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Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2021 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 28 2021 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 122 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#
Casts offSHEDS5Across1 InclineRAMP4Across1 Cry, being upset by some youthsSHOUT5Across1 HeatedHOT3Across4 Freight to leave at the back of a vehicleCARGO5Across6 FortuneLUCK4Across6 MaliceSPITE5Across6 TransgressorSINNER6Across8 CoinINVENT6Across9 Porridge ingredientOATMEAL7Across9 Whence there's half a mile to go to the match, maybeMITCHAM7Across9 CurDOG3Across10 Manage to go round a bend in a carCOUPE5Across10 ConcerningABOUT5Across10 Muriel, a bright little thingSPARK5Across11 Russian spiritVODKA5Across11 People who, in short, haven't got onBRITS5Across12 CoopHUTCH5Across12 PrecipitationSLEET5Across12 Castigation about a demonstrationREPROOF7Across13 GatherCOLLECT7Across13 BeliefCREED5Across14 GreetingHELLO5Across15 Looking backwards through bifocals, can be found misleadingFIB3Across15 DrinkSIP3Across15 Musical instrumentOBOE4Across17 Lied misleadingly about the rich, it's sometimes saidIDLE4Across17 Put a line in position for a fishPLAICE6Across18 AureoleCORONA6Across18 CalmSERENE6Across18 SturdyBURLY5Across19 Woman of TangierANGIE5Across19 ShriekSCREAM6Across20 To fine leg?GLANCE6Across20 GarlandWREATH6Across20 Cry audibly for the ballBAWL4Across22 FlankSIDE4Across22 RiverTAY3Across24 FlowerTULIP5Across24 Have for tea, perhaps?EAT3Across24 Has he a name for drink and deception?CHARLIE7Across25 In piecesASUNDER7Across25 ExpiateATONE5Across26 The old, old tale of being so loveless and blue?STORY5Across26 AngerWRATH5Across26 Climb upSCALE5Across27 An area for fencingPISTE5Across27 Being legless, sank drunkenly on the end of the setteeSNAKE5Across28 MonthAPRIL5Across28 DizzyGIDDY5Across28 Given a permit, a novice uttered a beastly cryALLOWED7Across29 ItemARTICLE7Across29 Choosy about tea?CHARY5Across30 SaltyBRINY5Across30 FavouritePET3Across30 Clean feathersPREEN5Across31 The value of a letter or twoWORTH5Across31 ItinerantTINKER6Across32 KlaxonHOOTER6Across33 PressIRON4Across34 PaleWAN3Across35 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SocialiseHOBNOB6Down2 FarewellADIEU5Down2 Given a blast, he'd be put out, just too upset!HOOTED6Down2 Appealed to, he may refuse to lift a fingerUMPIRE6Down3 StylePANACHE7Down3 TwofoldDOUBLE6Down3 A shirt-tail that is wornTIE3Down4 DifficultHARD4Down4 Was seatedSAT3Down4 SprigTWIG4Down5 Put round the neck, does it blemish part of the face?SCARF5Down5 Young salmonSMOLT5Down5 BarLEVER5Down6 One occupying a stronghold in an old kingdomCASTILE7Down6 Smoked sausageSAVELOY7Down6 ConspiracyPLOT4Down7 Current makers of mapsAMPS4Down7 ChangeCONVERT7Down7 Hardly the subject of a secret love?GARLIC6Down8 ComprehendTAKEIN6Down8 LubricateOIL3Down11 OwnsHAS3Down12 Transported nothing from a Pacific islandBORNE5Down12 Rugby formationSCRUM5Down12 ChickenHEN3Down13 It's grand to ride around the high groundRIDGE5Down13 FreewheelCOAST5Down13 TruckLORRY5Down14 Fold in a petal, possiblyPLEAT5Down14 HardSOLID5Down15 Latest thing in ties?FINAL5Down15 She repeatedly left a six-footer outside!BELLE5Down16 Writing materialPAPER5Down16 PermitLET3Down16 BirdOWL3Down17 Concisely expressive of compassion about the hurt headPITHY5Down18 ShutCLOSE5Down18 SoonerEARLIER7Down19 Unit of artilleryBATTERY7Down19 How one may be aware of a short route to the cityACUTELY7Down19 EquipmentRIG3Down21 Star signCANCER6Down21 Perhaps overdone out of slavishness?LAVISH6Down21 SummaryEPITOME7Down22 Hidden gunmanSNIPER6Down22 Actor who rebuilt a barn the same as beforeBRANDO6Down22 Dry grassHAY3Down23 When there's rain about, one can have a bit of luck with the pitchWICKET6Down23 TerminationDEMISE6Down23 EmployUSE3Down25 It's right to give a roasting about being a rascal!CROOK5Down25 Blacksmith's blockANVIL5Down25 Boy's nameALAN4Down26 One playing in the best Argentinian style?STAR4Down26 SymbolTOKEN5Down27 Do part of the houseworkSEW3Down28 High mountainALP3Down28 FearDREAD5Down29 BowPROW4Down30 SlenderTHIN4Down31

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