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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 December 2023 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 December 2023 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (21 December 2023) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

They tell at length how epicures do without water
E
P
I
C
S
Len has consumed some more fruit!
L
E
M
O
N
Pest that can ruin a ship
A
P
H
I
S
In Gujarati a wide-mouthed vessel
J
A
R
Insular contribution to formal talks
M
A
L
T
A
What a defender is past earning?
B
A
C
K
P
A
Y
For which low gear is highly reasonable
H
I
L
L
S
Mother meets her end in ruin!
M
A
R
European rather like Dan?
D
A
N
I
S
H
Name the city to lay waste!
D
E
S
T
R
O
Y
The horse trotted round the ring
R
O
A
N
Copied out of a cheap edition
A
P
E
D
Glaswegian park keepers?
R
A
N
G
E
R
S
Drive to support with a bit of help
P
R
O
P
E
L
Champagne ingredient unsuitable for vegetarians
H
A
M
The flat stones shone weirdly
H
O
N
E
S
Lengthen a sentence?
S
T
R
E
T
C
H
Delectable turning in a river
T
A
S
T
Y
Like the price of certain stockings?
N
E
T
An animal Biggles could have used?
C
A
M
E
L
Many an iron worker apparently is under age!
M
I
N
O
R
Brings up half an army in reserves!
R
E
A
R
S
In Saudi Arabia he gets endless music
H
E
J
A
Z
Worn out some go round the King's Head with me
W
O
R
K
M
E
N
Take part for fun
P
L
A
Y
A yacht wrecked in the Orient
C
A
T
H
A
Y
Land in a spin!
S
P
A
I
N
Women of the future
G
I
R
L
S
Scot holding the master key?
M
A
C
Involved in marital conflict?
M
A
R
T
I
A
L
Father's not French!
P
A
S
Goes slowly like a number of politicians
L
I
M
P
S
Considered capable of dark deeds?
S
H
A
D
Y
Being resolute many should finish strongly
D
O
U
G
H
T
Y
Diagram but it could be part of a diaphragm
G
R
A
P
H
Name a wandering nomad
D
A
M
O
N
Song about men in the country
A
R
M
E
N
I
A
Not the first transaction concerning a northern town
R
E
S
A
L
E
Something shell-like from the sea really
E
A
R
Something to make war on it's growing
R
O
W
A
N
He'll take a squint round the road junction
P
E
T
E
R
Continue working in west London
A
C
T
O
N
Make the tea go round in jug
S
T
I
R
A double quintet of lutenists
T
E
N

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 21 December 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is JAR which contains 3 Characters.
  • In Gujarati a wide-mouthed vessel is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is BACKPAY which contains 7 Characters.
  • What a defender is past earning? is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 21 December 2023 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are F,Q,V,X