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Evening Standard Crossword December 18 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 18 2020 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#
AgreeableSAPID5Across2 Run offFLEE4Across7 ProvokeINCITE6Across8 AstoundAMAZE5Across9 Past its best, like the balloon about to pop?OVERBLOWN9Across9 Tract of landTERRITORY9Across9 Oh, back in gaol, having misbehaved? He's thoroughly lawlessHOOLIGAN8Across10 EasternORIENTAL8Across10 Girl'sHER3Across11 Hello! That means winter's here!HAIL4Across12 CavernCAVE4Across12 Coming a day before the openingADVENT6Across13 CushionPAD3Across13 FrightensSCARES6Across13 Inscription on tombstoneEPITAPH7Across14 She'll tell you your future is entirely in your own handsPALMIST7Across14 ImitatedAPED4Across15 Has to have mould - there's nothing else for itNEEDSMUST9Across15 South polar regionANTARCTIC9Across15 EpochERA3Across16 Railway employeeSIGNALMAN9Across17 Continuing to put the clothes on the line or waitingHANGINGON9Across17 Marine invertebrateOCTOPUS7Across18 OtherwiseELSE4Across18 Have the teeniest bit of broth, doSOUPCON7Across18 BlasphemousPROFANE7Across19 Had I not gone off by myself punctuallyONTIME6Across20 ExpensiveDEAR4Across20 Sent by mailPOSTAL6Across20 Is lonely only having left landISLE4Across21 WhitishPALE4Across21 ChallengeDARE4Across22 FellTOPPLED7Across23 Involving intelligenceCEREBRAL8Across24 A ribbon round the royal vesselSTREAMER8Across24 GangCREW4Across25 Unconventional personBOHEMIAN8Across26 Were noisy as they formed the queueMADEAROW8Across26 HillTOR3Across27 Having courage, you say, is gameHART4Across28 Supplant, expelOUST4Across28 LakeMERE4Across28 FurtiveSNEAKY6Across29 Moved Enid out to accommodate the childINCHED6Across29 GoatKID3Across30 Rough dry ciderSCRUMPY7Across31 Very like the gentleman sorting the mail insideSIMILAR7Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 RenovateRENEW5Across33 Particularly doctors have to take a decreaseMOSTOFALL9Across34 Long slender cigarPANATELLA9Across34 PartDIVIDE6Across36 Dirty work under cover of night?DARKDEEDS9Across36 Large group of musiciansORCHESTRA9Across36 AbsentAWAY4Across37 Believe to be a regular visitor to our shoresSWALLOW7Across38 BegPLEAD5Across38 Body of citizen soldiersMILITIA7Across38 In this case it's raining and everybody goes insideWALLET6Across39 ImpulsiveMADCAP6Across39 Raised mark on skinWEAL4Across40 The name on the hoardingBILL4Across40 Small crownsCORONETS8Across41 Encourage with a ghostly presence?INSPIRIT8Across41 Excited stateAGITATION9Across42 They can turn gold into silverGREYHAIRS9Across42

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Short and abruptSTACCATO8Down1 SlumberSLEEP5Down1 Holding the ties by the top and bottomBOTHENDS8Down1 Dark green shrubPRIVET6Down2 Want to reshuffle the side againDESIRE6Down2 OceanSEA3Down2 Refuses to buy in protestBOYCOTTS8Down3 A kindly act that deserves our applauseGOODTURN8Down3 VegetablePEA3Down3 ExpireDIE3Down4 WelshCYMRIC6Down4 Giving all one's attention to when camping outINTENT6Down4 DeedACT3Down5 Is composedCONSISTS8Down5 Talk about expense vouchers?CHITCHAT8Down5 Map-bookATLAS5Down6 Printing machineMIMEOGRAPH10Down6 Furious when someone's stamped on your toe?HOPPINGMAD10Down6 Against military conflictANTIWAR7Down7 Making a home in, with the scoundrelVILLAIN7Down7 Shrinking from the old crone holding the boxHATING6Down8 Muslim salutationSALAAM6Down8 NothingZERO4Down10 FishHADDOCK7Down11 Solvent added to paintTHINNER7Down11 Returning home mad and in a dazeSTUNNED7Down11 ToldRELATED7Down12 DelightedPLEASED7Down13 ErasedDELETED7Down14 The fool with the lollipop?SUCKER6Down16 Long narrow swordRAPIER6Down16 BurstERUPT5Down16 FollowingAFTER5Down17 FinishEND3Down18 Lock of hairTRESS5Down19 Complete, as you sayUTTER5Down19 Close friendPAL3Down20 It's not their turn either to go roundOUR3Down20 RankROW3Down21 A seat to put in the sunSTOOL5Down22 Warning deviceALARM5Down22 He had held the arm that was injuredHARMED6Down23 Come into viewEMERGE6Down23 LearningLORE4Down24 Head troublemakerRINGLEADER10Down25 What the compilation of an instruction booklet is?MANUALWORK10Down25 Sea inletBAY3Down26 InflexibleRIGID5Down26 Cross mother upMAD3Down26 Anti-aircraft cannonsPOMPOMS7Down27 Getting the garment, I seem to have turned on the central heatingCHEMISE7Down27 EmulateRIVAL5Down29 Grasp, too, that you approve ofHOLDWITH8Down30 Causing unnecessary fearALARMIST8Down30 Of a certain philosopherSOCRATIC8Down31 Concealed from or shown to the publicSCREENED8Down31 Young horseYEARLING8Down32 TransgressSIN3Down32 On balance, not so unable to stay stillRESTLESS8Down32 MaterialREP3Down33 Wide-brimmed hatSTETSON7Down33 Large servings of food - old stewed chopsDOLLOPS7Down33 BornNEE3Down34 Famous admiralNELSON6Down35 LumpWAD3Down35 The satin's spoiled by the marksSTAINS6Down35 Trying experienceORDEAL6Down36 Soak the leg due to be operated onDELUGE6Down36 Is English permissible? Find outELICIT6Down37 Research dissertationTHESIS6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 18, 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.