Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 124 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 15 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer

Short61 AcrossReveal answer → Fold or wrinkle61 AcrossReveal answer → Where there's visible direction to the hotel61 AcrossReveal answer → Hymn-book65 AcrossReveal answer → It comes down to use in a letter from a secluded retreat87 AcrossReveal answer → Food of the gods87 AcrossReveal answer → Initiated88 AcrossReveal answer → A stiffener? You can get one at the Boar's Head48 AcrossReveal answer → Rends48 AcrossReveal answer → Appear49 AcrossReveal answer → Maintain that gripping pose!610 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey310 AcrossReveal answer → Small cupboard610 AcrossReveal answer → Dad's wrong to take one to court!611 AcrossReveal answer → Picture house611 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse512 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name314 AcrossReveal answer → Something fishy in the election314 AcrossReveal answer → Droop315 AcrossReveal answer → Decides where to draw the line?516 AcrossReveal answer → Carries516 AcrossReveal answer → Girl417 AcrossReveal answer → Trots, imaginably417 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage317 AcrossReveal answer → Fish318 AcrossReveal answer → Bet519 AcrossReveal answer → Managed to catch a fellow519 AcrossReveal answer → Spring319 AcrossReveal answer → Heathen520 AcrossReveal answer → Form a layer over521 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch321 AcrossReveal answer → Strengthened in a polished way?521 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden peg522 AcrossReveal answer → One gets in the bath, perhaps, as a regular thing522 AcrossReveal answer → Golf-peg322 AcrossReveal answer → It's tall, like some Christmas trees423 AcrossReveal answer → Merge423 AcrossReveal answer → Mouthful323 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten324 AcrossReveal answer → Shoulder no responsibility?526 AcrossReveal answer → Theme526 AcrossReveal answer → Dullard526 AcrossReveal answer → Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick328 AcrossReveal answer → Number328 AcrossReveal answer → Makes up for having no seat, maybe629 AcrossReveal answer → American state629 AcrossReveal answer → Brown329 AcrossReveal answer → Girl out of breath?630 AcrossReveal answer → Silvery-white element630 AcrossReveal answer → That German's back again431 AcrossReveal answer → Owl's cry431 AcrossReveal answer → Comes out right, nowadays, for one's associates832 AcrossReveal answer → Make empty832 AcrossReveal answer → When Dan and Sal get together, there's something afoot633 AcrossReveal answer → Couple433 AcrossReveal answer → Deathly633 AcrossReveal answer → Undiplomatic834 AcrossReveal answer → Decay635 AcrossReveal answer → Badge636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Call off61 DownReveal answer → Where to come when you make a hit with the girl61 DownReveal answer → Grade52 DownReveal answer → Comes about62 DownReveal answer → Greek island hordes overturned62 DownReveal answer → Circle43 DownReveal answer → Compass point43 DownReveal answer → Put an edge on things at Southend in the rain43 DownReveal answer → Referee74 DownReveal answer → Matching a nice colour74 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic54 DownReveal answer → So far55 DownReveal answer → Hell55 DownReveal answer → A growing boy55 DownReveal answer → Masculine46 DownReveal answer → Spanish snacks56 DownReveal answer → Achievements such as arranging a feast56 DownReveal answer → Fragrance57 DownReveal answer → Suffered in troubled times48 DownReveal answer → Steals from48 DownReveal answer → There's nothing in turning fifty39 DownReveal answer → Female swan39 DownReveal answer → Advantage510 DownReveal answer → Condition511 DownReveal answer → And not312 DownReveal answer → It's no good backing a loser!312 DownReveal answer → Yawned512 DownReveal answer → Has in mind513 DownReveal answer → Little money for fresh scent513 DownReveal answer → Harmonium513 DownReveal answer → Feeling514 DownReveal answer → To figures in ancient Rome, possibly lethal515 DownReveal answer → Auctioneer's hammer515 DownReveal answer → Slumbered515 DownReveal answer → Verdant516 DownReveal answer → Too young, really, to be a fat lady518 DownReveal answer → Detest, despise518 DownReveal answer → Impress greatly319 DownReveal answer → Transport bureau?319 DownReveal answer → Not all ripe tomatoes are sweet320 DownReveal answer → Congeal320 DownReveal answer → Carry on a conflict over pay?721 DownReveal answer → Fairground prize721 DownReveal answer → Historic barbarian ~n a hard-headed French one322 DownReveal answer → Use a spade322 DownReveal answer → Sand-boy?623 DownReveal answer → Hat type623 DownReveal answer → A voice of regal tone424 DownReveal answer → Single entity424 DownReveal answer → Angry525 DownReveal answer → Go, vacillating varlet!625 DownReveal answer → Bad blood625 DownReveal answer → Cheeky, say, about a bit of luck526 DownReveal answer → Turret526 DownReveal answer → Speak527 DownReveal answer → Like hotel accommodation?527 DownReveal answer → Of the foot527 DownReveal answer → Store528 DownReveal answer → Point out one key as favourite328 DownReveal answer → Overly328 DownReveal answer → Might the manager be thus eyed?430 DownReveal answer → Passage530 DownReveal answer → Cast off430 DownReveal answer → Courage431 DownReveal answer → Block432 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 15, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.