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Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2019 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
PlunderBOOTY5Across1 GiftTALENT6Across5 ReappearRECUR5Across8 Of the brainCEREBRAL8Across9 When the car comes in, give a wave, Father’s homeVICARAGE8Across9 Pop back to securePIN3Across10 AnewAFRESH6Across10 PaleWAN3Across10 From star, slipping to small rolesEXTRAS6Across11 GroupUNIT4Across11 RubberERASER6Across11 StationarySTATIC6Across12 The source yields nothing and I ring offORIGIN6Across12 Insurance paymentPREMIUM7Across13 Will it teach you not to go barefoot?TRAINER7Across13 Courage, informallyGUTS4Across14 Where the book I got was sentTOME4Across14 ConsumingEATING6Across14 SkilfulPROFICIENT10Across15 Struck one as, one foundCAMEACROSS10Across15 FoughtBATTLED7Across15 Following suit, one swots up on itTESTCASE8Across17 OperateFUNCTION8Across17 EnclosurePEN3Across18 Even turning the cover round brightened it upLIVENED7Across18 Cure-allPANACEA7Across18 ColourRED3Across19 Saucy, in the mainARCH4Across19 Box, in trainingSPAR4Across19 HurryHASTEN6Across21 The sun shield is ridiculous – quite madINSANE6Across21 RemainderREST4Across21 RevoltREBEL5Across23 PetalLEAF4Across24 Doing whatever is necessary to make oneself look big?GOINGTOANYLENGTHS17Across24 GraveFINALRESTINGPLACE17Across24 ObscureDIM3Across27 See the pound slipped inside as an insultSLIGHT6Across27 German POW campSTALAG6Across27 SolidifyGEL3Across29 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Across29 A buffet for the partyBASH4Across29 In the lady’s case, it constitutes an agreementCOMPACT7Across30 CopyREPLICA7Across30 HurricaneTORNADO7Across31 PouredTEEMED6Across32 AttributedASCRIBED8Across33 For us, I made out a list that’s appropriateSUITABLE8Across33 FruitDATE4Across34 EscapedELUDED6Across35 Making out to be perceptiveDISCERNING10Across35 Frequently encounteredUBIQUITOUS10Across35 Man, that does look sore!CHAP4Across36 Pavement edgeKERB4Across36 Are called in to put things in orderARRANGE7Across37 StupidIDIOTIC7Across37 Sea duckEIDER5Across38 Leave to show the trade union presidentDEPART6Across38 UnderpassSUBWAY6Across38 StretchEXTEND6Across39 Furniture itemBUREAU6Across40 Having written, to cancelDELETE6Across40 SpeciesGENUS5Across40 That womanHER3Across41 Reserved for the castSHY3Across41 Burn feeblySMOULDER8Across42 It’s one way, coming back from the clothes shopSINGLETS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spouse, informallyBETTERHALF10Down1 Speed, yelling “It’s exciting!”RIPROARING10Down1 English countyKENT4Down2 It’s slang for “a thrill”? Precisely!BANG4Down2 AwayOFF3Down2 VehicleTRICYCLE8Down3 The local freelance is impossible to shake offBARNACLE8Down3 PactTREATY6Down3 Fast sailing shipCLIPPER7Down4 Speak of, myself: not in the revised versionMENTION7Down4 AyeYES3Down4 LoyalTRUE4Down5 ApatheticINDIFFERENT11Down5 Briefly, meaning you must get cracking if you want foodINANUTSHELL11Down5 LingerLOITER6Down6 Nautical skillSEAMANSHIP10Down6 Does it make a dent in the good weather figures?DEPRESSION10Down6 ObjectiveTARGET6Down7 Fly larvaMAGGOT6Down7 Still, has turned it into a musicalSTATIC6Down7 Form of glucoseDEXTROSE8Down8 “Mean” means paring the cheesePARMESAN8Down8 ApplaudedCHEERED7Down9 Intends to put a large picture up outsidePLANS5Down10 Cereal grainWHEAT5Down10 SleepNAP3Down12 ProngTINE4Down13 CompetentABLE4Down16 Flushing at “Rather late in the day”EVENING7Down16 Washing clothFLANNEL7Down16 LiabilityDEBIT5Down17 Paved areaPATIO5Down20 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down20 Gets round so one contactsRINGS5Down20 Attacked for having used as a standSETUPON7Down22 PipSEED4Down22 Shade of redSCARLET7Down22 It shows you’re wrong on both scores – and cheatDOUBLECROSS11Down23 ClairvoyanceSECONDSIGHT11Down23 SmallLITTLE6Down24 Tell you what firefighters do? Oh, buzz off!GOTOBLAZES10Down25 DolefulLUGUBRIOUS10Down25 ElderlyAGED4Down25 Taking little time to assess as below standardSECONDRATE10Down26 FeminineFEMALE6Down26 HeartenedENCOURAGED10Down26 With the return “Real thug,” dissolves into gigglesLAUGHTER8Down28 UncertainUNSURE6Down28 InoffensiveTASTEFUL8Down28 PermitLET3Down30 Type of paintEMULSION8Down31 Drove off before one had exerted oneself undulyOVERDONE8Down31 DebateDISCUSS7Down32 Defame, at a press gathering, the EnglishASPERSE7Down32 ActDEED4Down33 As a gift, given a dear furTIPPET6Down34 HydrophobiaRABIES6Down34 He’s all dressed up – fine for an AmericanDANDY5Down35 SpeakUTTER5Down35 LimbLEG3Down36 BirdEMU3Down37 Hide in a treePALM4Down39 InvoiceBILL4Down39

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