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Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 27 2019. 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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Scheme41 AcrossReveal answer → Fish34 AcrossReveal answer → Money46 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated39 AcrossReveal answer → Attacks just as one starts99 AcrossReveal answer → Excruciating99 AcrossReveal answer → Undressed810 AcrossReveal answer → If he’s dropped, can’t the programme get under way?910 AcrossReveal answer → Creepy-crawly910 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately411 AcrossReveal answer → Information412 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve, you say, to get the bird412 AcrossReveal answer → Half even enrol when you order them to613 AcrossReveal answer → Choose613 AcrossReveal answer → Edition714 AcrossReveal answer → After a while it starts eating and it’s very destructive714 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's314 AcrossReveal answer → Puzzle915 AcrossReveal answer → Devastated at having contributed to the egg mountain?915 AcrossReveal answer → Away516 AcrossReveal answer → Retrospect917 AcrossReveal answer → The alteration having damaged, meant to repair the interior917 AcrossReveal answer → Ideal718 AcrossReveal answer → Hires for a song, to get involved in crime718 AcrossReveal answer → Beaten819 AcrossReveal answer → Allow619 AcrossReveal answer → A shrew yours truly is about to take in hand619 AcrossReveal answer → Sharpen420 AcrossReveal answer → A cold, man? Just take an aspirin for it!420 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm521 AcrossReveal answer → Morning meal923 AcrossReveal answer → With the punch-up at an end, is gradually forgotten923 AcrossReveal answer → Deflated823 AcrossReveal answer → Rustic524 AcrossReveal answer → Ratified925 AcrossReveal answer → Quite happy about, in Europe?925 AcrossReveal answer → Elevator426 AcrossReveal answer → Tip that made the beast cross426 AcrossReveal answer → Cover327 AcrossReveal answer → Get627 AcrossReveal answer → Horrified sat, trembling, beside the awful hag627 AcrossReveal answer → Quantities729 AcrossReveal answer → Foreigner the child and I had seen running729 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear431 AcrossReveal answer → Are the people in Twinhills plagued by him?932 AcrossReveal answer → Mid-morning refreshment, informally932 AcrossReveal answer → Youngsters833 AcrossReveal answer → Stray334 AcrossReveal answer → Rounded up, were quite unruffled934 AcrossReveal answer → Off-the-cuff934 AcrossReveal answer → Worry435 AcrossReveal answer → European country735 AcrossReveal answer → “Denizen of cheap lodging house,” I enter in the file735 AcrossReveal answer → Noise336 AcrossReveal answer → Tell636 AcrossReveal answer → Climbs aboard, soon to find what one’s seeking?636 AcrossReveal answer → Elderly437 AcrossReveal answer → Too437 AcrossReveal answer → Scuttle in very little water437 AcrossReveal answer → Ridiculous938 AcrossReveal answer → When I can’t break into the safe, contrive to use my wiles938 AcrossReveal answer → Sport939 AcrossReveal answer → Get out of the crate: it disintegrated939 AcrossReveal answer →

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Disadvantage81 DownReveal answer → In addition to being no less fit then81 DownReveal answer → DIY122 DownReveal answer → Does it always make the straphanger laugh?122 DownReveal answer → Tardy42 DownReveal answer → Rescue craft83 DownReveal answer → Resumptions of the shenanigans83 DownReveal answer → Spruce43 DownReveal answer → Exhausted84 DownReveal answer → Concurred64 DownReveal answer → A bit of luck during the hitting of the ball?64 DownReveal answer → Corpse45 DownReveal answer → Birdwatcher85 DownReveal answer → Claim for support, financially85 DownReveal answer → Embrace56 DownReveal answer → Accepted practice106 DownReveal answer → When it’s shot, does everyone disperse?106 DownReveal answer → Sicken37 DownReveal answer → Flower seller77 DownReveal answer → A firm order to dispose of rust77 DownReveal answer → Step58 DownReveal answer → Restored108 DownReveal answer → Going round dressed like a priest108 DownReveal answer → Mean to get treatment – I am in a state511 DownReveal answer → Employing511 DownReveal answer → Viper512 DownReveal answer → Tender513 DownReveal answer → Headgear314 DownReveal answer → Repulse515 DownReveal answer → Arab chief616 DownReveal answer → Though most sensible, is in an awful stew616 DownReveal answer → Dispute517 DownReveal answer → Deal518 DownReveal answer → Mine319 DownReveal answer → Wreck a gentleman got trapped in319 DownReveal answer → Section820 DownReveal answer → Racing bird1221 DownReveal answer → Talked about, as one embarked on a high-cholesterol diet1221 DownReveal answer → Father322 DownReveal answer → Plunge in to get submerged. It’s simply lovely622 DownReveal answer → Japanese garment622 DownReveal answer → Credible1023 DownReveal answer → Had a launch that was blinking rotten!1023 DownReveal answer → Senior diplomat1024 DownReveal answer → I get a raven trained so it’s not eating worms1024 DownReveal answer → Attendant525 DownReveal answer → Reduced the commission325 DownReveal answer → Tin325 DownReveal answer → Vigilant526 DownReveal answer → Stopped working, dear, to take a break inside828 DownReveal answer → Tart428 DownReveal answer → Recondite828 DownReveal answer → Thought429 DownReveal answer → Desire829 DownReveal answer → A friend to pass the time with829 DownReveal answer → Minus430 DownReveal answer → Air force unit830 DownReveal answer → At last the roses are pruned and one gives one’s approval830 DownReveal answer → Will call again at about five, it is arranged731 DownReveal answer → Row of houses731 DownReveal answer → Mineral332 DownReveal answer → “Mere tools,” one says menacingly533 DownReveal answer → Alleviated533 DownReveal answer → There’s a box right by the hole634 DownReveal answer → Relations by marriage634 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 27, 2019. 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.