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Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 8 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 125 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#
Clearly expressedLUCID5Across1 Could start to whip in a fightCLASH5Across1 EnquiredASKED5Across3 Poetry of the silver seaVERSE5Across6 Dog breedSPITZ5Across6 Nasal openingNOSTRIL7Across9 Hesitated to make a friendly gesture to a leftistWAVERED7Across9 EncourageEXHORT6Across9 SharpACUTE5Across10 PuzzleRIDDLE6Across10 Being nice means very little, in a waySWEET5Across10 RusticRURAL5Across11 Checks a broken sirenREINS5Across11 TendencyTREND5Across11 ThoughtIDEA4Across12 Is unsuccessfulFAILS5Across12 A rule that breaks the heart of singersREIGN5Across12 PilfersFILCHES7Across13 Lazes around, that is, with sticky sweetsLOLLIES7Across13 Play for today, outwardly?TOY3Across15 PleasantNICE4Across15 DecomposeROT3Across15 Top numbers, each uniqueONES4Across17 SeanceSITTING7Across17 NaggingONAT4Across17 Wild moors, right on the map, dark and gloomyMOROSE6Across18 CorsairPIRATE6Across18 Evil spiritDEMON5Across19 Open up possibilities for EdwinWIDEN5Across19 Hang aroundLOITER6Across20 Sort of shirt for a slave, that's allTHELOT6Across20 ChildTOT3Across20 MagnificentGRAND5Across21 Liquid measurePINT4Across22 Easily handled, thanks to meTAME4Across22 CheeseEDAM4Across23 She's less than motherlyHER3Across24 StarSUN3Across24 TrampledTROD4Across25 EnviousJEALOUS7Across25 Incite riot about a Zionist leader named KaneCITIZEN7Across25 Go round upsetting some strikersSKIRT5Across26 RescuerSAVER5Across26 Of greater ageOLDER5Across26 CookerSTOVE5Across27 It's goodbye to Dai, maybe, who's so backwardADIOS5Across27 During the day, left a trainee to be idleDALLY5Across28 Small coinPENNY5Across28 SerpentASP3Across28 Might she rush ahead with an operation?SURGEON7Across29 Artist's studioATELIER7Across29 Look exhausted and fall out of the ringDROOP5Across30 ConfuseADDLE5Across30 DespairDESPOND7Across30 PaleASHEN5Across31 He's in textilesTERRY5Across31 ThrashBEAT4Across33 AlwaysEVER4Across35 MarsupialKOALA5Across36 TriflesTRIVIA6Across38 DieEXPIRE6Across39 CommerceTRADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SponsorshipAEGIS5Down1 Roguish childURCHIN6Down2 PaneSHEET5Down2 As chancellor, Nigel made rules in advanceLAWSON6Down2 Toffs properly included among saints?SWELLS6Down3 SkillART3Down3 UntouchedINTACT6Down3 Derby, perhapsHAT3Down4 CordSTRING6Down4 Female deerDOE3Down4 Sea-eagleERNE4Down5 Special occasions that help to make life testingFETES5Down5 Book of mapsATLAS5Down5 PerformedDID3Down6 Come close to being governed no end badly?VERGEON7Down6 Cut of beefSIRLOIN7Down6 ConfessADMIT5Down7 Heavenly place, a noted hauntEDEN4Down7 In additionPLUS4Down7 CapBERET5Down8 Emergency message about a theatre where Pele playedSANTOS6Down8 Kitchen itemTEAPOT6Down8 Right to issue payREMIT5Down12 AgueFEVER5Down12 VariedDIVERSE7Down13 FrustratesFOILS5Down13 In Ireland, a clumsy fellow, hot-headedLOUTH5Down13 Map-bookATLAS5Down14 Ancient languageLATIN5Down14 Bar the clever bitLEVER5Down14 Stone is best - start to finish!TOPAZ5Down15 ProportionRATIO5Down15 ForgiveCONDONE7Down16 Canvas sheltersTENTS5Down16 The old-fashioned fellows abroadYEMEN5Down16 AvariceGREED5Down18 Card gamePOKER5Down18 The "Order of ---" could be "12 Down"MERIT5Down18 Use upDEPLETE7Down19 Agitates to make artistic creations more loftyWORKSUP7Down19 InsectANT3Down19 ExpelledOUSTED6Down21 Perhaps a capital attempt at scoringHEADER6Down21 CurtainDRAPE5Down22 In teas one may find an exotic infusionTISANE6Down22 Gripping toolPLIERS6Down22 Subtle differenceNUANCE6Down23 Fruit served in medium large portionsMEDLAR6Down23 RugMAT3Down24 Wobbly dessertJELLY5Down25 Rocky locations good to manoeuvre cars roundCRAGS5Down25 Thus again is only fairSOSO4Down26 EllipseOVAL4Down26 StaggeredREELED6Down27 Little Miss Morse?DOT3Down28 VegetablePEA3Down28 DiminishABATE5Down28 ConfusionPANIC5Down29 Egg-shapedOVOID5Down31 ParchedDRIED5Down32 FlySOAR4Down34 EquipmentKIT3Down36 HatchetAXE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 8, 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.