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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2022 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#
CentreHEART5Across3 EbbRECEDE6Across4 Divide a bit out, just for the momentBISECT6Across4 Peseta we changed for a climberSWEETPEA8Across7 In the open airALFRESCO8Across7 At such a meal, pals possibly get highSLAPUP6Across8 Sikh's headdressTURBAN6Across8 RebelRIOTER6Across9 SwindleCHEAT5Across10 ConsumingEATING6Across10 That Enigmatic English composerELGAR5Across10 IrrigateWATER5Across11 MoodVEIN4Across12 Where, on a vessel, quietly to use oars?PROW4Across13 Long bounding strideLOPE4Across13 FlingHURL4Across14 Is even more compact if it's a MiniDISC4Across14 Will eating it make you husky?BRAN4Across15 Rowing bladesOARS4Across15 FormerlyONCE4Across15 Is such diving a bit risky?SKY3Across16 Fizzy drink (3)WASATABPOP3Across16 The middle-class womanTHEA4Across17 ArousedEXCITED7Across17 Group of playersTEAM4Across17 It holds up speakers, etc., in the hallDAIS4Across19 DeserveEARN4Across19 MineralORE3Across20 That backward business before blast-offCOUNTDOWN9Across21 FlawlesslyPERFECTLY9Across21 DiscourageDAUNT5Across21 Brave manHERO4Across23 Vegetable product that could have made Cromwell unwell?CORM4Across23 LakeLOCH4Across23 If you want fish, crack a nut!TUNA4Across24 Organ of smellNOSE4Across24 TunnyTUNA4Across25 SpicyHOT3Across26 You need room to swing oneCAT3Across26 KeenEAGER5Across26 Fit as a seaman?ABLE4Across27 SpecksDOTS4Across27 MouthfulSIP3Across28 Show no friendliness in distributing bunsSNUB4Across29 AttackRAID4Across29 DeterminedDECIDED7Across30 It allows a member a certain amount of flexibilityKNEE4Across32 VegetablesPEAS4Across32 It's a pity she's out for the morningSHAME5Across33 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Across33 GroupUNIT4Across33 Will he never quite make a leading man?DANIEL6Across34 TensionSTRESS6Across34 Plenty of painful punishmentLASHINGS8Across35 MirageILLUSION8Across35 CipherCODE4Across35 VagrantsTRAMPS6Across36 Coloured water?REDSEA6Across36 LeafPETAL5Across36 NeededLACKED6Across38 NoisierLOUDER6Across39 RenovateRENEW5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CaptureCATCH5Down1 If you want to be invited, apply to the EditorASKED5Down1 SeriousGRAVE5Down1 Following in timeAFTER5Down2 They're only partly seen as a danger to shippingBERGS5Down2 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down2 Superlative of goodBEST4Down3 Make the cocoa go round in jug?STIR4Down3 CutHEW3Down3 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down4 DeletedERASED6Down4 Port, as in a bar, maybeBASRA5Down4 SmellREEK4Down5 NucleusCORE4Down5 Bernard, it seems, was upset about the hotelSHAW4Down5 SailorTAR3Down6 Mythical monsterDRAGON6Down6 Blocks half of loch having unfortunately sunkCHUNKS6Down6 InstrumentPIANO5Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 DistressesUPSETS6Down9 Place of prideLONDON6Down9 EmbraceHUG3Down11 The cash I had for coverLID3Down11 He may consider Macbeth unmentionableACTOR5Down12 ChangeALTER5Down12 ElucidateEXPLAIN7Down13 Talk softly to Sir SimonPRATTLE7Down13 BewailsLAMENTS7Down13 RelativeNIECE5Down14 Would he be the new leader?BEN3Down15 DoltOAF3Down15 Fault in the housing programmeSIN3Down16 MadeCREATED7Down16 SnoopPRY3Down16 StupefiedDAZED5Down18 Anybody on earth should be benevolentHUMANE6Down18 Wears awayERODES6Down18 InsectANT3Down19 Ah! Was taken in and nearly sunk!AWASH5Down20 On one's toesALERT5Down20 FavouritePET3Down21 You may not remember having spent the night in oneCOT3Down21 LettuceCOS3Down22 Expected to be outside the King's Head with a noblemanDUE3Down22 JacketTUNIC5Down22 Car hornHOOTER6Down23 Bottle broken by the RAF aceCARAFE6Down23 OwnedHAD3Down24 ContendVIE3Down25 Amount arranged for some asylum seekers?SUM3Down25 EntertainREGALE6Down27 She twice left little Beatrice outBELLA5Down28 DirtySULLY5Down28 Fertile spotOASIS5Down28 FragmentPIECE5Down29 GarretATTIC5Down30 She mentions a letter to Annie, not BillyNANNY5Down30 ShabbyDOWDY5Down31 Swallow liquidDRINK5Down31 Could be a horse a bet's adapted forBEAST5Down31 HairstylePERM4Down32 DisparageDECRY5Down32 A touch of life, perhaps?KISS4Down32 Thus a house is in one part of LondonSOHO4Down33 Egg cellOVUM4Down33 YieldCEDE4Down34 ThroughPER3Down36 MooLOW3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 8, 2022. 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.