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Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 15 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
ShortSCARCE6Across1 Fold or wrinkleCREASE6Across1 Where there's visible direction to the hotelHARROW6Across1 Hymn-bookHYMNAL6Across5 It comes down to use in a letter from a secluded retreatHERITAGE8Across7 Food of the godsAMBROSIA8Across7 InitiatedLAUNCHED8Across8 A stiffener? You can get one at the Boar's HeadBONE4Across8 RendsRIPS4Across8 AppearLOOK4Across9 Maintain that gripping pose!HOLDIT6Across10 DonkeyASS3Across10 Small cupboardCLOSET6Across10 Dad's wrong to take one to court!ADDICT6Across11 Picture houseCINEMA6Across11 CoarseGROSS5Across12 Boy's nameBEN3Across14 Something fishy in the electionEEL3Across14 DroopSAG3Across15 Decides where to draw the line?RULES5Across16 CarriesTOTES5Across16 GirlLASS4Across17 Trots, imaginablyREDS4Across17 BeverageTEA3Across17 FishEEL3Across18 BetWAGER5Across19 Managed to catch a fellowCOPED5Across19 SpringSPA3Across19 HeathenPAGAN5Across20 Form a layer overCOVER5Across21 StretchEKE3Across21 Strengthened in a polished way?WAXED5Across21 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across22 One gets in the bath, perhaps, as a regular thingHABIT5Across22 Golf-pegTEE3Across22 It's tall, like some Christmas treesMAST4Across23 MergeFUSE4Across23 MouthfulSIP3Across23 FastenTIE3Across24 Shoulder no responsibility?SHRUG5Across26 ThemeTOPIC5Across26 DullardDUNCE5Across26 Hopalong Cassidy's sidekickPAL3Across28 NumberTEN3Across28 Makes up for having no seat, maybeATONES6Across29 American stateOREGON6Across29 BrownTAN3Across29 Girl out of breath?BERTHA6Across30 Silvery-white elementSODIUM6Across30 That German's back againOTTO4Across31 Owl's cryHOOT4Across31 Comes out right, nowadays, for one's associatesCOMRADES8Across32 Make emptyEVACUATE8Across32 When Dan and Sal get together, there's something afootSANDAL6Across33 CouplePAIR4Across33 DeathlyDEADLY6Across33 UndiplomaticTACTLESS8Across34 DecayFESTER6Across35 BadgeEMBLEM6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Call offCANCEL6Down1 Where to come when you make a hit with the girlHITHER6Down1 GradeCLASS5Down2 Comes aboutARISES6Down2 Greek island hordes overturnedRHODES6Down2 CircleRING4Down3 Compass pointEAST4Down3 Put an edge on things at Southend in the rainWHET4Down3 RefereeARBITER7Down4 Matching a nice colourKINDRED7Down4 AnaestheticETHER5Down4 So farASYET5Down5 HellHADES5Down5 A growing boyBASIL5Down5 MasculineMALE4Down6 Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down6 Achievements such as arranging a feastFEATS5Down6 FragranceAROMA5Down7 Suffered in troubled timesBLED4Down8 Steals fromROBS4Down8 There's nothing in turning fiftyNIL3Down9 Female swanPEN3Down9 AdvantageASSET5Down10 ConditionSTATE5Down11 And notNOR3Down12 It's no good backing a loser!DUD3Down12 YawnedGAPED5Down12 Has in mindMEANS5Down13 Little money for fresh scentCENTS5Down13 HarmoniumORGAN5Down13 FeelingSENSE5Down14 To figures in ancient Rome, possibly lethalTOXIC5Down15 Auctioneer's hammerGAVEL5Down15 SlumberedSLEPT5Down15 VerdantGREEN5Down16 Too young, really, to be a fat ladyEIGHT5Down18 Detest, despiseABHOR5Down18 Impress greatlyWOW3Down19 Transport bureau?CAB3Down19 Not all ripe tomatoes are sweetPET3Down20 CongealGEL3Down20 Carry on a conflict over pay?WAGEWAR7Down21 Fairground prizeCOCONUT7Down21 Historic barbarian ~n a hard-headed French oneHUN3Down22 Use a spadeDIG3Down22 Sand-boy?MARTIN6Down23 Hat typeFEDORA6Down23 A voice of regal toneALTO4Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 AngryIRATE5Down25 Go, vacillating varlet!TRAVEL6Down25 Bad bloodENMITY6Down25 Cheeky, say, about a bit of luckSAUCY5Down26 TurretTOWER5Down26 SpeakUTTER5Down27 Like hotel accommodation?ROOMY5Down27 Of the footPEDAL5Down27 StoreCACHE5Down28 Point out one key as favouritePET3Down28 OverlyTOO3Down28 Might the manager be thus eyed?BOSS4Down30 PassageAISLE5Down30 Cast offSHED4Down30 CourageGRIT4Down31 BlockSLAB4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 15, 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.