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Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2020 answers. The Monday puzzle has 134 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#
HotHEATED6Across1 DecreeEDICT5Across3 The one said to be witchlikeWHICH5Across3 FirmSTABLE6Across5 Group of servicemen, many in troubleCADRE5Across8 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Across8 BiscuitWAFER5Across9 Church gangwayAISLE5Across10 The boys like jelly!ROYAL5Across10 Roof-beamRAFTER6Across10 Woman's nameVAL3Across11 DeservedEARNED6Across11 A couple, we're told, is more than you needTOO3Across11 ShrillREEDY5Across12 The Muslim world is blameless, it seemsISLAM5Across12 Oyster's gemPEARL5Across12 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across13 After a bad start, wish aloud to end the pain!ANGUISH7Across13 SpokeSAID4Across14 SidesTEAMS5Across15 Changes direction, ever moving southVEERS5Across15 ParchedDRY3Across17 PresentHERE4Across18 Karate expertDAN3Across18 Officer back in the corpsPRO3Across18 PamperCOSSET6Across19 Sheep suggesting wrought iron to me!MERINO6Across19 AnimalSHREW5Across20 Case of cutleryCANTEEN7Across21 Where to be turning in restless sleep?PEEBLES7Across21 Weight put onLOAD4Across22 QuarryPREY4Across22 ExhaustedJADED5Across22 Accidental escapeLEAK4Across23 PlagiarisedPIRATED7Across23 Lover boy?PHIL4Across23 Say in passingMENTION7Across24 ClubBATON5Across24 Beefy bighead on strike, possiblyBRISKET7Across24 PrincipleTENET5Across26 Formal American word meaning "first"PRIMUS6Across26 IntelligentCLEVER6Across26 A quantity of plutoniumTON3Across29 Priest's garmentALB3Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 SuitableFIT3Across30 Artist's standEASEL5Across31 She shows Poles around the StatesSUSAN5Across31 Kids who bite?NIPPERS7Across32 ThrobPULSATE7Across32 LocationSITE4Across32 ClergymanVICAR5Across33 It looks bad when a chap gets out of lineSTAIN5Across34 Young eelELVER5Across34 Breaking the law, has point!AWL3Across35 Neckwear itemTIE3Across35 RecoverREGAIN6Across35 It can make your hair a shade differentRINSE5Across36 Paris undergroundMETRO5Across36 MarionettePUPPET6Across36 The ships possibly left to go out EastFLEET5Across37 YieldedCEDED5Across37 Post offREMIT5Across37 Was wrong in making further reductionsERRED5Across38 Mass of beesSWARM5Across38 SmelledREEKED6Across38 GiveRENDER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Backless couchDIVAN5Down1 Where, in India, to knock the first couple of nails!PATNA5Down1 TormentHARASS6Down1 VacationHOLIDAY7Down2 In class, one gathered?GROUPED7Down2 ConcernAFFAIR6Down2 PitcherEWER4Down3 DuoDUET4Down4 Such money is for keeping mumHUSH4Down4 ChallengedDARED5Down4 ContainerCARTON6Down5 ShabbySEEDY5Down5 Wants credit for a smashing saveCRAVES6Down5 SalverTRAY4Down6 Roofing slabsTILES5Down6 Poet's timeless homage to the queenHOMER5Down6 ProhibitedBANNED6Down7 Runny mudSLIME5Down7 See rain splashing the rocksCAIRN5Down7 FurnishedENDUED6Down8 FlatfishDAB3Down9 Many a footballer's error will haunt him, followingDOG3Down9 LeopardPANTHER7Down12 On a chart, they indicate islands with wild boarsISOBARS7Down12 WanderingERRATIC7Down13 Strong feeling of tiredness?IRE3Down14 BrownTAN3Down14 LeadingAHEAD5Down15 Fat lady in a boatEIGHT5Down16 TreeASPEN5Down16 StorehouseDEPOT5Down16 Are all these in purgatory?SOULS5Down17 Sharpened stickSTAKE5Down17 HellHADES5Down18 ReadjustedRESET5Down19 It's in service as a food containerMESSTIN7Down19 Mythical creatureCENTAUR7Down19 Passes quietly at Lords, saySLIPS5Down20 RoomSPACE5Down20 GainWIN3Down21 On average, is capitalPARIS5Down21 YieldsCEDES5Down21 SpoutJET3Down22 ShellfishLOBSTER7Down23 Sheepish communicants?PENPALS7Down23 Is fat, certainly, though not exactly butterBUNTER6Down24 RipeMELLOW6Down24 CarrierBEARER6Down24 At half a kopeck, it's high!KOP3Down25 UnwellILL3Down25 ThrillTINGLE6Down25 PinchedNIPPED6Down27 Hungarian professor of cubismRUBIK5Down27 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down27 ExaminerTESTER6Down28 In billiards, it's played downMASSE5Down28 SwervesVEERS5Down28 PenalisedFINED5Down30 Laser invention in the cityARLES5Down30 Beer mugSTEIN5Down30 CandleTAPER5Down31 FruitPEAR4Down32 Resort that looks posh but isn't said to beNICE4Down32 We get a letter, you say, from a femaleEWE3Down33 IntentionAIM3Down33 EvilVICE4Down33 DiscourteousRUDE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 7, 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.