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Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 6 2019. 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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Difficult41 AcrossReveal answer → Burst34 AcrossReveal answer → Go by46 AcrossReveal answer → Tear39 AcrossReveal answer → Mostly, then, I’m bewildered and in a stew99 AcrossReveal answer → Pirate99 AcrossReveal answer → Obstinate810 AcrossReveal answer → OK for practising on910 AcrossReveal answer → Small sausage910 AcrossReveal answer → Thought411 AcrossReveal answer → Assistant412 AcrossReveal answer → Has three points after the first round412 AcrossReveal answer → Walk to the West End to get the list613 AcrossReveal answer → Jolly613 AcrossReveal answer → Tightly fitting garment714 AcrossReveal answer → Too much foam: a drawback714 AcrossReveal answer → Conifer314 AcrossReveal answer → Instant915 AcrossReveal answer → Make clear you’ll get back under your own steam915 AcrossReveal answer → Centre516 AcrossReveal answer → Distressing917 AcrossReveal answer → Don’t have to look for the keys when you need them917 AcrossReveal answer → Instance718 AcrossReveal answer → Observes one’s wishes718 AcrossReveal answer → Contemplate819 AcrossReveal answer → Small sea creature619 AcrossReveal answer → Stops to get some things from the builder’s yard619 AcrossReveal answer → Frozen rain420 AcrossReveal answer → In this case, the lady’s got a point420 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm521 AcrossReveal answer → Insect923 AcrossReveal answer → Having been set down close to, called on923 AcrossReveal answer → Subtracted823 AcrossReveal answer → Nip524 AcrossReveal answer → Watering device925 AcrossReveal answer → In my opinion, it’s rather mawkish925 AcrossReveal answer → Board game426 AcrossReveal answer → The music was deceptive426 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth327 AcrossReveal answer → Repudiate627 AcrossReveal answer → Home from sea, has been playing round again627 AcrossReveal answer → Frolicsome729 AcrossReveal answer → I’m returning the box sent round by the shopkeeper729 AcrossReveal answer → Facts431 AcrossReveal answer → So at three goes off: a warning932 AcrossReveal answer → Impugn932 AcrossReveal answer → Outbreak833 AcrossReveal answer → Trap334 AcrossReveal answer → Start out with a cracker of a plan934 AcrossReveal answer → General agreement934 AcrossReveal answer → Departed435 AcrossReveal answer → Performer735 AcrossReveal answer → Also bet on, but it’s slow735 AcrossReveal answer → Regret336 AcrossReveal answer → Placate636 AcrossReveal answer → A sharp point covered by fabric636 AcrossReveal answer → Worshipped image437 AcrossReveal answer → Audacious437 AcrossReveal answer → Run back to devour hungrily437 AcrossReveal answer → Profitable938 AcrossReveal answer → “Nonsense!” returned the advisor, “He’s a pest”938 AcrossReveal answer → Stupid939 AcrossReveal answer → He wonders if there is, perhaps, gold inside939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Irritating81 DownReveal answer → Result of being so untidy it’s a sickness?81 DownReveal answer → Oscar122 DownReveal answer → The one about the fellow who always footed the drinks bill?122 DownReveal answer → Wine42 DownReveal answer → Soft drink83 DownReveal answer → Cards with warnings83 DownReveal answer → Liability43 DownReveal answer → Supplied84 DownReveal answer → Contusion64 DownReveal answer → Returns and is at home before you arrive64 DownReveal answer → Gasp45 DownReveal answer → Artist85 DownReveal answer → Weapon I let the tots play about with85 DownReveal answer → Conceit56 DownReveal answer → Denial of legal responsibility106 DownReveal answer → Knuckle down to, but find you can get no further with106 DownReveal answer → Help37 DownReveal answer → Outfit77 DownReveal answer → Such food as one gets at formal dinners?77 DownReveal answer → Javelin58 DownReveal answer → Specific108 DownReveal answer → A colonisation that gives satisfaction108 DownReveal answer → By concealing a standing charge that’s hefty511 DownReveal answer → Grown-up511 DownReveal answer → Ladle512 DownReveal answer → Alliance513 DownReveal answer → Healthy314 DownReveal answer → Repulse515 DownReveal answer → Put out for use616 DownReveal answer → Very interested, as a parent, in the recreation616 DownReveal answer → Sharp517 DownReveal answer → Deal518 DownReveal answer → Timid319 DownReveal answer → Some cove with a horse319 DownReveal answer → Scorn820 DownReveal answer → Without warning1221 DownReveal answer → Goes to prove it’s never too late to learn1221 DownReveal answer → Owing322 DownReveal answer → Turn away when you make them laugh?622 DownReveal answer → Infuriate622 DownReveal answer → Highly pleasing1023 DownReveal answer → Mistitled before “The Dabbler”1023 DownReveal answer → Amity1024 DownReveal answer → Through fraud, getting a stone cut and in a beautiful setting1024 DownReveal answer → Likeness525 DownReveal answer → It’s a book, lady325 DownReveal answer → Male offspring325 DownReveal answer → Sing526 DownReveal answer → Upset when, after a clear run, there’s trouble with828 DownReveal answer → Dread428 DownReveal answer → Supervisor828 DownReveal answer → Knife429 DownReveal answer → Strong leaning829 DownReveal answer → The hearts sink, going in to get the flowers!829 DownReveal answer → Implement430 DownReveal answer → Languid830 DownReveal answer → Like the convicts’ old clothes?830 DownReveal answer → Wander, get the name wrong and colour up731 DownReveal answer → Unlawful731 DownReveal answer → Can332 DownReveal answer → The cockney embraced her in the wood533 DownReveal answer → Loft533 DownReveal answer → Supports and is clearly proud of oneself634 DownReveal answer → Select634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 6, 2019. 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.