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Evening Standard Crossword December 11 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 11 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 125 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#
French portCALAIS6Across1 Of such music, a piece is of questionable lengthSTRING6Across1 JumpedLEAPT5Across1 CutGASHED6Across5 Can one order such a bed?APPLEPIE8Across7 Approximate calculationESTIMATE8Across7 Meat spreadPATE4Across8 Pack up for post, possiblySTOP4Across8 ReappearRECUR5Across8 Calm, tranquilPLACID6Across10 OfficeBUREAU6Across10 Go back and make another concession?RECEDE6Across10 Change in formMUTATE6Across11 FlagIRIS4Across11 A spectator's view?ASPECT6Across11 Not to mention the outlandish bitAND3Across14 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across14 StarSUN3Across14 ScrapDISCARD7Across15 Had ways of going to hell!HADES5Across16 SumTOTAL5Across16 It's tough, being caught outright!HARD4Across17 GirlLASS4Across17 WagerBET3Across18 Intertwined with material benefitWOVEN5Across19 FishEEL3Across19 Thin candleTAPER5Across19 Water lilyLOTUS5Across21 ActDEED4Across21 Attendants possibly back to backPAGES5Across21 To run away is quite legal, in shortLEGIT5Across22 Adult human femaleWOMAN5Across22 Go inENTER5Across23 Hardly a finishing school!PREP4Across23 US coinCENT4Across23 ImpetuousRASH4Across24 Light purpleLILAC5Across26 To cut or reduce severelySEVER5Across26 LevyTAX3Across28 The master has sweetheart name her!MAE3Across28 ScullOAR3Across29 Waterproof jacketANORAK6Across29 That horsy man leaping about on board!KNIGHT6Across29 Injury or woundLESION6Across30 Sausages for the girlfriendSALAMI6Across30 LudicrousRISIBLE7Across31 Single entityUNIT4Across31 A stone to duck, chumOPAL4Across31 SavageBRUTAL6Across32 It won't hold much soap, note, if shakenTEASPOON8Across32 Set of bonesSKELETON8Across32 Slippery, perhaps, and grey as can beGREASY6Across33 SpheresGLOBES6Across33 AncestryLINE4Across34 ThoughtNOTION6Across35 DeadlyFATAL5Across38 ObjectiveTARGET6Across39 EntertainedFETED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Food constituent that can make a saint roguish!STARCH6Down1 House of GodCHAPEL6Down1 Mean to indent anewINTEND6Down2 Counting deviceABACUS6Down2 BirdEMU3Down2 Plant ovuleSEED4Down3 Give the dentist an astonished look?GAPE4Down3 SermonisePREACH6Down3 Thins downDILUTES7Down4 Looks embarrassed when left in the shrubberyBLUSHES7Down4 BeverageTEA3Down4 Unit of purity of goldCARAT5Down5 GratingGRID4Down5 Spotted one being rushed outsideSPIED5Down5 CarvedSLICED6Down6 InsurgentREBEL5Down6 Are they best sorted out with Danish capital?DEBTS5Down6 GuardDEFEND6Down7 Go byPASS4Down8 A blemish to the borough, up North?SCAR4Down8 CanTIN3Down9 To do wrong to a good end, seems strangeODD3Down9 PresentCURRENT7Down9 All for a mythical godPAN3Down12 StealROB3Down12 HillTOR3Down12 Stop having a bearing in the caseCEASE5Down13 LocationSITE4Down13 Sharp hooked clawTALON5Down13 Reason to keep a record, I seeLOGIC5Down15 Death-dealingFATAL5Down15 NotionIDEA4Down16 DissuadeDETER5Down17 Once moreAGAIN5Down18 Stranger's film?ALIEN5Down18 Is he movingly funny?WAG3Down19 Male catTOM3Down19 MercifulLENIENT7Down20 His patients don't talkVET3Down20 Play on wordsPUN3Down20 Possibly getting a fashion-centre into the papers?PERHAPS7Down21 FindsLOCATES7Down21 The French, at long last, have a cricket side!LEG3Down22 WickedEVIL4Down22 Opposite of peaceWAR3Down22 Gambling placeCASINO6Down23 A better team than Villa?PALACE6Down23 SturdyROBUST6Down24 EgressEXIT4Down24 No phony earl, it's trueREAL4Down24 SpiritSOUL4Down25 SportTENNIS6Down25 Not quite prim, and a bit fussy?PRISSY6Down25 Fish on board?SKATE5Down26 LariatLASSO5Down26 LoathingHATING6Down26 Between a couple, the tango is very importantVITAL5Down27 Friendless personLONER5Down27 Chart useful in semaphoreMAP3Down28 SmallLITTLE6Down28 NumberTEN3Down28 Breathing organLUNG4Down30 Musical number with very little going for itSONG4Down30 ManagedRAN3Down30 DepartedLEFT4Down33 LoutOAF3Down36 PoemODE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 11, 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.