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Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
AmassGATHER6Across1 African desertSAHARA6Across1 Officer alternatively taking prisonersCAPTOR6Across1 LoiterLINGER6Across5 At the very commencement of trouble, get away for a restOUTBREAK8Across7 Board gameDRAUGHTS8Across7 CourtesyCIVILITY8Across8 Where the S. Americans sort letters from Europe?PERU4Across8 Bee's soundBUZZ4Across8 FlavourTANG4Across9 Certain vessels used at leisure in a non-alcoholic contextTEASET6Across10 MassageRUB3Across10 HinderSTYMIE6Across10 Don't accept people's discardsREFUSE6Across11 Word of honourPAROLE6Across11 LearntHEARD5Across12 AgentREP3Across14 Invalidated cover?LID3Across14 TransgressSIN3Across15 Said to be spotted and mentionedCITED5Across16 TurretTOWER5Across16 SongbirdWREN4Across17 Females in sheepskin coatsEWES4Across17 FussADO3Across17 WatchEYE3Across18 UnderBELOW5Across19 Whereon sportsmen can possibly step out of line?PISTE5Across19 LairDEN3Across19 NormalUSUAL5Across20 LidCOVER5Across21 LumpWAD3Across21 Is taken at mid-afternoon on certain daysRIDES5Across21 Autonomous Chinese regionTIBET5Across22 Started with a bang, perhaps, around mid-SeptemberBEGAN5Across22 DonkeyASS3Across22 Something discovered during the War of IndependenceFIND4Across23 StrikeBASH4Across23 ExpertACE3Across23 LubricateOIL3Across24 Was told it was tough out EastHEARD5Across26 Intolerant personBIGOT5Across26 EachEVERY5Across26 Left a gang leader a prisonerLAG3Across28 RodentRAT3Across28 Diminutive, he lacks a means of protectionEDWARD6Across29 IncursionINROAD6Across29 RegretRUE3Across29 Make it plain that there are fish in the riverDECODE6Across30 RepudiateDISOWN6Across30 Employer requiring superior, faultless serviceUSER4Across31 Mosque prayer leaderIMAM4Across31 In foolish pride, she diedPERISHED8Across32 CrossTRAVERSE8Across32 One nursing a relative?SISTER6Across33 DividePART4Across33 HatTITFER6Across33 FinalTERMINAL8Across34 Dog-houseKENNEL6Across35 RefuseLITTER6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TeeterSEESAW6Down1 Fine home for a rook?CASTLE6Down1 FarewellADIEU5Down2 InsightACUMEN6Down2 A scholarly document points this outTHESIS6Down2 GreetHAIL4Down3 Carpenter's toolADZE4Down3 Defeat right awayROUT4Down3 CustodianCURATOR7Down4 Is resentful of thingsOBJECTS7Down4 ElevateRAISE5Down4 FlingTHROW5Down5 StratumLAYER5Down5 For a start, half of us are in debt!DEBUT5Down5 ObserveNOTE4Down6 Garden flowerASTER5Down6 Hit up by a batsmanSKIED5Down6 BoredomENNUI5Down7 Whitewashed part of the fence?PALE4Down8 Cow shedBYRE4Down8 Maroon maybe about 500RED3Down9 FastenerZIP3Down9 WirelessRADIO5Down10 TriteBANAL5Down11 NoisyROW3Down12 Fierce word of reproof?FIE3Down12 DwellingHOUSE5Down12 JumpsLEAPS5Down13 The house vendor's figureSEVEN5Down13 EntertainAMUSE5Down13 PostponeDELAY5Down14 Central Anglo Saxon king?MIDAS5Down15 AgueFEVER5Down15 DrainSEWER5Down15 ElbowNUDGE5Down16 Connected with electricityWIRED5Down18 Tree sapRESIN5Down18 HairstyleBOB3Down19 Animal in the middle?PIG3Down19 Money sent endlessly abroadSEN3Down20 PermitLET3Down20 Soldiers' uniform compensation?REDRESS7Down21 City fortressCITADEL7Down21 Every brazen hussy has oneBRA3Down22 AlsoTOO3Down22 A note with facts about the superficial aspectsFACETS6Down23 Igneous rockBASALT6Down23 Fellow the Inland Revenue are about to have shotIGOR4Down24 ParticleATOM4Down24 AngryIRATE5Down25 Farther in the forest, say, where there's some hope of deer being aroundDEEPER6Down25 AppetiteHUNGER6Down25 Plenty are an awkward shapeHEAPS5Down26 ParentageBIRTH5Down26 EssentialVITAL5Down27 Knowing a place in HertsAWARE5Down27 GrumbleGROAN5Down27 RusticRURAL5Down28 He offers no choice of picklesLES3Down28 Raised edgeRIM3Down28 Useless clobber?DUDS4Down30 CustomUSAGE5Down30 Slimming planDIET4Down30 StupefySTUN4Down31 DroopWILT4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 15, 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.