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Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2023 answers. The Thursday 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#
Book of mapsATLAS5Across3 StadiumARENA5Across3 Jumps like Stephen's heart during a wild kissSKIPS5Across3 Sends a penny for the toss, maybePOSTS5Across8 BlocksCUBES5Across8 FruitQUINCE6Across9 BuffaloBISON5Across10 IsleISLAND6Across10 Where, abroad, the laity are confused?ITALY5Across10 Leave before mid-May for somewhere in IndiaGOA3Across11 Unit of weightTON3Across11 AgeEPOCH5Across11 After a century, be beaten in a near thing!CLOSE5Across12 FlowerIRIS4Across12 RefuteREBUT5Across12 It may well be full of rubbishDUSTBIN7Across13 LingHEATHER7Across13 CeremonyRITE4Across15 Warning deviceSIREN5Across15 A letter copied or recordedTAPED5Across15 PostBOLLARD7Across17 RendRIP3Across18 Nominally one plus oneIAN3Across18 Married Spanish womanSENORA6Across19 To pile in disorder while showing respectPOLITE6Across19 DogCUR3Across20 BewailsLAMENTS7Across21 WrenchTWIST5Across21 A friendly drinkCORDIAL7Across21 Gain from learning?EARN4Across22 Egg-shapedOVAL4Across22 Join heatedlyWELD4Across23 RiseGOUP4Across23 AleBEER4Across23 Made with care, perhaps, by EdwardCREATED7Across24 Light shoeSLIPPER7Across24 ProperPRIM4Across25 American for a small reptile or flowerCROCUS6Across26 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across26 ChaplainPADRE5Across26 SkillART3Across28 Narrow broochPIN3Across29 It's grown for food in NicosiaCOS3Across29 LooseFLACCID7Across30 Chap fond of a tramp?HIKER5Across31 Of the kidneysRENAL5Across31 Posted, perhaps, with a colourful card?SENTOFF7Across32 HatesDETESTS7Across32 CowhouseBYRE4Across33 TeacherTUTOR5Across34 Game of skill? Not entirelyDARTS5Across34 One must do so or die in the attempt!EAT3Across35 SlateTILE4Across35 DecomposeROT3Across35 Valuable thingASSET5Across36 StaidSOBER5Across36 A girl gets at some cash in the tillFLOAT5Across36 Highland games logCABER5Across37 Was wrong to make some further reductionERRED5Across37 AppearsSEEMS5Across38 Re-equip an army corps with a weaponREARM5Across38 SeamanSAILOR6Across38 SpitSALIVA6Across39 TrivialPETTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ExternalOUTER5Down1 FireworkSQUIB5Down1 False as some boy's nameBOGUS5Down1 MiddleCENTRAL7Down2 Standing in rankSTATION7Down2 WatchVIGIL5Down2 ExpertACE3Down3 RowTIER4Down4 RumourREPORT6Down4 Hardly a cold place for an apprentice in the family!KILN4Down4 NotchNICK4Down5 To slip badly in a Shakespearean rolePISTOL6Down5 MaltreatsABUSES6Down5 TreeASH3Down6 Form of protestSITIN5Down6 Take something the wrong waySTEAL5Down6 FundamentalBASIC5Down7 ForcePOWER5Down7 Fast ships?FLEET5Down7 ViperADDER5Down8 SnakeBOA3Down9 So the head of security gets the messageSOS3Down9 They're no longer burning to make tracks!CINDERS7Down12 RevokesREPEALS7Down12 TheftROBBERY7Down13 Drinking place or cabaret centreBAR3Down14 SlumberSLEEP5Down14 That manHIM3Down14 Longed to fix some needPINED5Down16 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down16 TumultTURMOIL7Down16 Baby's diaperNAPPY5Down17 Those done in documentary style?DEEDS5Down17 MidgetDWARF5Down18 Bung, plugSTOPPER7Down19 SerpentASP3Down19 Can they be built to scale by father?PALACES7Down19 GiverDONOR5Down20 Everybody has the right to get somewhereREACH5Down20 Type of person to credit with nothing goodCROOK5Down21 LoadedLADEN5Down21 TerrainTRACT5Down22 Army officerGENERAL7Down23 A movie we backWESTERN7Down23 The cleric's dog didn't starveCURATE6Down24 UncookedRAW3Down24 Military greetingSALUTE6Down24 Weight of intonation?TON3Down25 MinePIT3Down25 SeniorELDEST6Down27 By or in itselfPERSE5Down27 Search and subject to an amount of pilfering, possiblyRIFLE5Down27 RevileABUSE5Down28 EvaluatesRATES5Down28 Piece of nice dark timberCEDAR5Down28 CharacteristicTRAIT5Down29 How to be in one's hauntsOFTEN5Down30 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down30 PoliteCIVIL5Down31 Terrible fateDOOM4Down32 PostponeDELAY5Down32 Be an agitator in prisonSTIR4Down32 As used by one man in eight?OAR3Down33 WeepSOB3Down33 TenderSORE4Down34 BribeSOP3Down36 BeamRAY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 7, 2023. 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.