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Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 12 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
BroomBESOM5Across2 LoatheHATE4Across7 CharmALLURE6Across8 Amusing storyANECDOTE8Across9 Be peeved when the eels are put in the vanFEELSORE8Across9 LeafletTRACT5Across9 Would you be sorry to find it in your garden?RUE3Across10 Term of respectSIR3Across10 DogCUR3Across11 The cockney was sick and the weather was wintryHAILED6Across11 ValuesIDEALS6Across11 Marks it "Collectors' items"STAMPS6Across12 Show-offPOSEUR6Across12 CrowdMOB3Across13 What started the fire at sea?LIGHTER7Across13 FruitRHUBARB7Across13 Puts the phonetic pronunciation of "idle"LAYS4Across14 GemstoneONYX4Across14 StaggerREEL4Across15 Be patient and share my burdenBEARWITHME10Across15 CowardSCAREDYCAT10Across15 SeedPIP3Across16 StorytellerNARRATOR8Across17 All, I bet, very worriedEVERYBIT8Across17 IdolHERO4Across18 Sharp knivesCARVERS7Across18 Toyed with or succumbed to the temptation to swindleFIDDLED7Across18 RegainRECOVER7Across19 BeancurdTOFU4Across19 On the roads does it cut in, half the time?TAXI4Across19 PrincipalARCH4Across20 Moves in with the chest, taking a little time offINCHES6Across21 Gave a speechORATED6Across21 GapRIFT4Across22 EncourageHEARTEN7Across23 George Eliot novelTHEMILLONTHEFLOSS17Across24 Came up to scratch as a roundsman?DELIVEREDTHEGOODS17Across24 StoveOVEN4Across25 MysteriousARCANE6Across27 Drink after drinkCHASER6Across27 YouthLAD3Across27 GullTERN4Across28 Someone drawing rankTIER4Across29 RequireNEED4Across29 Came blithely in like a breath of fresh air?BREEZED7Across30 Top naval officerADMIRAL7Across30 FreeRID3Across30 DelvedDUG3Across31 MustySTALE5Across33 Unhappily, there's little in do-it-yourselfDISMALLY8Across33 HungerAPPETITE8Across33 To start with, regard as a dutyFIRSTWATCH10Across35 Mischievous Irish elfLEPRECHAUN10Across35 FigurineSTATUE6Across36 Drink and get firedSHOT4Across36 ThereforeERGO4Across36 EnvelopWRAP4Across37 Drank alcoholIMBIBED7Across37 Having putted round again, reached greater heightsTOWERED7Across37 CommunicateLIAISE6Across38 JamWEDGE5Across38 Yell desperately on being locked inside, desolateLONELY6Across38 Breakfast dishCEREAL6Across40 Show always to back a certain numberREVEAL6Across40 Body of waterSEA3Across41 In practice, Rod came round and wakened one upUSE3Across41 Busy periodRUSHHOUR8Across42 To put it briefly, not for the stupidCONDENSE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Light-heartedINSOUCIANT10Down1 ObscureVAGUE5Down1 A break for the others, full stopRESTPERIOD10Down1 Land measureACRE4Down2 WagerBET3Down2 The best tree in the orchardPLUM4Down2 PassageCORRIDOR8Down3 Plan to be used with the person I have broken withCONSPIRE8Down3 OceanSEA3Down3 RugMAT3Down4 Small craneDERRICK7Down4 Why so terribly late coming in? That's rich!WEALTHY7Down4 CunningSLY3Down5 Suddenly believe --- you will get out of the tunnel?SEETHELIGHT11Down5 BattleshipDREADNOUGHT11Down5 EarlierPRIOR5Down6 Grey predatorTIMBERWOLF10Down6 Cutting it down to the one word "fat"SHORTENING10Down6 Felt hatFEDORA6Down7 Put in the wrong place and lose?MISLAY6Down7 Large Scottish swordCLAYMORE8Down8 Gossamer thin? ExcellentVERYFINE8Down8 Scamp is unlike the others of his breedROGUE5Down10 FashionableCHIC4Down10 Sudden gush of liquidSPURT5Down10 MakerCREATOR7Down11 AttainedREACHED7Down12 DeservedMERITED7Down13 FleeingBOLTING7Down14 Mediterranean coastal regionRIVIERA7Down16 Annoys one day after day going through the questionsRIDDLES7Down16 GemPEARL5Down16 SatPOSED5Down17 Girl’sHER3Down18 Imperial weight measureOUNCE5Down20 Go off and leave you thoroughly confusedADDLE5Down20 ChickenHEN3Down21 From the new char poor Leo caught the diseaseCHOLERA7Down22 Put an end toABOLISH7Down22 Rotten in the role of the good-looking baddie?PRETTYAWFUL11Down23 Old weaponBLUNDERBUSS11Down23 AcidTART4Down24 Not qualifiedINELIGIBLE10Down25 How much is known about the mysterious miniature?VERYLITTLE10Down25 Surprised by there not being an address?SPEECHLESS10Down26 ViewVISTA5Down26 Extremely dignifiedSTATUESQUE10Down26 Witty remarkREPARTEE8Down28 Increase the number the bird is carryingHEIGHTEN8Down28 RusticRURAL5Down29 How good, but rather frightening, the story was?RATTLING8Down31 Formal combatantDUELLIST8Down31 Make for, having miscuedPRODUCE7Down32 ArachnidsSPIDERS7Down32 Pig-penSTY3Down32 StitchSEW3Down33 Ran away to marryELOPED6Down34 HelpAID3Down34 An affair that does have importanceMATTER6Down34 One of the services mightFORCE5Down35 Zodiac signLIBRA5Down35 SheepEWE3Down35 Want to return home, having the key to get inNEED4Down39 Dull painACHE4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 12, 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.