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Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 27 2021 answers. The Monday puzzle has 132 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#
JavelinSPEAR5Across2 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Across3 Moved rapidly round the ring to take picturesSHOOT5Across3 CiteQUOTE5Across7 The one left in a vessel who can set a course?PILOT5Across8 SumTOTAL5Across8 AnswerREPLY5Across8 The French figure the Spanish to be flushLEVEL5Across10 NoblemenDUKES5Across10 ApportionALLOT5Across10 Scottish riverDEE3Across11 Rest of the green apples?NAP3Across11 FreeRID3Across12 In going to Alabama, one finds a FrenchmanALAIN5Across12 Oily fruitOLIVE5Across12 A girl's made to go off (for disagreeing with the ref?)DISSENT7Across13 Without exceptionBARNONE7Across13 CarpCAVIL5Across13 Eye-glassMONOCLE7Across15 VergesEDGES5Across15 Said to be shifting coal at the civic centreVOCAL5Across15 PressedIRONED6Across17 Make lace for a titfer?TAT3Across18 OwingDUE3Across18 She possibly dines with an eggheadDENISE6Across19 EnclosurePEN3Across19 RespirationBREATH6Across19 EnticedTEMPTED7Across20 American cityDETROIT7Across21 They're of service in getting horses outMARINES7Across21 MoveSTIR4Across22 Hot air cut short at the barber'sHAIR4Across22 QuoteCITE4Across23 DetailITEM4Across23 Study once more the advertREAD4Across23 PillowCUSHION7Across24 Get back about a hundred too manyRECOVER7Across24 WearyTIRE4Across25 Searches for soft garmentsPROBES6Across26 SubsidesABATES6Across26 ScornedDERIDED7Across26 Advice for one in extremity?TIP3Across29 PixieELF3Across29 HillTOR3Across30 ClaimDEMAND6Across31 EstateMANOR5Across31 Brush-making plant?SHRUB5Across31 To the middleHALFWAY7Across32 Group of students or miners wandering round the space centreSEMINAR7Across32 Finds an absorbing use for strawSUCKS5Across34 YieldedACCEDED7Across34 ChoppedDICED5Across34 Menagerie animal?NAG3Across35 ConsumeEAT3Across35 Something written of imaginatively, like a pepper potDALEK5Across36 NotionsIDEAS5Across36 Panel set up to provide punishmentPENAL5Across37 PointerARROW5Across37 CashMONEY5Across37 ScreamsYELLS5Across38 Bend on a German river!SEINE5Across38 SailorTAR3Across38 PostponeDEFER5Across39 InnHOTEL5Across40 EnquiredASKED5Across41 BoulderSTONE5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of the footPEDAL5Down1 SweetenerSUGAR5Down1 A note, or little letterMINIM5Down1 LiquidiserBLENDER7Down2 Father figure in the world of entertainment?POPSTAR7Down2 BlemishSTAIN5Down2 PillPELLET6Down3 CompetentABLE4Down4 ParticleATOM4Down4 Arrest a chap for taking a tin-openerHALT4Down4 CrownCORONET7Down5 Nothing survives on fruit, it seemsOLIVES6Down5 CommercialADVERT6Down5 SpoonLADLE5Down6 LeatherSUEDE5Down6 It fits in jointlyTENON5Down6 CapBERET5Down7 See 9LASVEGAS8Down7 For everyPER3Down9 TwitchingTIC3Down9 Nevada's city of the plainsLASVEGAS8Down9 FellTOPPLED7Down11 BurdensomeONEROUS7Down12 Where, on the Riviera, one has to live among social crawlers?ANTIBES7Down12 CourteousCIVIL5Down13 ElectedVOTED5Down14 Part of the arrangements for auditionEAR3Down14 Not at homeOUT3Down14 It contains alcohol, bringing dire distress to a church leaderCIDER5Down16 Street urchinGAMIN5Down16 EntrapNET3Down16 Current conductorsLEADS5Down17 Mouse-like animalSHREW5Down17 WishedDESIRED7Down18 Possibly deems to merit only a lesser rank?DEMOTES7Down19 Conceited personBIGHEAD7Down19 The tasty bits contributed by Murphy?CHIPS5Down20 ReligionISLAM5Down20 CouchDIVAN5Down21 Unimportant, yet possibly of some prominence?MINOR5Down21 Backless sofaDIVAN5Down21 PoorNEEDY5Down22 Has certain regrets about the treesREPINES7Down23 FundsCOFFERS7Down23 ColourCERISE6Down24 MeasuredMETERED7Down24 Censure for bad distribution of beer around the countryREBUKE6Down24 Mike pursues a girl with vigour!VIM3Down25 UnwellILL3Down25 PoetsBARDS5Down27 WandROD3Down27 Wild hares resembling ostriches!RHEAS5Down27 DebaseDEMEAN6Down28 Present ageTODAY5Down28 Coaches a blockhead on operationsBUSES5Down28 PerformerACTOR5Down29 TruncheonBATON5Down30 Stories that may turn upSAGAS5Down30 Shoe partHEEL4Down32 CodeMORSE5Down32 Personal coverSKIN4Down32 Bread for GrandmaNAN3Down33 FresherNEWER5Down33 ConflictWAR3Down33 FelineCAT3Down35 NotchDENT4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 27, 2021. 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.