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Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 16 2020. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Shriek61 AcrossReveal answer → Bird61 AcrossReveal answer → There's trouble when he embraces the wrong lass61 AcrossReveal answer → Debase65 AcrossReveal answer → Rendered restless when ridiculed?87 AcrossReveal answer → Handle87 AcrossReveal answer → Scare88 AcrossReveal answer → Hope earnestly not to be short48 AcrossReveal answer → Taunt48 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze49 AcrossReveal answer → The person pulled, it seems, is sweet610 AcrossReveal answer → Toupee310 AcrossReveal answer → Defeated610 AcrossReveal answer → Echo in a ravine, nominally611 AcrossReveal answer → Deed611 AcrossReveal answer → Managed512 AcrossReveal answer → Favourite314 AcrossReveal answer → A soldier might eat it (as Burns would?)314 AcrossReveal answer → Total315 AcrossReveal answer → Later, you can get fat on a half of beer516 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument516 AcrossReveal answer → Went quickly417 AcrossReveal answer → Sean as statesman?417 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow317 AcrossReveal answer → Tear318 AcrossReveal answer → Criminal organisation519 AcrossReveal answer → As merchants, brought port to the East End?519 AcrossReveal answer → Spring319 AcrossReveal answer → Rascal520 AcrossReveal answer → Unfashionable521 AcrossReveal answer → Sort321 AcrossReveal answer → A little round hole you can see through521 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant tasting522 AcrossReveal answer → Incomprehensible letter to a murder victim522 AcrossReveal answer → Cur322 AcrossReveal answer → Club it could be shocking for a king to join423 AcrossReveal answer → Consider423 AcrossReveal answer → Skill323 AcrossReveal answer → Watch324 AcrossReveal answer → Cut severely short!526 AcrossReveal answer → Blossom526 AcrossReveal answer → Had526 AcrossReveal answer → Does dad keep her quiet?328 AcrossReveal answer → For every328 AcrossReveal answer → Son of Rex?629 AcrossReveal answer → Hire charge629 AcrossReveal answer → Stray329 AcrossReveal answer → In getting a horse out, he's of service630 AcrossReveal answer → Lament630 AcrossReveal answer → An outing for the team in part of Dorset431 AcrossReveal answer → Burden431 AcrossReveal answer → Do less ironing832 AcrossReveal answer → Branch of maths832 AcrossReveal answer → Given a 50-50 chance by an angry bull?633 AcrossReveal answer → Secure433 AcrossReveal answer → Large scissors633 AcrossReveal answer → Story-teller834 AcrossReveal answer → Combined635 AcrossReveal answer → Pact636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Spheres61 DownReveal answer → Criminal delay?61 DownReveal answer → Pet52 DownReveal answer → Unified62 DownReveal answer → Catchword meaning nothing in slang, perhaps62 DownReveal answer → Border43 DownReveal answer → Paradise43 DownReveal answer → Some seed germinating in the border43 DownReveal answer → Lacking firmness74 DownReveal answer → Will it make everything all right?74 DownReveal answer → Saying54 DownReveal answer → All-night watch55 DownReveal answer → Thick55 DownReveal answer → It's worn in outright burlesque!55 DownReveal answer → Method46 DownReveal answer → Large animal56 DownReveal answer → Irrational dread of a snake56 DownReveal answer → Farewell57 DownReveal answer → Green fabric?48 DownReveal answer → Gawp48 DownReveal answer → If wrong, he's fined39 DownReveal answer → Wager39 DownReveal answer → Squander510 DownReveal answer → Clearing511 DownReveal answer → Beverage312 DownReveal answer → Frequently at no altitude at all312 DownReveal answer → Freight512 DownReveal answer → Oily fruit513 DownReveal answer → Little things that can keep a redhead in jewellery513 DownReveal answer → Heathen513 DownReveal answer → Fear514 DownReveal answer → Be repulsive as you dance round the piano515 DownReveal answer → Paved area515 DownReveal answer → Malice515 DownReveal answer → Manufacturer516 DownReveal answer → "Duck!" said Ida518 DownReveal answer → Dorset resort518 DownReveal answer → Orienteering aid319 DownReveal answer → Give voice to?319 DownReveal answer → Trouble in Ismailia320 DownReveal answer → Gave food to320 DownReveal answer → Quietly bent on getting a drink721 DownReveal answer → Harms721 DownReveal answer → He's less than benign322 DownReveal answer → Drunkard322 DownReveal answer → They're collectively interesting623 DownReveal answer → Sedate623 DownReveal answer → Neglect an order for the thing in question424 DownReveal answer → Cupid424 DownReveal answer → Long525 DownReveal answer → Mended at last625 DownReveal answer → Colliers625 DownReveal answer → That Sam character's home in the southeast526 DownReveal answer → Boasts526 DownReveal answer → Declined527 DownReveal answer → Motherless man beset by sinfulness?527 DownReveal answer → Edible bulb527 DownReveal answer → Heron528 DownReveal answer → A well-known name in raincoats, we hear328 DownReveal answer → Writing implement328 DownReveal answer → Many have to tee up, we gather430 DownReveal answer → Perch530 DownReveal answer → Lads430 DownReveal answer → Adroit431 DownReveal answer → Paddle432 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.