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Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
ShoutCALL4Across1 Boy's nameGRAHAM6Across4 SinkSAG3Across4 About to act by immediate responseRETURN6Across4 MinceHASH4Across6 Vera gets nothing but the greatest affectionTRUELOVE8Across7 Polite expressionTHANKYOU8Across7 ThinSKINNY6Across8 React like many given a terrible scareSCREAM6Across8 FittingAPT3Across9 Assumed nameALIAS5Across10 What a frog will do in the endCROAK5Across10 TalkCONVERSE8Across10 AppearSEEM4Across11 FastenerSTUD4Across13 Is she likely to lose heart?LILY4Across13 OsculateKISS4Across14 Jerome's knowledge was about rightKERN4Across14 BorderHEM3Across14 Public schoolETON4Across15 What the fisherman had left in Mile EndLINE4Across15 PixieELF3Across16 To hide one disc in another is fishy!COD3Across16 BlitheMERRY5Across16 It can mean a shot, oddly enoughSTAB4Across17 German manHERR4Across17 DepartsGOES4Across19 ExcusedPARDONED8Across19 A few on the riverAVON4Across19 RuefulREGRETFUL9Across21 On TV, one speaker too many?VOICEOVER9Across21 DangerPERIL5Across21 UnearthDISINTER8Across23 Ladder stepRUNG4Across23 Having a bit of a thin time, this helpsHINT4Across23 AnaestheticETHER5Across24 Solicit customTOUT4Across24 Is sure upset at having done wrong!RUES4Across24 JewelGEM3Across26 Not what you'd expect from a totRUM3Across26 Noteworthy accommodationFLAT4Across27 FaucetTAP3Across27 PleasantNICE4Across27 Pretty unconvincing version of "23"THIN4Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 GraspedHELD4Across31 Mark of a law-breaker out EastWEAL4Across32 ExclamationGOSH4Across32 When a girl goes to South Africa, it's steamySAUNA5Across33 SubsideCOLLAPSE8Across33 Thick soupBROTH5Across33 A flight, of course, usually ends with a landingSTAIRS6Across34 FastenTIE3Across34 ActionsDOINGS6Across34 In a special train, do nothing but Indian cookingTANDOORI8Across35 CastSHED4Across35 RareUNCOMMON8Across35 They restrain big-headed libertinesBRAKES6Across36 DefectiveDUD3Across36 Very happyBLITHE6Across36 RotateTURN4Across37

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Cut of beefSTEAK5Down1 Cling to one's walking companion?STICK5Down1 FoundationBASIS5Down2 It's in Egypt, or adjacent to LuxembourgLUXOR5Down2 SoonANON4Down2 StretchesEKES4Down3 Criticism for dangerous flying?FLAK4Down3 AdoreLOVE4Down3 RelishGUSTO5Down4 HiddenSCREENED8Down4 There's something sticky about crimeRESIN5Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 Corrosive substanceACID4Down5 Tyro in politics?TORY4Down5 HurryHASTE5Down6 Makes voidANNULS6Down6 Why arson is wrong about the end of JuneREASON6Down6 ImitateAPE3Down7 GuideSTEER5Down8 Martial artKUNGFU6Down9 See one's furlough cutCLEAVE6Down9 Little man short-listed?REG3Down11 Impudent talkLIP3Down11 Old sailor with an heirANSON5Down12 RoomSPACE5Down12 PaleASHEN5Down12 VeracityTRUTH5Down13 ExtendSTRETCH7Down13 One generous with his political opinions?LIBERAL7Down13 JumpHOP3Down14 DeserveMERIT5Down15 Make mistakesERR3Down15 Black-hearted varnish makerLAC3Down15 Slippery fishEEL3Down16 Cockney expression of scorn?COR3Down16 CourseROUTE5Down17 LongYEARN5Down18 Possibly fitter bowler?TITFER6Down18 DrinkEGGNOG6Down18 ExternalOUTER5Down20 A striking redheadVESTA5Down20 DeactivatedDISABLED8Down20 StrangeRUM3Down21 Go with a girl, the ultimate in charmVIM3Down21 Foot digitTOE3Down22 EdgeLIP3Down22 Not allowed to reverse round the bendOUT3Down22 Spring backRECOIL6Down23 Horse that can tell the timeHUNTER6Down23 PieceBIT3Down25 CogsTEETH5Down25 Get the girl?WIN3Down25 FinishedENDED5Down26 EditionISSUE5Down28 TartACID4Down28 Endures, though finishing at one's wits' endLASTS5Down28 DashDART4Down29 DoctrineDOGMA5Down30 EmployerUSER4Down30 Lake on which it's an hour to change course?HURON5Down30 She'll back saintly Irishman upNADIA5Down31 Strip of leatherTHONG5Down31 UntruthLIE3Down32 InsectGNAT4Down32 Scottish candle centreWICK4Down32 They're all wet and soapy!SUDS4Down33 ReserveBOOK4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 24, 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.