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Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 20 2025 answers. The Saturday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
A change of rodSWITCH6Across1 Yearly recordsANNALS6Across1 Bird-houseAVIARY6Across1 DefeatBEAT4Across5 Due to crimes, one gets away to a change of sceneOFFENCES8Across7 AlwaysEVERMORE8Across7 A `ilaid back^i sort of face?DIAL4Across8 ChallengeDARE4Across8 HeapedPILED5Across8 FreeRID3Across9 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across10 Maybe historic pincer movementPRINCE6Across10 FaceDIAL4Across10 Jungle expeditionSAFARI6Across11 She's where the boats areMARINA6Across11 ExistenceLIFE4Across11 RestrictLIMIT5Across12 CupboardLOCKER6Across13 AcquireGET3Across14 A gross denial!NET3Across14 LakeMERE4Across16 Easy one for film fans?RIDER5Across16 Italian cityTURIN5Across16 Fish typeBASS4Across17 Regretted putting a plant at the end of the bedRUED4Across17 HugeVAST4Across18 Music man at a partyRONDO5Across19 Meat in rashersBACON5Across19 FinishEND3Across20 Residential hotel for some, possiblyHOMES5Across21 SucroseSUGAR5Across21 VehicleVAN3Across22 Lamp spiritGENIE5Across22 Inert gasRADON5Across22 Special study of a new roleLORE4Across23 MooseELK3Across23 PaceSTEP4Across23 TardyLATE4Across24 FormerlyONCE4Across25 Illegal burningARSON5Across26 Is he saving up to tour Reims?MISER5Across26 A lowMOO3Across28 InfuriateENRAGE6Across28 Swear to figure at the town centreVOW3Across28 CureREMEDY6Across29 Listed as having tied me in a knot!ITEMED6Across29 Restaurant workerWAITER6Across30 Strip and take a plunge, by the wayDIVEST6Across30 CogTOOTH5Across30 Dramatic weatherRAIN4Across31 This placeHERE4Across31 To deceive a chap, you need to be believableCONVINCE8Across32 Jewellery itemNECKLACE8Across32 DischargeEMIT4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 Deep ditch or furrowTRENCH6Across33 Initially went into garden with a massive tentWIGWAM6Across33 FreezeICE3Across34 IntendedMEANT5Across35 PipSEED4Across36 WrotePENNED6Across37

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
LightlyAIRILY6Down1 Part of speechADVERB6Down1 Something to eat before breakfastSUPPER6Down1 SubsidesABATES6Down2 Twisted a twin boyTWINED6Down2 ObsceneINDECENT8Down2 ProphetSEER4Down3 Hothead Leo gets in a jam!HOLE4Down3 SaveREDEEM6Down3 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 IndustryDILIGENCE9Down4 Payments possibly made to wardersREWARDS7Down4 Sharp enough to help out with creditACRID5Down5 Of the sunSOLAR5Down5 TrustBELIEVE7Down5 ReviseEDIT4Down6 He can look as good as goldOSCAR5Down6 Tree sapRESIN5Down6 PourTEEM4Down7 Have a meal with some eccentric friendsDINE4Down8 FriendPAL3Down8 LodgingsDIGS4Down8 DecomposeROT3Down9 Play more than a sceneACT3Down9 MerrimentFUN3Down12 The right number in BrazilRIO3Down12 Wash outRINSE5Down13 No encouragement from lady Guinevere!NEVER5Down13 DisgustingREVOLTING9Down14 TruckWAGON5Down15 EnquireASK3Down15 Can be read with a bit of a smile during concert piecesCOMIC5Down15 ManagedRAN3Down17 CognizantAWARE5Down18 Left more or less in the darkUNLIT5Down18 In outer Coventry, he's accepted as a friendRON3Down19 Unopened flowerBUD3Down19 DogALSATIAN8Down19 Originally named part of Nine ElmsNEE3Down20 ContainerCAN3Down20 ConsumeEAT3Down20 In this case, a complaint by a non-believerHERETIC7Down21 Light shoesSANDALS7Down21 DedicatedDEVOTED7Down21 Motherless girl, and a treasureGEM3Down22 Fish eggsROE3Down22 Private evening partySOIREE6Down23 Very fond of wine in the woodLOVING6Down23 Nominally, he guides one out WestOWEN4Down24 CarryTOTE4Down24 Meets up with an Egyptian leader in high regardESTEEM6Down25 DiePERISH6Down25 UndertakeENGAGE6Down26 StadiumARENA5Down26 Cut up words, perhaps?MINCE5Down26 GuardDEFEND6Down27 SlapSMACK5Down27 River ~n a German one in the southeastSEINE5Down27 Six to one it's a Roman road!VIA3Down28 Girl's nameMAE3Down28 MuddleMESS4Down29 Obtained part of a promised rewardDREW4Down30 PeriodTIME4Down30 SharpenWHET4Down30 HeatedHOT3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, December 20, 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.