Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 25 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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Twenty54 AcrossReveal answer → First-rate67 AcrossReveal answer → The fate of Desmond Little78 AcrossReveal answer → Four-sided shape78 AcrossReveal answer → Idiosyncrasy99 AcrossReveal answer → Fighting39 AcrossReveal answer → High but not squeaky?99 AcrossReveal answer → Through310 AcrossReveal answer → Belief512 AcrossReveal answer → Legal defence513 AcrossReveal answer → Excuse413 AcrossReveal answer → Letter from a hothead513 AcrossReveal answer → The racket is in a different one514 AcrossReveal answer → Trunk514 AcrossReveal answer → There's mischief in the air when this little imp becomes active!715 AcrossReveal answer → Humble quality715 AcrossReveal answer → Readjusted515 AcrossReveal answer → Posted earlier now716 AcrossReveal answer → Act of censure716 AcrossReveal answer → Flush and show you've been taken unawares517 AcrossReveal answer → Pallid517 AcrossReveal answer → Come617 AcrossReveal answer → The beer is put inside in the passage518 AcrossReveal answer → Hours of darkness518 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid419 AcrossReveal answer → Round-up520 AcrossReveal answer → Hereditary Hindu class520 AcrossReveal answer → Scolded, a tear-drop starts to form520 AcrossReveal answer → Partaking of, being forced to622 AcrossReveal answer → Fish322 AcrossReveal answer → Requiring speedy action622 AcrossReveal answer → A cursory hug on entering, not from love623 AcrossReveal answer → Figure of speech623 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened724 AcrossReveal answer → Take in only to give solace to725 AcrossReveal answer → Broad heavy knife725 AcrossReveal answer → The close relations, as usual, sent out727 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch327 AcrossReveal answer → Follower727 AcrossReveal answer → Wear528 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefy630 AcrossReveal answer → The word "frightfully," over and over again630 AcrossReveal answer → Cake631 AcrossReveal answer → Likelihood431 AcrossReveal answer → Free water631 AcrossReveal answer → Woody perennial plant532 AcrossReveal answer → In addition to the contract, get a spin-drier532 AcrossReveal answer → Inborn633 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of water we hear535 AcrossReveal answer → Gambling game535 AcrossReveal answer → Flinch535 AcrossReveal answer → Get on and go along with you536 AcrossReveal answer → Miserable536 AcrossReveal answer → Sapient437 AcrossReveal answer → Tapes the best performance of all time737 AcrossReveal answer → Very many737 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded538 AcrossReveal answer → Finish339 AcrossReveal answer → They allow one to keep in touch with people739 AcrossReveal answer → Sound recording disc739 AcrossReveal answer → What he said as he battered down the door?541 AcrossReveal answer → Moo341 AcrossReveal answer → Bamboo-eating mammal541 AcrossReveal answer → Not being polite to a bird!542 AcrossReveal answer → Company642 AcrossReveal answer → Throw with effort542 AcrossReveal answer → Awful trouble you'll have getting the infernal money?943 AcrossReveal answer → Booth543 AcrossReveal answer → Thick-skinned mammal943 AcrossReveal answer → Trying to get an interview with the top man744 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Marine crustacean61 DownReveal answer → Coma61 DownReveal answer → Put the stand by the seat61 DownReveal answer → Type of animal82 DownReveal answer → When it's finished, need that break82 DownReveal answer → Scatter62 DownReveal answer → Fruit ice cream113 DownReveal answer → To put it concisely, confined to a lunatic's inferno113 DownReveal answer → Skip33 DownReveal answer → Secure44 DownReveal answer → Harsh discordant sound94 DownReveal answer → No singles: none at all94 DownReveal answer → Hamper55 DownReveal answer → Woodland plant75 DownReveal answer → Like the flibbertigibbet Miss Bird?75 DownReveal answer → Allocated86 DownReveal answer → Exercising good judgement106 DownReveal answer → Would a moored houseboat be one?106 DownReveal answer → Venomous snakes47 DownReveal answer → Having taken the water cure successfully?47 DownReveal answer → Fairy48 DownReveal answer → If the lady's put the wrong map in, it won't help610 DownReveal answer → Cloth610 DownReveal answer → Don't notice that I have added to the letter711 DownReveal answer → Respect911 DownReveal answer → Accuse711 DownReveal answer → Evergreen tree612 DownReveal answer → As yet wearing only underclothes, dress612 DownReveal answer → Region414 DownReveal answer → Appear416 DownReveal answer → Part418 DownReveal answer → Having spotted, quoted aloud719 DownReveal answer → Sparkle719 DownReveal answer → Submissive821 DownReveal answer → Irish river721 DownReveal answer → The couple returned the animal to me outside721 DownReveal answer → Ogle423 DownReveal answer → What the thief didn't find in the safe?1124 DownReveal answer → Type of bet1124 DownReveal answer → Related425 DownReveal answer → Usual answer to "Why are you simmering that bone?"1026 DownReveal answer → Sketched426 DownReveal answer → Method of treating disease1026 DownReveal answer → Tall narrow desk928 DownReveal answer → Given an estimate for a new sari, going into shock!928 DownReveal answer → Loathsome629 DownReveal answer → Relevance729 DownReveal answer → Such a face as the wrinkled Enid has at fifty-four?729 DownReveal answer → North American predator630 DownReveal answer → Undertake, having the equipment630 DownReveal answer → Team630 DownReveal answer → Food for the sweet-toothed Lorelei?832 DownReveal answer → Precious stone832 DownReveal answer → Expand532 DownReveal answer → Woman's hat633 DownReveal answer → In the world of boxing, is increasing633 DownReveal answer → Is this fruit all the rage?734 DownReveal answer → Crooked434 DownReveal answer → Additions734 DownReveal answer → Hero436 DownReveal answer → Securing work in the syndicate638 DownReveal answer → Pass by638 DownReveal answer → Even at the end, was bound to440 DownReveal answer → Parched340 DownReveal answer → Test440 DownReveal answer →

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