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Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 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#
ResultEFFECT6Across1 ExaminePROBE5Across3 Are they fed into computers?CHIPS5Across3 TalentedGIFTED6Across5 Letter to a girl in ItalianROMAN5Across8 Loses colourFADES5Across8 ShrubLILAC5Across9 LubricatedOILED5Across10 One last change in a bookATLAS5Across10 TwineTHREAD6Across10 NumberSIX3Across11 PlaguePESTER6Across11 Item of luggage in reserve?BAG3Across11 ChallengedDARED5Across12 In classical music, a work takes a long timeOPERA5Across12 DelugeFLOOD5Across12 MetropolisCAPITAL7Across13 Master of some artMAESTRO7Across13 ThoroughfareROAD4Across14 DefeatsBEATS5Across15 A drink; for detectives, a half of beerCIDER5Across15 YouthLAD3Across17 YieldCEDE4Across18 FelineCAT3Across18 Centre of revolutionHUB3Across18 GriefSORROW6Across19 See about a fellow entering the legislatureSENATE6Across19 SumTOTAL5Across20 Italian nameROBERTO7Across21 Joe's in the pub, as is reasonableLOGICAL7Across21 Seen in the theatre, it's also in the kitchenHEAT4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across22 VentilatedAIRED5Across22 JoinSEAM4Across23 TidiestNEATEST7Across23 Obligate with an out-of-the-way offerBIND4Across23 MarionettesPUPPETS7Across24 RespondREACT5Across24 It's arrogant of an MP to ring us at the officePOMPOUS7Across24 PunitivePENAL5Across26 That of a humble worker taking in the Royal Society?PERSON6Across26 CreatureANIMAL6Across26 Having come down, it's on the leftLIT3Across29 StandardPAR3Across29 BorderEDGE4Across29 SkillART3Across30 TriteBANAL5Across31 Progress edgilySIDLE5Across31 Will he jump to it when you ring?BELLHOP7Across32 Courageous actionsHEROICS7Across32 DreadfulDIRE4Across32 GenerateBREED5Across33 Fighting some great warriorsATWAR5Across34 Provide foodCATER5Across34 It's shell-like, maybe, a bit pearlyEAR3Across35 In favour ofPRO3Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 Playing speedsTEMPI5Across36 Light purpleLILAC5Across36 CleansedPURGED6Across36 In the popular media, ready to fightARMED5Across37 LanguageLATIN5Across37 Musical dramaOPERA5Across37 Prison officer with his own driverSCREW5Across38 Apt to cryWEEPY5Across38 BeingENTITY6Across38 DebaseDEMEAN6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of the noseNASAL5Down1 Not yet having taken a knockTOBAT5Down1 ExactEXTORT6Down1 DictionaryLEXICON7Down2 Where, in Surrey, lots get very heatedBAGSHOT7Down2 ArrangementFORMAT6Down2 ClothedCLAD4Down3 BapROLL4Down4 It's short, sharp, and penetrativeHYPO4Down4 Of tidesTIDAL5Down4 BlunderBOOBOO6Down5 YawnedGAPED5Down5 Pearl's upset about Charlie getting a packagePARCEL6Down5 FrozenICED4Down6 Sea duckEIDER5Down6 Mark and Ian wandering on the streetSTAIN5Down6 GiggleTITTER6Down7 Start fightingSETTO5Down7 It shows where to put something in the car, etc.CARET5Down7 DashedDARTED6Down8 PlungeDIP3Down9 She's a noted motherMAE3Down9 DecisiveFATEFUL7Down12 Roy sang pop songs with unusual brio, boy!ORBISON7Down12 EcstasyRAPTURE7Down13 A vessel to drawTUG3Down14 Small flapTAB3Down14 SeepedOOZED5Down15 Figure there's a rostrum around for Sir ColinDAVIS5Down16 Star signARIES5Down16 JigDANCE5Down16 Prepared, once more, for the day shiftREADY5Down17 BogSWAMP5Down17 QuotedCITED5Down18 PreventDEBAR5Down19 It shows what a girl can doSAMPLER7Down19 BungSTOPPER7Down19 Fellows hanging on to a cowboy's legs?CHAPS5Down20 Meat dishKEBAB5Down20 PermitLET3Down21 Lordly Scots lad taking in the tax peopleLAIRD5Down21 Tree sapRESIN5Down21 SerpentASP3Down22 AngrySTROPPY7Down23 Samuel's servants?BUTLERS7Down23 Lyrical fresh topic around mid-SeptemberPOETIC6Down24 Royal residencePALACE6Down24 SaveRESCUE6Down24 Mineral wealth means nothing to the ItalianOIL3Down25 Hearing organEAR3Down25 AstoundedAGHAST6Down25 FussNIGGLE6Down27 Flier bringing dire distress to an eggheadEIDER5Down27 Lowest pointNADIR5Down27 PonderousLEADEN6Down28 They're given open-handedlySLAPS5Down28 ParrotMACAW5Down28 DressARRAY5Down30 Tired, due to being drilled?BORED5Down30 DerisionSCORN5Down30 LukewarmTEPID5Down31 AssistHELP4Down32 On the ball, sportingly, but it's still pretty lowBASE4Down32 The worst actor in HamletHAM3Down33 AngerIRE3Down33 GirdleBELT4Down33 Sand-hillDUNE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 28, 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.