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Evening Standard Crossword December 13 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 13 2025 answers. The Saturday 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#
CrestRIDGE5Across2 Going out of turn, Peter can make a nameREPUTE6Across4 Get awayESCAPE6Across4 German shepherdALSATIAN8Across7 CutSEVER5Across7 Sort of value our 1p and 2p coins have?NUISANCE8Across7 Steal fruit from rotten curs and a politicianSCRUMP6Across8 Rank, sourRANCID6Across8 SeriesCHAIN5Across8 Eat with the best!CHAMP5Across10 EngineMOTOR5Across10 Large seaOCEAN5Across10 WatchEYE3Across12 Muck turning putrid, mostlyDIRT4Across13 HutCABIN5Across13 Intense emotionLOVE4Across13 Harsh grating noiseRASP4Across14 With a bit of luck, a drink and something to eatKALE4Across14 Foot partSOLE4Across15 ExhaustDEPLETE7Across15 Eat with EnidDINE4Across15 StandardPAR3Across16 Put off going on watch, possibly?FOB3Across16 Maori war danceHAKA4Across17 End of story, we're toldTAIL4Across17 ExhilaratedELATED6Across17 TankVAT3Across19 UnguisNAIL4Across19 There's very little or nothing in wearing a matATOM4Across19 DedicatedDEVOTED7Across20 Chinese gooseberryKIWIFRUIT9Across21 The teacher to deal with RA matters?ARTMASTER9Across21 Fizzy waterSODA4Across23 Did she carry on in ancient Egypt?CLEO4Across23 EarthSOIL4Across23 Be abundant due to a team change?TEEM4Across24 PeepersEYES4Across24 CeremonyRITE4Across25 AffirmativeYES3Across26 In being penniless, one has nothingNIL3Across26 CringedCOWERED7Across26 UncommonRARE4Across27 Encounter a gathering of huntersMEET4Across27 Extra cross!PLUS4Across29 Wild animal's resting placeLAIR4Across29 ObtainGET3Across30 DeathDEMISE6Across31 AppendsADDS4Across32 Watch your headMIND4Across32 In computing, an underhand beastMOUSE5Across33 NervyTENSE5Across33 Illustrate in rude picturesDEPICT6Across34 Funeral carHEARSE6Across34 EnumeratedRECITED7Across34 They have heady associations in minor circlesRINGLETS8Across35 SidewalkPAVEMENT8Across35 LeaveDEPART6Across36 Dad's shot at cooking?PASTRY6Across36 FamousNOTED5Across37 ResinLAC3Across38 GiverDONOR5Across39 ReimburseREPAY5Across40 LateTARDY5Across41 FlatLEVEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shaving implementRAZOR5Down1 Unfavourable criticism is always a blowKNOCK5Down1 LawfulLEGAL5Down1 DonkeysASSES5Down2 Can such diseases be put right into a little bottle?VIRAL5Down2 SendREMIT5Down2 Knock senselessSTUN4Down3 Though only 5 amp, maybe pretty steamyVAMP4Down3 PressedIRONED6Down3 RighteousGOOD4Down4 EnlistENROL5Down4 Like rosin, a treatment for reinsRESIN5Down4 HarbourSHELTER7Down5 Walking stickCANE4Down5 Said, perhaps, to be pronounced `iside^iPORT4Down5 ReverencePIETY5Down6 OriginalPRIMAL6Down6 As beaten by twin boys?TOMTOM6Down6 Rage, perhaps, as a designer may doCREATE6Down9 YesAYE3Down9 Street lined with treesAVENUE6Down9 RescindedREVOKED7Down11 A felineCAT3Down11 Al's partner in the meat businessHAL3Down11 GreenflyAPHID5Down12 Wrong term for a quarter mile!METRE5Down12 After hours, did get around and opened upDILATED7Down13 StopCEASE5Down13 IdlersLOAFERS7Down13 FundamentalBASIC5Down14 Not brilliant at figuresDIM3Down15 Snow runnerSKI3Down15 MinePIT3Down16 TapPAT3Down16 Because some effort is lackingFOR3Down16 Nuclear relative of `i19 Across^iATOMIC6Down18 ErasedDELETED7Down18 PrizesAWARDS6Down18 Time to compose a poem with perfect endingTEMPO5Down20 GangwayAISLE5Down20 Greek islandKOS3Down21 FigureDIGIT5Down21 Everything one left at the rail terminusALL3Down21 Whiskey grainRYE3Down22 EntertainedFETED5Down22 All equipped with TVSET3Down22 Where it could be nice for mum to just sit and watchCINEMA6Down23 TranquilSERENE6Down23 ReasonedLOGICAL7Down24 Belonging to himHIS3Down25 No car, but a start in businessBUS3Down25 DampWET3Down27 Thoroughly proficientADEPT5Down28 SignifyDENOTE6Down28 Batch of new recruits from Coventry?ENTRY5Down28 SkirmishMELEE5Down29 Entices to break the rulesLURES5Down30 EnrageANGER5Down30 Puts one's feet upRESTS5Down31 It's reasonably seen, you feelSENSE5Down31 Opera songARIA4Down32 EthicalMORAL5Down32 Plant in factory fresh conditionMINT4Down32 You can always get a drink out of them!MUGS4Down33 ShabbySEEDY5Down33 Elm, for exampleTREE4Down33 TopCAP3Down35 FinishedDONE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, December 13, 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.