Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 24th 2020) 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.
| About to act by immediate response |
| Vera gets nothing but the greatest affection |
| React like many given a terrible scare |
| What a frog will do in the end |
| Is she likely to lose heart? |
| Jerome's knowledge was about right |
| What the fisherman had left in Mile End |
| To hide one disc in another is fishy! |
| It can mean a shot, oddly enough |
| A few on the river |
| On TV, one speaker too many? |
| Having a bit of a thin time, this helps |
| Is sure upset at having done wrong! |
| Not what you'd expect from a tot |
| Noteworthy accommodation |
| Pretty unconvincing version of "23" |
| Mark of a law-breaker out East |
| When a girl goes to South Africa, it's steamy |
| A flight, of course, usually ends with a landing |
| In a special train, do nothing but Indian cooking |
| They restrain big-headed libertines |
| Cling to one's walking companion? |
| It's in Egypt, or adjacent to Luxembourg |
| Criticism for dangerous flying? |
| There's something sticky about crime |
| Tyro in politics? |
| Why arson is wrong about the end of June |
| See one's furlough cut |
| Little man short-listed? |
| Old sailor with an heir |
| One generous with his political opinions? |
| Black-hearted varnish maker |
| Cockney expression of scorn? |
| Possibly fitter bowler? |
| A striking redhead |
| Go with a girl, the ultimate in charm |
| Not allowed to reverse round the bend |
| Horse that can tell the time |
| Get the girl? |
| Endures, though finishing at one's wits' end |
| Lake on which it's an hour to change course? |
| She'll back saintly Irishman up |
| Scottish candle centre |
| They're all wet and soapy! |