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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2024 answers. The Thursday 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#
Skilled tradeCRAFT5Across1 CrowGLOAT5Across1 Did it point the way in weaponry?ARROW5Across1 YawningGAPING6Across5 Notices skin blemishesSPOTS5Across6 RuleREIGN5Across6 AdderVIPER5Across8 Wash and ironLAUNDER7Across9 Ropy artist?PAINTER7Across9 SwordRAPIER6Across10 Male voiceTENOR5Across10 Excessive water left in foodFLOOD5Across10 TyrantsTSARS5Across11 Many wild mobs are apt to be hairyCOMBS5Across11 BitterACID4Across11 Upset when axed?CUTUP5Across12 Magic servantGENIE5Across12 There are jeers around the street for the old foolsJESTERS7Across13 Shrub or small treeJUNIPER7Across13 DullBORING6Across14 Body of waterSEA3Across15 Laughing talk?GAS3Across15 TouchCONTACT7Across15 Boy's nameALAN4Across17 Somewhere to get somewhat too slowly!OSLO4Across17 JewelGEM3Across18 Unit of timeSECOND6Across18 Bag or vessel containing lb1VALISE6Across18 VaseURN3Across19 Put upBUILD5Across19 Undertake seriously to use bad languageSWEAR5Across19 Ran away with a sweetheart and used long strides!ELOPED6Across20 ProverbsADAGES6Across20 RepudiateDENY4Across21 Appear to check at the information centreSEEM4Across22 Young salmonPARR4Across22 EarlierPRIOR5Across23 NothingNIL3Across24 RepastMEAL4Across24 Punishing sort of music?RAP3Across24 Highland dress itemSPORRAN7Across25 Staggeringly closely?TIGHTLY7Across25 Military instrumentBUGLE5Across26 Odile, well sozzled, prepared to lie in the sunOILED5Across26 Solid blocksCUBES5Across27 Picture taken lightly?PHOTO5Across27 TreeELM3Across27 Yes, woman is a riddleSIEVE5Across28 QuicklyAPACE5Across28 To get out in it can be instructiveTUITION7Across29 ReadableLEGIBLE7Across29 NourishedFED3Across29 They're played in threesTRIOS5Across30 DefeatsBEATS5Across30 What it cost to write to New York?PENNY5Across31 Wear awayERODE5Across31 FreedomLIBERTY7Across31 Mythical beastDRAGON6Across32 SpeedRATE4Across34 Begone!AVAUNT6Across35 DistributeALLOT5Across38 EntreatyPRAYER6Across39 TearfulWEEPY5Across40

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RegretfulRUEFUL6Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 Depends once more on deceptionRELIES6Down2 Where you'll see ducks around the harbour?OPORTO6Down3 PilotAVIATE6Down3 Former coinFLORIN6Down3 A lot of money for a bun!WAD3Down4 FastenTIE3Down4 PitchTAR3Down4 SeizeGRAB4Down5 He may go to AberdeenANGUS5Down5 RageANGER5Down5 CoupledPAIRED6Down6 Worldly way to put a wrong clause rightSECULAR7Down6 No longer workingRETIRED7Down6 UnsteadyGROGGY6Down7 GaelicERSE4Down7 It's useful in the theatre (in the pit?)PROP4Down7 Boast wildly about one SmollettTOBIAS6Down8 Land adjoining a houseGARDEN6Down8 ObtainPROCURE7Down9 Group of similar speciesGENUS5Down12 ToothCOG3Down12 Three, less companionable than two?CROWD5Down12 US coinDIME4Down13 He's a card!JOKER5Down13 CountryJAPAN5Down13 Of birthNATAL5Down14 Vessel from Oslo, possibly, at the pierheadSLOOP5Down14 A worn key in a gold caseGILET5Down15 As yetSOFAR5Down15 MonsterOGRE4Down16 Sordid letters to a girlSEAMY5Down16 DecorateADORN5Down16 QuaverTRILL5Down17 SlantSLOPE5Down18 Acceptable number to dial, perhapsVALID5Down18 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down19 Earnest acknowledgements of debt for faultless serviceSERIOUS7Down19 TitularNOMINAL7Down20 No need to get into one if you skip the washing up!LATHER6Down21 Thin downDILUTE6Down21 Bird’s homeNEST4Down22 FittingPROPER6Down22 Her sin is to spoil a holy placeSHRINE6Down22 The second team, as it might seem?ELEVEN6Down23 Rank or sourRANCID6Down23 RecklessMADCAP6Down24 Bells across the meadow?TENTS5Down25 KilledSLAIN5Down25 DistantAFAR4Down25 In Tooting, he can get drunk on ginOTTO4Down26 ZoneBELT4Down26 BequeathedLEGACY6Down26 Thus, on the quiet, it's a peace offeringSOP3Down28 DiscountREBATE6Down28 Alcoholic drinkALE3Down28 SpeckDOT3Down30 CloseNEAR4Down33 OathVOW3Down36 PinchNIP3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 5, 2024. 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.