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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 21 2021. 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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Trite51 AcrossReveal answer → In patches, some game!51 AcrossReveal answer → Liability53 AcrossReveal answer → Payments for rings56 AcrossReveal answer → Stringed instrument56 AcrossReveal answer → Fiery69 AcrossReveal answer → Writer who spilt his ink when given a shove79 AcrossReveal answer → Performance79 AcrossReveal answer → Dread610 AcrossReveal answer → Used bad language, maybe worse510 AcrossReveal answer → Strong point510 AcrossReveal answer → Donated511 AcrossReveal answer → Luxurious511 AcrossReveal answer → Composer, poet and peasant?511 AcrossReveal answer → Extreme512 AcrossReveal answer → Frank412 AcrossReveal answer → An excessive number?512 AcrossReveal answer → Greeted, in soldierly style, a couple out of uniform713 AcrossReveal answer → Authentic713 AcrossReveal answer → Break415 AcrossReveal answer → An uncle to many315 AcrossReveal answer → Female deer315 AcrossReveal answer → Talk, spreading malicious gossip about a fashion centre417 AcrossReveal answer → Operator417 AcrossReveal answer → Mutilated717 AcrossReveal answer → It was long ago, but not quite antediluvian618 AcrossReveal answer → Skin condition618 AcrossReveal answer → Yes, ten points scored with big hits519 AcrossReveal answer → Style of car519 AcrossReveal answer → Inn620 AcrossReveal answer → Greeting320 AcrossReveal answer → In a woolly coat, run at only half pace620 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned521 AcrossReveal answer → In addition, a man's love422 AcrossReveal answer → Castle surround422 AcrossReveal answer → So be it423 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral324 AcrossReveal answer → If upset and cross, all you need is some dope!324 AcrossReveal answer → Be still in lodgings725 AcrossReveal answer → Slight injury725 AcrossReveal answer → Region425 AcrossReveal answer → Performing526 AcrossReveal answer → Emerge from an egg526 AcrossReveal answer → To exclude a novice is commonplace526 AcrossReveal answer → Automaton527 AcrossReveal answer → Show unwelcome interest in giving an orchestra work527 AcrossReveal answer → Proverbially filthy bit of luck again!528 AcrossReveal answer → Person528 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed328 AcrossReveal answer → Get back about 100 too many729 AcrossReveal answer → Pub doorman729 AcrossReveal answer → Lose some of what you need in person530 AcrossReveal answer → Previous530 AcrossReveal answer → Treachery730 AcrossReveal answer → Stinks531 AcrossReveal answer → She's a Darling531 AcrossReveal answer → Sort433 AcrossReveal answer → Dreadful435 AcrossReveal answer → Bird536 AcrossReveal answer → Rise638 AcrossReveal answer → Loitered639 AcrossReveal answer → Postpone540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Endured51 DownReveal answer → Loves62 DownReveal answer → Short52 DownReveal answer → A back seat that may put you in the shade62 DownReveal answer → A growing involvement with Proust63 DownReveal answer → Delve33 DownReveal answer → Boy's name63 DownReveal answer → She can give us new heart34 DownReveal answer → Revised64 DownReveal answer → Sheltered side34 DownReveal answer → Detail45 DownReveal answer → It grows in orchards55 DownReveal answer → Cotton thread55 DownReveal answer → Figure36 DownReveal answer → Starting tomorrow, comes out in the papers76 DownReveal answer → Whim76 DownReveal answer → Girl's name47 DownReveal answer → Stadium57 DownReveal answer → The burden on the United States47 DownReveal answer → Lithe68 DownReveal answer → Feel58 DownReveal answer → Wash Fido and he can sit on you madam68 DownReveal answer → Alliance512 DownReveal answer → A servant of magical appearance512 DownReveal answer → Forfeit713 DownReveal answer → Jeer at the score that's curtailed and played very loud513 DownReveal answer → Zest513 DownReveal answer → Nude514 DownReveal answer → Courage514 DownReveal answer → Like milk, it's a natural product514 DownReveal answer → Warehouse515 DownReveal answer → It's pretty thin stuff515 DownReveal answer → Where the Venus statue was raised in some solemnity516 DownReveal answer → Airman716 DownReveal answer → Planet516 DownReveal answer → Rascal who may care to be reckless?518 DownReveal answer → Era518 DownReveal answer → Discourage518 DownReveal answer → Saved from being damaged?719 DownReveal answer → Originator719 DownReveal answer → Ocean319 DownReveal answer → He can make one ill621 DownReveal answer → A bower621 DownReveal answer → Fear522 DownReveal answer → Grown-up622 DownReveal answer → Charm everybody, yet finish a failure622 DownReveal answer → Anti-aircraft fire623 DownReveal answer → Looked hard623 DownReveal answer → Present324 DownReveal answer → Scarcely sufficient525 DownReveal answer → Beef with extra decoration added525 DownReveal answer → Tramp426 DownReveal answer → Put up with a dull fellow426 DownReveal answer → Grating627 DownReveal answer → Half a mile west, nominally328 DownReveal answer → That woman328 DownReveal answer → Map-book528 DownReveal answer → Char531 DownReveal answer → Poor532 DownReveal answer → Pale434 DownReveal answer → Finish336 DownReveal answer → Spike337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. 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.