Evening Standard Crossword December 19 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 19 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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Enquired53 AcrossReveal answer → While gaining ground previously99 AcrossReveal answer → Astounded69 AcrossReveal answer → Drug used to treat asthma99 AcrossReveal answer → Type of tree910 AcrossReveal answer → Sick610 AcrossReveal answer → Before Eve came along Adam was liable to err910 AcrossReveal answer → Cost511 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher412 AcrossReveal answer → Will a great many houses be built on them?412 AcrossReveal answer → Excellent412 AcrossReveal answer → To satisfy, get a permanent home613 AcrossReveal answer → Placard613 AcrossReveal answer → It's black with a silver background714 AcrossReveal answer → Radioactive substance714 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant415 AcrossReveal answer → Native Australian915 AcrossReveal answer → Lecture about how birds preen themselves915 AcrossReveal answer → Relieved of anxieties917 AcrossReveal answer → Guard717 AcrossReveal answer → How one goes to surpass by outnumbering a little?917 AcrossReveal answer → The first few are horrid718 AcrossReveal answer → Biggest718 AcrossReveal answer → Person who represents another619 AcrossReveal answer → Sell again at the end619 AcrossReveal answer → Child320 AcrossReveal answer → Dried sore420 AcrossReveal answer → The story is good, set in the city420 AcrossReveal answer → Domesticated521 AcrossReveal answer → Plan of travel923 AcrossReveal answer → No longer blue, having made a lot of money923 AcrossReveal answer → Diplomacy423 AcrossReveal answer → By autumn, most of their leaves have gone925 AcrossReveal answer → In a friendly manner925 AcrossReveal answer → Temper425 AcrossReveal answer → Settles in a foreign country426 AcrossReveal answer → Aromatic herb426 AcrossReveal answer → Flutter526 AcrossReveal answer → Restaurant worker627 AcrossReveal answer → Was changing the bandage627 AcrossReveal answer → Stray328 AcrossReveal answer → Add "Inside there's a bird bone"729 AcrossReveal answer → Indications of danger729 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone730 AcrossReveal answer → Stable worker932 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable expression for the sergeant major giving an order?932 AcrossReveal answer → Soon433 AcrossReveal answer → Boastfulness934 AcrossReveal answer → Very well, better it, chum!934 AcrossReveal answer → Baseball fielder735 AcrossReveal answer → Beside a bar out East735 AcrossReveal answer → Declare435 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere536 AcrossReveal answer → Mammal of northern seas636 AcrossReveal answer → Continue slowly and boringly --- it's monstrous!636 AcrossReveal answer → Surety437 AcrossReveal answer → A big name in astronomy?437 AcrossReveal answer → Tenant638 AcrossReveal answer → Capacity to endure938 AcrossReveal answer → Teas for three at the tea dance?938 AcrossReveal answer → Preparedness939 AcrossReveal answer → Bureau639 AcrossReveal answer → They keep servants939 AcrossReveal answer → Inclined540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Gave all the information to while one dealt with the forms81 DownReveal answer → Sphere of minced beef81 DownReveal answer → Rescued51 DownReveal answer → American nightjar122 DownReveal answer → By which the bowler's baby arrived with no complications?122 DownReveal answer → Principal52 DownReveal answer → Person with two spouses83 DownReveal answer → Mount up and trot after the animal83 DownReveal answer → Serpent33 DownReveal answer → Spiritualists' meeting64 DownReveal answer → Be taking on a number only to get vanquished64 DownReveal answer → Severe64 DownReveal answer → Every45 DownReveal answer → Hard sweet85 DownReveal answer → Is revealed when one makes one's exit85 DownReveal answer → Expire36 DownReveal answer → A refutation issued from home?106 DownReveal answer → Patron106 DownReveal answer → Number57 DownReveal answer → The cleaner the better half will hire77 DownReveal answer → Opposed to77 DownReveal answer → Heron58 DownReveal answer → Shipwrecked and icy cold108 DownReveal answer → Amazingly108 DownReveal answer → I came in very damp511 DownReveal answer → Go in511 DownReveal answer → Occidental713 DownReveal answer → Attain514 DownReveal answer → Pardon716 DownReveal answer → Wild goats616 DownReveal answer → Pries up with metal objects616 DownReveal answer → Relaxed518 DownReveal answer → Knock up as usual319 DownReveal answer → Border319 DownReveal answer → Period of time319 DownReveal answer → Not much to look at, the fool, and he's not in uniform1221 DownReveal answer → Cooperated as traitor1221 DownReveal answer → Doctrine522 DownReveal answer → Where oxygen is taken, or absorbed622 DownReveal answer → Installation in sea622 DownReveal answer → Coarse1023 DownReveal answer → Suitable accompaniment for a spring meal?1023 DownReveal answer → Early morning rush1024 DownReveal answer → Pull324 DownReveal answer → Greenish-blue colour1024 DownReveal answer → Those waiting to hear a signal325 DownReveal answer → Demure325 DownReveal answer → Tape627 DownReveal answer → Premature528 DownReveal answer → Trailing plant828 DownReveal answer → It's best to hide, anyhow, when coming in terribly late828 DownReveal answer → Stays to have a meal and drinks after829 DownReveal answer → Waken529 DownReveal answer → Court of justice829 DownReveal answer → Spring roses in a bunch for the dignitary's wife830 DownReveal answer → Small telescope830 DownReveal answer → Egg-shaped531 DownReveal answer → Affix a note to the case731 DownReveal answer → Collection of fruit trees731 DownReveal answer → Parched532 DownReveal answer → Indispensable533 DownReveal answer → Put the dog-end out, dear girl533 DownReveal answer → Helps one in and seats are provided634 DownReveal answer → Nylon fabric fastening634 DownReveal answer → Mirth434 DownReveal answer → Solidify336 DownReveal answer → Newt337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 19, 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.