Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 17 2021. 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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Adhered54 AcrossReveal answer → Surpass67 AcrossReveal answer → Not the twit who's thin on top?78 AcrossReveal answer → Odd78 AcrossReveal answer → Curse99 AcrossReveal answer → Because39 AcrossReveal answer → Why the hard-bitten crook gave himself up?99 AcrossReveal answer → Vitality310 AcrossReveal answer → Jumped512 AcrossReveal answer → Customary513 AcrossReveal answer → Ingenuous413 AcrossReveal answer → Time to turn in, the soldier reveals513 AcrossReveal answer → Get the letter off514 AcrossReveal answer → Material514 AcrossReveal answer → Run back to find people trapped in agony715 AcrossReveal answer → Feline715 AcrossReveal answer → Fire-raising515 AcrossReveal answer → Adds to the contents of the jug716 AcrossReveal answer → Great716 AcrossReveal answer → Was wobbly from the second blow517 AcrossReveal answer → Angered517 AcrossReveal answer → Cuff617 AcrossReveal answer → The cry of an animal, though you say no518 AcrossReveal answer → Mark518 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze419 AcrossReveal answer → View520 AcrossReveal answer → Fly520 AcrossReveal answer → Run right into the chopper, turning520 AcrossReveal answer → Concealed a number in the latter half622 AcrossReveal answer → Call322 AcrossReveal answer → Rebellion622 AcrossReveal answer → Many, since, having been badly affected by cuts623 AcrossReveal answer → Fight623 AcrossReveal answer → Determined724 AcrossReveal answer → The biggest exam, everybody will enter for725 AcrossReveal answer → Dish725 AcrossReveal answer → Said "Awful racket outside" with scorn727 AcrossReveal answer → Resin327 AcrossReveal answer → Sanguine727 AcrossReveal answer → Fragrance528 AcrossReveal answer → Rattled630 AcrossReveal answer → An obvious attempt to discourage imitators630 AcrossReveal answer → Obstinate631 AcrossReveal answer → Member431 AcrossReveal answer → Conclude it's a coating of some kind631 AcrossReveal answer → Snake532 AcrossReveal answer → Tips from people who are not to be trusted532 AcrossReveal answer → Said633 AcrossReveal answer → Give the last ball-point to535 AcrossReveal answer → Name535 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently535 AcrossReveal answer → Rule out the hundred in cash536 AcrossReveal answer → Praise536 AcrossReveal answer → Desire437 AcrossReveal answer → Three meals a day and money you don't have to work for737 AcrossReveal answer → Uncommitted737 AcrossReveal answer → Vapour538 AcrossReveal answer → Immerse339 AcrossReveal answer → So see first the performer739 AcrossReveal answer → Wash739 AcrossReveal answer → Following behind the Queen541 AcrossReveal answer → Mingle341 AcrossReveal answer → Cook541 AcrossReveal answer → Stop in the shade, terribly hot542 AcrossReveal answer → Flood642 AcrossReveal answer → Evade542 AcrossReveal answer → Experience, when you rehearse943 AcrossReveal answer → Generate543 AcrossReveal answer → Lovely943 AcrossReveal answer → He'll wait until the trip is over744 AcrossReveal answer → Nationality744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Month61 DownReveal answer → Ball-game61 DownReveal answer → Someone noisily closing the door of the old car?61 DownReveal answer → Plane82 DownReveal answer → What I see floating in a great expanse of water82 DownReveal answer → Writer62 DownReveal answer → Dog113 DownReveal answer → Created excitement when one dived off the bridge into the river?113 DownReveal answer → Material33 DownReveal answer → Unaccompanied44 DownReveal answer → Instant94 DownReveal answer → Change your mind when you regain consciousness94 DownReveal answer → Tendency55 DownReveal answer → Waterfall75 DownReveal answer → Wrongly accept to be an accident75 DownReveal answer → Pepper86 DownReveal answer → Lottery106 DownReveal answer → Don't forget to carry inside and look after106 DownReveal answer → Run47 DownReveal answer → Produced, to make the hole with47 DownReveal answer → Unhearing48 DownReveal answer → Tell you it's right and make you very happy610 DownReveal answer → Penalise610 DownReveal answer → Bets the dope has been swallowed by the dogs711 DownReveal answer → Forecast911 DownReveal answer → Strip711 DownReveal answer → Opportunity612 DownReveal answer → Is keen to get the building site surrounding the church612 DownReveal answer → Supply414 DownReveal answer → Boss416 DownReveal answer → Sense418 DownReveal answer → Tend to stoop719 DownReveal answer → Amaze719 DownReveal answer → Container821 DownReveal answer → Brave721 DownReveal answer → Drank to get warm721 DownReveal answer → Defeat423 DownReveal answer → In which, drunk on the hard stuff, one's very merry1124 DownReveal answer → Easy1124 DownReveal answer → Threw425 DownReveal answer → To give it significance, at the end we land outside1026 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Great1026 DownReveal answer → Flower928 DownReveal answer → Empty the sack928 DownReveal answer → Loathsome629 DownReveal answer → Deceive729 DownReveal answer → "Strived" is wrong, but it does amuse one729 DownReveal answer → Fix630 DownReveal answer → If you don't mind listening to excuses630 DownReveal answer → Combined630 DownReveal answer → Not voting to give to one's successors832 DownReveal answer → Plentiful832 DownReveal answer → Censure532 DownReveal answer → Wave633 DownReveal answer → The Scottish leader is given access by the guard633 DownReveal answer → He eats a lot - too much, putting weight on734 DownReveal answer → Parched434 DownReveal answer → Chorus734 DownReveal answer → Between436 DownReveal answer → One by one forming part of the act638 DownReveal answer → Vegetable638 DownReveal answer → See, all right, when you open your eyes440 DownReveal answer → Enclosure340 DownReveal answer → Accustomed440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 17, 2021. 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.