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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 8 2023. 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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Riches61 AcrossReveal answer → Particle45 AcrossReveal answer → Spree58 AcrossReveal answer → Make believe78 AcrossReveal answer → Convinced it's inevitable78 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder39 AcrossReveal answer → Very unhappy99 AcrossReveal answer → A fat insect?99 AcrossReveal answer → Harvest410 AcrossReveal answer → Threesome411 AcrossReveal answer → Inexperienced512 AcrossReveal answer → Platitude613 AcrossReveal answer → Revolted, had left one's seat513 AcrossReveal answer → Striped animal513 AcrossReveal answer → Move the teeniest bit514 AcrossReveal answer → Live514 AcrossReveal answer → Zealot715 AcrossReveal answer → Best satisfied when they fall sharply715 AcrossReveal answer → Formal permission716 AcrossReveal answer → Suppress the anti - anti is wrong716 AcrossReveal answer → Tiller416 AcrossReveal answer → A quarrel when you take the new car for a drive517 AcrossReveal answer → Poison517 AcrossReveal answer → Army officer518 AcrossReveal answer → Something you wear because you've always worn it?518 AcrossReveal answer → Midday418 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed320 AcrossReveal answer → Not happy about, we gave the chop to520 AcrossReveal answer → Detest520 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean322 AcrossReveal answer → Off one rushed, to the police622 AcrossReveal answer → Term622 AcrossReveal answer → The language could be French623 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome323 AcrossReveal answer → Conifer623 AcrossReveal answer → Vale424 AcrossReveal answer → Invigorating725 AcrossReveal answer → Repair425 AcrossReveal answer → Drawing a box with a hole in it725 AcrossReveal answer → Cooking727 AcrossReveal answer → Play the part of the harbourman727 AcrossReveal answer → Lack628 AcrossReveal answer → He's on the watch for the Second Coming630 AcrossReveal answer → Neckwear530 AcrossReveal answer → Limp630 AcrossReveal answer → Soak up631 AcrossReveal answer → Show a film about partition?631 AcrossReveal answer → Punctuation mark532 AcrossReveal answer → Has Dante heartlessly put into the inferno532 AcrossReveal answer → Exclude432 AcrossReveal answer → Jot433 AcrossReveal answer → Poem334 AcrossReveal answer → Breed of dog535 AcrossReveal answer → Could be Mr Right535 AcrossReveal answer → Concise535 AcrossReveal answer → Rush436 AcrossReveal answer → Avarice536 AcrossReveal answer → Declaim, though having nothing to complain about536 AcrossReveal answer → A few737 AcrossReveal answer → Why we don't remember the men who struggled in Asia?737 AcrossReveal answer → Coming637 AcrossReveal answer → A fight in the car ahead739 AcrossReveal answer → Petty739 AcrossReveal answer → Legally acceptable541 AcrossReveal answer → Tea at home, or one of the many restaurants?541 AcrossReveal answer → Citrus fruit542 AcrossReveal answer → A well-known name in textile542 AcrossReveal answer → Offensive943 AcrossReveal answer → Plan that makes a surprise start to a rough game943 AcrossReveal answer → Stimulus744 AcrossReveal answer → Reading through "America At Large"744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Period in which the main issue appears61 DownReveal answer → Middle-Eastern language61 DownReveal answer → Apparition61 DownReveal answer → Level with the post82 DownReveal answer → Sieve82 DownReveal answer → Sufficient82 DownReveal answer → Where you had a trying time while shopping?113 DownReveal answer → Unintentional113 DownReveal answer → Drub63 DownReveal answer → Rebuke94 DownReveal answer → Hats94 DownReveal answer → It's true the aunt passed away at ninety-nine94 DownReveal answer → Feeler75 DownReveal answer → Scent75 DownReveal answer → It's wrong to hang on to someone's pay75 DownReveal answer → Greatest work106 DownReveal answer → Ripped46 DownReveal answer → Emphasised that it had been published106 DownReveal answer → Heath47 DownReveal answer → Apartment47 DownReveal answer → For "15", the top of the tree47 DownReveal answer → Sack38 DownReveal answer → Flowering plant610 DownReveal answer → Jokes that create rifts610 DownReveal answer → Ardent711 DownReveal answer → For the present, having electricity711 DownReveal answer → In short supply612 DownReveal answer → Try to get the rent together, but it's a pain!612 DownReveal answer → Hypnotise914 DownReveal answer → Sorrow315 DownReveal answer → Shelter317 DownReveal answer → Daybook719 DownReveal answer → Defeat819 DownReveal answer → He robs from the ship as well719 DownReveal answer → Every320 DownReveal answer → Port721 DownReveal answer → Performed721 DownReveal answer → Won't bother about the hat stand with shelves721 DownReveal answer → Does it spray ink all over the place?1124 DownReveal answer → Tip1124 DownReveal answer → Averted one's gaze from, when refused admittance1026 DownReveal answer → Impulsive1026 DownReveal answer → Claim626 DownReveal answer → Menace627 DownReveal answer → Watchful928 DownReveal answer → When the cars crashed, got bad chest abrasions928 DownReveal answer → Indigent429 DownReveal answer → Leaves out the R in "divers"729 DownReveal answer → Venetian boat729 DownReveal answer → Leave the TV unplugged630 DownReveal answer → Location430 DownReveal answer → Aspects630 DownReveal answer → Enemy331 DownReveal answer → Distributes about a thousand832 DownReveal answer → Offhand832 DownReveal answer → Has been worried, you know, and agitated633 DownReveal answer → Stockings633 DownReveal answer → Gosh! A mug for the drink!734 DownReveal answer → Nimbleness734 DownReveal answer → Yell "Be off!" grabbing the key638 DownReveal answer → Commotion638 DownReveal answer → Spoil a table440 DownReveal answer → Charged particles440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 8, 2023. 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.