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Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
ChooseELECT5Across1 LamentBEWAIL6Across5 RepulseREPEL5Across8 The least little job makes the workers sourHANDSTURN9Across9 SeabirdALBATROSS9Across9 PastaSPAGHETTI9Across10 RushCAREER6Across10 Pleasant and willingAGREEABLE9Across10 OneUNIT4Across11 Is it fun for it getting up early?LARK4Across12 A jotIOTA4Across12 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across13 Best be off to get bread and to stretch my legsSTROLL6Across13 KettledrumsTIMPANI7Across14 DiningEATING6Across14 Case packed, is ready for breakfastSAUSAGE7Across14 Attended to in hospital again, having left the war zoneRETREATED9Across15 PerseverePERSIST7Across15 IntelligenceINTELLECT9Across15 Now and again comes back as comperePRESENTER9Across17 EntertainmentAMUSEMENT9Across17 It’s cold, father - ice in the crackCREVICE7Across18 JewelGEM3Across18 BeastsANIMALS7Across18 Mean it’s not, indeed, left unfinishedDENOTE6Across19 Eerie, informallyCREEPY6Across19 TuneAIR3Across19 Wound markSCAR4Across20 Little terror of a cricketer bagging a runBRAT4Across20 BreedREAR4Across21 Given to the new lad to carry, you findALLOCATED9Across23 AwfulFRIGHTFUL9Across23 ConcurAGREE5Across23 MuddleMESS4Across24 Made out to have been forced to leaveDISMISSED9Across25 Surrounding areasOUTSKIRTS9Across25 Do they tell the dairy farmer bad weather is approaching?LOWS4Across26 Not anyNONE4Across26 Hackneyed phraseCLICHE6Across27 FishEEL3Across27 Catch on, from the soundRUMBLE6Across27 ResultOUTCOME7Across29 EveryALL3Across29 Can get through to us from the zooTOUCANS7Across29 DelineatedDEFINED7Across31 DiscloseREVEAL6Across32 Is useless at brainstorming sessions, but doesn’t realise itHASNOIDEA9Across32 CudgelTRUNCHEON9Across32 BorderEDGE4Across34 He’s competing against, in something to do with moneyCONTENDER9Across34 Man-madeSYNTHETIC9Across34 ScantySPARSE6Across35 Was he surprised by his pistol’s going off?STARTER7Across35 BraveryCOURAGE7Across35 News just come through on the pupil taking an examLATEST6Across36 KingdomsREALMS6Across36 InjuryHARM4Across37 Crack shotCHIP4Across37 LawyerSOLICITOR9Across38 PurloinSTEAL5Across38 And more worried when mother gets hold of the notesMEMORANDA9Across38 Many-legged creatureCENTIPEDE9Across39 Kid in a foreign country with a bouquetFRAGRANCE9Across39 NicheRECESS6Across39 UnbendRELAX5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Smart role-casting in “Peppery”CHOLERIC8Down1 ChurchBASILICA8Down1 Childbirth specialistOBSTETRICIAN12Down2 As a rule, is it spoken?UNWRITTENLAW12Down2 MeadowLEA3Down2 ImpossibleHOPELESS8Down3 On the film credits, what the undernamed provided?SUBTITLE8Down3 FoldCREASE6Down3 HelpASSIST6Down4 Many, indeed, that have remained secretUNTOLD6Down4 Golf pegTEE3Down4 DepressedBLUE4Down5 GuessESTIMATE8Down5 Great excitement when the pail’s poured in the canTAILSPIN8Down5 AuthorWRITER6Down6 Brochure for a potential buyer - AmericanPROSPECTUS10Down6 Old hearing aidEARTRUMPET10Down6 LoiterLINGER6Down7 Went on to add a grass borderRESUMED7Down7 RoomCHAMBER7Down7 Went out on the town with the famousCELEBRATED10Down8 Small paintingsMINIATURES10Down8 ForecastPRESAGE7Down9 That’s a blow, darn it!BLAST5Down11 VestigeTRACE5Down11 HorseNAG3Down12 SeasonTIME4Down13 For a quarter to five, arranged a cine showEVINCE6Down16 DetestLOATHE6Down16 ComfortEASE4Down16 WearyTIRED5Down17 Mountain passCOL3Down19 Served up, tooDID3Down19 LiberateRELEASE7Down20 Selling eventsCARBOOTSALES12Down21 Start your day as a shoeblack?RISEANDSHINE12Down21 CompetentABLE4Down22 DrawingSKETCH6Down22 Very small and twinklingMINUTE6Down22 Excessive zealFANATICISM10Down23 And yet indistinguishable one from the otherALLTHESAME10Down23 ReflectMIRROR6Down24 Fulminating against the below in an articleTHUNDERING10Down24 DenturesFALSETEETH10Down24 MineralORE3Down25 Note, you say, it’s a femaleDOE3Down25 RescueSAVE4Down25 TobogganSLEDGE6Down26 ConclusionFINALE6Down28 PerverseCONTRARY8Down28 The entire contents of the packet?BOATLOAD8Down28 Decorative objectORNAMENT8Down29 The foreign aunt is in troubleTUNISIAN8Down29 BurdenENCUMBER8Down30 DawdleLAG3Down30 Broke and was bound upSTRAPPED8Down30 Notices they’re not using the fax machinesPOSTERS7Down31 ScrapeSCRATCH7Down31 Climb up getting, at one point, quite hotSWARM5Down33 MinusLESS4Down33 NormalUSUAL5Down33 In short supplySCARCE6Down34 Leave no money to - a blow all roundCUTOFF6Down34 EqualityPAR3Down36 OceanSEA3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 7, 2018. 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.