Evening Standard Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 17 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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Wide53 AcrossReveal answer → Parts of the Far East53 AcrossReveal answer → Fire54 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous67 AcrossReveal answer → Flashy perhaps, but maybe of mechanical efficiency58 AcrossReveal answer → Truncheon58 AcrossReveal answer → By way of39 AcrossReveal answer → Lever310 AcrossReveal answer → Hut510 AcrossReveal answer → Looking back, one finds sweetness in asparagus510 AcrossReveal answer → An exclamation of scorn?311 AcrossReveal answer → Weapon311 AcrossReveal answer → The dramatic bits512 AcrossReveal answer → Coach512 AcrossReveal answer → Player's first game512 AcrossReveal answer → Expensive413 AcrossReveal answer → Talk on the phone of an item of property713 AcrossReveal answer → Formal discussions713 AcrossReveal answer → Sharp sort of bill for a bird515 AcrossReveal answer → Deserve515 AcrossReveal answer → Measure515 AcrossReveal answer → Mob617 AcrossReveal answer → Organised athletic activity?318 AcrossReveal answer → Domestic fuel318 AcrossReveal answer → A handy thing to eat!619 AcrossReveal answer → Pull419 AcrossReveal answer → Make smaller or less619 AcrossReveal answer → Proportion520 AcrossReveal answer → Hold, consist of721 AcrossReveal answer → The senior officer spoils Henry721 AcrossReveal answer → Cereal plant422 AcrossReveal answer → Such a pigeon comes down to earth422 AcrossReveal answer → Sprite322 AcrossReveal answer → In favour of quiet support423 AcrossReveal answer → Office note423 AcrossReveal answer → Walks like an infant724 AcrossReveal answer → Swung724 AcrossReveal answer → Able to shift the blame, perhaps, about Oscar and Victor724 AcrossReveal answer → Not in tune626 AcrossReveal answer → The state Reg is in626 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage327 AcrossReveal answer → Passage528 AcrossReveal answer → Cover329 AcrossReveal answer → Her aim is awful!329 AcrossReveal answer → Tried to exercise when fatigued531 AcrossReveal answer → Helicopter blade531 AcrossReveal answer → Applaud431 AcrossReveal answer → In Surrey, it's plenty good!732 AcrossReveal answer → Goes to bed732 AcrossReveal answer → Formality633 AcrossReveal answer → Star sign534 AcrossReveal answer → Pipes best bent round a curve534 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel rendering pointless335 AcrossReveal answer → Popular pet335 AcrossReveal answer → Subsequently535 AcrossReveal answer → The spirit of Goole?536 AcrossReveal answer → Bowed stringed instrument536 AcrossReveal answer → Here, as at Bognor, a little chap lives537 AcrossReveal answer → Christmas show537 AcrossReveal answer → Cupid437 AcrossReveal answer → Ease538 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant smell538 AcrossReveal answer → Taking only shaky steps can be a nuisance538 AcrossReveal answer → Lair339 AcrossReveal answer → Sick341 AcrossReveal answer → Aviator642 AcrossReveal answer → Boulder543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Coffee can put a hotheaded in a coma!51 DownReveal answer → Ring-shaped roll51 DownReveal answer → Vibrate61 DownReveal answer → Show the direction to Ayr, possibly?72 DownReveal answer → Nine-sided figure72 DownReveal answer → Leave62 DownReveal answer → Massage33 DownReveal answer → Regrets44 DownReveal answer → Location44 DownReveal answer → Part of Montreal associated with Madrid44 DownReveal answer → Harass55 DownReveal answer → Insight65 DownReveal answer → Does every star have such a body?65 DownReveal answer → Eastern86 DownReveal answer → Poles touring the States with a girl56 DownReveal answer → Unfashionable56 DownReveal answer → No bare-headed bird, it would seem57 DownReveal answer → Imitate57 DownReveal answer → Meat48 DownReveal answer → Container39 DownReveal answer → A snake around grandma's neck?39 DownReveal answer → Demoted911 DownReveal answer → Where to stay for pay712 DownReveal answer → Ruin712 DownReveal answer → Shade of brown314 DownReveal answer → Attack414 DownReveal answer → Jack's mystic art314 DownReveal answer → Inform416 DownReveal answer → Old country with aviation centre516 DownReveal answer → Governs516 DownReveal answer → Swindles are obviously not on the level517 DownReveal answer → Male voice517 DownReveal answer → Vessel418 DownReveal answer → A sham BA going around the islands719 DownReveal answer → Conundrums719 DownReveal answer → With love in his heart, jock will move fast520 DownReveal answer → Thespian520 DownReveal answer → Scholarly mother?521 DownReveal answer → Rich821 DownReveal answer → Skilled trade521 DownReveal answer → Dread423 DownReveal answer → Health check723 DownReveal answer → Soft material used by platers723 DownReveal answer → Working part, or a stubborn fellow out to do wrong624 DownReveal answer → Great fear624 DownReveal answer → Lodge425 DownReveal answer → It's great, partnering Amy in crime!325 DownReveal answer → Illuminated325 DownReveal answer → Cubes426 DownReveal answer → A blow for justice527 DownReveal answer → Anteroom527 DownReveal answer → Morning dress?528 DownReveal answer → A marsupial528 DownReveal answer → Shellfish629 DownReveal answer → Relaxing630 DownReveal answer → Landing pier530 DownReveal answer → Person heard stealin'?530 DownReveal answer → Ordinary532 DownReveal answer → He's familiar with a Schubert piece432 DownReveal answer → Quantity of paper432 DownReveal answer → Hold in warm affection333 DownReveal answer → Managed333 DownReveal answer → Region434 DownReveal answer → Spindle436 DownReveal answer → Pinch340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 17, 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.