Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 20 2019. 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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Plunder51 AcrossReveal answer → Gift65 AcrossReveal answer → Reappear58 AcrossReveal answer → Of the brain89 AcrossReveal answer → When the car comes in, give a wave, Father’s home89 AcrossReveal answer → Pop back to secure310 AcrossReveal answer → Anew610 AcrossReveal answer → Pale310 AcrossReveal answer → From star, slipping to small roles611 AcrossReveal answer → Group411 AcrossReveal answer → Rubber611 AcrossReveal answer → Stationary612 AcrossReveal answer → The source yields nothing and I ring off612 AcrossReveal answer → Insurance payment713 AcrossReveal answer → Will it teach you not to go barefoot?713 AcrossReveal answer → Courage, informally414 AcrossReveal answer → Where the book I got was sent414 AcrossReveal answer → Consuming614 AcrossReveal answer → Skilful1015 AcrossReveal answer → Struck one as, one found1015 AcrossReveal answer → Fought715 AcrossReveal answer → Following suit, one swots up on it817 AcrossReveal answer → Operate817 AcrossReveal answer → Enclosure318 AcrossReveal answer → Even turning the cover round brightened it up718 AcrossReveal answer → Cure-all718 AcrossReveal answer → Colour319 AcrossReveal answer → Saucy, in the main419 AcrossReveal answer → Box, in training419 AcrossReveal answer → Hurry621 AcrossReveal answer → The sun shield is ridiculous – quite mad621 AcrossReveal answer → Remainder421 AcrossReveal answer → Revolt523 AcrossReveal answer → Petal424 AcrossReveal answer → Doing whatever is necessary to make oneself look big?1724 AcrossReveal answer → Grave1724 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure327 AcrossReveal answer → See the pound slipped inside as an insult627 AcrossReveal answer → German POW camp627 AcrossReveal answer → Solidify329 AcrossReveal answer → Woodwind instrument429 AcrossReveal answer → A buffet for the party429 AcrossReveal answer → In the lady’s case, it constitutes an agreement730 AcrossReveal answer → Copy730 AcrossReveal answer → Hurricane731 AcrossReveal answer → Poured632 AcrossReveal answer → Attributed833 AcrossReveal answer → For us, I made out a list that’s appropriate833 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit434 AcrossReveal answer → Escaped635 AcrossReveal answer → Making out to be perceptive1035 AcrossReveal answer → Frequently encountered1035 AcrossReveal answer → Man, that does look sore!436 AcrossReveal answer → Pavement edge436 AcrossReveal answer → Are called in to put things in order737 AcrossReveal answer → Stupid737 AcrossReveal answer → Sea duck538 AcrossReveal answer → Leave to show the trade union president638 AcrossReveal answer → Underpass638 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch639 AcrossReveal answer → Furniture item640 AcrossReveal answer → Having written, to cancel640 AcrossReveal answer → Species540 AcrossReveal answer → That woman341 AcrossReveal answer → Reserved for the cast341 AcrossReveal answer → Burn feebly842 AcrossReveal answer → It’s one way, coming back from the clothes shop842 AcrossReveal answer →

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Spouse, informally101 DownReveal answer → Speed, yelling “It’s exciting!”101 DownReveal answer → English county42 DownReveal answer → It’s slang for “a thrill”? Precisely!42 DownReveal answer → Away32 DownReveal answer → Vehicle83 DownReveal answer → The local freelance is impossible to shake off83 DownReveal answer → Pact63 DownReveal answer → Fast sailing ship74 DownReveal answer → Speak of, myself: not in the revised version74 DownReveal answer → Aye34 DownReveal answer → Loyal45 DownReveal answer → Apathetic115 DownReveal answer → Briefly, meaning you must get cracking if you want food115 DownReveal answer → Linger66 DownReveal answer → Nautical skill106 DownReveal answer → Does it make a dent in the good weather figures?106 DownReveal answer → Objective67 DownReveal answer → Fly larva67 DownReveal answer → Still, has turned it into a musical67 DownReveal answer → Form of glucose88 DownReveal answer → “Mean” means paring the cheese88 DownReveal answer → Applauded79 DownReveal answer → Intends to put a large picture up outside510 DownReveal answer → Cereal grain510 DownReveal answer → Sleep312 DownReveal answer → Prong413 DownReveal answer → Competent416 DownReveal answer → Flushing at “Rather late in the day”716 DownReveal answer → Washing cloth716 DownReveal answer → Liability517 DownReveal answer → Paved area520 DownReveal answer → Relegated720 DownReveal answer → Gets round so one contacts520 DownReveal answer → Attacked for having used as a stand722 DownReveal answer → Pip422 DownReveal answer → Shade of red722 DownReveal answer → It shows you’re wrong on both scores – and cheat1123 DownReveal answer → Clairvoyance1123 DownReveal answer → Small624 DownReveal answer → Tell you what firefighters do? Oh, buzz off!1025 DownReveal answer → Doleful1025 DownReveal answer → Elderly425 DownReveal answer → Taking little time to assess as below standard1026 DownReveal answer → Feminine626 DownReveal answer → Heartened1026 DownReveal answer → With the return “Real thug,” dissolves into giggles828 DownReveal answer → Uncertain628 DownReveal answer → Inoffensive828 DownReveal answer → Permit330 DownReveal answer → Type of paint831 DownReveal answer → Drove off before one had exerted oneself unduly831 DownReveal answer → Debate732 DownReveal answer → Defame, at a press gathering, the English732 DownReveal answer → Act433 DownReveal answer → As a gift, given a dear fur634 DownReveal answer → Hydrophobia634 DownReveal answer → He’s all dressed up – fine for an American535 DownReveal answer → Speak535 DownReveal answer → Limb336 DownReveal answer → Bird337 DownReveal answer → Hide in a tree439 DownReveal answer → Invoice439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 20, 2019. 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.