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Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2022 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#
HandwritingSCRIPT6Across1 GoadSPUR4Across5 WrathANGER5Across8 DepictPORTRAY7Across8 Anticipated the warning and was turningFORESAW7Across8 BurstPOP3Across9 MethodTECHNIQUE9Across9 How you find yourself in the bankruptcy court? Not at all!BYNOMEANS9Across9 MinusLESS4Across10 EmptyVOID4Across11 HeapedPILED5Across12 PantryLARDER6Across13 Call by telephone from where you’re stayingHOTEL5Across13 Bulb vegetableONION5Across13 “Plants” one sees in the book spelled phoneticallyREEDS5Across14 HarpedDWELT5Across14 ChildTODDLER7Across15 The old lady, you bet, will be going to the partyDOWAGER7Across15 OrderMANDATE7Across16 He’s left to take back six in the vehicleMARXIST7Across16 AdroitDEFT4Across16 Gather the bread goes into itPURSE5Across17 LimberLITHE5Across17 MatureRIPEN5Across18 How many, about, will be in the caseTHREE5Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 GirlêsHER3Across20 Lay, sad and miserableDIRGE5Across20 AssessedRATED5Across20 ObserveSEE3Across22 Get the boat to float inOBTAIN6Across22 QuoteRECITE6Across22 Piled it on when he did an impressionHEAPED6Across23 BarrierDAM3Across23 LookGLANCE6Across23 CentreCORE4Across24 SlideSLITHER7Across25 MarqueeTENT4Across25 Show the lady is playing the piano insideDISPLAY7Across25 DemonicSATANIC7Across27 Flavouring also, I understand, goes into itANISEED7Across27 TormentedTEASED6Across28 The result of crossing a pig with a doe?PIEDOG6Across30 WaterwayCANAL5Across30 Shake with coldSHIVER6Across30 ArouseEXCITE6Across31 Fill up the wardCHARGE6Across31 IronPRESS5Across32 Actors the second act’s revolving roundCASTS5Across32 FootwearBOOT4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 PassCOL3Across34 ShelfLEDGE5Across35 What the payments would be, on a hundred boxesRATES5Across35 IntendedMEANT5Across35 WatchedEYED4Across36 In that placeTHERE5Across36 “Plenty of drink,” the member interposedAMPLE5Across36 InfuriateINCENSE7Across37 Pay to have a meal with wineSUPPORT7Across37 Be thereATTEND6Across37 The coupon’s got a bit tornSOUPCON7Across39 CheeseCHEDDAR7Across39 HopeTRUST5Across41 In real trouble the time afterwardsLATER5Across41 SubsequentlyLATER5Across42 Yours is the one going in to be repaired, thenTHINE5Across42 PictureVISUALISE9Across43 Pull in, you say, and put it backREINSTATE9Across43 Love affairROMANCE7Across44 In following home, he’s done wronglyVILLAIN7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mooch about while he shootsPOTTER6Down1 IdeaNOTION6Down1 LitheSUPPLE6Down1 Sense, in a similar way, that you’re in the mood forFEELLIKE8Down2 FlagSTANDARD8Down2 JournalistREPORTER8Down2 To take you beyond your destination is to overdo itCARRYTOOFAR11Down3 UnfeelingHARDHEARTED11Down3 TuggedPULLED6Down3 CompellingINSISTENT9Down4 PennilessDESTITUTE9Down4 It shows the pupils are in need of a restEYESTRAIN9Down4 CutSEVERED7Down5 BreakSHATTER7Down5 With hooligans had a fight and doesn’t survive itROWDIES7Down5 PantomimeCINDERELLA10Down6 PokePROD4Down6 Would it not be an open and shut case without him?KEYWITNESS10Down6 DiscourteousRUDE4Down7 CompleteFULL4Down7 Catch the sun and keep complaining about itSNAG4Down7 SerpentASP3Down8 PreviousFORMER6Down10 Am accommodated in an outhouse and humiliatedSHAMED6Down10 CopyREPLICA7Down11 Foolishly pester one during the breakRESPITE7Down11 Citrus fruitORANGE6Down12 With that the working week comes to a close, chum!FRIEND6Down12 Self-controlRESTRAINT9Down14 ObscureDIM3Down15 ChargeFEE3Down17 ThoughtfulPENSIVE7Down19 BloodshedMASSACRE8Down19 About to give to the newspapers, hold backREPRESS7Down19 Coal-scuttleHOD3Down20 AgreedTALLIED7Down21 ToldRELATED7Down21 I myself harangue about the clothingRAIMENT7Down21 Don’t try hard enough because stressed?UNDERSTRAIN11Down24 CurseMALEDICTION11Down24 Why the boxer was easily beaten?POORSECOND10Down26 WonderfulTREMENDOUS10Down26 OccupantTENANT6Down26 ConfusedADDLED6Down27 SkillEXPERTISE9Down28 Potato (a lot, mashed) and a sausageCHIPOLATA9Down28 CompetentABLE4Down29 Picks up where one stopsARRESTS7Down29 RepulsiveHIDEOUS7Down29 Got the record back by a trick, you readPERUSE6Down30 ArriveCOME4Down30 ComfortSOLACE6Down30 FateLOT3Down31 To put the finishing touch, having money left toCAPITALL8Down32 OddPECULIAR8Down32 It’s easy to see who’s taking the chairSITTER6Down33 Fortified wineSHERRY6Down33 To a degree, the agent works for the tycoonMAGNATE7Down34 SurpriseSTARTLE7Down34 The source of the outfit I put on outsideORIGIN6Down38 ObserveNOTICE6Down38 Pressed into service though oldUSED4Down40 WickedEVIL4Down40

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