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Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2019 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2019 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
Light purpleLILAC5Across3 Follow a beastly course?STEER5Across3 OrbGLOBE5Across4 MendREPAIR6Across7 March 10th, it appears, will suit himMARIO5Across8 Take awayMINUS5Across8 CourtWOO3Across9 HillTOR3Across10 Containing milk productsDAIRY5Across10 No elm can produce oneLEMON5Across10 Instead of going to Gateshead, let's talkGAS3Across11 Slope downDIP3Across11 Eighteen, of course?HOLES5Across12 RecoverRALLY5Across12 Punctuation markCOLON5Across12 VictualsFOOD4Across13 Keep it in charge!CONTROL7Across13 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Across13 View from the road outside the stationVISTA5Across15 Speed contestsRACES5Across15 BeleaguerBESET5Across15 PesterMOLEST6Across17 Unconscious of being excludedOUT3Across18 Unit of weightTON3Across18 A game anyone may be forTENNIS6Across19 SearchHUNT4Across19 Of catsFELINE6Across19 ForbiddenTABOO5Across20 Draw with thesePENCILS7Across21 You'll quickly see it has a North EndPRESTON7Across21 Coconut fibreCOIR4Across22 Theatrical race?HEAT4Across22 CushionPAD3Across22 Three can compose oneTRIO4Across23 DetestHATE4Across23 Light shoeSLIPPER7Across24 DroveMOTORED7Across24 Trumpeted cheer by a supporterFANFARE7Across24 EntertainsAMUSES6Across26 Rodent causing setback to a cat and a sheepMARMOT6Across26 FamilyKIN3Across27 BanquetFEAST5Across28 VegetablePEA3Across29 In a terrible rage for a timeERA3Across29 Do the least possible wrong?STEAL5Across31 SkinflintMISER5Across31 Prima-donnaDIVA4Across31 They could shelter a politician in the swirling sleetTEMPLES7Across32 SureCERTAIN7Across32 RevisedEDITED6Across33 At no timeNEVER5Across34 Fruit, presumably not for when one fasts!SLOES5Across34 You can eat it after parking, that isPIE3Across35 Belonging to himHIS3Across35 CapBERET5Across35 Underworld figure's intricate plot about a union leaderPLUTO5Across36 Wading birdHERON5Across36 View dastardly ends as shabbySEEDY5Across37 FiendDEMON5Across37 PuppetDOLL4Across37 ParrotMACAW5Across38 KingdomREALM5Across38 Overwhelmingly wet area?SWAMP5Across38 LairDEN3Across39 FixedSET3Across41 RecentMODERN6Across42 AlludeREFER5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Humorist aboard a vehicleWAGON5Down1 JockeyRIDER5Down1 GainPROFIT6Down1 A detective inspector's wrong to twist thingsDISTORT7Down2 PlanetJUPITER7Down2 PoiseAPLOMB6Down2 NippedBIT3Down3 Privy toINON4Down4 BloodGORE4Down4 Implement excessively angledTOOL4Down4 ReluctantLOATH5Down5 Loves deeplyADORES6Down5 Footballers' legs?ELEVEN6Down5 DaringBOLDNESS8Down6 Substance usable for treating reinsRESIN5Down6 Artificial waterwayCANAL5Down6 Carlo made his point as a film producerPONTI5Down7 Clean feathersPREEN5Down7 DressROBE4Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 Fled from FranceRAN3Down9 RepliedRESPONDED9Down11 Uncomfortable location for a drunken sot in the heatHOTSEAT7Down12 Calls offCANCELS7Down12 SwindleCON3Down14 FateDOOM4Down14 Regret again going out of turnRUE3Down14 AsteriskSTAR4Down16 Be unconsciously noisySNORE5Down16 Panatella, sayCIGAR5Down16 Meeting place in Nova ScotiaASCOT5Down17 Cut offSEVER5Down17 AppearLOOK4Down18 Sweet Evertonians?TOFFEES7Down19 FinFLIPPER7Down19 Points out the chap with fanciful ideasWHIMS5Down20 Go away hastilySCRAM5Down20 Chaplain having a quiet read, possiblyPADRE5Down21 ResignABDICATE8Down21 GodlyPIOUS5Down21 AdroitDEFT4Down23 LingHEATHER7Down23 One who catches a vehicle by following behindTRAPPER7Down23 Be behind, if you get meFOLLOW6Down24 TranquilSERENE6Down24 RankTIER4Down25 A marine branchARM3Down25 For everyPER3Down25 ActDEED4Down26 Where there's a charge for going round the lagoon?ATOLL5Down27 Colliery workerMINER5Down27 Supporters standing uprightMASTS5Down28 Spanish manSENOR5Down28 WorshippedADORED6Down29 GiftTALENT6Down30 BuffaloBISON5Down30 Having weakness, we need some remedyWEEDY5Down30 DegradeABASE5Down32 One making mincemeat of the other side?TEAM4Down32 Prison roomCELL4Down32 A pork pie, so to speakLIE3Down33 Point a weaponAIM3Down33 DetailITEM4Down34 PitcherEWER4Down36 PresentNOW3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 9, 2019. 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.