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Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 10 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
InexpensiveCHEAP5Across1 AbradeSCRAPE6Across1 Like the numerals used in necromancyROMAN5Across1 DaybreakDAWN4Across5 Keep it closed in order to humMOUTH5Across6 Time when darkNIGHT5Across6 CommandORDER5Across8 Care in taking shifty action out of turnCAUTION7Across9 MeadowLEA3Across9 Wipe one's feet on thisDOORMAT7Across9 UnaccompaniedSOLO4Across10 Hang looselyDROOP5Across10 Close to legless?TIGHT5Across10 ExistenceLIFE4Across11 A measure you can get by the kiloMETRE5Across11 RipsTEARS5Across11 Old-fashionedDATED5Across12 WheySERUM5Across12 What follows here is futuristicAFTER5Across12 Apt to reason correctlyLOGICAL7Across13 Treated to a parting observationSEENOFF7Across13 DecayedROTTED6Across13 Impudent talkLIP3Across15 Such a failure could take Tom abackMOT3Across15 RecordDISC4Across16 CupidEROS4Across17 Puritan with a shaky gripPRIG4Across17 Rocky bedsSTRATA6Across18 DischargeEMIT4Across18 DoglikeCANINE6Across18 Parts of Poplar East?AREAS5Across19 InhumaneCRUEL5Across19 Short light oarPADDLE6Across20 Photographer's fancied favourite food?CHEESE6Across20 LineROW3Across20 OceanSEA3Across22 Can he dispense the wisdom of the ages?SAGE4Across22 ExperimentTEST4Across22 ImmerseDIP3Across23 Heart to heart organEAR3Across24 FishTUNA4Across24 Health resortSPA3Across24 Upright fellows, our deliverersPOSTMEN7Across25 NuisancePEST4Across25 ConfusesBEMUSES7Across25 Cold dishSALAD5Across26 He helped rename modern St. PetersburgLENIN5Across26 Officer in chiefMAJOR5Across27 Small citrus fruitLEMON5Across27 CultsSECTS5Across28 Cilla bursts into flowerLILAC5Across28 See-sawTEETER6Across28 Person not in good odourSTINKER7Across29 RemainderRESIDUE7Across29 New fronts for cafesFACES5Across30 Main drainSEWER5Across30 CentreHEART5Across30 Go inENTER5Across31 Not a whisper to the audience!ASIDE5Across31 PressIRON4Across32 StatedSAID4Across33 EquipmentKIT3Across34 BarLEVER5Across35 PipSEED4Across36 ComaTRANCE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PaySALARY6Down1 Nominally, he may take a bathOLIVER6Down2 Extreme fearHORROR6Down2 ResponseREACTION8Down2 OvertakenPASSED6Down3 Suffering, wrap one's jaw in pieces of ragACHING6Down3 Handsome youthADONIS6Down3 ScatterBROADCAST9Down4 The little chap may bite, we hearNAT3Down4 Short explosive soundPOP3Down4 ErasedDELETED7Down5 Those engaged in supporting the flag?STAFF5Down5 Thin porridgeGRUEL5Down5 Most men can have theirsMOMENTS7Down6 ParchedARID4Down6 UnstudiedNATURAL7Down6 RequireNEED4Down7 ArticleITEM4Down7 Uniquely striking exampleONER4Down7 Narcotic drugHEROIN6Down8 ElderlyOLD3Down8 Swimming tutor upset about a bigheadTURBOT6Down8 Burning fear, perhaps, all around IndiaAFIRE5Down12 Cavalry swordSABRE5Down12 Room to spread capesSPACE5Down13 JumpsLEAPS5Down13 ScatteredDISPERSED9Down14 A bird called IdaEIDER5Down14 Dutch cheeseGOUDA5Down14 TearRIP3Down15 School punishmentLINES5Down15 Sometimes heartless form of addressMADAM5Down15 NuisancesPESTS5Down16 Accepted as worth snapping?TAKEN5Down16 ObserveSEE3Down17 Where exhibitionists go for hairdressing?SALON5Down18 SurrenderedCEDED5Down18 WrongMISTAKEN8Down19 Declares the donkey needs to rest anewASSERTS7Down19 Mrs MopCLEANER7Down19 GrooveRUT3Down20 For each oneAPIECE6Down21 Smoky cityHAVANA6Down21 RousedWAKENED7Down21 Serving dishTUREEN6Down22 Agitates about a flight!STAIRS6Down22 CouchSETTEE6Down23 Brigadier's wild rage on the roadGERARD6Down23 Should such a stool be soft?PIANO5Down25 FundamentalBASIC5Down25 OfferTENDER6Down26 PainfulSORE4Down26 Go down and look over the southeastLOSE4Down26 SquirmWRITHE6Down27 Not all leaves are greenLEA3Down28 ProsecuteSUE3Down28 PrejudiceBIAS4Down29 ApertureHOLE4Down30 SailorTAR3Down31

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 10, 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.