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Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
A mix-up at the saleJUMBLE6Across1 Legal panellistJURORS6Across1 Meat-pinSKEWER6Across1 LabourWORK4Across5 An undisciplined career, it seems, is only naturalWILDLIFE8Across7 EstrangeALIENATE8Across7 Left a person with no companyLONE4Across8 SeaweedKELP4Across8 HarmoniumORGAN5Across8 StriveVIE3Across9 PhasesSTAGES6Across10 Angler playing rugby?HOOKER6Across10 IdolHERO4Across10 ChoiceOPTION6Across11 Too thick to get the right angle?OBTUSE6Across11 ScrutiniseSCAN4Across11 SwimBATHE5Across12 DecayedROTTED6Across13 ToddlerTOT3Across14 You'll find gymnastics initially tiring, dearPET3Across14 RecordDISC4Across16 A dry area you can walk downAISLE5Across16 Major arteryAORTA5Across16 SongbirdWREN4Across17 Declare to be less than averageAVER4Across17 DeadenedNUMB4Across18 In town, he has everythingHALLE5Across19 Lowest pointNADIR5Across19 ScuttleHOD3Across20 Mere nit-picking, it gets Calvin no end upset!CAVIL5Across21 AfterwardsLATER5Across21 VegetablePEA3Across22 Count him among the jazz greatsBASIE5Across22 Solid blocksCUBES5Across22 State schoolteacherMISS4Across23 AnimalGNU3Across23 SeparatePART4Across23 RodCANE4Across24 FinalLAST4Across25 Neck of muttonSCRAG5Across26 Cut or share outSHEAR5Across26 DutyJOB3Across28 KnockedTAPPED6Across28 One of the localsPUB3Across28 ComplainWHINGE6Across29 A short dashHYPHEN6Across29 Angler's bootsWADERS6Across30 Cautiously shrewd about hard-heartednessWARILY6Across30 ImpressionSTAMP5Across30 Units formerly on government serviceOHMS4Across31 DischargeEMIT4Across31 He brings out what may be procuredPRODUCER8Across32 River-cleaning vesselsDREDGERS8Across32 LearnHEAR4Across32 AssistantAIDE4Across33 EnticesTEMPTS6Across33 Old motor manufacturer's dance?MORRIS6Across33 HorseNAG3Across34 CompelFORCE5Across35 VictimPREY4Across36 AtelierSTUDIO6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
HarshSEVERE6Down1 Picture puzzleJIGSAW6Down1 Biblical character, briefly teasingJOSHUA6Down1 American stateOREGON6Down2 Stockman, comparatively impecunious?BROKER6Down2 PollELECTION8Down2 WeakensSAPS4Down3 Some new royal vessel?EWER4Down3 ResoundedECHOED6Down3 HopelessnessDESPAIR7Down4 ScatterBROADCAST9Down4 The occasional googly? How strange!ODDBALL7Down4 Saint of the danceVITUS5Down5 Long-snouted mammalTAPIR5Down5 CleansingWASHING7Down5 FormerlyONCE4Down6 Formal reception on the embankment?LEVEE5Down6 Tropical plantSENNA5Down6 RulerKING4Down7 Go easily when putting the French out of workLOPE4Down8 SphereORB3Down8 Girl's nameKATE4Down8 PermitLET3Down9 There may well be a catch in itNET3Down9 HillTOR3Down12 Game of patience?TIE3Down12 DifferentOTHER5Down13 Pests possibly firedSLUGS5Down13 TactDIPLOMACY9Down14 Movable barriersGATES5Down15 BirdEMU3Down15 Being advised, he may ramble around the southeastDAVID5Down15 OceanSEA3Down17 FishROACH5Down18 Historic seat of watery French governmentVICHY5Down18 Keeps in phaseHAS3Down19 ArrestNAB3Down19 ShutUNOPENED8Down19 Children's story, just fictionLIE3Down20 Man's nameDES3Down20 Dried grassHAY3Down20 Not too hasty to re-fuel the carCAREFUL7Down21 BaggageLUGGAGE7Down21 RuinDESTROY7Down21 An expression of contempt, we hearBAH3Down22 ContainerCAN3Down22 DaisPODIUM6Down23 Complain that the rum's bad againMURMUR6Down23 Winged wader, once worshippedIBIS4Down24 AssistABET4Down24 A groovy little diamond, perhapsSTYLUS6Down25 FlingsTOSSES6Down25 GiftTALENT6Down26 TurnipSWEDE5Down26 Form irregular heapsSHAPE5Down26 SlowlyADAGIO6Down27 AngersRILES5Down27 Where to make some arrangement about parkingEPSOM5Down27 A cry of "Ship ahoy!"PAH3Down28 PreserveJAM3Down28 VesselSHIP4Down29 Creature said to do a bit of squirmingWORM4Down30 SecureSAFE4Down30 DirectionWEST4Down30 Pastry dishPIE3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 9, 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.