Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 134 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 20 2023. 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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Entangle61 AcrossReveal answer → Breakfast food64 AcrossReveal answer → It protects one's right to be in love64 AcrossReveal answer → Fold65 AcrossReveal answer → Race difficulty?87 AcrossReveal answer → Overabundance87 AcrossReveal answer → Demand firmly68 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoy something tasteful68 AcrossReveal answer → Snake59 AcrossReveal answer → Leaving England's capital for somewhere in Somerset510 AcrossReveal answer → Gate610 AcrossReveal answer → Muscular contraction510 AcrossReveal answer → Enrol611 AcrossReveal answer → Drear512 AcrossReveal answer → Go along for something to eat413 AcrossReveal answer → Let fall413 AcrossReveal answer → Tramp414 AcrossReveal answer → Harvest414 AcrossReveal answer → Lovely and thin414 AcrossReveal answer → Entrance415 AcrossReveal answer → A number of elms415 AcrossReveal answer → Vigour316 AcrossReveal answer → Mean to go first-class to Maidenhead316 AcrossReveal answer → Fall excursion417 AcrossReveal answer → Tibetan ox317 AcrossReveal answer → Act of lending417 AcrossReveal answer → Gasp418 AcrossReveal answer → Grassy area with some gravel deposits419 AcrossReveal answer → Send by post419 AcrossReveal answer → Turret520 AcrossReveal answer → Is such bread a repast in itself?921 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit preserve921 AcrossReveal answer → Relieve522 AcrossReveal answer → It'll do to get you by423 AcrossReveal answer → Atmosphere423 AcrossReveal answer → Copy723 AcrossReveal answer → Story424 AcrossReveal answer → Women who help to make men unselfish424 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm524 AcrossReveal answer → Toupee326 AcrossReveal answer → Weary526 AcrossReveal answer → It has its day of enrichment!326 AcrossReveal answer → Require427 AcrossReveal answer → Those in the money?427 AcrossReveal answer → Baby carriage429 AcrossReveal answer → Revolve429 AcrossReveal answer → Old times usually great429 AcrossReveal answer → Edge330 AcrossReveal answer → Angry about finishing late, you need a drink432 AcrossReveal answer → Dandy432 AcrossReveal answer → Relatively long time432 AcrossReveal answer → Having left Billy out, be smugly exultant533 AcrossReveal answer → Healed533 AcrossReveal answer → Not fresh533 AcrossReveal answer → Vipers can make one sadder634 AcrossReveal answer → Meal634 AcrossReveal answer → It'll go up after a while835 AcrossReveal answer → Mirage835 AcrossReveal answer → Void635 AcrossReveal answer → Light dessert636 AcrossReveal answer → To be a cadger is an absorbing thing636 AcrossReveal answer → Vary636 AcrossReveal answer → Shinbone537 AcrossReveal answer → Deposited638 AcrossReveal answer → Maintain639 AcrossReveal answer →

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Stupid51 DownReveal answer → Husky humour?51 DownReveal answer → Await61 DownReveal answer → Shish or doner?52 DownReveal answer → It's a name, but if heartless he'd be nameless!52 DownReveal answer → Pith62 DownReveal answer → Vagary43 DownReveal answer → Term of usefulness of a file?43 DownReveal answer → Blackleg43 DownReveal answer → Egypt's capital54 DownReveal answer → Evergreen54 DownReveal answer → For protection, cover a piano right over!54 DownReveal answer → Grate55 DownReveal answer → Coarse file45 DownReveal answer → Where mum needs £50 to go shopping?45 DownReveal answer → Row46 DownReveal answer → Descend by rope66 DownReveal answer → Not mentioned (being unspeakable?)66 DownReveal answer → Beast67 DownReveal answer → Essence68 DownReveal answer → One plus one is less than a dozen69 DownReveal answer → Usual69 DownReveal answer → Fizzy drink311 DownReveal answer → It borders on being a centre for crime311 DownReveal answer → Of the sun512 DownReveal answer → A fluid, but methinks not writing fluid512 DownReveal answer → Prior713 DownReveal answer → Developed the pier end, possibly713 DownReveal answer → Gives to charity713 DownReveal answer → It can mean a clean sheet, love315 DownReveal answer → Round-up515 DownReveal answer → Weir315 DownReveal answer → In political life, it means everything316 DownReveal answer → Danger516 DownReveal answer → Contend316 DownReveal answer → Tartan518 DownReveal answer → List giving a new store a rousing start618 DownReveal answer → Fruit618 DownReveal answer → Nude519 DownReveal answer → One supportive of an artist's views?520 DownReveal answer → Skilful520 DownReveal answer → Colour321 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel321 DownReveal answer → Route for shipping movement321 DownReveal answer → Stripling322 DownReveal answer → Does dad keep quiet about her?322 DownReveal answer → Deed322 DownReveal answer → System of self defence623 DownReveal answer → Are such members given more salary?623 DownReveal answer → Journey624 DownReveal answer → Friend325 DownReveal answer → Sheepish letter to a bachelor325 DownReveal answer → Serene625 DownReveal answer → Disorder627 DownReveal answer → Weird528 DownReveal answer → Grade628 DownReveal answer → Something to make fast528 DownReveal answer → Wireless530 DownReveal answer → Root out a bighead, being inhuman530 DownReveal answer → Damp530 DownReveal answer → Remnants of a wrecked bus on the street531 DownReveal answer → Intends531 DownReveal answer → Agencies531 DownReveal answer → Insects432 DownReveal answer → Being niggardly makes me a bit angry432 DownReveal answer → Tries to go two ways433 DownReveal answer → Clever433 DownReveal answer → Closed433 DownReveal answer → Face434 DownReveal answer →

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