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Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 1 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
LariatLASSO5Across1 CultsSECTS5Across3 Cheat at every turn?TWIST5Across3 ChosePICKED6Across5 Distressed at one's pay reduction being increased?CUTUP5Across8 EnlistENROL5Across8 Stair partRISER5Across8 SofaSETTEE6Across10 Person directing the team bus?COACH5Across10 EraEPOCH5Across10 GreedyAVID4Across11 A bird elephants should be wary of!ROC3Across11 Boy's nameTIM3Across11 In the end, perhaps, the modus operandi seems fiendish!DEMON5Across12 Musical instrumentPIANO5Across12 TerseLACONIC7Across13 Where one labours to get an operation?WORKSOP7Across13 CharacterNATURE6Across14 Short lettersNOTES5Across15 SailorMATELOT7Across15 Occasions when I'm stuck in a setbackTIMES5Across15 Transatlantic record?LOG3Across18 PinchNIP3Across18 PitchTAR3Across18 Assent to the destruction of some nice cedarsACCEDE6Across19 PromiseVOW3Across19 Period of timeMINUTE6Across19 Mythical winged horsePEGASUS7Across21 Because flesh is weak?SELFISH7Across21 YieldCEDE4Across21 Devilish quotation from a palimpsestIMPS4Across22 BroadcastsAIRS4Across22 MaterialDENIM5Across23 StinkREEK4Across23 Low noisesMOOS4Across23 It's for aches and pains, perhaps, taking in the tax peopleASPIRIN7Across24 Spotty diseaseMEASLES7Across24 EntranceDOOR4Across24 Runs away to wedELOPES6Across26 Novel place for cricket?HEARTH6Across26 ExpireDIE3Across27 EnclosurePEN3Across29 WitchHAG3Across29 Ladder of success in the theatreRUN3Across29 AcquittedCLEARED7Across31 Warning deviceSIREN5Across31 Special card for one to run round withTAROT5Across31 Argued about the high speed, indeed!DEBATED7Across32 Kings, queens, etc.ROYALTY7Across32 ClimbedSCALED6Across32 Nine is the one to be on!CLOUD5Across34 TardyLATE4Across34 Capital of MoroccoRABAT5Across34 Colour of pure damaskRED3Across35 EscapedELUDED6Across35 OverlyTOO3Across35 Feed the fires of the potteriesSTOKE5Across36 GarretATTIC5Across36 All set for about a day, perhapsREADY5Across37 Make amends or reparationATONE5Across37 HorizontalLEVEL5Across38 As yet developing growth on grape vineYEAST5Across38 Sea-duckEIDER5Across38 MythLEGEND6Across39 SpeciesGENUS5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EssentialVITAL5Down1 smashing hour by northern lakeHURON5Down1 RelegatesDEMOTES7Down2 ImitateAPE3Down2 Yields a dollar to the boyBUCKLES7Down2 DogSETTER6Down3 HeroicEPIC4Down4 IndividualONE3Down4 Cry because it's only a baby pianoWEEP4Down4 SchemePLAN4Down5 Is such broth alcoholic?SCOTCH6Down5 SportTENNIS6Down5 ReviewerCRITIC6Down6 Cutlery itemSPOON5Down6 Does it stimulate you to be a bit nice?TONIC5Down6 EraseDELETE6Down7 Group of eightOCTET5Down7 Worked for the electricity manACTED5Down7 So or thusSIC3Down9 It's high in distortionTOR3Down9 ExpelledREMOVED7Down9 CorsairsPIRATES7Down12 Barking swimmer?DOGFISH7Down12 VehicleVAN3Down12 CheatDUPE4Down13 Resolute little chapSOL3Down14 Scold constantlyNAG3Down14 TooALSO4Down16 As consumed by me and half LondonMELON5Down16 MelodiesTUNES5Down16 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down17 You may feel it's commonSENSE5Down17 Looks forSEEKS5Down17 Photo of a criminalMUGSHOT7Down19 Hoped to take a boy to Paris, maybeASPIRED7Down19 RescuesSAVES5Down20 FlourishedWIELDED7Down20 When burglars did the wrong thingNIGHT5Down20 PreviousPRIOR5Down21 It can make a hole in bad pearsSPEAR5Down21 DreadfulDIRE4Down22 Meeting for boat racesREGATTA7Down23 Train 'em to use a turretMINARET7Down23 DisperseDISPEL6Down24 PM, a teetotaler and a generalATTLEE6Down24 ThreatenMENACE6Down24 Produce eggsLAY3Down25 GemOPAL4Down25 Polish up a Cherubini pieceRUB3Down25 TellRELATE6Down26 RaisesLIFTS5Down27 Heartbreak in spaceEARTH5Down27 DangerPERIL5Down28 Unstable movie character?ROCKY5Down28 RipeMATURE6Down28 He's presumably bearableTEDDY5Down30 EntrapNET3Down30 Fourteen poundsSTONE5Down30 Being worn, they won't workDUDS4Down32 Speed contestRACE4Down32 In a white area, it stains brownTEA3Down33 ActDEED4Down33 LavLOO3Down33 LimbLEG3Down36 BirdEMU3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 1, 2025. 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.