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Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 125 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#
AwardMEDAL5Across1 Don joins him somewhere in EssexBASIL5Across1 CompositionESSAY5Across3 A special talent for playing loud?FORTE5Across6 BragBOAST5Across6 FileDOSSIER7Across9 Become fashionable, you understandCATCHON7Across9 FloatingAFLOAT6Across9 Intolerant personBIGOT5Across10 MildGENTLE6Across10 Without a cry, this bird keeps mumMACAW5Across10 Milk producerDAIRY5Across11 No elm can provide the answerLEMON5Across11 AcceptedTAKEN5Across11 CheeseEDAM4Across12 WallowREVEL5Across12 Targeted animals?BULLS5Across12 StillHOWEVER7Across13 Diminutive relative of Don or LenaRIVULET7Across13 Frothy talk from Gazza?GAS3Across15 PleasantNICE4Across15 Beer barrelKEG3Across15 The ancient goddess lives againISIS4Across17 ControllerMANAGER7Across17 PlantIRIS4Across17 Oppose one's eccentric sisterRESIST6Across18 ExpandDILATE6Across18 Desert creatureCAMEL5Across19 Essays in perseverance?TRIES5Across19 VegetableCELERY6Across20 Stopped Edward pursuing HenryHALTED6Across20 DecayROT3Across20 MaterialDENIM5Across21 Skeleton partBONE4Across22 A table some say is too long!MESA4Across22 DeclareAVER4Across23 Dried leaves used by the wheatearTEA3Across24 ConcealedHID3Across24 CircleRING4Across25 SolemnSERIOUS7Across25 It's upsetting to get nil in the game, obviouslyPLAINLY7Across25 Hector, you can bribe for about fifty quidBULLY5Across26 EmulateRIVAL5Across26 Army officerMAJOR5Across26 BroguesSHOES5Across27 Dodgy dive, nothing more, on American TVVIDEO5Across27 Afraid to refer to the city of Chicago!WINDY5Across28 DeerSTAGS5Across28 WagerBET3Across28 He may swiftly go ahead and operateSURGEON7Across29 LegislatorSENATOR7Across29 Schemes for growing vegetables, perhaps?PLOTS5Across30 CrudeCRASS5Across30 ProsaicLITERAL7Across30 ValueWORTH5Across31 One flying, for instance, on a return half?EGRET5Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across33 ValleyDALE4Across35 MoorHEATH5Across36 WashingTOILET6Across38 MultitudeLEGION6Across39 RenovateRENEW5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SeraglioHAREM5Down1 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Down2 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down2 A sheep is in The Three MusketeersARAMIS6Down2 Failed flier with a sea named after himICARUS6Down3 ConsumeEAT3Down3 WorshipsADORES6Down3 If it's action you want, go to it!LAW3Down4 SaidSTATED6Down4 Auction itemLOT3Down4 ElderlyAGED4Down5 Mock a doer of good deedsSCOUT5Down5 EscortUSHER5Down5 LongingYEN3Down6 Show ill disposition, beset by enemiesFOLLIES7Down6 TormentBEDEVIL7Down6 StepSTAIR5Down7 Single peopleONES4Down7 SpokenORAL4Down7 CapBERET5Down8 His funny hats are out of order!THOMAS6Down8 Frozen dessertSORBET6Down8 Bread crumbling down a chap's chest?BEARD5Down12 Pass onRELAY5Down12 HarmedDAMAGED7Down13 SnagHITCH5Down13 Of suitable girth, perhapsRIGHT5Down13 ManufacturerMAKER5Down14 ExerciseWIELD5Down14 The home teamVILLA5Down14 In general, I figure to be passed overGIVEN5Down15 Musical toyKAZOO5Down15 CurdleCONGEAL7Down16 Hereditary unitsGENES5Down16 Saintly name for the wandererSTRAY5Down16 KinglyREGAL5Down18 PostponeDEFER5Down18 Come back with an answerREPLY5Down18 FoldsCREASES7Down19 It's fine to pass half an hour in composing tunesTENUOUS7Down19 ConiferFIR3Down19 One or the otherEITHER6Down21 It's needed for the receptionAERIAL6Down21 Booby-trappedMINED5Down22 Digging up, if not blowing upMINING6Down22 Small restaurantBISTRO6Down22 LumpNUGGET6Down23 Soft deposit possibly dug in part of IsleworthSLUDGE6Down23 TearRIP3Down24 Of the sunSOLAR5Down25 Adverts for electrical accessoriesPLUGS5Down25 Finest ever to play for N. Ireland?BEST4Down26 Untidy stateMESS4Down26 SmallLITTLE6Down27 The trouble is me, it might be said!WOE3Down28 PigSOW3Down28 CabinBERTH5Down28 ShyTIMID5Down29 WildRABID5Down31 InclinedLEANT5Down32 GalaFETE4Down34 Girl'sHER3Down36 CutHEW3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 29, 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.