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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 5 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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Skilled trade51 AcrossReveal answer → Crow51 AcrossReveal answer → Did it point the way in weaponry?51 AcrossReveal answer → Yawning65 AcrossReveal answer → Notices skin blemishes56 AcrossReveal answer → Rule56 AcrossReveal answer → Adder58 AcrossReveal answer → Wash and iron79 AcrossReveal answer → Ropy artist?79 AcrossReveal answer → Sword610 AcrossReveal answer → Male voice510 AcrossReveal answer → Excessive water left in food510 AcrossReveal answer → Tyrants511 AcrossReveal answer → Many wild mobs are apt to be hairy511 AcrossReveal answer → Bitter411 AcrossReveal answer → Upset when axed?512 AcrossReveal answer → Magic servant512 AcrossReveal answer → There are jeers around the street for the old fools713 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub or small tree713 AcrossReveal answer → Dull614 AcrossReveal answer → Body of water315 AcrossReveal answer → Laughing talk?315 AcrossReveal answer → Touch715 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name417 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhere to get somewhat too slowly!417 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel318 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of time618 AcrossReveal answer → Bag or vessel containing lb1618 AcrossReveal answer → Vase319 AcrossReveal answer → Put up519 AcrossReveal answer → Undertake seriously to use bad language519 AcrossReveal answer → Ran away with a sweetheart and used long strides!620 AcrossReveal answer → Proverbs620 AcrossReveal answer → Repudiate421 AcrossReveal answer → Appear to check at the information centre422 AcrossReveal answer → Young salmon422 AcrossReveal answer → Earlier523 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing324 AcrossReveal answer → Repast424 AcrossReveal answer → Punishing sort of music?324 AcrossReveal answer → Highland dress item725 AcrossReveal answer → Staggeringly closely?725 AcrossReveal answer → Military instrument526 AcrossReveal answer → Odile, well sozzled, prepared to lie in the sun526 AcrossReveal answer → Solid blocks527 AcrossReveal answer → Picture taken lightly?527 AcrossReveal answer → Tree327 AcrossReveal answer → Yes, woman is a riddle528 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly528 AcrossReveal answer → To get out in it can be instructive729 AcrossReveal answer → Readable729 AcrossReveal answer → Nourished329 AcrossReveal answer → They're played in threes530 AcrossReveal answer → Defeats530 AcrossReveal answer → What it cost to write to New York?531 AcrossReveal answer → Wear away531 AcrossReveal answer → Freedom731 AcrossReveal answer → Mythical beast632 AcrossReveal answer → Speed434 AcrossReveal answer → Begone!635 AcrossReveal answer → Distribute538 AcrossReveal answer → Entreaty639 AcrossReveal answer → Tearful540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Regretful62 DownReveal answer → Meadow32 DownReveal answer → Depends once more on deception62 DownReveal answer → Where you'll see ducks around the harbour?63 DownReveal answer → Pilot63 DownReveal answer → Former coin63 DownReveal answer → A lot of money for a bun!34 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → Pitch34 DownReveal answer → Seize45 DownReveal answer → He may go to Aberdeen55 DownReveal answer → Rage55 DownReveal answer → Coupled66 DownReveal answer → Worldly way to put a wrong clause right76 DownReveal answer → No longer working76 DownReveal answer → Unsteady67 DownReveal answer → Gaelic47 DownReveal answer → It's useful in the theatre (in the pit?)47 DownReveal answer → Boast wildly about one Smollett68 DownReveal answer → Land adjoining a house68 DownReveal answer → Obtain79 DownReveal answer → Group of similar species512 DownReveal answer → Tooth312 DownReveal answer → Three, less companionable than two?512 DownReveal answer → US coin413 DownReveal answer → He's a card!513 DownReveal answer → Country513 DownReveal answer → Of birth514 DownReveal answer → Vessel from Oslo, possibly, at the pierhead514 DownReveal answer → A worn key in a gold case515 DownReveal answer → As yet515 DownReveal answer → Monster416 DownReveal answer → Sordid letters to a girl516 DownReveal answer → Decorate516 DownReveal answer → Quaver517 DownReveal answer → Slant518 DownReveal answer → Acceptable number to dial, perhaps518 DownReveal answer → Confuses719 DownReveal answer → Earnest acknowledgements of debt for faultless service719 DownReveal answer → Titular720 DownReveal answer → No need to get into one if you skip the washing up!621 DownReveal answer → Thin down621 DownReveal answer → Bird’s home422 DownReveal answer → Fitting622 DownReveal answer → Her sin is to spoil a holy place622 DownReveal answer → The second team, as it might seem?623 DownReveal answer → Rank or sour623 DownReveal answer → Reckless624 DownReveal answer → Bells across the meadow?525 DownReveal answer → Killed525 DownReveal answer → Distant425 DownReveal answer → In Tooting, he can get drunk on gin426 DownReveal answer → Zone426 DownReveal answer → Bequeathed626 DownReveal answer → Thus, on the quiet, it's a peace offering328 DownReveal answer → Discount628 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink328 DownReveal answer → Speck330 DownReveal answer → Close433 DownReveal answer → Oath336 DownReveal answer → Pinch337 DownReveal answer →

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