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Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2023 answers. The Wednesday 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#
EntangleENMESH6Across1 Breakfast foodCEREAL6Across4 It protects one's right to be in loveARMOUR6Across4 FoldCREASE6Across5 Race difficulty?HANDICAP8Across7 OverabundancePLETHORA8Across7 Demand firmlyINSIST6Across8 Enjoy something tastefulRELISH6Across8 SnakeCOBRA5Across9 Leaving England's capital for somewhere in SomersetFROME5Across10 GatePORTAL6Across10 Muscular contractionSPASM5Across10 EnrolENLIST6Across11 DrearBLEAK5Across12 Go along for something to eatROLL4Across13 Let fallDROP4Across13 TrampHOBO4Across14 HarvestCROP4Across14 Lovely and thinFINE4Across14 EntranceDOOR4Across15 A number of elmsNINE4Across15 VigourVIM3Across16 Mean to go first-class to MaidenheadAIM3Across16 Fall excursionTRIP4Across17 Tibetan oxYAK3Across17 Act of lendingLOAN4Across17 GaspPANT4Across18 Grassy area with some gravel depositsVELD4Across19 Send by postMAIL4Across19 TurretTOWER5Across20 Is such bread a repast in itself?WHOLEMEAL9Across21 Fruit preserveMARMALADE9Across21 RelieveALLAY5Across22 It'll do to get you byPASS4Across23 AtmosphereAURA4Across23 CopyREPLICA7Across23 StoryTALE4Across24 Women who help to make men unselfishNUNS4Across24 LukewarmTEPID5Across24 ToupeeWIG3Across26 WearyTIRED5Across26 It has its day of enrichment!PAY3Across26 RequireNEED4Across27 Those in the money?THEM4Across27 Baby carriagePRAM4Across29 RevolveROLL4Across29 Old times usually greatERAS4Across29 EdgeHEM3Across30 Angry about finishing late, you need a drinkMEAD4Across32 DandyDUDE4Across32 Relatively long timeAGES4Across32 Having left Billy out, be smugly exultantGLOAT5Across33 HealedCURED5Across33 Not freshSTALE5Across33 Vipers can make one sadderADDERS6Across34 MealDINNER6Across34 It'll go up after a whileTIMEBOMB8Across35 MirageILLUSION8Across35 VoidVACUUM6Across35 Light dessertMOUSSE6Across36 To be a cadger is an absorbing thingSPONGE6Across36 VaryDIFFER6Across36 ShinboneTIBIA5Across37 DepositedLODGED6Across38 MaintainALLEGE6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StupidAPISH5Down1 Husky humour?CHAFF5Down1 AwaitEXPECT6Down1 Shish or doner?KEBAB5Down2 It's a name, but if heartless he'd be nameless!ANTON5Down2 PithMARROW6Down2 VagaryWHIM4Down3 Term of usefulness of a file?LIFE4Down3 BlacklegSCAB4Down3 Egypt's capitalCAIRO5Down4 EvergreenHOLLY5Down4 For protection, cover a piano right over!APRON5Down4 GrateCREAK5Down5 Coarse fileRASP4Down5 Where mum needs £50 to go shopping?MALL4Down5 RowRANK4Down6 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down6 Not mentioned (being unspeakable?)UNSAID6Down6 BeastANIMAL6Down7 EssenceENTITY6Down8 One plus one is less than a dozenELEVEN6Down9 UsualNORMAL6Down9 Fizzy drinkPOP3Down11 It borders on being a centre for crimeRIM3Down11 Of the sunSOLAR5Down12 A fluid, but methinks not writing fluidMETHS5Down12 PriorEARLIER7Down13 Developed the pier end, possiblyRIPENED7Down13 Gives to charityDONATES7Down13 It can mean a clean sheet, loveNIL3Down15 Round-upRODEO5Down15 WeirDAM3Down15 In political life, it means everythingALL3Down16 DangerPERIL5Down16 ContendVIE3Down16 TartanPLAID5Down18 List giving a new store a rousing startROSTER6Down18 FruitORANGE6Down18 NudeNAKED5Down19 One supportive of an artist's views?EASEL5Down20 SkilfulADEPT5Down20 ColourRED3Down21 Drinking vesselMUG3Down21 Route for shipping movementWAY3Down21 StriplingLAD3Down22 Does dad keep quiet about her?MUM3Down22 DeedACT3Down22 System of self defenceAIKIDO6Down23 Are such members given more salary?PAIDUP6Down23 JourneyTRAVEL6Down24 FriendPAL3Down25 Sheepish letter to a bachelorBAA3Down25 SerenePLACID6Down25 DisorderRUFFLE6Down27 WeirdEERIE5Down28 GradeDEGREE6Down28 Something to make fastHASTE5Down28 WirelessRADIO5Down30 Root out a bighead, being inhumanROBOT5Down30 DampHUMID5Down30 Remnants of a wrecked bus on the streetSTUBS5Down31 IntendsMEANS5Down31 AgenciesMEDIA5Down31 InsectsANTS4Down32 Being niggardly makes me a bit angryMEAN4Down32 Tries to go two waysGOES4Down33 CleverCUTE4Down33 ClosedSHUT4Down33 FaceDIAL4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. 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.