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Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 20 2024. 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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Appended52 AcrossReveal answer → Urge47 AcrossReveal answer → Improperly68 AcrossReveal answer → Elk59 AcrossReveal answer → Exhausted, having had fun in the garden?99 AcrossReveal answer → Sulphur99 AcrossReveal answer → Saying it's ivory when it's not?810 AcrossReveal answer → Choke810 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean311 AcrossReveal answer → Name the prison412 AcrossReveal answer → Food fish412 AcrossReveal answer → In a jiffy, giving you a synonym for "wobbly"613 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil313 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part613 AcrossReveal answer → Futile714 AcrossReveal answer → Felt it had been dealt with714 AcrossReveal answer → Loan415 AcrossReveal answer → Kept talking about the many who had betrayed one's trust915 AcrossReveal answer → Insect915 AcrossReveal answer → Mournful316 AcrossReveal answer → Vanish917 AcrossReveal answer → Now and again turns to the compere917 AcrossReveal answer → Display718 AcrossReveal answer → Rouse418 AcrossReveal answer → To surprise, crack and beat an egg into718 AcrossReveal answer → Authorise719 AcrossReveal answer → How much the daily gets is halved620 AcrossReveal answer → Proud420 AcrossReveal answer → Platform620 AcrossReveal answer → A fellow-expert? The cheek!421 AcrossReveal answer → Stylish421 AcrossReveal answer → Face422 AcrossReveal answer → Argue723 AcrossReveal answer → Lineage824 AcrossReveal answer → Are ignorant of the fact that you're no friend of824 AcrossReveal answer → Close425 AcrossReveal answer → Calming drug826 AcrossReveal answer → Turn the light on and I'll think about it826 AcrossReveal answer → Relations327 AcrossReveal answer → A penny from, as a tip!428 AcrossReveal answer → Dry428 AcrossReveal answer → Throw428 AcrossReveal answer → Laud629 AcrossReveal answer → "Heavens", the scamp put in "it's not big enough!"629 AcrossReveal answer → Colour330 AcrossReveal answer → Shade of red731 AcrossReveal answer → They set off to get the books731 AcrossReveal answer → Ballad331 AcrossReveal answer → Distant533 AcrossReveal answer → The rest get a memento to carry934 AcrossReveal answer → Sport934 AcrossReveal answer → Metal pin636 AcrossReveal answer → Recapitulating on the beating936 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit936 AcrossReveal answer → Bolt437 AcrossReveal answer → Gracious and laid-back, having a drink738 AcrossReveal answer → Linger538 AcrossReveal answer → Former Dutch currency738 AcrossReveal answer → Born to carry a gun, though you say not639 AcrossReveal answer → Use639 AcrossReveal answer → Pakistani language440 AcrossReveal answer → Soon there's a vacancy and a girl is sent round440 AcrossReveal answer → Hoodwinked841 AcrossReveal answer → Got into shape again and mended one's ways841 AcrossReveal answer → 1415 battle942 AcrossReveal answer → Help turn the handle as well942 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hindrance81 DownReveal answer → Beano51 DownReveal answer → Like the dog annoyed at being carried about?81 DownReveal answer → Open-air meal62 DownReveal answer → Many a racecourse is considered lucky by the superstitious62 DownReveal answer → Equip32 DownReveal answer → Predict83 DownReveal answer → Judge to be deliberate83 DownReveal answer → Pair33 DownReveal answer → Owing34 DownReveal answer → Highest point64 DownReveal answer → Make an effort to find your ancestry64 DownReveal answer → Peculiar35 DownReveal answer → Marooned85 DownReveal answer → We got the pet swimming in the sea - and it climbs85 DownReveal answer → Drear56 DownReveal answer → Police department106 DownReveal answer → Seriously, it's how you exercise in the gym106 DownReveal answer → Try77 DownReveal answer → With a need to unwind, a gentleman about to mooch77 DownReveal answer → Home, having been sick in the punt68 DownReveal answer → Record cover68 DownReveal answer → Smack410 DownReveal answer → Servile711 DownReveal answer → Flightless bird711 DownReveal answer → The bumpy road back home has been spruced up711 DownReveal answer → Old-fashioned712 DownReveal answer → Matrimonial713 DownReveal answer → Actuality714 DownReveal answer → Gets blazing at the novice with bad sight616 DownReveal answer → Gemstones616 DownReveal answer → Smile516 DownReveal answer → Dean517 DownReveal answer → Marry318 DownReveal answer → Indian language519 DownReveal answer → Only having a drink on coming in519 DownReveal answer → Snoop320 DownReveal answer → The house work starts to daunt one320 DownReveal answer → Fruit321 DownReveal answer → Now, the jellied eel is for her522 DownReveal answer → Place of refuge522 DownReveal answer → Understanding one's having an affair with623 DownReveal answer → Mark of shame623 DownReveal answer → Brook424 DownReveal answer → Capsize1025 DownReveal answer → Is it too hot to wear anything?1025 DownReveal answer → Diocese326 DownReveal answer → Hoarse526 DownReveal answer → Put "To execute, behead"326 DownReveal answer → Vegetable727 DownReveal answer → Jeer at the local taking the stand727 DownReveal answer → Cheek529 DownReveal answer → Made the rain pour though and soak830 DownReveal answer → Insinuation830 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument831 DownReveal answer → Very eager to put one into art831 DownReveal answer → Sufficient832 DownReveal answer → Possess332 DownReveal answer → Say how much you love singing?832 DownReveal answer → Skill333 DownReveal answer → Aware733 DownReveal answer → He calls for it in a flap, to save face733 DownReveal answer → Scull334 DownReveal answer → Golf club635 DownReveal answer → Insect335 DownReveal answer → Scarred - and it's noticeable635 DownReveal answer → Tree636 DownReveal answer → Laugh at the vehicle Giles is leaving on636 DownReveal answer → He damaged, at the Victoria and Albert, a number637 DownReveal answer → Follow637 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 20, 2024. 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.