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Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 2 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 126 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#
RigidSTIFF5Across1 Cast down with a single blowABASH5Across1 ExteriorOUTER5Across2 Many a German has a maximMOTTO5Across6 Rugby formationSCRUM5Across6 CreaseFOLD4Across7 BumpyUNEVEN6Across8 DullardDUNCE5Across9 Exact copyREPLICA7Across9 Brown character? Just!WILLIAM7Across9 WideBROAD5Across10 It's vegetable, but may have fur on itFRUIT5Across10 BeakerCUP3Across11 A nasty smear can spoil the paperREAMS5Across11 Stay clear ofAVOID5Across11 Roman said to be deadLATIN5Across12 HackneyedTRITE5Across12 PointAIM3Across13 GruesomeMACABRE7Across13 Arrested, having stolenPINCHED7Across13 EncounteredMET3Across15 House at Beach head, a warm placeHOB3Across15 ExcludeOMIT4Across15 UntruthLIE3Across16 Plant typeIRIS4Across17 Is she able to heal?LEAH4Across17 An opening wordSESAME6Across18 Reach a decisionDECIDE6Across18 UnfastenUNDO4Across18 Those which some of the wise can be sat onSEATS5Across19 HermitRECLUSE7Across19 SeniorELDER5Across19 OilyGREASY6Across20 Make something out of nothingCREATE6Across20 AmphibianFROG4Across20 Singer eager to make a comeback?DIVA4Across22 Curved roofDOME4Across22 DischargeEMIT4Across22 CycloneTORNADO7Across23 Cocktail I had as a youngsterKID3Across24 Hearing organEAR3Across24 Train up to be a moralistPURITAN7Across25 Football officialREFEREE7Across25 RushREED4Across25 Light beerLAGER5Across26 A nosy informerSNOUT5Across26 FastenTIE3Across27 He aims for the heartCUPID5Across27 Soak in liquidSTEEP5Across27 Scared of gales?WINDY5Across28 Act of being bornBIRTH5Across28 Leg-jointKNEE4Across28 Rude tot badly educatedTUTORED7Across29 Grave, solemnSERIOUS7Across29 A natural restorativeSLEEP5Across30 Financial liabilitiesDEBTS5Across30 InsaneMAD3Across30 Cut off physicallySEVER5Across31 The violin part, is seems, is bell-likeBELLY5Across31 FinishEND3Across31 MaterialNYLON5Across33 DiscussionDEBATE6Across36 ResponsibilityONUS4Across37 BetWAGER5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Market-placeFORUM5Down1 Hard deposit on teethTARTAR6Down2 UnusualODD3Down2 A success, despite being below parBIRDIE6Down2 Change, and be impatient to be on the waySWITCH6Down3 CanTIN3Down3 Noisy quarrelFRACAS6Down3 RegretRUE3Down4 A Whitehall success?HIT3Down4 Gave food toFED3Down4 MarriedWED3Down5 Be a beggar in court?PLEAD5Down5 Distress signalFLARE5Down5 FoulFETID5Down6 Credulous servicemen?MARINES7Down6 DisperseSCATTER7Down6 Underground hollowCAVE4Down7 Sign on order two waysOMEN4Down7 UnifiedUNITED6Down8 Boy repeatedly beatenTOMTOM6Down8 FashionableCHIC4Down10 RatifyCONFIRM7Down11 FlewPILOTED7Down12 Indeed, reallyTRULY5Down12 Morning reception on the Embankment?LEVEE5Down12 FlowerANEMONE7Down13 The courage to keep harping?PLUCK5Down13 Gnat-like insectMIDGE5Down13 DappledMOTTLED7Down14 Alcoholic drinkCIDER5Down14 Called the wrong man `iEd^iNAMED5Down14 That of regular riding?HABIT5Down15 LesserMINOR5Down15 Originated, for instance, during ProhibitionBEGAN5Down16 Native American tentTEPEE5Down16 InclinedLEANT5Down16 EscapeELUDE5Down17 EmployUSE3Down18 Walk confidently, showing unusual trustSTRUT5Down18 DiscourageDETER5Down18 Gets awayESCAPES7Down19 The sort of comedy to bear inspectionSTANDUP7Down19 DeityGOD3Down21 Baby's toyRATTLE6Down21 Formal `iabout turn^i in a flawed trialRITUAL6Down21 Failure, terminationDEMISE6Down22 It's great in the Rocky Mountains!DIVIDE6Down22 Courage, spiritMETTLE6Down23 Criminal figure at London museumVANDAL6Down23 LightAIRY4Down24 Ancient artefactRELIC5Down25 Don, let's assumePUTON5Down25 KeenEAGER5Down26 For fear thatLEST4Down26 Location of `i28 Down^i?SITE4Down26 We finish the job with a trap (computerised?)WEB3Down28 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down28 FollowENSUE5Down29 TankVAT3Down32 NovelNEW3Down33 HeaveLUG3Down34 And notNOR3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 2, 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.