Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 136 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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TwentySCORE5Across4 First-rateTIPTOP6Across7 The fate of Desmond LittleDESTINY7Across8 Four-sided shapeRHOMBUS7Across8 IdiosyncrasyMANNERISM9Across9 FightingWAR3Across9 High but not squeaky?WELLOILED9Across9 ThroughPER3Across10 BeliefFAITH5Across12 Legal defenceALIBI5Across13 ExcusePLEA4Across13 Letter from a hotheadAITCH5Across13 The racket is in a different oneNOISE5Across14 TrunkTORSO5Across14 There's mischief in the air when this little imp becomes active!GREMLIN7Across15 Humble qualityMODESTY7Across15 ReadjustedRESET5Across15 Posted earlier nowPRESENT7Across16 Act of censureREPROOF7Across16 Flush and show you've been taken unawaresSTART5Across17 PallidASHEN5Across17 ComeARRIVE6Across17 The beer is put inside in the passageAISLE5Across18 Hours of darknessNIGHT5Across18 CupidEROS4Across19 Round-upRODEO5Across20 Hereditary Hindu classCASTE5Across20 Scolded, a tear-drop starts to formRATED5Across20 Partaking of, being forced toHAVING6Across22 FishEEL3Across22 Requiring speedy actionURGENT6Across22 A cursory hug on entering, not from loveNOUGHT6Across23 Figure of speechSIMILE6Across23 FrightenedALARMED7Across24 Take in only to give solace toCONSOLE7Across25 Broad heavy knifeMACHETE7Across25 The close relations, as usual, sent outPARENTS7Across27 StretchEKE3Across27 FollowerACOLYTE7Across27 WearERODE5Across28 StupefyBENUMB6Across30 The word "frightfully," over and over againTOOTOO6Across30 CakeGATEAU6Across31 LikelihoodODDS4Across31 Free waterSPRING6Across31 Woody perennial plantSHRUB5Across32 In addition to the contract, get a spin-drierRIDER5Across32 InbornINBRED6Across33 Sound of water we hearCREAK5Across35 Gambling gameBINGO5Across35 FlinchWINCE5Across35 Get on and go along with youAGREE5Across36 MiserableDREAR5Across36 SapientWISE4Across37 Tapes the best performance of all timeRECORDS7Across37 Very manyUMPTEEN7Across37 YieldedCEDED5Across38 FinishEND3Across39 They allow one to keep in touch with peopleLETTERS7Across39 Sound recording discACETATE7Across39 What he said as he battered down the door?INIGO5Across41 MooLOW3Across41 Bamboo-eating mammalPANDA5Across41 Not being polite to a bird!CAPON5Across42 CompanyTROUPE6Across42 Throw with effortHEAVE5Across42 Awful trouble you'll have getting the infernal money?HELLTOPAY9Across43 BoothSTALL5Across43 Thick-skinned mammalPACHYDERM9Across43 Trying to get an interview with the top manSEEKING7Across44 CoarseBOARISH7Across44

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Marine crustaceanSHRIMP6Down1 ComaSTUPOR6Down1 Put the stand by the seatSETTEE6Down1 Type of animalOMNIVORE8Down2 When it's finished, need that breakATTHEEND8Down2 ScatterSPREAD6Down2 Fruit ice creamTUTTIFRUTTI11Down3 To put it concisely, confined to a lunatic's infernoINANUTSHELL11Down3 SkipHOP3Down3 SecureSAFE4Down4 Harsh discordant soundCACOPHONY9Down4 No singles: none at allNEVERAONE9Down4 HamperCRATE5Down5 Woodland plantANEMONE7Down5 Like the flibbertigibbet Miss Bird?FLIGHTY7Down5 AllocatedRATIONED8Down6 Exercising good judgementPRUDENTIAL10Down6 Would a moored houseboat be one?FIXEDABODE10Down6 Venomous snakesASPS4Down7 Having taken the water cure successfully?WELL4Down7 FairyPERI4Down8 If the lady's put the wrong map in, it won't helpHAMPER6Down10 ClothFABRIC6Down10 Don't notice that I have added to the letterMISSIVE7Down11 RespectREVERENCE9Down11 AccuseARRAIGN7Down11 Evergreen treeMYRTLE6Down12 As yet wearing only underclothes, dressINVEST6Down12 RegionAREA4Down14 AppearSEEM4Down16 PartROLE4Down18 Having spotted, quoted aloudSIGHTED7Down19 SparkleGLITTER7Down19 SubmissiveOBEDIENT8Down21 Irish riverSHANNON7Down21 The couple returned the animal to me outsideTWOSOME7Down21 OgleLEER4Down23 What the thief didn't find in the safe?DANGERMONEY11Down24 Type of betACCUMULATOR11Down24 RelatedAKIN4Down25 Usual answer to "Why are you simmering that bone?"STOCKREPLY10Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 Method of treating diseaseHOMEOPATHY10Down26 Tall narrow deskDAVENPORT9Down28 Given an estimate for a new sari, going into shock!APPRAISAL9Down28 LoathsomeODIOUS6Down29 RelevanceBEARING7Down29 Such a face as the wrinkled Enid has at fifty-four?LIVEDIN7Down29 North American predatorBOBCAT6Down30 Undertake, having the equipmentTACKLE6Down30 TeamELEVEN6Down30 Food for the sweet-toothed Lorelei?ROCKCAKE8Down32 Precious stoneSAPPHIRE8Down32 ExpandSWELL5Down32 Woman's hatBONNET6Down33 In the world of boxing, is increasingRISING6Down33 Is this fruit all the rage?PASSION7Down34 CrookedBENT4Down34 AdditionsADDENDA7Down34 HeroIDOL4Down36 Securing work in the syndicateROPING6Down38 Pass byELAPSE6Down38 Even at the end, was bound toTIED4Down40 ParchedDRY3Down40 TestEXAM4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 25, 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.