Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2023 Answers

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Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 6 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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Plan61 AcrossReveal answer → Sturdy64 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps the best is in the west64 AcrossReveal answer → Rankle65 AcrossReveal answer → Means of escape for a railway line meeting a difficult situation?87 AcrossReveal answer → Example87 AcrossReveal answer → Vender68 AcrossReveal answer → Kidnapped and taken deviously to Lens?68 AcrossReveal answer → New59 AcrossReveal answer → One Briton termed Royal510 AcrossReveal answer → Sail-cloth610 AcrossReveal answer → Steep rock face510 AcrossReveal answer → Emitted611 AcrossReveal answer → Jam512 AcrossReveal answer → The man in Number Ten413 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit skin413 AcrossReveal answer → German man414 AcrossReveal answer → Threaten414 AcrossReveal answer → Remain in a key post, say414 AcrossReveal answer → American coin415 AcrossReveal answer → It's known for its bed (and for crockery?)415 AcrossReveal answer → Farmyard bird316 AcrossReveal answer → Ink manufacturing family316 AcrossReveal answer → It's wrong to finish lower in rank417 AcrossReveal answer → Longing317 AcrossReveal answer → Minute particle417 AcrossReveal answer → Repast418 AcrossReveal answer → Should this not be 'a man'?419 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird419 AcrossReveal answer → Enlist520 AcrossReveal answer → It's given in passing921 AcrossReveal answer → Pests921 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle522 AcrossReveal answer → With or without motive, it's used in drawing423 AcrossReveal answer → Young goats423 AcrossReveal answer → Tumultuous723 AcrossReveal answer → Spool424 AcrossReveal answer → Cosy little place in Vine Street424 AcrossReveal answer → Automaton524 AcrossReveal answer → Impudent talk326 AcrossReveal answer → Danger526 AcrossReveal answer → Drink with an American at the Nag's Head326 AcrossReveal answer → Benefit427 AcrossReveal answer → Looking old and very Scottish around mid-April427 AcrossReveal answer → Plant part429 AcrossReveal answer → Soon429 AcrossReveal answer → See part of the race and applaud429 AcrossReveal answer → Irritate330 AcrossReveal answer → Team possibly with beef?432 AcrossReveal answer → Reign432 AcrossReveal answer → Incisions432 AcrossReveal answer → It may pay dividends533 AcrossReveal answer → Concerning533 AcrossReveal answer → Poetry533 AcrossReveal answer → Could he not give a duellist first aid?634 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking vessel634 AcrossReveal answer → Does he think it perfect just to sit around?835 AcrossReveal answer → Actually present835 AcrossReveal answer → Whole635 AcrossReveal answer → French brandy636 AcrossReveal answer → Electrifying foreign football team?636 AcrossReveal answer → Merited636 AcrossReveal answer → Decoration537 AcrossReveal answer → Figure638 AcrossReveal answer → Lethal639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Female dog51 DownReveal answer → Cold, raw fish51 DownReveal answer → Pliant61 DownReveal answer → In motion52 DownReveal answer → Say nothing is held in a strong grip52 DownReveal answer → Elder62 DownReveal answer → Leg part43 DownReveal answer → A top of the charts success gets an IOU43 DownReveal answer → Chew43 DownReveal answer → Tree sap54 DownReveal answer → Curious54 DownReveal answer → We get faultless service where water's concerned54 DownReveal answer → Pretend55 DownReveal answer → Hairless45 DownReveal answer → Bullet that possibly commences hostilities?45 DownReveal answer → Otherwise46 DownReveal answer → Strainers66 DownReveal answer → Intercede, putting a quarter pint into a mug66 DownReveal answer → Wig67 DownReveal answer → Enigma68 DownReveal answer → Puts one's foot down69 DownReveal answer → Tempt69 DownReveal answer → Permit311 DownReveal answer → Form an attachment, or so we say311 DownReveal answer → Deceit512 DownReveal answer → An eye for a drink?512 DownReveal answer → False teeth713 DownReveal answer → He's entitled to make love in Barnet713 DownReveal answer → Comments713 DownReveal answer → Little like a drappie?315 DownReveal answer → Shallot515 DownReveal answer → Lettuce315 DownReveal answer → A minor, perhaps316 DownReveal answer → Imbecile516 DownReveal answer → Belonging to him316 DownReveal answer → Niggard518 DownReveal answer → I'm hopelessly gone on her!618 DownReveal answer → Paper handkerchief618 DownReveal answer → Benefit519 DownReveal answer → Be equal to a sporting occasion520 DownReveal answer → Beautiful girl520 DownReveal answer → Illuminated321 DownReveal answer → Pinch321 DownReveal answer → Sue returns from Euston at high speed321 DownReveal answer → Born as322 DownReveal answer → Fay, said to be whimsical322 DownReveal answer → Sip322 DownReveal answer → Japanese garment623 DownReveal answer → Brownish attire?623 DownReveal answer → Share624 DownReveal answer → Fuel325 DownReveal answer → In which there'll always be some cowards?325 DownReveal answer → Basis625 DownReveal answer → Wrecked627 DownReveal answer → Garret528 DownReveal answer → Lustfully628 DownReveal answer → Broadcast publicity in a Brazilian city528 DownReveal answer → Rub out530 DownReveal answer → Language used in slating old people530 DownReveal answer → Bury530 DownReveal answer → Steps may be taken to destroy them531 DownReveal answer → Sham attack531 DownReveal answer → Massage531 DownReveal answer → Tribe432 DownReveal answer → Nominal lemonade centre432 DownReveal answer → Help in cleaning up TV?433 DownReveal answer → Apex433 DownReveal answer → Contends433 DownReveal answer → Story434 DownReveal answer →

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