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Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2020 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#
DesolateBLEAK5Across4 HaphazardRANDOM6Across7 ChargeFEE3Across9 Church officeBENEFICE8Across9 Be peeved when the eels are put in the vanFEELSORE8Across9 CotBED3Across10 Would you be sorry to find it in your garden?RUE3Across10 Playing cardACE3Across10 The cockney was sick and the weather was wintryHAILED6Across11 FlowerCROCUS6Across11 ResoundedECHOED6Across12 Marks it "Collectors' items"STAMPS6Across12 ShunAVOID5Across12 SevereAUSTERE7Across13 What started the fire at sea?LIGHTER7Across13 ImplementTOOL4Across13 Small demonsIMPS4Across14 Puts the phonetic pronunciation of "idle"LAYS4Across14 Catastrophic conflictARMAGEDDON10Across15 Be patient and share my burdenBEARWITHME10Across15 SaltpetreNITRE5Across15 All, I bet, very worriedEVERYBIT8Across17 DeclineREFUSE6Across17 Badge of officeINSIGNIA8Across17 Toyed with or succumbed to the temptation to swindleFIDDLED7Across18 Wailing spiritBANSHEE7Across18 TardyLATE4Across19 On the roads does it cut in, half the time?TAXI4Across19 StainBLOT4Across19 DeleteERASE5Across20 IntelligentBRAINY6Across21 Moves in with the chest, taking a little time offINCHES6Across21 CushionPAD3Across22 GuidedSTEERED7Across24 26th American presidentTHEODOREROOSEVELT17Across24 Came up to scratch as a roundsman?DELIVEREDTHEGOODS17Across24 Producing an effectCAUSAL6Across27 StrayERR3Across27 Drink after drinkCHASER6Across27 StadiumARENA5Across28 Someone drawing rankTIER4Across29 CureHEAL4Across29 Came blithely in like a breath of fresh air?BREEZED7Across30 Something inessentialADJUNCT7Across30 ThrowTOSS4Across31 Honorary titleEMERITUS8Across33 StablemanOSTLER6Across33 Unhappily, there's little in do-it-yourselfDISMALLY8Across33 To start with, regard as a dutyFIRSTWATCH10Across35 SkinflintMISER5Across35 Common hedgerow plantCOWPARSLEY10Across35 Mild oathEGAD4Across36 Drink and get firedSHOT4Across36 Pear-shaped fruitAVOCADO7Across37 TimberWOOD4Across37 Having putted round again, reached greater heightsTOWERED7Across37 War-horseSTEED5Across38 Yell desperately on being locked inside, desolateLONELY6Across38 LightnessLEVITY6Across38 ObscureDIM3Across39 Show always to back a certain numberREVEAL6Across40 Acutely difficult positionSTRAIT6Across40 In practice, Rod came round and wakened one upUSE3Across41 BeerALE3Across41 Fluid used for writingINK3Across41 To put it briefly, not for the stupidCONDENSE8Across42 CourteousPOLITE6Across42 Breaded vealESCALOPE8Across42 WorshipADORE5Across43

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Small edible berryREDCURRANT10Down1 SquirmWRITHE6Down1 A break for the others, full stopRESTPERIOD10Down1 NoughtZERO4Down2 GoatANGORA6Down2 The best tree in the orchardPLUM4Down2 ImaginationMINDSEYE8Down3 Plan to be used with the person I have broken withCONSPIRE8Down3 WeepSOB3Down3 PorchVERANDA7Down4 TolerateBEAR4Down4 Why so terribly late coming in? That's rich!WEALTHY7Down4 FlatLEVEL5Down5 Suddenly believe you will get out of the tunnel?SEETHELIGHT11Down5 Roman Catholic serviceBENEDICTION11Down5 FlyingAVIATION8Down6 Easy to approachACCESSIBLE10Down6 Cutting it down to the one word "fat"SHORTENING10Down6 TediousBORING6Down7 Put in the wrong place and lose?MISLAY6Down7 Food-listMENU4Down8 Gossamer thin? ExcellentVERYFINE8Down8 CourageGUMPTION8Down8 Scamp is unlike the others of his breedROGUE5Down10 Serious crimeARSON5Down10 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down11 MinusLESS4Down14 RipTEAR4Down16 Collection of pusABSCESS7Down16 Annoys one day after day going through the questionsRIDDLES7Down16 GalaFETE4Down18 Go off and leave you thoroughly confusedADDLE5Down20 Immature creatureLARVA5Down20 RebelledREVOLTED8Down21 Broad streetsAVENUES7Down22 From the new char poor Leo caught the diseaseCHOLERA7Down22 Of ancient timesPREHISTORIC11Down23 Rotten in the role of the good-looking baddie?PRETTYAWFUL11Down23 TradeDEAL4Down23 How much is known about the mysterious miniature?VERYLITTLE10Down25 Lover of the artsDILETTANTE10Down25 CupidEROS4Down25 Continuous paper ribbonTICKERTAPE10Down26 Surprised by there not being an address?SPEECHLESS10Down26 SketchedDREW4Down26 GodALMIGHTY8Down28 Increase the number the bird is carryingHEIGHTEN8Down28 AmatoryEROTIC6Down29 ConfusedADDLED6Down30 How good, but rather frightening, the story was?RATTLING8Down31 StalemateDEADLOCK8Down31 FaintedSWOONED7Down32 SmudgeSMEAR5Down32 Make for, having miscuedPRODUCE7Down32 An affair that does have importanceMATTER6Down34 ExcursionTRIP4Down34 Military policemanREDCAP6Down34 DecipherCRACK5Down35 One of the services mightFORCE5Down35 InactiveIDLE4Down36 Want to return home, having the key to get inNEED4Down39 Small rodentVOLE4Down39 CrowdMOB3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 4, 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.