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Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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#
StrictSTERN5Across2 LoyalTRUE4Across7 PropertyESTATE6Across8 BelieveTRUST5Across9 I mete out sentence at just the right momentIDEALTIME9Across9 VegetableARTICHOKE9Across9 No hunter in any way, but a fugitiveONTHERUN8Across10 AboveOVERHEAD8Across10 MireMUD3Across11 The former, who should have been here by now?LATE4Across12 RowTIER4Across12 Go out to get some more breadSTRIKE6Across13 OfferBID3Across13 ArgumentDEBATE6Across13 ListlessnessLANGUOR7Across14 Having no pressing needsNONIRON7Across14 ParadiseEDEN4Across15 Nefarious activities carried out at night?DARKDEEDS9Across15 CheeseCAMEMBERT9Across15 CoachBUS3Across16 StupidityDENSENESS9Across17 Trapped while having a rest between roundsINACORNER9Across17 InterminableENDLESS7Across18 AirTUNE4Across18 Catch, then lets slip, which is irritatingNETTLES7Across18 RestaurantCANTEEN7Across19 Get back, for instance, into the waterREGAIN6Across20 CupidEROS4Across20 BirdPARROT6Across20 Split when the vehicle overturnsPART4Across21 ExamineSCAN4Across21 FeverAGUE4Across22 TwistedTANGLED7Across23 AbodeDWELLING8Across24 A note of whimsy?CROTCHET8Across24 WatchedEYED4Across25 ToldINFORMED8Across26 It's obvious I must get myself some extra moneyOVERTIME8Across26 FishEEL3Across27 At the river, fish and swimREEL4Across28 PlacesLAYS4Across28 LakeMERE4Across28 OuthouseSTABLE6Across29 How one went off down the ramp?SLOPED6Across29 FatherDAD3Across30 ExcursionistTRIPPER7Across31 The figure in the poster is slimSLENDER7Across31 DefectiveDUD3Across31 BoothSTALL5Across33 Again the armed aircraft is protecting the shipFREIGHTER9Across34 SillySENSELESS9Across34 OpportunityCHANCE6Across36 Is it something between a gust and a blast?CROSSWIND9Across36 RuseSTRATAGEM9Across36 DetailITEM4Across37 She later didn't have a place in which to hideSHELTER7Across38 JamWEDGE5Across38 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across38 My love, that fifty per cent cut will create a shortageDEARTH6Across39 UsualNORMAL6Across39 UnruffledCALM4Across40 Run on the spot!IDLE4Across40 ValuablePRECIOUS8Across41 Is not organised by the people one speaks ofMENTIONS8Across41 SightSPECTACLE9Across42 Beating, I learn, egg into the drinkGINGERALE9Across42

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FragmentPARTICLE8Down1 HaughtyPROUD5Down1 Given all the facts and acted as locum forFILLEDIN8Down1 FlockSTREAM6Down2 It won't stop you reading it!LETTER6Down2 FixedSET3Down2 FilletedBONELESS8Down3 Thoroughly apathetic - straight up!LISTLESS8Down3 BirdEMU3Down3 EntrapNET3Down4 MealREPAST6Down4 A note to the girl who's falling down on the jobREMISS6Down4 Pig-penSTY3Down5 BullfighterTOREADOR8Down5 In case, having the bloke call onCOVERING8Down5 BlemishSTAIN5Down6 RebukeTELLINGOFF10Down6 And, as the tide's about to turn, clear the way forSTANDASIDE10Down6 SangCHANTED7Down7 Slim, not up to it, depended upon othersLEANTON7Down7 On the trip to it, be faster thanOUTRUN6Down8 GreetingSALUTE6Down8 AvoidSHUN4Down10 MeasuredMETERED7Down11 GiftPRESENT7Down11 Terrible nit the girl is - really!INTRUTH7Down11 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down12 BotchedBUNGLED7Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 Returning one day behind schedule, explain at lengthDILATE6Down16 SubmissivelyMEEKLY6Down16 Canal-boatBARGE5Down16 BraceSTEEL5Down17 BeverageTEA3Down18 FrumpishDOWDY5Down19 Enveloping, again, the figureTHREE5Down19 PinPEG3Down20 With "Don't you believe it!" go offROT3Down20 MournfulSAD3Down21 Intended to help me inAIMED5Down22 CrawlCREEP5Down22 Not those, in short, travelling round the EastOTHERS6Down23 PainterARTIST6Down23 DepartedLEFT4Down24 InheritedINTHEBLOOD10Down25 Why the little blighter is shivering in church?HOLYTERROR10Down25 WrathIRE3Down26 Sail-boatYACHT5Down26 Not even rum?ODD3Down26 FinalCLOSING7Down27 Claim of the journalists covering itPROFESS7Down27 SovereignRULER5Down29 Taking part in the procession is simply heaven!PARADISE8Down30 TradeBUSINESS8Down30 MenaceTHREATEN8Down31 Yelling to mum on an excursionSHOUTING8Down31 RecallREMEMBER8Down32 TavernINN3Down32 Saved by, you think, by the grass surroundREDEEMED8Down32 StitchSEW3Down33 Take backRETRACT7Down33 Shake the stone it is hiding insideAGITATE7Down33 HelpAID3Down34 KindNATURE6Down35 UntruthLIE3Down35 One repeated the timeELEVEN6Down35 EmphasisSTRESS6Down36 Somebody one's looking after for a feeCHARGE6Down36 And I wandered in ahead for a takeawayINDIAN6Down37 LookGLANCE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 10, 2021. 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.