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Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2021 answers. The Friday 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#
CleansePURGE5Across4 GustoRELISH6Across7 MalesMEN3Across9 GrouseCOMPLAIN8Across9 A great figure, just to put the icing on the cake!CAPITALL8Across9 SorrowfulSAD3Across10 Go the fast way, being smartFLY3Across10 WritePEN3Across10 A speaker or two, at the CentreORATOR6Across11 TellINFORM6Across11 CharSCORCH6Across12 You put your foot on it or grab it with your handsCLUTCH6Across12 CrestRIDGE5Across12 MadmanLUNATIC7Across13 The lady with the fringe gets the whole caboodle!SHEBANG7Across13 HypocrisyCANT4Across13 CoyARCH4Across14 Not now, in that caseTHEN4Across14 BrainwaveBRIGHTIDEA10Across15 Will include, you understandCOMPREHEND10Across15 RestrictLIMIT5Across15 Came back and gave it another whirlRETURNED8Across17 OustDEPOSE6Across17 BlowUPPERCUT8Across17 Provided an alibi for the bloke who had leftCOVERED7Across18 QuietenSILENCE7Across18 Sea-eagleERNE4Across19 So to speak, one's best, best friendPEKE4Across19 ApartmentFLAT4Across19 ViewSCENE5Across20 PicturesIMAGES6Across21 Meaning to be sheltered from the elementsINTENT6Across21 FaucetTAP3Across22 ErasedDELETED7Across24 AmassingGATHERINGTOGETHER17Across24 He's going to put an end to your entertainmentTHEDEPARTINGGUEST17Across24 VegetableCARROT6Across27 EnclosurePEN3Across27 A sailor identifiable by his collar?SEADOG6Across27 UprightERECT5Across28 Sometime the morning after, having the testEXAM4Across29 MeritEARN4Across29 Soldiers, also, will be shown in the drawingPLATOON7Across30 SearchRUMMAGE7Across30 BoastBRAG4Across31 CapsizeOVERTURN8Across33 WorshippedADORED6Across33 The dog is bound to be with the QueenSPRINGER8Across33 A lungful of sea air?DEEPBREATH10Across35 TenderOFFER5Across35 NonsenseBALDERDASH10Across35 CutSNIP4Across36 Bunker some go back intoTRAP4Across36 EmergingISSUING7Across37 SapientWISE4Across37 Suggesting that the doctor has got in troubleMOOTING7Across37 TwentySCORE5Across38 One of two or, perhaps, three I brought inEITHER6Across38 VacillateDITHER6Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 Had I gone travelling to the right area?REGION6Across40 BreakRECESS6Across40 One dabACE3Across41 WeakenSAP3Across41 Look atEYE3Across41 Though on a false trail, all round is showing senseRATIONAL8Across42 HiddenLATENT6Across42 OfferedTENDERED8Across42 SwiftFLEET5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AboutCONCERNING10Down1 BrawlFRACAS6Down1 Not a Rosy prospect for the man asleep on watchBADLOOKOUT10Down1 FightSPAR4Down2 FairBLONDE6Down2 Figure seen at first in a hazeMIST4Down2 PitifulPATHETIC8Down3 Will drapers accept the ready only for it?CASHMERE8Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 ContainINCLUDE7Down4 FairyPERI4Down4 Shone the light on a man up against the outhouseFLASHED7Down4 CombineUNITE5Down5 Through staging an exhibition - honestlyBYFAIRMEANS11Down5 OrderINSTRUCTION11Down5 HugeGIGANTIC8Down6 PunishDISCIPLINE10Down6 Because annoying, putting it out of one's mindFORGETTING10Down6 MatterAFFAIR6Down7 He gets terribly involved in the affairMATTER6Down7 NimbusHALO4Down8 As predicted, the free ones are rounded upFORESEEN8Down8 PamphletBROCHURE8Down8 Discover the point has penetrated the heart of the bruteFIEND5Down10 AnimalPANDA5Down10 SwelledDISTENDED9Down11 NurseTEND4Down14 FoodMEAT4Down16 BiggerGREATER7Down16 Give the impression of being soft and tender, completely bogusPRETEND7Down16 LookPEEP4Down18 From painting, standing to get moreEXTRA5Down20 BeerLAGER5Down20 EcclesiasticalCLERICAL8Down21 AbashedASHAMED7Down22 It's half the battle getting the others in to give supportTRESTLE7Down22 GameHIDEANDSEEK11Down23 The lady who's in occupationCAREERWOMAN11Down23 NoblemanPEER4Down23 Fight to get an appointmentENGAGEMENT10Down25 ZestENTHUSIASM10Down25 PetalLEAF4Down25 EnteredREGISTERED10Down26 What the cloakroom attendant did, you say: accepted blameTOOKTHERAP10Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 LentADVANCED8Down28 A businessman and his former wife having a drinkEXPORTER8Down28 RevisedEDITED6Down29 PactTREATY6Down30 See bitter has been spilled in the word-bookLIBRETTO8Down31 InterminableUNENDING8Down31 FrivolousFLIGHTY7Down32 FurzeGORSE5Down32 Soap and food sent in for the poorBEGGARS7Down32 Look after the naughty child and spoilIMPAIR6Down34 SpokenORAL4Down34 ToreRIPPED6Down34 ColourBEIGE5Down35 Get up and go - for a spinDRIVE5Down35 StuntFEAT4Down36 Overtime? Blast!TOOT4Down39 YouTHEE4Down39 ChartMAP3Down40

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