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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
RichesWEALTH6Across1 ParticleATOM4Across5 SpreeBEANO5Across8 Make believePRETEND7Across8 Convinced it's inevitableCERTAIN7Across8 WonderAWE3Across9 Very unhappyMISERABLE9Across9 A fat insect?BUTTERFLY9Across9 HarvestREAP4Across10 ThreesomeTRIO4Across11 InexperiencedGREEN5Across12 PlatitudeTRUISM6Across13 Revolted, had left one's seatRISEN5Across13 Striped animalZEBRA5Across13 Move the teeniest bitTOUCH5Across14 LiveDWELL5Across14 ZealotFANATIC7Across15 Best satisfied when they fall sharplyPLUMMET7Across15 Formal permissionLICENCE7Across16 Suppress the anti - anti is wrongCONTAIN7Across16 TillerHELM4Across16 A quarrel when you take the new car for a driveRUNIN5Across17 PoisonVENOM5Across17 Army officerMAJOR5Across18 Something you wear because you've always worn it?HABIT5Across18 MiddayNOON4Across18 ConsumedATE3Across20 Not happy about, we gave the chop toSAWED5Across20 DetestABHOR5Across20 OceanSEA3Across22 Off one rushed, to the policeRANCID6Across22 TermTENURE6Across22 The language could be FrenchPOLISH6Across23 WelcomeAVE3Across23 ConiferSPRUCE6Across23 ValeGLEN4Across24 InvigoratingBRACING7Across25 RepairMEND4Across25 Drawing a box with a hole in itCARTOON7Across25 CookingCUISINE7Across27 Play the part of the harbourmanPORTRAY7Across27 LackDEARTH6Across28 He's on the watch for the Second ComingSENTRY6Across30 NeckwearSCARF5Across30 LimpFLOPPY6Across30 Soak upABSORB6Across31 Show a film about partition?SCREEN6Across31 Punctuation markCOLON5Across32 Has Dante heartlessly put into the infernoHADES5Across32 ExcludeOMIT4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 PoemODE3Across34 Breed of dogCORGI5Across35 Could be Mr RightTITLE5Across35 ConciseTERSE5Across35 RushREED4Across36 AvariceGREED5Across36 Declaim, though having nothing to complain aboutORATE5Across36 A fewSEVERAL7Across37 Why we don't remember the men who struggled in Asia?AMNESIA7Across37 ComingADVENT6Across37 A fight in the car aheadFORWARD7Across39 PettyTRIVIAL7Across39 Legally acceptableVALID5Across41 Tea at home, or one of the many restaurants?CHAIN5Across41 Citrus fruitLEMON5Across42 A well-known name in textileSERGE5Across42 OffensiveINSULTING9Across43 Plan that makes a surprise start to a rough gameSTRATAGEM9Across43 StimulusIMPETUS7Across44 Reading through "America At Large"PERUSAL7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Period in which the main issue appearsSEASON6Down1 Middle-Eastern languageARABIC6Down1 ApparitionWRAITH6Down1 Level with the postSTANDARD8Down2 SieveSTRAINER8Down2 SufficientADEQUATE8Down2 Where you had a trying time while shopping?FITTINGROOM11Down3 UnintentionalINADVERTENT11Down3 DrubTHRASH6Down3 RebukeREPRIMAND9Down4 HatsMILLINERY9Down4 It's true the aunt passed away at ninety-nineAUTHENTIC9Down4 FeelerANTENNA7Down5 ScentPERFUME7Down5 It's wrong to hang on to someone's paySTIPEND7Down5 Greatest workMAGNUMOPUS10Down6 RippedTORN4Down6 Emphasised that it had been publishedBROUGHTOUT10Down6 HeathMOOR4Down7 ApartmentFLAT4Down7 For "15", the top of the treePLUM4Down7 SackBAG3Down8 Flowering plantAZALEA6Down10 Jokes that create riftsCRACKS6Down10 ArdentFERVENT7Down11 For the present, having electricityCURRENT7Down11 In short supplySCARCE6Down12 Try to get the rent together, but it's a pain!STITCH6Down12 HypnotiseMESMERISE9Down14 SorrowWOE3Down15 ShelterLEE3Down17 DaybookJOURNAL7Down19 DefeatOVERCOME8Down19 He robs from the ship as wellBRIGAND7Down19 EveryALL3Down20 PortHARBOUR7Down21 PerformedENACTED7Down21 Won't bother about the hat stand with shelvesWHATNOT7Down21 Does it spray ink all over the place?FOUNTAINPEN11Down24 TipRUBBISHDUMP11Down24 Averted one's gaze from, when refused admittanceTURNEDAWAY10Down26 ImpulsiveCAPRICIOUS10Down26 ClaimDEMAND6Down26 MenaceTHREAT6Down27 WatchfulOBSERVANT9Down28 When the cars crashed, got bad chest abrasionsSCRATCHES9Down28 IndigentPOOR4Down29 Leaves out the R in "divers"SEVERAL7Down29 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Down29 Leave the TV unpluggedSETOFF6Down30 LocationSITE4Down30 AspectsFACETS6Down30 EnemyFOE3Down31 Distributes about a thousandHANDSOUT8Down32 OffhandCAVALIER8Down32 Has been worried, you know, and agitatedSHAKEN6Down33 StockingsNYLONS6Down33 Gosh! A mug for the drink!CORDIAL7Down34 NimblenessAGILITY7Down34 Yell "Be off!" grabbing the keySCREAM6Down38 CommotionRUMPUS6Down38 Spoil a tableROTA4Down40 Charged particlesIONS4Down40

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