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Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 2 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#
BegAPPEAL6Across1 Small caveGROTTO6Across1 Boxes with credit before a setbackCRATES6Across1 ObtainSECURE6Across5 Mrs Mop as tea womanCHARLADY8Across7 Scottish cityABERDEEN8Across7 RecordREGISTER8Across8 Woman of the outer SaharaSARA4Across8 GaspPANT4Across8 ResponsibilityONUS4Across9 The student has an excellent right to read itPRIMER6Across10 SerpentASP3Across10 Beasts of burdenLLAMAS6Across10 Something to wear for the danceBOLERO6Across11 HarassHASSLE6Across11 ShelfLEDGE5Across12 Torn clothRAG3Across14 Its clarity is proverbially poorMUD3Across14 FixedSET3Across15 She shows a chap round Central ParkKAREN5Across16 TeacherTUTOR5Across16 Mountain lakeTARN4Across17 Utter lack of sparkle, possibly!RASP4Across17 WonderAWE3Across17 TearRIP3Across18 Snake poisonVENOM5Across19 Levelled the ground (with fire?)RAKED5Across19 LoiterLAG3Across19 HouseVILLA5Across20 ExcludeDEBAR5Across21 StretchEKE3Across21 Bent on getting somebody married!BOWED5Across21 AgitatedHETUP5Across22 Do such girls rabbit on a lot?BUNNY5Across22 ImitateAPE3Across22 They will be themselvesBOYS4Across23 Backless shoeMULE4Across23 TransgressSIN3Across23 GainWIN3Across24 Such panels have powerSOLAR5Across26 PonderBROOD5Across26 VerseRHYME5Across26 Much damaged by the RAFFAR3Across28 VehicleVAN3Across28 Walk straight out of some lodgingsTRUDGE6Across29 Federation of clubsLEAGUE6Across29 BirdTIT3Across29 Unreal view of a space station for a timeMIRAGE6Across30 To rotPERISH6Across30 Indigo from ManilaANIL4Across31 Way outEXIT4Across31 Read incorrectly about the remainder being pinchedARRESTED8Across32 HeightALTITUDE8Across32 Hire a new gang in extremes of exigenceENGAGE6Across33 IntendMEAN4Across33 PenetratePIERCE6Across33 OriginateINITIATE8Across34 CustomerCLIENT6Across35 TolerateENDURE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Drinking vesselGOBLET6Down1 Poet who exercised power with a cool headCOWPER6Down1 SqueezePRESS5Down2 UnanimouslyTOAMAN6Down2 Combine to get the side promotedTEAMUP6Down2 ReviseEDIT4Down3 Cereal grainOATS4Down3 Mark, intimidated by Edward?SCAR4Down3 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 Tolerated a bird in bedBROOKED7Down4 SuppleLITHE5Down4 Brutal personBEAST5Down5 ShootSPRIG5Down5 Richard could give you a breakBAKER5Down5 CurdleCLOT4Down6 Directly belowUNDER5Down6 By name, a lordBYRON5Down6 CourseROUTE5Down7 Possibly Miss Joan?SIMS4Down8 Young salmonPARR4Down8 Looking embarrassed about the sad endingRED3Down9 HorseNAG3Down9 PermitALLOW5Down10 HeathenPAGAN5Down11 TotalSUM3Down12 Young man with an old heart nowadaysLAD3Down12 BarLEVER5Down12 FaithfulLOYAL5Down13 Available to interpret a letterREADY5Down13 PostponeDELAY5Down13 DeleteERASE5Down14 Little men pushed to the forePAWNS5Down15 First performanceDEBUT5Down15 PassedSPENT5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 A player of current eminenceACTOR5Down18 AblazeAFIRE5Down18 Animal doctorVET3Down19 Being erroneous would be too much for himRON3Down19 Chief of the bunch?KEY3Down20 DozeNAP3Down20 Guy spy!BURGESS7Down21 SubtractsDEDUCTS7Down21 Sinful centre for troubadoursBAD3Down22 PigHOG3Down22 Fetch out an article that's revealingBARING6Down23 Of the seaMARINE6Down23 Alternatively a student examORAL4Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 PerfectIDEAL5Down25 It slithers along, negotiating ledgesSLEDGE6Down25 Dig upEXHUME6Down25 Only a sucker would drink with oneSTRAW5Down26 BaaBLEAT5Down26 LiftHOIST5Down27 See the attraction about moneyLUCRE5Down27 Hop-drying kilnsOASTS5Down27 CornMAIZE5Down28 Flat object used in surfingFIN3Down28 AngerVEX3Down28 Turned out at silly point?MADE4Down30 BuryINTER5Down30 PeekPEEP4Down30 FormerlyONCE4Down31 SortKIND4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 2, 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.