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Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2021 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 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#
ChooseSELECT6Across1 Of the PopePAPAL5Across3 Taped in expert fashionADEPT5Across3 BetweenAMIDST6Across5 Exclude for having a matted beard?DEBAR5Across8 SucroseSUGAR5Across8 FirearmRIFLE5Across9 PriseLEVER5Across10 Right to issue or send moneyREMIT5Across10 AnimalRABBIT6Across10 NothingNIL3Across11 TreeLAUREL6Across11 Sticky exudation from legumesGUM3Across11 ClubBATON5Across12 Continue to move to and fro, as a vehicleWAGON5Across12 GangwayAISLE5Across12 CountryFINLAND7Across13 Show new plays by a police inspectorDISPLAY7Across13 ClosedSHUT4Across14 PlaitBRAID5Across15 Pig-headed person's name for the kinkajou!POTTO5Across15 NovelNEW3Across17 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 LargeBIG3Across18 Chap from AyrRAY3Across18 Skirt-expanderBUSTLE6Across19 The older Spaniard is out of line!SENIOR6Across19 TemptressSIREN5Across20 Weasel-like mammalPOLECAT7Across21 One who seemingly did as much as possible excellentlyMAXWELL7Across21 A forename for 'Miss Moneypenny'?LOIS4Across22 ImplorePRAY4Across22 WhineBLEAT5Across22 KilnOAST4Across23 ReadPERUSED7Across23 Companion at an informal lecture?CHAT4Across23 MaybePERHAPS7Across24 LiabilityDEBIT5Across24 Politician in uneasy truce over what to eatCRUMPET7Across24 PostponeDEFER5Across26 Handled in beastly styleMAULED6Across26 SystemMETHOD6Across26 Me and a Pole?MEN3Across29 SuitableFIT3Across29 ParchedARID4Across29 CoachBUS3Across30 Artist's standEASEL5Across31 The problem of untangling ropesPOSER5Across31 Three ways to wreck the fort attackedWENTFOR7Across32 StrangeCURIOUS7Across32 UnusualRARE4Across32 FoundedBASED5Across33 Donor of less than a sovereign to JoeGIVER5Across34 CompetitorRIVAL5Across34 One sung in a famous show, breathlessly?AIR3Across35 ContainerCAN3Across35 QuiverTREMOR6Across35 A giant bound?ATLAS5Across36 Give outALLOT5Across36 ManlyVIRILE6Across36 Vehicle riddled with listening devices?BUGGY5Across37 AlludeREFER5Across37 SeraglioHAREM5Across37 Shortest cigarette end that will last out?LEAST5Across38 Not everNEVER5Across38 SprinkledDUSTED6Across38 ModernRECENT6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Down1 Start being messed aboutBEGIN5Down1 EmphasisSTRESS6Down1 Chest-on-chestTALLBOY7Down2 'Ramps' reappearing as a tennis player!SAMPRAS7Down2 ToilLABOUR6Down2 CotCRIB4Down3 DryARID4Down4 Vehicle used for a mid-March day outDRAY4Down4 GiantTITAN5Down4 NearlyALLBUT6Down5 PermitALLOW5Down5 Drive to get support - a bit of helpPROPEL6Down5 IntendMEAN4Down6 OglesLEERS5Down6 Nonet composed in some jointTENON5Down6 ScornDERIDE6Down7 DangerPERIL5Down7 Horse showing a measure of love?PINTO5Down7 GiftTALENT6Down8 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Down9 A powerful, moving Busoni pieceBUS3Down9 EnragedANGERED7Down12 Unreliable method to draw backWAYWARD7Down12 FlimsyTENUOUS7Down13 Some ladies kiss in sloppy fashionLAX3Down14 AfflictAIL3Down14 WalkerHIKER5Down15 Being merry can be difficult!TIGHT5Down16 Book of mapsATLAS5Down16 LukewarmTEPID5Down16 Speak of nothing but speed?ORATE5Down17 DeepnessDEPTH5Down17 SeniorELDER5Down18 KeenEAGER5Down19 Somebody wanting a spare form?SLIMMER7Down19 DiffidentBASHFUL7Down19 See the light and hold tightCLAMP5Down20 FrothSPUME5Down20 EntrapNET3Down21 A diminishing signMINUS5Down21 GaspsPANTS5Down21 CouchBED3Down22 VisualOPTICAL7Down23 He's imagined to have two arms and four legsCENTAUR7Down23 Colourful contribution to a price riseCERISE6Down24 CourteousPOLITE6Down24 RushedDARTED6Down24 Write letters to coppersPEN3Down25 VentilateAIR3Down25 MuscleBICEPS6Down25 EasyFACILE6Down27 A new rota for distributing bloodAORTA5Down27 PrematureEARLY5Down27 SoftenRELENT6Down28 In this profession, a member can take an apprenticeLEGAL5Down28 Wading birdHERON5Down28 DenudedBARED5Down30 Go ahead and commit crimeFORGE5Down30 MelodiesTUNES5Down30 CutSEVER5Down31 Be concernedCARE4Down32 Adds water to the stew, perhaps?WETS4Down32 A fruity little figure in effigyFIG3Down33 Rowing bladeOAR3Down33 DrillBORE4Down33 DreadfulDIRE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 6, 2021. 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.