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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
TriteBANAL5Across1 In patches, some game!CHESS5Across1 LiabilityDEBIT5Across3 Payments for ringsTOLLS5Across6 Stringed instrumentCELLO5Across6 FieryTORRID6Across9 Writer who spilt his ink when given a shovePUSHKIN7Across9 PerformanceRECITAL7Across9 DreadTERROR6Across10 Used bad language, maybe worseSWORE5Across10 Strong pointFORTE5Across10 DonatedGIVEN5Across11 LuxuriousPLUSH5Across11 Composer, poet and peasant?SUPPE5Across11 ExtremeULTRA5Across12 FrankOPEN4Across12 An excessive number?GROSS5Across12 Greeted, in soldierly style, a couple out of uniformSALUTED7Across13 AuthenticGENUINE7Across13 BreakSNAP4Across15 An uncle to manyTOM3Across15 Female deerDOE3Across15 Talk, spreading malicious gossip about a fashion centreCHAT4Across17 OperatorUSER4Across17 MutilatedDEFACED7Across17 It was long ago, but not quite antediluvianDELUGE6Across18 Skin conditionECZEMA6Across18 Yes, ten points scored with big hitsSIXES5Across19 Style of carCOUPE5Across19 InnTAVERN6Across20 GreetingAVE3Across20 In a woolly coat, run at only half paceFLEECE6Across20 Old-fashionedDATED5Across21 In addition, a man's loveALSO4Across22 Castle surroundMOAT4Across22 So be itAMEN4Across23 MineralORE3Across24 If upset and cross, all you need is some dope!FIX3Across24 Be still in lodgingsBILLETS7Across25 Slight injurySCRATCH7Across25 RegionAREA4Across25 PerformingDOING5Across26 Emerge from an eggHATCH5Across26 To exclude a novice is commonplaceBANAL5Across26 AutomatonROBOT5Across27 Show unwelcome interest in giving an orchestra workSNOOP5Across27 Proverbially filthy bit of luck again!LUCRE5Across28 PersonHUMAN5Across28 ConsumedATE3Across28 Get back about 100 too manyRECOVER7Across29 Pub doormanBOUNCER7Across29 Lose some of what you need in personBLEED5Across30 PreviousPRIOR5Across30 TreacheryTREASON7Across30 StinksREEKS5Across31 She's a DarlingWENDY5Across31 SortTYPE4Across33 DreadfulDIRE4Across35 BirdEAGLE5Across36 RiseASCEND6Across38 LoiteredLAGGED6Across39 PostponeDEFER5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EnduredSTOOD5Down1 LovesADORES6Down2 ShortBRIEF5Down2 A back seat that may put you in the shadeHOWDAH6Down2 A growing involvement with ProustSPROUT6Down3 DelveDIG3Down3 Boy's nameARTHUR6Down3 She can give us new heartSUE3Down4 RevisedEDITED6Down4 Sheltered sideLEE3Down4 DetailITEM4Down5 It grows in orchardsCHARD5Down5 Cotton threadLISLE5Down5 FigureTEN3Down6 Starting tomorrow, comes out in the papersTISSUES7Down6 WhimCAPRICE7Down6 Girl's nameELLA4Down7 StadiumARENA5Down7 The burden on the United StatesONUS4Down7 LitheLISSOM6Down8 FeelGROPE5Down8 Wash Fido and he can sit on you madamLAPDOG6Down8 AllianceUNION5Down12 A servant of magical appearanceGENIE5Down12 ForfeitPENALTY7Down13 Jeer at the score that's curtailed and played very loudSCOFF5Down13 ZestGUSTO5Down13 NudeNAKED5Down14 CourageNERVE5Down14 Like milk, it's a natural productLATEX5Down14 WarehouseDEPOT5Down15 It's pretty thin stuffTULLE5Down15 Where the Venus statue was raised in some solemnityMELOS5Down16 AirmanAVIATOR7Down16 PlanetEARTH5Down16 Rascal who may care to be reckless?DEVIL5Down18 EraEPOCH5Down18 DiscourageDAUNT5Down18 Saved from being damaged?SCRAPED7Down19 OriginatorCREATOR7Down19 OceanSEA3Down19 He can make one illLIONEL6Down21 A bowerARBOUR6Down21 FearDREAD5Down22 Grown-upMATURE6Down22 Charm everybody, yet finish a failureALLURE6Down22 Anti-aircraft fireACKACK6Down23 Looked hardSTARED6Down23 PresentNOW3Down24 Scarcely sufficientSCANT5Down25 Beef with extra decoration addedBARON5Down25 TrampHOBO4Down26 Put up with a dull fellowBORE4Down26 GratingGRILLE6Down27 Half a mile west, nominallyLEW3Down28 That womanHER3Down28 Map-bookATLAS5Down28 CharSINGE5Down31 PoorNEEDY5Down32 PaleFADE4Down34 FinishEND3Down36 SpikeEAR3Down37

About this puzzle

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