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Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 128 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#
Underground roomCELLAR6Across1 Game to upset a spiteful womanTIPCAT6Across1 CharmSPELL5Across2 AssessEVALUATE8Across7 LesserMINOR5Across7 Brown boy's pearsWILLIAMS8Across7 A New Zealander with tasteKIWI4Across8 TrimSMART5Across8 Cereal plantCORN4Across8 Barking sailor?SEADOG6Across10 PriseLEVER5Across10 Sounded a hornTOOTED6Across10 Arraign Charlie at the central court in a bad caseACCUSE6Across11 Love appleTOMATO6Across11 PastyPIE3Across12 BundleSHEAF5Across13 Author Wallace (not Edgar) from IsleworthLEW3Across14 MarryWED3Across14 WithdrewSECEDED7Across15 They have strings one ties in a knot at the weekendKITES5Across16 Adam's aleWATER5Across16 Like the piper you need for some lieder at the pianoPIED4Across17 TemperateMILD4Across17 JewishHEBREW6Across17 Kept in the studio stillPOSED5Across19 DrunkardSOT3Across19 PostponeDEFER5Across19 TurbulentRIOTOUS7Across20 David's part of Wales?GOWER5Across21 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across21 FilletedBONED5Across22 Wherein to fight for a warm-hearted womanARENA5Across22 Set of actorsCAST4Across23 Upright part of a Christmas treeMAST4Across23 Camera partLENS4Across23 CloseSHUT4Across25 Milk productYOGHURT7Across26 Make to arise?RAISE5Across26 WallowREVEL5Across26 Male swanCOB3Across28 A writer's pointNIB3Across28 Out of date actor in townOLDHAM6Across29 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 GarlandLEI3Across30 Where to shoot past, going round the islandBISLEY6Across30 Military greetingSALUTE6Across30 To the Yankee, everybody's a friendALLY4Across31 MistakesERRATA6Across31 Horse's gaitTROT4Across31 The last imaginable feline or horseSTALLION8Across32 Not fit to be eatenINEDIBLE8Across32 Organ of an active kind, with a key partKIDNEY6Across33 Human mind or soulPSYCHE6Across33 SlanderCALUMNY7Across34 SickenedAILED5Across37 PendulumBOB3Across38 SpeciesGENUS5Across39 Roof endGABLE5Across40 FleshyMEATY5Across41 WashCLEAN5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SOS put out as a chancy thingTOSSUP6Down1 Business patronageCUSTOM6Down1 TaxTITHE5Down1 PlunderedLOOTED6Down2 Take refuge in extremes of cold when castigatedCHIDED6Down2 Of the sunSOLAR5Down2 RipREND4Down3 A minor branch, you understandTWIG4Down3 FavourPREFER6Down3 DregsLEES4Down4 PermittedALLOWED7Down4 Airman touring a rocket centre showing little activityFLICKER7Down4 MomentumIMPETUS7Down5 Finished in German styleKAPUT5Down5 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Down5 InletCREEK5Down6 Spanish manSENOR5Down6 Trophy hotly contestedASHES5Down6 HoodCOWL4Down8 Beer with a portion of duck and a vegetableKALE4Down8 ColourRED3Down9 HelpAID3Down9 Gosh how it goes up and down!WOW3Down9 RenovateRESTORE7Down11 Heroic old police department?CID3Down12 SpoilMAR3Down12 Tennis stars still having growing potential?SEEDS5Down13 InformsTELLS5Down13 ProjectileSHELL5Down13 Hard woodEBONY5Down14 Uplands, oddly enoughDOWNS5Down15 Ward offREPEL5Down15 Pigeon cryCOO3Down16 IrritatedIRKED5Down18 DesiringWISHING7Down18 The one bargain that couldn't be betterIDEAL5Down18 RacketDIN3Down19 Writer of some poetryPOE3Down19 Gave food toFED3Down20 Naval section of the horse artillerySEA3Down20 Very much like Britain?GREATLY7Down21 ReefSHOAL5Down21 CountryBOLIVIA7Down21 PlaceSTEAD5Down22 Boy's nameBEN3Down22 A hush in the woodASH3Down22 SettlementCOLONY6Down23 Smiled wryly when trickedMISLED6Down23 Well, not less than famouslyABLY4Down24 DissolvableSOLUBLE7Down24 AdjoinABUT4Down24 Playmate a girl's too young forTOYBOY6Down25 ThreefoldTREBLE6Down25 QuickRAPID5Down26 Stir up noisy quarrels, we hearROUSE5Down26 BallotsVOTES5Down27 JewelGEM3Down27 One thinks of them as abstractionsIDEAS5Down27 VehicleCAR3Down28 Nothing like a duckNIL3Down28 ShockTRAUMA6Down28 CliqueCABAL5Down29 PaceSTEP4Down30 Wherein to keep money on the sideBANK4Down30 MountedRISEN5Down32 IrritableTESTY5Down33 ThrowLOB3Down35 ShoutYELL4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 9, 2024. 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.