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Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
PokePROD4Across1 Long step or paceSTRIDE6Across4 MatRUG3Across4 Ultimately very loud refusalREBUFF6Across4 StuffCRAM4Across6 Not much to pay to prowl around on the rinkLOWPRICE8Across7 Set of lettersALPHABET8Across7 QuantityAMOUNT6Across8 Capital letters for a feverish complaintPRAGUE6Across8 RecordLOG3Across9 Coil, spinTWIST5Across10 Ascend note by note?SCALE5Across10 SixfoldSEXTUPLE8Across10 ReviseEDIT4Across11 TotDRAM4Across13 An act defended heartlesslyDEED4Across13 LocateSITE4Across14 Goodbye, twins!TATA4Across14 FriendPAL3Across14 StinkREEK4Across15 Wherein, sheepishly, to give up playing cards?FOLD4Across15 MineralORE3Across16 Name one twiceIAN3Across16 CommandORDER5Across16 Castor is a heavenly oneTWIN4Across17 Man's nameERIC4Across17 Slippery fishesEELS4Across19 StrivedCOMPETED8Across19 Reason to ring?CALL4Across19 Run off hastilySKEDADDLE9Across21 Marble building with government offices?WHITEHALL9Across21 SpreeREVEL5Across21 BeatenDEFEATED8Across23 ReposeREST4Across23 The point at the timeTHEN4Across23 RoostPERCH5Across24 Opposite of badGOOD4Across24 Look there's an opening for an egghead!GAPE4Across24 Morning moistureDEW3Across26 Furthermore comes to nothingTOO3Across26 The ultramarine part is `ielectric^iTRAM4Across27 ColourRED3Across27 SoonANON4Across27 Uncommunicative creature?CLAM4Across29 FlatEVEN4Across29 SilentMUTE4Across31 Have the idea the price is a quidFEEL4Across32 Big catLION4Across32 Cheap fish?SKATE5Across33 ImpertinenceAUDACITY8Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 To be safe, check out the dogSECURE6Across34 RabbitDOE3Across34 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across34 Find something compact ~n excessively!DISCOVER8Across35 RetainKEEP4Across35 Strap worn in a carSEATBELT8Across35 Nobby typesNOBLES6Across36 CounterBAR3Across36 Cut a toothTEETHE6Across36 SoilDIRT4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StopsHALTS5Down1 How to say dammit when you've got the wind upBLAST5Down1 CleaveSPLIT5Down2 Personal issue of saline solutionSWEAT5Down2 SmellREEK4Down2 Boat of logsRAFT4Down3 At liberty to make no chargeFREE4Down3 ObligationDUTY4Down3 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down4 ReiteratedREPEATED8Down4 Dance round the piano, then drive offREPEL5Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 SpaceROOM4Down5 Pitt the very much younger?BRAD4Down5 TransparentCLEAR5Down6 People who give bloodDONORS6Down6 Economical fur, perhaps, for the girlFRUGAL6Down6 WandROD3Down7 NimbleAGILE5Down8 Manage with limited meansMAKEDO6Down9 Padre upset about Charlie being Military PoliceREDCAP6Down9 Mechanical part of a bridge?CAM3Down11 ToupeeWIG3Down11 Machine able to provide endless health?LATHE5Down12 FragmentSCRAP5Down12 SearchesSEEKS5Down12 DaubSMEAR5Down13 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Down13 A golden part of Ireland?DONEGAL7Down13 ThroughPER3Down14 PriseLEVER5Down15 FreeRID3Down15 In the south of Italy, it's perfectly properFIT3Down15 Spanish cryOLE3Down16 In poor health, the Italian leftILL3Down16 DemiseDEATH5Down17 NoisyROWDY5Down18 It's not every season that brings some new interestWINTER6Down18 Keep hold ofRETAIN6Down18 SeniorELDER5Down20 Smart version of the nameALECK5Down20 GuardDEFENDER8Down20 StitchSEW3Down21 Question of world interest?WHO3Down21 Mafia bossDON3Down22 GuidedLED3Down22 Performer a bit near the bone?HAM3Down22 ResuscitateREVIVE6Down23 Guided excessively around townTOLEDO6Down23 JewelGEM3Down25 OozeEXUDE5Down25 Show a consuming interest in thingsEAT3Down25 CrawlCREEP5Down26 Hangman's halterNOOSE5Down28 MeatLAMB4Down28 Reads, we hear, the instrumental partsREEDS5Down28 TartACID4Down29 Female foxVIXEN5Down30 AgitateSTIR4Down30 Grub said to come up hot!LARVA5Down30 Like Andrew, happy as LarryMERRY5Down31 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down31 Foot-digitTOE3Down32 PlunderLOOT4Down32 To us, it can be useful for keeping goingFUEL4Down32 Something striking to wear?SOCK4Down33 Meat pastePATE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 16, 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.