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Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 24 2020. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Shout41 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name64 AcrossReveal answer → Sink34 AcrossReveal answer → About to act by immediate response64 AcrossReveal answer → Mince46 AcrossReveal answer → Vera gets nothing but the greatest affection87 AcrossReveal answer → Polite expression87 AcrossReveal answer → Thin68 AcrossReveal answer → React like many given a terrible scare68 AcrossReveal answer → Fitting39 AcrossReveal answer → Assumed name510 AcrossReveal answer → What a frog will do in the end510 AcrossReveal answer → Talk810 AcrossReveal answer → Appear411 AcrossReveal answer → Fastener413 AcrossReveal answer → Is she likely to lose heart?413 AcrossReveal answer → Osculate414 AcrossReveal answer → Jerome's knowledge was about right414 AcrossReveal answer → Border314 AcrossReveal answer → Public school415 AcrossReveal answer → What the fisherman had left in Mile End415 AcrossReveal answer → Pixie316 AcrossReveal answer → To hide one disc in another is fishy!316 AcrossReveal answer → Blithe516 AcrossReveal answer → It can mean a shot, oddly enough417 AcrossReveal answer → German man417 AcrossReveal answer → Departs419 AcrossReveal answer → Excused819 AcrossReveal answer → A few on the river419 AcrossReveal answer → Rueful921 AcrossReveal answer → On TV, one speaker too many?921 AcrossReveal answer → Danger521 AcrossReveal answer → Unearth823 AcrossReveal answer → Ladder step423 AcrossReveal answer → Having a bit of a thin time, this helps423 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic524 AcrossReveal answer → Solicit custom424 AcrossReveal answer → Is sure upset at having done wrong!424 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel326 AcrossReveal answer → Not what you'd expect from a tot326 AcrossReveal answer → Noteworthy accommodation427 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet327 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant427 AcrossReveal answer → Pretty unconvincing version of "23"429 AcrossReveal answer → Revise429 AcrossReveal answer → Grasped431 AcrossReveal answer → Mark of a law-breaker out East432 AcrossReveal answer → Exclamation432 AcrossReveal answer → When a girl goes to South Africa, it's steamy533 AcrossReveal answer → Subside833 AcrossReveal answer → Thick soup533 AcrossReveal answer → A flight, of course, usually ends with a landing634 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten334 AcrossReveal answer → Actions634 AcrossReveal answer → In a special train, do nothing but Indian cooking835 AcrossReveal answer → Cast435 AcrossReveal answer → Rare835 AcrossReveal answer → They restrain big-headed libertines636 AcrossReveal answer → Defective336 AcrossReveal answer → Very happy636 AcrossReveal answer → Rotate437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cut of beef51 DownReveal answer → Cling to one's walking companion?51 DownReveal answer → Foundation52 DownReveal answer → It's in Egypt, or adjacent to Luxembourg52 DownReveal answer → Soon42 DownReveal answer → Stretches43 DownReveal answer → Criticism for dangerous flying?43 DownReveal answer → Adore43 DownReveal answer → Relish54 DownReveal answer → Hidden84 DownReveal answer → There's something sticky about crime54 DownReveal answer → Increased45 DownReveal answer → Corrosive substance45 DownReveal answer → Tyro in politics?45 DownReveal answer → Hurry56 DownReveal answer → Makes void66 DownReveal answer → Why arson is wrong about the end of June66 DownReveal answer → Imitate37 DownReveal answer → Guide58 DownReveal answer → Martial art69 DownReveal answer → See one's furlough cut69 DownReveal answer → Little man short-listed?311 DownReveal answer → Impudent talk311 DownReveal answer → Old sailor with an heir512 DownReveal answer → Room512 DownReveal answer → Pale512 DownReveal answer → Veracity513 DownReveal answer → Extend713 DownReveal answer → One generous with his political opinions?713 DownReveal answer → Jump314 DownReveal answer → Deserve515 DownReveal answer → Make mistakes315 DownReveal answer → Black-hearted varnish maker315 DownReveal answer → Slippery fish316 DownReveal answer → Cockney expression of scorn?316 DownReveal answer → Course517 DownReveal answer → Long518 DownReveal answer → Possibly fitter bowler?618 DownReveal answer → Drink618 DownReveal answer → External520 DownReveal answer → A striking redhead520 DownReveal answer → Deactivated820 DownReveal answer → Strange321 DownReveal answer → Go with a girl, the ultimate in charm321 DownReveal answer → Foot digit322 DownReveal answer → Edge322 DownReveal answer → Not allowed to reverse round the bend322 DownReveal answer → Spring back623 DownReveal answer → Horse that can tell the time623 DownReveal answer → Piece325 DownReveal answer → Cogs525 DownReveal answer → Get the girl?325 DownReveal answer → Finished526 DownReveal answer → Edition528 DownReveal answer → Tart428 DownReveal answer → Endures, though finishing at one's wits' end528 DownReveal answer → Dash429 DownReveal answer → Doctrine530 DownReveal answer → Employer430 DownReveal answer → Lake on which it's an hour to change course?530 DownReveal answer → She'll back saintly Irishman up531 DownReveal answer → Strip of leather531 DownReveal answer → Untruth332 DownReveal answer → Insect432 DownReveal answer → Scottish candle centre432 DownReveal answer → They're all wet and soapy!433 DownReveal answer → Reserve433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 24, 2020. 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.