parent320 DownReveal answer → Sources of timber for building sets?721 DownReveal answer → Fundamental721 DownReveal answer → Summary821 DownReveal answer → Fruit preserve322 DownReveal answer → Confirmation to make you sit up!322 DownReveal answer → Arm muscle623 DownReveal answer → Anger423 DownReveal answer → Go-ahead criminal?623 DownReveal answer → Burden424 DownReveal answer → Look nothing but a broken leg424 DownReveal answer → Close425 DownReveal answer → A poet needs no damp room!625 DownReveal answer → Hold in custody625 DownReveal answer → Not these526 DownReveal answer → Hue426 DownReveal answer → Not exactly tasty; unpleasant, in fact526 DownReveal answer → A fairly equable way to go527 DownReveal answer → Man's name527 DownReveal answer → Much reduced fare328 DownReveal answer → Thick mist328 DownReveal answer → Cord629 DownReveal answer → Fond of these, did Mr Case name his son Justin?430 DownReveal answer → Shoe fastener430 DownReveal answer → Exact630 DownReveal answer → Lift532 DownReveal answer → Hem434 DownReveal answer → Pleased436 DownReveal answer → Spoil340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. 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.