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Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2020 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#
ShriekSCREAM6Across1 BirdGROUSE6Across1 There's trouble when he embraces the wrong lassHASSLE6Across1 DebaseDEMEAN6Across5 Rendered restless when ridiculed?DEBUNKED8Across7 HandleDEALWITH8Across7 ScareFRIGHTEN8Across8 Hope earnestly not to be shortLONG4Across8 TauntGIBE4Across8 OozeDRIP4Across9 The person pulled, it seems, is sweetDRAGEE6Across10 ToupeeWIG3Across10 DefeatedBEATEN6Across10 Echo in a ravine, nominallyGEORGE6Across11 DeedACTION6Across11 ManagedCOPED5Across12 FavouritePET3Across14 A soldier might eat it (as Burns would?)WAD3Across14 TotalSUM3Across15 Later, you can get fat on a half of beerAFTER5Across16 Musical instrumentCELLO5Across16 Went quicklySPED4Across17 Sean as statesman?PENN4Across17 MeadowLEA3Across17 TearRIP3Across18 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Across19 As merchants, brought port to the East End?DEALT5Across19 SpringSPA3Across19 RascalROGUE5Across20 UnfashionableDATED5Across21 SortILK3Across21 A little round hole you can see throughPUPIL5Across21 Pleasant tastingSAPID5Across22 Incomprehensible letter to a murder victimBABEL5Across22 CurDOG3Across22 Club it could be shocking for a king to joinCOSH4Across23 ConsiderDEEM4Across23 SkillART3Across23 WatchEYE3Across24 Cut severely short!SEVER5Across26 BlossomBLOOM5Across26 HadOWNED5Across26 Does dad keep her quiet?MUM3Across28 For everyPER3Across28 Son of Rex?PRINCE6Across29 Hire chargeRENTAL6Across29 StrayERR3Across29 In getting a horse out, he's of serviceMARINE6Across30 LamentBEMOAN6Across30 An outing for the team in part of DorsetEXIT4Across31 BurdenONUS4Across31 Do less ironingDECREASE8Across32 Branch of mathsGEOMETRY8Across32 Given a 50-50 chance by an angry bull?TOSSED6Across33 SecureSAFE4Across33 Large scissorsSHEARS6Across33 Story-tellerNARRATOR8Across34 CombinedUNITED6Across35 PactTREATY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SpheresGLOBES6Down1 Criminal delay?HOLDUP6Down1 PetCORGI5Down2 UnifiedUNITED6Down2 Catchword meaning nothing in slang, perhapsSLOGAN6Down2 BorderEDGE4Down3 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 Some seed germinating in the borderEDGE4Down3 Lacking firmnessFLACCID7Down4 Will it make everything all right?CUREALL7Down4 SayingMOTTO5Down4 All-night watchVIGIL5Down5 ThickDENSE5Down5 It's worn in outright burlesque!SKIRT5Down5 MethodMODE4Down6 Large animalRHINO5Down6 Irrational dread of a snakeADDER5Down6 FarewellADIEU5Down7 Green fabric?LAWN4Down8 GawpGAPE4Down8 If wrong, he's finedNED3Down9 WagerBET3Down9 SquanderWASTE5Down10 ClearingGLADE5Down11 BeverageTEA3Down12 Frequently at no altitude at allOFT3Down12 FreightCARGO5Down12 Oily fruitOLIVE5Down13 Little things that can keep a redhead in jewelleryGERMS5Down13 HeathenPAGAN5Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 Be repulsive as you dance round the pianoREPEL5Down15 Paved areaPATIO5Down15 MaliceSPITE5Down15 ManufacturerMAKER5Down16 "Duck!" said IdaEIDER5Down18 Dorset resortPOOLE5Down18 Orienteering aidMAP3Down19 Give voice to?DUB3Down19 Trouble in IsmailiaAIL3Down20 Gave food toFED3Down20 Quietly bent on getting a drinkPARCHED7Down21 HarmsDAMAGES7Down21 He's less than benignBEN3Down22 DrunkardSOT3Down22 They're collectively interestingCURIOS6Down23 SedateDEMURE6Down23 Neglect an order for the thing in questionOMIT4Down24 CupidEROS4Down24 LongYEARN5Down25 Mended at lastHEELED6Down25 ColliersMINERS6Down25 That Sam character's home in the southeastSPADE5Down26 BoastsBRAGS5Down26 DeclinedWANED5Down27 Motherless man beset by sinfulness?VINCE5Down27 Edible bulbONION5Down27 HeronEGRET5Down28 A well-known name in raincoats, we hearMAX3Down28 Writing implementPEN3Down28 Many have to tee up, we gatherMEET4Down30 PerchROOST5Down30 LadsBOYS4Down30 AdroitDEFT4Down31 PaddleWADE4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. 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.