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Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2019 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2019 answers. The Friday 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#
SchemePLOT4Across1 FishDAB3Across4 MoneyCASH4Across6 IlluminatedLIT3Across9 Attacks just as one startsSETSABOUT9Across9 ExcruciatingAGONISING9Across9 UndressedSTRIPPED8Across10 If he’s dropped, can’t the programme get under way?ANCHORMAN9Across10 Creepy-crawlyWOODLOUSE9Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 InformationDATA4Across12 Deserve, you say, to get the birdERNE4Across12 Half even enrol when you order them toENJOIN6Across13 ChooseSELECT6Across13 EditionVERSION7Across14 After a while it starts eating and it’s very destructiveTERMITE7Across14 Girl'sHER3Across14 PuzzleCROSSWORD9Across15 Devastated at having contributed to the egg mountain?LAIDWASTE9Across15 AwayAPART5Across16 RetrospectHINDSIGHT9Across17 The alteration having damaged, meant to repair the interiorAMENDMENT9Across17 IdealPERFECT7Across18 Hires for a song, to get involved in crimeSIGNSON7Across18 BeatenDEFEATED8Across19 AllowPERMIT6Across19 A shrew yours truly is about to take in handMANAGE6Across19 SharpenWHET4Across20 A cold, man? Just take an aspirin for it!ACHE4Across20 LukewarmTEPID5Across21 Morning mealBREAKFAST9Across23 With the punch-up at an end, is gradually forgottenBLOWSOVER9Across23 DeflatedDEVALUED8Across23 RusticRURAL5Across24 RatifiedCONFIRMED9Across25 Quite happy about, in Europe?CONTINENT9Across25 ElevatorLIFT4Across26 Tip that made the beast crossAPEX4Across26 CoverLID3Across27 GetOBTAIN6Across27 Horrified sat, trembling, beside the awful hagAGHAST6Across27 QuantitiesAMOUNTS7Across29 Foreigner the child and I had seen runningCHINESE7Across29 FootwearSHOE4Across31 Are the people in Twinhills plagued by him?TORMENTOR9Across32 Mid-morning refreshment, informallyELEVENSES9Across32 YoungstersCHILDREN8Across33 StrayERR3Across34 Rounded up, were quite unruffledCOLLECTED9Across34 Off-the-cuffIMPROMPTU9Across34 WorryFRET4Across35 European countryAUSTRIA7Across35 “Denizen of cheap lodging house,” I enter in the fileDOSSIER7Across35 NoiseDIN3Across36 TellRELATE6Across36 Climbs aboard, soon to find what one’s seeking?SWARMS6Across36 ElderlyAGED4Across37 TooALSO4Across37 Scuttle in very little waterTEAR4Across37 RidiculousLUDICROUS9Across38 When I can’t break into the safe, contrive to use my wilesFASCINATE9Across38 SportWATERPOLO9Across39 Get out of the crate: it disintegratedEXTRICATE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DisadvantageHANDICAP8Down1 In addition to being no less fit thenASWELLAS8Down1 DIYDOITYOURSELF12Down2 Does it always make the straphanger laugh?STANDINGJOKE12Down2 TardyLATE4Down2 Rescue craftLIFEBOAT8Down3 Resumptions of the shenanigansGOINGSON8Down3 SpruceTRIM4Down3 ExhaustedDEPLETED8Down4 ConcurredAGREED6Down4 A bit of luck during the hitting of the ball?STROKE6Down4 CorpseBODY4Down5 BirdwatcherTWITCHER8Down5 Claim for support, financiallyMAINTAIN8Down5 EmbraceCLASP5Down6 Accepted practiceCONVENTION10Down6 When it’s shot, does everyone disperse?SCATTERGUN10Down6 SickenAIL3Down7 Flower sellerFLORIST7Down7 A firm order to dispose of rustCORRODE7Down7 StepSTAIR5Down8 RestoredREINSTATED10Down8 Going round dressed like a priestINVESTMENT10Down8 Mean to get treatment – I am in a stateMAINE5Down11 EmployingUSING5Down11 ViperADDER5Down12 TenderOFFER5Down13 HeadgearHAT3Down14 RepulseREPEL5Down15 Arab chiefSHEIKH6Down16 Though most sensible, is in an awful stewWISEST6Down16 DisputeARGUE5Down17 DealTRADE5Down18 MinePIT3Down19 Wreck a gentleman got trapped inMAR3Down19 SectionDIVISION8Down20 Racing birdHOMINGPIGEON12Down21 Talked about, as one embarked on a high-cholesterol dietCHEWEDTHEFAT12Down21 FatherDAD3Down22 Plunge in to get submerged. It’s simply lovelyDIVINE6Down22 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Down22 CredibleBELIEVABLE10Down23 Had a launch that was blinking rotten!BLASTEDOFF10Down23 Senior diplomatAMBASSADOR10Down24 I get a raven trained so it’s not eating wormsVEGETARIAN10Down24 AttendantUSHER5Down25 Reduced the commissionCUT3Down25 TinCAN3Down25 VigilantALERT5Down26 Stopped working, dear, to take a break insideARRESTED8Down28 TartACID4Down28 ReconditeABSTRUSE8Down28 ThoughtIDEA4Down29 DesireAPPETITE8Down29 A friend to pass the time withCELLMATE8Down29 MinusLESS4Down30 Air force unitSQUADRON8Down30 At last the roses are pruned and one gives one’s approvalENDORSES8Down30 Will call again at about five, it is arrangedREVISIT7Down31 Row of housesTERRACE7Down31 MineralORE3Down32 “Mere tools,” one says menacinglyRASPS5Down33 AlleviatedEASED5Down33 There’s a box right by the holeCRATER6Down34 Relations by marriageINLAWS6Down34

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