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Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 17 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#
AdheredSTUCK5Across4 SurpassEXCEED6Across7 Not the twit who's thin on top?FATHEAD7Across8 OddCURIOUS7Across8 CurseSWEARWORD9Across9 BecauseFOR3Across9 Why the hard-bitten crook gave himself up?POLICEDOG9Across9 VitalityPEP3Across10 JumpedLEAPT5Across12 CustomaryUSUAL5Across13 IngenuousNAIF4Across13 Time to turn in, the soldier revealsEIGHT5Across13 Get the letter offERASE5Across14 MaterialLINEN5Across14 Run back to find people trapped in agonyTORMENT7Across15 FelineCHEETAH7Across15 Fire-raisingARSON5Across15 Adds to the contents of the jugARRESTS7Across16 GreatINTENSE7Across16 Was wobbly from the second blowSHOOK5Across17 AngeredRILED5Across17 CuffBUFFET6Across17 The cry of an animal, though you say noNEIGH5Across18 MarkSTAIN5Across18 OozeDRIP4Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 FlyHOVER5Across20 Run right into the chopper, turningEXTRA5Across20 Concealed a number in the latter halfLATENT6Across22 CallDUB3Across22 RebellionRISING6Across22 Many, since, having been badly affected by cutsMINCES6Across23 FightBATTLE6Across23 DeterminedDECIDED7Across24 The biggest exam, everybody will enter forTALLEST7Across25 DishPLATTER7Across25 Said "Awful racket outside" with scornDISDAIN7Across27 ResinLAC3Across27 SanguineHOPEFUL7Across27 FragranceAROMA5Across28 RattledSHAKEN6Across30 An obvious attempt to discourage imitatorsPATENT6Across30 ObstinateMULISH6Across31 MemberLIMB4Across31 Conclude it's a coating of some kindFINISH6Across31 SnakeADDER5Across32 Tips from people who are not to be trustedHEELS5Across32 SaidSTATED6Across33 Give the last ball-point toENDOW5Across35 NameTITLE5Across35 SubsequentlyLATER5Across35 Rule out the hundred in cashLUCRE5Across36 PraiseEXTOL5Across36 DesireWILL4Across37 Three meals a day and money you don't have to work forPENSION7Across37 UncommittedNEUTRAL7Across37 VapourSTEAM5Across38 ImmerseDIP3Across39 So see first the performerSOLOIST7Across39 WashLAUNDER7Across39 Following behind the QueenAFTER5Across41 MingleMIX3Across41 CookROAST5Across41 Stop in the shade, terribly hotDETER5Across42 FloodDELUGE6Across42 EvadeDODGE5Across42 Experience, when you rehearseGOTHROUGH9Across43 GenerateBREED5Across43 LovelyBEAUTIFUL9Across43 He'll wait until the trip is overSTEWARD7Across44 NationalityFINNISH7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MonthAUGUST6Down1 Ball-gameTENNIS6Down1 Someone noisily closing the door of the old car?BANGER6Down1 PlaneAIRLINER8Down2 What I see floating in a great expanse of waterWHITESEA8Down2 WriterSCRIBE6Down2 DogBULLTERRIER11Down3 Created excitement when one dived off the bridge into the river?MADEASPLASH11Down3 MaterialREP3Down3 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Down4 InstantTWINKLING9Down4 Change your mind when you regain consciousnessCOMEROUND9Down4 TendencyTREND5Down5 WaterfallCASCADE7Down5 Wrongly accept to be an accidentMISTAKE7Down5 PepperCAPSICUM8Down6 LotterySWEEPSTAKE10Down6 Don't forget to carry inside and look afterBEARINMIND10Down6 RunTROT4Down7 Produced, to make the hole withBORE4Down7 UnhearingDEAF4Down8 Tell you it's right and make you very happyRELATE6Down10 PenalisePUNISH6Down10 Bets the dope has been swallowed by the dogsBASSETS7Down11 ForecastPREDICTED9Down11 StripUNDRESS7Down11 OpportunityCHANCE6Down12 Is keen to get the building site surrounding the churchITCHES6Down12 SupplyFUND4Down14 BossSTUD4Down16 SenseFEEL4Down18 Tend to stoopINCLINE7Down19 AmazeASTOUND7Down19 ContainerCANISTER8Down21 BraveVALIANT7Down21 Drank to get warmTOASTED7Down21 DefeatBEAT4Down23 In which, drunk on the hard stuff, one's very merryHIGHSPIRITS11Down24 EasyNOTHINGTOIT11Down24 ThrewCAST4Down25 To give it significance, at the end we land outsideLENDWEIGHT10Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 GreatTREMENDOUS10Down26 FlowerBUTTERCUP9Down28 Empty the sackDISCHARGE9Down28 LoathsomeODIOUS6Down29 DeceiveMISLEAD7Down29 "Strived" is wrong, but it does amuse oneDIVERTS7Down29 FixSETTLE6Down30 If you don't mind listening to excusesPLEASE6Down30 CombinedALLIED6Down30 Not voting to give to one's successorsHANDDOWN8Down32 PlentifulABUNDANT8Down32 CensureBLAME5Down32 WaveROLLER6Down33 The Scottish leader is given access by the guardSENTRY6Down33 He eats a lot - too much, putting weight onGLUTTON7Down34 ParchedARID4Down34 ChorusREFRAIN7Down34 BetweenAMID4Down36 One by one forming part of the actINTURN6Down38 VegetableRADISH6Down38 See, all right, when you open your eyesLOOK4Down40 EnclosurePEN3Down40 AccustomedUSED4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 17, 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.