Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2021 Answers

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Below are all 129 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 23 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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Surpass51 AcrossReveal answer → Mars64 AcrossReveal answer → The eighth musical interval?64 AcrossReveal answer → Placard65 AcrossReveal answer → Displayed, but proven bad87 AcrossReveal answer → Languages expert87 AcrossReveal answer → Card game68 AcrossReveal answer → Deal with a letter as a diplomatic document68 AcrossReveal answer → Mistake58 AcrossReveal answer → Crevice510 AcrossReveal answer → Steer clear of a woman who's a bit rude510 AcrossReveal answer → Sofa610 AcrossReveal answer → A sound team will be all over the place!413 AcrossReveal answer → Repast413 AcrossReveal answer → Something afoot at the fishmonger's?414 AcrossReveal answer → Courteous614 AcrossReveal answer → Cab414 AcrossReveal answer → High415 AcrossReveal answer → To provide money, give a chap a note415 AcrossReveal answer → Even715 AcrossReveal answer → Become secure?316 AcrossReveal answer → Thickness316 AcrossReveal answer → Destroy417 AcrossReveal answer → A dietary constituent to prohibit outright?417 AcrossReveal answer → Marry318 AcrossReveal answer → Being cold, the young fellow dressed419 AcrossReveal answer → Off419 AcrossReveal answer → Yelp319 AcrossReveal answer → Non-paying boarders921 AcrossReveal answer → Fate421 AcrossReveal answer → Vital921 AcrossReveal answer → On the way, mother is liable to hold things up423 AcrossReveal answer → Course423 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade523 AcrossReveal answer → Direction424 AcrossReveal answer → In which to store "17 Across"?424 AcrossReveal answer → Ascended424 AcrossReveal answer → When there's a holdup, it's sticky326 AcrossReveal answer → Make a mistake326 AcrossReveal answer → Lair327 AcrossReveal answer → Friend given a portion of fish in the end427 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve427 AcrossReveal answer → Cot429 AcrossReveal answer → A meaty piece of church music429 AcrossReveal answer → Friend329 AcrossReveal answer → Swung731 AcrossReveal answer → Rubber632 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese with maybe a bluebottle on for a moment432 AcrossReveal answer → Limbs432 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly a bit of crochet work?533 AcrossReveal answer → Scold533 AcrossReveal answer → Capone's out of the way for ever!634 AcrossReveal answer → Nevertheless634 AcrossReveal answer → Ceremony434 AcrossReveal answer → Margin for error in map-making?835 AcrossReveal answer → Emery board835 AcrossReveal answer → Picked635 AcrossReveal answer → Succession636 AcrossReveal answer → The old "one-two"? Pretty young, actually636 AcrossReveal answer → Absolute538 AcrossReveal answer → Rue639 AcrossReveal answer → Renovate540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Vote in51 DownReveal answer → A female's a trophy, in a sense51 DownReveal answer → Alphabetical list52 DownReveal answer → There's a lot to be said for being ethical52 DownReveal answer → Employ32 DownReveal answer → Kick43 DownReveal answer → It can react jerkily43 DownReveal answer → Deviation63 DownReveal answer → Iron alloy54 DownReveal answer → Mineral34 DownReveal answer → Not infrequently, a wrong note comes out loud!54 DownReveal answer → Support45 DownReveal answer → Egg-shaped45 DownReveal answer → In mathematics, it refers to a number45 DownReveal answer → Climbed66 DownReveal answer → Recently66 DownReveal answer → Given one's pet treatment?66 DownReveal answer → Save67 DownReveal answer → French port69 DownReveal answer → Passed on79 DownReveal answer → The place for a revolutionary motor69 DownReveal answer → Swear to give a cry of pain with a heavier heart311 DownReveal answer → Stripling311 DownReveal answer → Promise312 DownReveal answer → Earliest512 DownReveal answer → Financial matters best managed by the departmental head512 DownReveal answer → Social conduct713 DownReveal answer → With justification, figure to get fit713 DownReveal answer → Swimming pool413 DownReveal answer → Draw315 DownReveal answer → It's kept in Delaware, but broken in Wall Street315 DownReveal answer → Talk that may have leaked out316 DownReveal answer → Resound416 DownReveal answer → Mate316 DownReveal answer → Assessed517 DownReveal answer → Jack and Roy going round in a whirl?618 DownReveal answer → Escorts618 DownReveal answer → Execute badly520 DownReveal answer → Expiation720 DownReveal answer → Spectate520 DownReveal answer → The missile man321 DownReveal answer → Wheat spike321 DownReveal answer → Method of getting the distance322 DownReveal answer → Monster422 DownReveal answer → Brown322 DownReveal answer → Shrub used for hedges623 DownReveal answer → Plant the lot and cut the grass around623 DownReveal answer → Jacket624 DownReveal answer → Girder425 DownReveal answer → Cover325 DownReveal answer → Favouring just three selected letters325 DownReveal answer → Simpler626 DownReveal answer → Amid528 DownReveal answer → Thread one can possibly sell out of528 DownReveal answer → Disregard628 DownReveal answer → Nonsense that can sound just about OK530 DownReveal answer → Permit330 DownReveal answer → Stiff530 DownReveal answer → Name one's favourite royal531 DownReveal answer → To father531 DownReveal answer → The cooperative thing to play432 DownReveal answer → Opposed to432 DownReveal answer → Singular thing to eat with a cold joint433 DownReveal answer → Remainder433 DownReveal answer → Not hot433 DownReveal answer → Girl's336 DownReveal answer → Sheep337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 23, 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.