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Evening Standard Crossword December 31 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 31 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#
SkinflintMISER5Across4 Counting-frameABACUS6Across7 EnthusiastFAN3Across9 It makes one itch to atone for one's misbehaviourHAIRSHIRT9Across9 LifelessINANIMATE9Across9 LoutOAF3Across10 Travelling by train, for a change. Isn't flyingINTRANSIT9Across10 HateABOMINATE9Across10 Having, at one point, a smash hitWITH4Across12 TautTENSE5Across12 CutCLIP4Across12 Happen to be getting the drop onBEFALL6Across13 AnimalGOAT4Across13 SmallerTINIER6Across13 How you said "I paid a thousand dollars for it"?GRANDLY7Across14 LarvaTADPOLE7Across14 WrappingPACKAGING9Across15 The way in which management is heading?DIRECTION9Across15 OarsmanROWER5Across15 Not the same fellows I rented out accommodation toDIFFERENT9Across17 FeelingSENTIMENT9Across17 WishDESIRE6Across17 From the container, get a strange looking soupPOTTAGE7Across18 CrowedEXULTED7Across18 A number vamoose, or splitCLEAVE6Across19 BirdPEEWIT6Across19 VolumeTOME4Across19 PresentTHERE5Across20 BranchLIMB4Across20 It takes a month to get round the countyMAYO4Across20 SailorTAR3Across22 Don't understand why you turn a blind eye toFAILTOSEE9Across23 TalkDISCOURSE9Across23 RipenedMATURED7Across24 Spot something in the jeweller's windowCARBUNCLE9Across25 FruitPINEAPPLE9Across25 UsualNORM4Across26 Too much to get on top ofOVER4Across26 At least four supportsBRACES6Across27 DivertedAMUSED6Across27 WeightTON3Across27 CalledNAMED5Across28 Who was summoned when the customer wrote a bad cheque?BOUNCER7Across29 AnimalMUSKRAT7Across29 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across31 Kept upSUSTAINED9Across32 Terribly anti about, as a fellow AustralianTASMANIAN9Across32 BurdenSADDLE6Across33 InfantileCHILDLIKE9Across34 Picking up a hoop for the others to go throughARRESTING9Across34 It's water for the irises? Nonsense!EYEWASH7Across35 PamphletBOOKLET7Across35 AdhesivePASTE5Across35 Gets from with difficulty, as the previous wife doesEXACTS6Across36 PhotographsSHOOTS6Across36 A girl to avoidMISS4Across37 Board gameLUDO4Across37 DeserveEARN4Across37 Fascinated by how one plottedINTRIGUED9Across38 RareUNDERDONE9Across38 CurseSWEAR5Across38 SpikeEAR3Across39 SausageCHIPOLATA9Across39 At home I have the fireplace to blackenDENIGRATE9Across39 FastenTIE3Across41 RueREGRET6Across42 BorderedEDGED5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Could clearly be seen to have arrivedSHOWEDUP8Down1 FollowerDISCIPLE8Down1 CapturedCAUGHT6Down1 Fighting in an ale bar?BITTERSTRIFE12Down2 BoatCABINCRUISER12Down2 ShowPARADE6Down2 TwosomeDUO3Down3 PlacatedPACIFIED8Down3 Find sage to your taste? Ditto!LIKEWISE8Down3 CompanionMATE4Down4 ObservingSEEING6Down4 Air pressureSTRAIN6Down4 InactiveINERT5Down5 Ball gameLACROSSE8Down5 Get out the gold pieces stuck inside, somehowDISLODGE8Down5 Temperature one has to act quickly to reduce?STAGEFEVER10Down6 OutfitENSEMBLE8Down6 ConflictCONTENTION10Down6 Contrived to get the old fellow to go aheadMANAGED7Down7 ScornDISDAIN7Down7 GarmentSARI4Down8 LoathsomeDETESTABLE10Down8 Not one of those outgoing types?STAYATHOME10Down8 Left inside edgeSIDLE5Down11 LuckyFORTUNATE9Down11 OverABOVE5Down11 PeriodTERM4Down14 DeedACTION6Down16 SportWEAR4Down16 Call round a little afterwards, being slyCRAFTY6Down16 ChairSEAT4Down18 TartPIE3Down19 Rod is a character, by all accountsCUE3Down19 Does he stoop to all kinds of villainy?ARCHCRIMINAL12Down21 EspeciallyINPARTICULAR12Down21 SacredHALLOWED8Down21 The lines of letters, read aloudQUEUES6Down22 StoppedPAUSED6Down22 CheeseDANISHBLUE10Down23 RipREND4Down23 To go by appearances, is looked down onFROMTHEAIR10Down23 A vertical take off - honest!STRAIGHTUP10Down24 ContemplationRUMINATION10Down24 ThrowTOSS4Down25 CushionPAD3Down25 Island housesCOS3Down25 ValleyDALE4Down26 AvoidSIDESTEP8Down28 Claims one is argumentativeCONTENDS8Down28 ScarceMEAGRE6Down29 Is it lunchtime at the pub that he sings?BARITONE8Down29 ClaimMAINTAIN8Down29 SignifyDENOTE6Down30 Show by your expression, when you enterREGISTER8Down30 DryTEETOTAL8Down30 Embracing the boy, the girl got the feverMALARIA7Down31 VisitorsCALLERS7Down31 FloodSPATE5Down32 A little way out, but delightfulSWEET5Down33 BoreSTOOD5Down33 It's terribly sad about the war medalsAWARDS6Down34 ExpensiveDEAR4Down34 OptionCHOICE6Down34 ParchedARID4Down36 MaterialREP3Down40

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