Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 20th 2019) clues of Evening Standard Cryptic crossword.
Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 44 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| When the car comes in, give a wave, Father’s home |
| Pop back to secure |
| From star, slipping to small roles |
| The source yields nothing and I ring off |
| Will it teach you not to go barefoot? |
| Where the book I got was sent |
| Struck one as, one found |
| Following suit, one swots up on it |
| Even turning the cover round brightened it up |
| Saucy, in the main |
| The sun shield is ridiculous – quite mad |
| Doing whatever is necessary to make oneself look big? |
| See the pound slipped inside as an insult |
| A buffet for the party |
| In the lady’s case, it constitutes an agreement |
| For us, I made out a list that’s appropriate |
| Making out to be perceptive |
| Man, that does look sore! |
| Are called in to put things in order |
| Leave to show the trade union president |
| Having written, to cancel |
| Reserved for the cast |
| It’s one way, coming back from the clothes shop |
| Speed, yelling “It’s exciting!” |
| It’s slang for “a thrill”? Precisely! |
| The local freelance is impossible to shake off |
| Speak of, myself: not in the revised version |
| Briefly, meaning you must get cracking if you want food |
| Does it make a dent in the good weather figures? |
| Still, has turned it into a musical |
| “Mean” means paring the cheese |
| Intends to put a large picture up outside |
| Flushing at “Rather late in the day” |
| Gets round so one contacts |
| Attacked for having used as a stand |
| It shows you’re wrong on both scores – and cheat |
| Tell you what firefighters do? Oh, buzz off! |
| Taking little time to assess as below standard |
| With the return “Real thug,” dissolves into giggles |
| Drove off before one had exerted oneself unduly |
| Defame, at a press gathering, the English |
| As a gift, given a dear fur |
| He’s all dressed up – fine for an American |
| Hide in a tree |