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Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2021 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 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#
OustDEPOSE6Across1 TrunkCHEST5Across3 Measures of ascendancy?STEPS5Across3 InvoicedBILLED6Across5 Like the hair of the dog with the woolly tail?CURLY5Across8 LousyAWFUL5Across8 DomesticatedTAMED5Across9 PowerMIGHT5Across10 This car obviously goesROLLS5Across10 Floor-coveringCARPET6Across10 PaddleOAR3Across11 TattleGOSSIP6Across11 Heavy going in BermudaMUD3Across11 DangerPERIL5Across12 Down with a broken elbow?BELOW5Across12 DimnessGLOOM5Across12 Game of chanceLOTTERY7Across13 In essence, cash for a womanSUMMARY7Across13 DenLAIR4Across14 Flying toysKITES5Across15 Worries about the new faresFEARS5Across15 ManagedRAN3Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 GenerationAGE3Across18 Show some of the ravages of timeAGE3Across18 HatFEDORA6Across19 Flighty fellows?AIRMEN6Across19 Go inENTER5Across20 TrailblazerPIONEER7Across21 A musician, but very good at weaving satinPIANIST7Across21 Chap getting £1 for a songLIED4Across22 Burst of noisePEAL4Across22 SharpenedHONED5Across22 InsectsANTS4Across23 Sun shadePARASOL7Across23 Drunken sot with whiskey to put awaySTOW4Across23 TeachEDUCATE7Across24 PrincipleTENET5Across24 Frightened to pay out the old devil!PANICKY7Across24 CapBERET5Across26 Disturbed the fish in different waysSHAKEN6Across26 ResolveSETTLE6Across26 In a regal way, he's as good as RegROY3Across29 UnwellILL3Across29 SpokenORAL4Across29 PleadBEG3Across30 New ZealanderMAORI5Across31 Mended by a unique dunderheadSOLED5Across31 Childish liarsFIBBERS7Across32 Make biggerENLARGE7Across32 ChallengeDARE4Across32 PatternMODEL5Across33 Irreligious Paganini piecePAGAN5Across34 Cake decorationICING5Across34 The chap left a noteLAD3Across35 And notNOR3Across35 SeamanSAILOR6Across35 Not pretty flat?PLAIN5Across36 Defence pleaALIBI5Across36 NaturistNUDIST6Across36 Crude arrangement made betterCURED5Across37 OutcomingDEBUT5Across37 TotalUTTER5Across37 Wherein the pigs ate the pasties dad left?STIES5Across38 Short musical compositionETUDE5Across38 ConsideredDEEMED6Across38 VendorSELLER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FaintSWOON5Down1 In the garden, to sing for us is a good thingHUMUS5Down1 SubmissiveDOCILE6Down1 Cut shortCURTAIL7Down2 Former employee's game?OLDMAID7Down2 AllowPERMIT6Down2 PaceSTEP4Down3 SacredHOLY4Down4 Three shot out of one endTREY4Down4 ConsumerEATER5Down4 One who lights upSMOKER6Down5 StartBEGIN5Down5 The professor takes it as net gainPROFIT6Down5 HeroIDOL4Down6 TimorousTIMID5Down6 Swore to become a broadcaster, possiblySOWER5Down6 DiminishLESSEN6Down7 MerrimentCHEER5Down7 Look fiercely regal somehowGLARE5Down7 ImmersedDIPPED6Down8 CorpulentFAT3Down9 A drink that starts you ruminating?RUM3Down9 Explosive deviceGRENADE7Down12 A gun and possibly a forenameBRENDAN7Down12 DevastatedRAVAGED7Down13 The great man shows some sagacityAGA3Down14 SelfEGO3Down14 WrathANGER5Down15 One can get maty out of friendshipAMITY5Down16 1,000 kilogramsTONNE5Down16 RepulseREPEL5Down16 White as an owlSNOWY5Down17 Power of decisionSAYSO5Down17 PerforatedHOLED5Down18 AlludeREFER5Down19 What to take for one's pains, being upset about the tax peopleASPIRIN7Down19 Art of swordplayFENCING7Down19 For a smaller amount, the blockhead will give thanks!BLESS5Down20 Muscular contractionSPASM5Down20 RodentRAT3Down21 Organ piece in which one note has to ring out!PEDAL5Down21 Christmas showPANTO5Down21 Stove-topHOB3Down22 American cityATLANTA7Down23 A heavenly colourSKYBLUE7Down23 The clever fellow panted excitedlyPEDANT6Down24 EvokeELICIT6Down24 ThrewTOSSED6Down24 A swan in San Francisco BayCOB3Down25 EverythingALL3Down25 InherentNATIVE6Down25 Of raysRADIAL6Down27 Cries at the way Les gets disheartenedHOWLS5Down27 NoblemenEARLS5Down27 See-sawTEETER6Down28 As worn by soldiers with pikes?KEPIS5Down28 ClanTRIBE5Down28 DrilledBORED5Down30 Classification of the thistle, for exampleORDER5Down30 Wading birdEGRET5Down30 ClassGENUS5Down31 Woman's nameENID4Down32 More than the cheek?FACE4Down32 In an arable area, a little cornEAR3Down33 DecomposeROT3Down33 MethodMODE4Down33 InstrumentLUTE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 20, 2021. 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.