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Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 6 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
MoistHUMID5Across2 JeerJIBE4Across7 SliceRASHER6Across8 When the car comes in, give a wave, Father's homeVICARAGE8Across9 GloomyMURKY5Across9 Curry ingredientTURMERIC8Across9 Pop back to securePIN3Across10 SpoilMAR3Across10 AdhesiveGUM3Across11 ClamourOUTCRY6Across11 From star, slipping to small rolesEXTRAS6Across11 Push and shoveJOSTLE6Across12 The source yields nothing and I ring offORIGIN6Across12 Will it teach you not to go barefoot?TRAINER7Across13 SunshadePARASOL7Across13 ImmerseDIP3Across13 Small whirlpoolEDDY4Across14 Where the book I got was sentTOME4Across14 Struck one as, one foundCAMEACROSS10Across15 CheckREIN4Across15 Haughty, informallyHOITYTOITY10Across15 PinPEG3Across16 Following suit, one swots up on itTESTCASE8Across17 PhotoSNAPSHOT8Across17 Large apeGORILLA7Across18 AleBEER4Across18 Even turning the cover round brightened it upLIVENED7Across18 BlameREPROOF7Across19 CaledonianSCOT4Across19 Saucy, in the mainARCH4Across19 CompanionMATE4Across20 IncalculableUNTOLD6Across21 The sun shield is ridiculous - quite madINSANE6Across21 BreezeWIND4Across22 MysteriousUNCANNY7Across23 Item of clothingSHORTSLEEVEDSHIRT17Across24 Doing whatever is necessary to make oneself look big?GOINGTOANYLENGTHS17Across24 Thick paperCARD4Across25 CoverLID3Across27 Set fire toIGNITE6Across27 See the pound slipped inside as an insultSLIGHT6Across27 CircleRING4Across28 Compass pointWEST4Across29 A buffet for the partyBASH4Across29 ImminentLOOMING7Across30 In the lady's case, it constitutes an agreementCOMPACT7Across30 Day beforeEVE3Across30 PlaythingTOY3Across31 ClientCUSTOMER8Across33 BalanceWEIGH5Across33 For us, I made out a list that's appropriateSUITABLE8Across33 Making out to be perceptiveDISCERNING10Across35 Type of sharkHAMMERHEAD10Across35 SousePICKLE6Across36 Imperial Russian rulerTSAR4Across36 Man, that does look sore!CHAP4Across36 DistendedSWOLLEN7Across37 Are called in to put things in orderARRANGE7Across37 MeasurementINCH4Across37 DullardDUNCE5Across38 Leave to show the trade union presidentDEPART6Across38 SinewTENDON6Across38 Having written, to cancelDELETE6Across40 AntelopeIMPALA6Across40 Reserved for the castSHY3Across41 Female sheepEWE3Across41 It's one way, coming back from the clothes shopSINGLETS8Across42 RebellionUPRISING8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Self-governingAUTONOMOUS10Down1 AnnoyancePIQUE5Down1 Speed, yelling "It's exciting!"RIPROARING10Down1 Give outEMIT4Down2 It's slang for "a thrill"? Precisely!BANG4Down2 BorderHEM3Down2 EasternORIENTAL8Down3 The local freelance is impossible to shake offBARNACLE8Down3 DoubterSCEPTIC7Down4 Speak of, myself: not in the revised versionMENTION7Down4 AridDRY3Down4 Breed of dogIRISHSETTER11Down5 Briefly, meaning you must get cracking if you want foodINANUTSHELL11Down5 EnquireASK3Down5 ContradictBELIE5Down6 Fellow workersCOLLEAGUES10Down6 Does it make a dent in the good weather figures?DEPRESSION10Down6 Still, has turned it into a musicalSTATIC6Down7 Greek capitalATHENS6Down7 Unrefined petroleumCRUDEOIL8Down8 "Mean" means paring the cheesePARMESAN8Down8 ClemencyMERCY5Down10 RetainKEEP4Down10 Intends to put a large picture up outsidePLANS5Down10 ScowlGRIMACE7Down11 BlendMIXTURE7Down12 ShortageDEFICIT7Down13 MarvelPRODIGY7Down14 Flushing at "Rather late in the day"EVENING7Down16 Libyan capitalTRIPOLI7Down16 CyclePEDAL5Down16 GreatGRAND5Down17 NodBOW3Down18 Gets round so one contactsRINGS5Down20 Board gameCHESS5Down20 FinishEND3Down21 Great successTRIUMPH7Down22 Attacked for having used as a standSETUPON7Down22 It shows you're wrong on both scores - and cheatDOUBLECROSS11Down23 60s youth movementFLOWERPOWER11Down23 PleasantNICE4Down24 Tell you what firefighters do? Oh, buzz off!GOTOBLAZES10Down25 Temperature controllerTHERMOSTAT10Down25 EquivalentTANTAMOUNT10Down26 Taking little time to assess as below standardSECONDRATE10Down26 EvadeAVOID5Down26 MorbidGRUESOME8Down28 With the return "Real thug," dissolves into gigglesLAUGHTER8Down28 NickNOTCH5Down29 Drove off before one had exerted oneself undulyOVERDONE8Down31 Musical introductionOVERTURE8Down31 Defame, at a press gathering, the EnglishASPERSE7Down32 PortentousOMINOUS7Down32 The heavensSKY3Down32 MarryWED3Down33 As a gift, given a dear furTIPPET6Down34 HeaddressTURBAN6Down34 TavernINN3Down34 BisectHALVE5Down35 He's all dressed up - fine for an AmericanDANDY5Down35 HastenHIE3Down35 Organ of smellNOSE4Down39 Hide in a treePALM4Down39

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