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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
A little boost for Philip, we hearFILLIP6Across1 DecomposedROTTEN6Across1 FieryTORRID6Across1 RotateTURN4Across5 Do they look down in the mouth?EYETEETH8Across7 IntermittentlyONANDOFF8Across7 After a time, left to take tea, possiblyLATE4Across8 Blast of windGUST4Across8 ShamBOGUS5Across8 ConsumeEAT3Across9 Native AmericanAPACHE6Across10 Seem fearfully cold?SHIVER6Across10 ObservedSEEN4Across10 ChangeMUTATE6Across11 Critical half-hour for the little manURGENT6Across11 TidyNEAT4Across11 AnaestheticETHER5Across12 FrailINFIRM6Across13 Definite articleTHE3Across14 It's a bit of news to me, chaps!MEN3Across14 GullTERN4Across16 Being seedy, they may burst into tears!TARES5Across16 StratumLAYER5Across16 QuarryPREY4Across17 What the dog does on disturbing a spyYAPS4Across17 ImpelURGE4Across18 Thanks to the French, we have fictionTALES5Across19 As yetSOFAR5Across19 ThroughPER3Across20 Cricketer in the position to be caught by a maiden?COVER5Across21 StreamRIVER5Across21 FruitNUT3Across22 Painter of a human extra-terrestrial!MANET5Across22 TentTEPEE5Across22 To be, for instance, a bit of a lover boyVERB4Across23 LoiterLAG3Across23 Make beerBREW4Across23 BroadWIDE4Across24 ElderlyAGED4Across25 WarehouseDEPOT5Across26 Fly high around the pole, with navigational aidSONAR5Across26 OceanSEA3Across28 MutilateDEFACE6Across28 The village recidivist?LAG3Across28 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Across29 With men around, she needs helpMAIDEN6Across29 AntennaAERIAL6Across30 Lighters that need waterBARGES6Across30 FlatLEVEL5Across30 Not all fowls may be found in barnsOWLS4Across31 Prisoner's roomCELL4Across31 The salesman went astray and was scoldedREPROVED8Across32 RuleDOMINION8Across32 CouplePAIR4Across32 PrevalentRIFE4Across33 Man's nameERNEST6Across33 Actors who no longer star, possibly?EXTRAS6Across33 SickILL3Across34 FoulFETID5Across35 FastenedTIED4Across36 JammedWEDGED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EssayTHESIS6Down1 RenovateREVAMP6Down1 Fly round a wood in showy styleFLASHY6Down1 TestyTOUCHY6Down2 They fall annuallyLEAVES6Down2 ConfirmedRATIFIED8Down2 Short letterNOTE4Down3 Look uncommon?PEER4Down3 IntroduceINSERT6Down3 BonyANGULAR7Down4 SatisfiedCONTENTED9Down4 Beginner in the world of racing?STARTER7Down4 Tsar who had to look out for trouble startingPETER5Down5 IncursionFORAY5Down5 MelodiousTUNEFUL7Down5 EmployerUSER4Down6 Attempts at picturesSHOTS5Down6 Following in timeAFTER5Down6 ObserveNOTE4Down7 Go slowly, looking tiredLIMP4Down8 InsectBEE3Down8 Movable barrierGATE4Down8 Female personSHE3Down9 A number of late nightsTEN3Down9 PitchTAR3Down12 Talk of the town?GAS3Down12 TautTENSE5Down13 Certainly didn't return for a bit of revengeNEVER5Down13 ZooMENAGERIE9Down14 Group of witchesCOVEN5Down15 OvumEGG3Down15 Hesitate to be the standard bearer?WAVER5Down15 MatRUG3Down17 BirdRAVEN5Down18 Completely circle a Scottish townALLOA5Down18 Not up to the high speedTON3Down19 DrinkSIP3Down19 DevastatingRAVAGING8Down19 Left the fathead out, as permittedLET3Down20 ChargeFEE3Down20 MinePIT3Down20 Like to look afterCAREFOR7Down21 KeepsRETAINS7Down21 RespectedREVERED7Down21 Keen to take mum to the capital of DenmarkMAD3Down22 HillTOR3Down22 German cityBERLIN6Down23 Rascal wrong to travelVARLET6Down23 They're subject to poachingEGGS4Down24 ComplainRAIL4Down24 Shrubbery or vehicles outside a hotelBUSHES6Down25 PurseWALLET6Down25 EraseDELETE6Down26 BeauDANDY5Down26 Be cleverly hurtful?SMART5Down26 ShoutedYELLED6Down27 OdesPOEMS5Down27 Bitingly coldNIPPY5Down27 Legal help in putting a wall upLAW3Down28 DioceseSEE3Down28 PlaceSPOT4Down29 Predict that the opposition leader may be in bedBODE4Down30 ExistenceLIFE4Down30 Skin problemACNE4Down30 CoverLID3Down31

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