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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 8 2021. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
A little boost for Philip, we hear61 AcrossReveal answer → Decomposed61 AcrossReveal answer → Fiery61 AcrossReveal answer → Rotate45 AcrossReveal answer → Do they look down in the mouth?87 AcrossReveal answer → Intermittently87 AcrossReveal answer → After a time, left to take tea, possibly48 AcrossReveal answer → Blast of wind48 AcrossReveal answer → Sham58 AcrossReveal answer → Consume39 AcrossReveal answer → Native American610 AcrossReveal answer → Seem fearfully cold?610 AcrossReveal answer → Observed410 AcrossReveal answer → Change611 AcrossReveal answer → Critical half-hour for the little man611 AcrossReveal answer → Tidy411 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic512 AcrossReveal answer → Frail613 AcrossReveal answer → Definite article314 AcrossReveal answer → It's a bit of news to me, chaps!314 AcrossReveal answer → Gull416 AcrossReveal answer → Being seedy, they may burst into tears!516 AcrossReveal answer → Stratum516 AcrossReveal answer → Quarry417 AcrossReveal answer → What the dog does on disturbing a spy417 AcrossReveal answer → Impel418 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks to the French, we have fiction519 AcrossReveal answer → As yet519 AcrossReveal answer → Through320 AcrossReveal answer → Cricketer in the position to be caught by a maiden?521 AcrossReveal answer → Stream521 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit322 AcrossReveal answer → Painter of a human extra-terrestrial!522 AcrossReveal answer → Tent522 AcrossReveal answer → To be, for instance, a bit of a lover boy423 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter323 AcrossReveal answer → Make beer423 AcrossReveal answer → Broad424 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly425 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse526 AcrossReveal answer → Fly high around the pole, with navigational aid526 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean328 AcrossReveal answer → Mutilate628 AcrossReveal answer → The village recidivist?328 AcrossReveal answer → Waterproof jacket629 AcrossReveal answer → With men around, she needs help629 AcrossReveal answer → Antenna630 AcrossReveal answer → Lighters that need water630 AcrossReveal answer → Flat530 AcrossReveal answer → Not all fowls may be found in barns431 AcrossReveal answer → Prisoner's room431 AcrossReveal answer → The salesman went astray and was scolded832 AcrossReveal answer → Rule832 AcrossReveal answer → Couple432 AcrossReveal answer → Prevalent433 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name633 AcrossReveal answer → Actors who no longer star, possibly?633 AcrossReveal answer → Sick334 AcrossReveal answer → Foul535 AcrossReveal answer → Fastened436 AcrossReveal answer → Jammed637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Essay61 DownReveal answer → Renovate61 DownReveal answer → Fly round a wood in showy style61 DownReveal answer → Testy62 DownReveal answer → They fall annually62 DownReveal answer → Confirmed82 DownReveal answer → Short letter43 DownReveal answer → Look uncommon?43 DownReveal answer → Introduce63 DownReveal answer → Bony74 DownReveal answer → Satisfied94 DownReveal answer → Beginner in the world of racing?74 DownReveal answer → Tsar who had to look out for trouble starting55 DownReveal answer → Incursion55 DownReveal answer → Melodious75 DownReveal answer → Employer46 DownReveal answer → Attempts at pictures56 DownReveal answer → Following in time56 DownReveal answer → Observe47 DownReveal answer → Go slowly, looking tired48 DownReveal answer → Insect38 DownReveal answer → Movable barrier48 DownReveal answer → Female person39 DownReveal answer → A number of late nights39 DownReveal answer → Pitch312 DownReveal answer → Talk of the town?312 DownReveal answer → Taut513 DownReveal answer → Certainly didn't return for a bit of revenge513 DownReveal answer → Zoo914 DownReveal answer → Group of witches515 DownReveal answer → Ovum315 DownReveal answer → Hesitate to be the standard bearer?515 DownReveal answer → Mat317 DownReveal answer → Bird518 DownReveal answer → Completely circle a Scottish town518 DownReveal answer → Not up to the high speed319 DownReveal answer → Drink319 DownReveal answer → Devastating819 DownReveal answer → Left the fathead out, as permitted320 DownReveal answer → Charge320 DownReveal answer → Mine320 DownReveal answer → Like to look after721 DownReveal answer → Keeps721 DownReveal answer → Respected721 DownReveal answer → Keen to take mum to the capital of Denmark322 DownReveal answer → Hill322 DownReveal answer → German city623 DownReveal answer → Rascal wrong to travel623 DownReveal answer → They're subject to poaching424 DownReveal answer → Complain424 DownReveal answer → Shrubbery or vehicles outside a hotel625 DownReveal answer → Purse625 DownReveal answer → Erase626 DownReveal answer → Beau526 DownReveal answer → Be cleverly hurtful?526 DownReveal answer → Shouted627 DownReveal answer → Odes527 DownReveal answer → Bitingly cold527 DownReveal answer → Legal help in putting a wall up328 DownReveal answer → Diocese328 DownReveal answer → Place429 DownReveal answer → Predict that the opposition leader may be in bed430 DownReveal answer → Existence430 DownReveal answer → Skin problem430 DownReveal answer → Cover331 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. 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.