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Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2020 answers. The Thursday 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#
BucketPAIL4Across1 NaturistNUDIST6Across4 EnquireASK3Across4 Generous with French wine during a performanceGIVING6Across4 TooALSO4Across6 Deliver for the festivalPASSOVER8Across7 Divine foodAMBROSIA8Across7 ComfortSOLACE6Across8 Name a trio composed by a top journalistEDITOR6Across8 PinchNIP3Across9 ShutCLOSE5Across10 Something to do for dinner?DRESS5Across10 ScornfulDERISIVE8Across10 EquipmentGEAR4Across11 Hypocritical speechCANT4Across13 To restrain is far different from 'refrain'REIN4Across13 Brave personHERO4Across14 Item of attire in the window?SASH4Across14 FightingWAR3Across14 Fifty per centHALF4Across15 Vessels in battle at PrestonPANS4Across15 BounderCAD3Across16 Clever, but coming to a grisly endSLY3Across16 CommandORDER5Across16 To be frank, there's nothing to writeOPEN4Across17 ImpartialFAIR4Across17 Rowing bladesOARS4Across19 AardvarkANTEATER8Across19 Can notes be blown out of it?OBOE4Across19 ObligatoryMANDATORY9Across21 Like a splinter group taking a little holiday somewhereBREAKAWAY9Across21 PostponeDEFER5Across21 CheatedDECEIVED8Across23 TypeSORT4Across23 Famous show with new castCATS4Across23 DissuadeDETER5Across24 AppealingCUTE4Across24 Fish for £1 to no good endLING4Across24 DanceBOP3Across26 To start the year, something amusingTOY3Across26 At the time, the capital of NorwayTHEN4Across27 WandROD3Across27 HotnessHEAT4Across27 Certain days are for womenEVES4Across29 Biblical shipbuilderNOAH4Across29 DividePART4Across31 A live wire, this conductor!LEAD4Across32 Eye partLENS4Across32 The mutineers thought him a bit of a blighterBLIGH5Across33 AttendancePRESENCE8Across33 Bird of preyEAGLE5Across33 Concealed too much in courtCOVERT6Across34 OwingDUE3Across34 Begin againRESUME6Across34 Garment knitted for the caring D.A.CARDIGAN8Across35 AleBEER4Across35 Gents' clothingMENSWEAR8Across35 Murphy's main dietary ingredientSTARCH6Across36 ParchedDRY3Across36 IrritableSNAPPY6Across36 DiscourteousRUDE4Across37

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TrapdoorHATCH5Down1 Stripped of their jackets, they get a bashing!SPUDS5Down1 DetestABHOR5Down2 A woman's reminders of past warmthASHES5Down2 DeclareAVER4Down2 PunJOKE4Down3 Cries, upsetting the bossSOBS4Down3 PlacedLAID4Down3 Of the noseNASAL5Down4 FlusteredAGITATED8Down4 Being new, makes a grand change for ReneGREEN5Down4 RetainKEEP4Down5 Stupid personDOLT4Down5 It's no good just being one in frontVAIN4Down5 WrathANGER5Down6 For exampleSUCHAS6Down6 Fathead collecting no doleNOODLE6Down6 UntruthLIE3Down7 FloodSPATE5Down8 WalkingONFOOT6Down9 Refuse to acknowledge there's a female in the racketDISOWN6Down9 Light dramatic piece with a happy endingRAY3Down11 Sheltered sideLEE3Down11 In brief, it can blow a fuseSHORT5Down12 SwiftRAPID5Down12 As yetSOFAR5Down12 FatSTOUT5Down13 Venezuelan capitalCARACAS7Down13 The new leader stupidly larked about, which was annoyingRANKLED7Down13 LumpWAD3Down14 AlludeREFER5Down15 ConcealedHID3Down15 Green variety of apePEA3Down15 WeepCRY3Down16 Boy's rhyme for 'sauce'SOY3Down16 DigDELVE5Down17 PromptREADY5Down18 Trouble to look around the streetPESTER6Down18 National songANTHEM6Down18 StadiumARENA5Down20 Endless source of nourishmentBAGEL5Down20 RecuperationRECOVERY8Down20 Cleaning utensilMOP3Down21 What a hound might do for a horseBAY3Down21 Sound of disapprovalTUT3Down22 ColourRED3Down22 Scots own part of AintreeAIN3Down22 SeriousSOLEMN6Down23 Military body right behind a business houseCOHORT6Down23 Close friendPAL3Down25 EludeEVADE5Down25 She may be hanging on the linePEG3Down25 Go inENTER5Down26 FoeENEMY5Down28 RushedSPED4Down28 Hole in the wall where you check your titferHATCH5Down28 TolerateBEAR4Down29 Eyes upOGLES5Down30 TartACID4Down30 Celestial sign of a big break?VIRGO5Down30 Car crash to avoid at a road junctionSHUNT5Down31 CourageHEART5Down31 RegretRUE3Down32 Small swellingLUMP4Down32 Real new role?LEAR4Down32 Litters the countyBEDS4Down33 GaelicERSE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 3, 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.