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Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
KnifesSTABS5Across1 FashionableCHIC4Across1 One's own little drug-storeSTASH5Across1 WagerBET3Across4 Granted, it's a wicked deed by CharlieCEDED5Across6 DepartedLEFT4Across6 StealSWIPE5Across6 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across8 ShrewdASTUTE6Across9 Sharp replyRIPOSTE7Across9 Art or craft of the snooker player?POTTERY7Across9 SoarFLY3Across10 Strange argot no longer in useGROAT5Across10 Go inENTER5Across10 Didn't exactly rush to escape!OOZED5Across11 Chosen fewELITE5Across11 Footwear a drunkard got out for a sailorSABOT5Across12 ScrubSCOUR5Across12 Speak slowlyDRAWL5Across12 Pretend to be discerning?MAKEOUT7Across13 IndicatesDENOTES7Across13 RuleREIGN5Across14 Wall-paintingMURAL5Across15 Vehicle needed in one's job, usuallyBUS3Across15 WeepSOB3Across15 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 She lets in the lightIRIS4Across17 The blockhead gets these sorted, by order!BEHEST6Across18 ThreefoldTRIPLE6Across18 EraseDELETE6Across18 PungentACRID5Across19 Punished, some fine dayFINED5Across19 StylusNEEDLE6Across20 Beat down the old woman with the bad legHAGGLE6Across20 BeganOPENED6Across20 Fair maid's forenameIRMA4Across22 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across22 PitchTAR3Across24 DissuadeDETER5Across24 It's changed, but not significantlyTIS3Across24 Realm of Rex and Dominic?KINGDOM7Across25 AdvantageBENEFIT7Across25 Of the MoonLUNAR5Across26 He has seniority and will perform for moneyDOYEN5Across26 JavelinSPEAR5Across26 Note valueMINIM5Across27 No major figure in a centre for divorcesMINOR5Across27 Directors sounding boredBOARD5Across28 Fry quicklySAUTE5Across28 KingdomREALM5Across28 Not one can be found therein!NEITHER7Across29 Seemly behaviourDECORUM7Across29 Written, perhaps, by a non-U deputyTYPED5Across30 Synthetic materialNYLON5Across30 Pig-penSTY3Across30 IntendsMEANS5Across31 Cuddly boy?TEDDY5Across31 AllowPERMIT6Across32 PropertyESTATE6Across33 EmployedUSED4Across34 SwabMOP3Across35 Not lightDARK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bicycle for twoTANDEM6Down2 ChaosHAVOC5Down2 Sour, hard-hearted, fearsome fellowTARTAR6Down2 Replacements for broken spearsSPARES6Down3 EatCONSUME7Down3 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Down3 Very good house for the titular headHOT3Down4 MeatBEEF4Down4 Teacher's titleSIR3Down4 SalverTRAY4Down5 Beastly article tots are upset aboutSTOAT5Down5 Flies highSOARS5Down5 SuppleLITHE5Down6 Bent on a career in crime?CROOKED7Down6 Ship's waiterSTEWARD7Down6 Water sourceWELL4Down7 One islet or eight?EYOT4Down7 WearinessFATIGUE7Down7 Be sure to wander in the darknessEREBUS6Down8 Guard's roundPATROL6Down8 MeadowLEA3Down11 SorrowfulSAD3Down12 Nominal issue, perhapsSUSIE5Down12 Tennis scoreDEUCE5Down12 GrooveRUT3Down13 Questionable strength?MIGHT5Down13 IntimidateDAUNT5Down13 At no timeNEVER5Down14 Near St. Pancras, they get cross!KINGS5Down14 LampoonSPOOF5Down15 It's hairy, having to carry a deadhead!BEARD5Down15 Such radio you can get to be mates withSTEAM5Down16 To fatherBEGET5Down16 ColourRED3Down16 FateLOT3Down17 Start to live on drinkBEGIN5Down18 Big catTIGER5Down18 UtterEXPRESS7Down19 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down19 Baffled, again, when there's all that water aboutFLOORED7Down19 ThroughPER3Down21 Without difficultyEASILY6Down21 How the RAF man is apt to shoot a lineAIRILY6Down21 BuiltERECTED7Down22 SlanderDEFAME6Down22 Overlook the mixture of gin with mineralIGNORE6Down22 ObscureDIM3Down23 Tied up, being low on wineMOORED6Down23 Lend an earLISTEN6Down23 NewtEFT3Down25 His minced steak is sheer poetry!KEATS5Down25 Meat in rashersBACON5Down25 Public poolLIDO4Down26 Many an individual gets cheatedDONE4Down26 PointedAIMED5Down27 In between, it can easily be lostBET3Down28 TotalSUM3Down28 SubsequentlyLATER5Down29 StaunchSTEM4Down30 YapYELP4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. 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.