Evening Standard Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 16 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

Poke41 AcrossReveal answer → Long step or pace64 AcrossReveal answer → Mat34 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimately very loud refusal64 AcrossReveal answer → Stuff46 AcrossReveal answer → Not much to pay to prowl around on the rink87 AcrossReveal answer → Set of letters87 AcrossReveal answer → Quantity68 AcrossReveal answer → Capital letters for a feverish complaint68 AcrossReveal answer → Record39 AcrossReveal answer → Coil, spin510 AcrossReveal answer → Ascend note by note?510 AcrossReveal answer → Sixfold810 AcrossReveal answer → Revise411 AcrossReveal answer → Tot413 AcrossReveal answer → An act defended heartlessly413 AcrossReveal answer → Locate414 AcrossReveal answer → Goodbye, twins!414 AcrossReveal answer → Friend314 AcrossReveal answer → Stink415 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein, sheepishly, to give up playing cards?415 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral316 AcrossReveal answer → Name one twice316 AcrossReveal answer → Command516 AcrossReveal answer → Castor is a heavenly one417 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name417 AcrossReveal answer → Slippery fishes419 AcrossReveal answer → Strived819 AcrossReveal answer → Reason to ring?419 AcrossReveal answer → Run off hastily921 AcrossReveal answer → Marble building with government offices?921 AcrossReveal answer → Spree521 AcrossReveal answer → Beaten823 AcrossReveal answer → Repose423 AcrossReveal answer → The point at the time423 AcrossReveal answer → Roost524 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of bad424 AcrossReveal answer → Look there's an opening for an egghead!424 AcrossReveal answer → Morning moisture326 AcrossReveal answer → Furthermore comes to nothing326 AcrossReveal answer → The ultramarine part is `ielectric^i427 AcrossReveal answer → Colour327 AcrossReveal answer → Soon427 AcrossReveal answer → Uncommunicative creature?429 AcrossReveal answer → Flat429 AcrossReveal answer → Silent431 AcrossReveal answer → Have the idea the price is a quid432 AcrossReveal answer → Big cat432 AcrossReveal answer → Cheap fish?533 AcrossReveal answer → Impertinence833 AcrossReveal answer → First-rate533 AcrossReveal answer → To be safe, check out the dog634 AcrossReveal answer → Rabbit334 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese garment634 AcrossReveal answer → Find something compact ~n excessively!835 AcrossReveal answer → Retain435 AcrossReveal answer → Strap worn in a car835 AcrossReveal answer → Nobby types636 AcrossReveal answer → Counter336 AcrossReveal answer → Cut a tooth636 AcrossReveal answer → Soil437 AcrossReveal answer →

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Stops51 DownReveal answer → How to say dammit when you've got the wind up51 DownReveal answer → Cleave52 DownReveal answer → Personal issue of saline solution52 DownReveal answer → Smell42 DownReveal answer → Boat of logs43 DownReveal answer → At liberty to make no charge43 DownReveal answer → Obligation43 DownReveal answer → Gaze fixedly54 DownReveal answer → Reiterated84 DownReveal answer → Dance round the piano, then drive off54 DownReveal answer → Increased45 DownReveal answer → Space45 DownReveal answer → Pitt the very much younger?45 DownReveal answer → Transparent56 DownReveal answer → People who give blood66 DownReveal answer → Economical fur, perhaps, for the girl66 DownReveal answer → Wand37 DownReveal answer → Nimble58 DownReveal answer → Manage with limited means69 DownReveal answer → Padre upset about Charlie being Military Police69 DownReveal answer → Mechanical part of a bridge?311 DownReveal answer → Toupee311 DownReveal answer → Machine able to provide endless health?512 DownReveal answer → Fragment512 DownReveal answer → Searches512 DownReveal answer → Daub513 DownReveal answer → Ten-sided figure713 DownReveal answer → A golden part of Ireland?713 DownReveal answer → Through314 DownReveal answer → Prise515 DownReveal answer → Free315 DownReveal answer → In the south of Italy, it's perfectly proper315 DownReveal answer → Spanish cry316 DownReveal answer → In poor health, the Italian left316 DownReveal answer → Demise517 DownReveal answer → Noisy518 DownReveal answer → It's not every season that brings some new interest618 DownReveal answer → Keep hold of618 DownReveal answer → Senior520 DownReveal answer → Smart version of the name520 DownReveal answer → Guard820 DownReveal answer → Stitch321 DownReveal answer → Question of world interest?321 DownReveal answer → Mafia boss322 DownReveal answer → Guided322 DownReveal answer → Performer a bit near the bone?322 DownReveal answer → Resuscitate623 DownReveal answer → Guided excessively around town623 DownReveal answer → Jewel325 DownReveal answer → Ooze525 DownReveal answer → Show a consuming interest in things325 DownReveal answer → Crawl526 DownReveal answer → Hangman's halter528 DownReveal answer → Meat428 DownReveal answer → Reads, we hear, the instrumental parts528 DownReveal answer → Tart429 DownReveal answer → Female fox530 DownReveal answer → Agitate430 DownReveal answer → Grub said to come up hot!530 DownReveal answer → Like Andrew, happy as Larry531 DownReveal answer → Amphibians531 DownReveal answer → Foot-digit332 DownReveal answer → Plunder432 DownReveal answer → To us, it can be useful for keeping going432 DownReveal answer → Something striking to wear?433 DownReveal answer → Meat paste433 DownReveal answer →

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