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Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
DrainSEWER5Across1 SpatterSPLASH6Across4 For this animal, a record's a piece of cake!ALPACA6Across4 PesterBADGER6Across5 Where one gets ashore at the finish?LANDSEND8Across7 Borrowing chargeINTEREST8Across7 RegretfulRUEFUL6Across8 ShelfLEDGE5Across8 He's nothing if not a survivor!OLIVER6Across8 Incentives for footballersSPURS5Across10 ColourBROWN5Across10 DetermineDECIDE6Across10 ImitatedAPED4Across11 Naval architect?WREN4Across13 FriendsPALS4Across13 CummerbundSASH4Across14 RelegateDEMOTE6Across14 The ring of righteousnessHALO4Across14 BarksYAPS4Across15 Piece of sombre news in World War IIBREN4Across15 SmallestMINIMAL7Across15 Bad actorHAM3Across16 Bit of a fidget, you understandGET3Across16 Precious stoneOPAL4Across17 Bank of Scotland!BRAE4Across17 NumberTEN3Across18 Linked with an out-of-line EdwardianTIED4Across19 FollowTAIL4Across19 StillYET3Across19 Intoxicating nonsense!MOONSHINE9Across21 InnocentBLAMELESS9Across21 TradeDEAL4Across21 FiendDEMON5Across23 Ruminant mammalDEER4Across23 Bananas, oddly enoughNUTS4Across23 You can tell it's just a yarnTALE4Across24 Open fruit pieTART4Across24 CrowdHERD4Across24 LargeBIG3Across26 Go with a girl to MineheadVIM3Across26 Large townCITY4Across27 Those at the end of term?THEM4Across27 SpotDOT3Across27 LoutOAF3Across29 It holds up some proposalPROP4Across29 Wading birdIBIS4Across29 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across31 WineCLARET6Across32 Supply a hardback at a priceFEED4Across32 ValleyDENE4Across32 Keep shopSTORE5Across33 Pickling solutionBRINE5Across33 Notes the bit to leaveDEPART6Across34 Breathe inINHALE6Across34 TravelRIDE4Across34 Cricketer in a Graham Greene storyTHIRDMAN8Across35 ApexPINNACLE8Across35 SlippedLAPSED6Across35 PassionateARDENT6Across36 Acting on the sideBYPLAY6Across36 ModeSTYLE5Across38 CapturedCAUGHT6Across39 BorderedEDGED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ArmsLIMBS5Down1 Brief light showFLASH5Down1 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down2 Cancel the order for a girl to turn leftANNUL5Down2 SheepEWE3Down2 Broad smileGRIN4Down3 Employs us at the rest centreUSES4Down3 EvokeELICIT6Down3 BandSTRAP5Down4 ColourRED3Down4 Are out to cheat, loveADORE5Down4 GlobuleBEAD4Down5 SedimentLEES4Down5 Dad's not out of troublePAIN4Down5 ConsideredDEEMED6Down6 YelpSQUEAL6Down6 Provided the manpower to make a crude copyCREWED6Down6 DiscloseREVEAL6Down7 Sort of soup on which a chap can get lit up!LENTIL6Down9 PostponedDELAYED7Down9 OvercoatULSTER6Down9 BeamRAY3Down11 A Roman peacePAX3Down11 CompleteWHOLE5Down12 FavouritePET3Down12 Coldly efficient, but he makes two rock bottom startsROBOT5Down12 Paint-mixing boardPALETTE7Down13 FinishedDONE4Down13 We had to get out for a little break, obtained by effortWRESTED7Down13 Sweet potatoYAM3Down15 Exclude a bachelor at the detention centreBAN3Down15 Belonging to himHIS3Down16 A bargee's exclamationGEE3Down16 InactiveIDLE4Down16 FruitLEMON5Down17 It shows who's to work or rest, maybeROSTER6Down18 PackagePARCEL6Down18 Unskilled treatment of some pine treesINEPT5Down20 In motionASTIR5Down20 CompletelyTOTALLY7Down20 Is there no word from her?MUM3Down21 BeseechBEG3Down21 West side of London?HAM3Down22 PlaceLAY3Down22 AtmosphereAURA4Down22 MealDINNER6Down23 Figure to finish duty at an advanced ageNINETY6Down23 FeverishHECTIC6Down24 RacketDIN3Down25 BellowROAR4Down25 In favour of returning to the air terminalFOR3Down25 AudaciousDARING6Down26 LeaptJUMPED6Down28 IncompetentINEPT5Down28 She gives the new typist no fresh tips!HETTY5Down28 With ample space to tie up at the end of the jettyROOMY5Down30 Female dogBITCH5Down30 NourishedFED3Down30 Cut offSEVER5Down31 Girl hardly worth picking up?PENNY5Down31 StunDAZE4Down32 Drop everything for a fresh startFALL4Down32 Bound to upset the userSURE4Down33 TrialTEST4Down33 Former West German capitalBONN4Down33 BeerALE3Down36 WatchEYE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 31, 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.