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Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 130 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#
AvariceGREED5Across1 Woman's garmentBLOUSE6Across4 A general term for foreign partsABROAD6Across4 MethodSYSTEM6Across5 Impress enormously with cricket termsBOWLOVER8Across7 Snake typeANACONDA8Across7 Stretch tightSTRAIN6Across8 ElbowNUDGE5Across8 Hide - yet show!SCREEN6Across8 Like the shores of a thousand years agoSANDY5Across10 UniteUNIFY5Across10 SofaSETTEE6Across10 ParchedARID4Across11 Charged as damagedTORE4Across13 French cheeseBRIE4Across13 Bill of fareMENU4Across14 TellRELATE6Across14 Otherwise eels can wriggleELSE4Across14 Have on as clothingWEAR4Across15 Men disturbed about a leonine featureMANE4Across15 ShortageDEFICIT7Across15 Girl's nameMEL3Across16 People say it in PitlochryOCH3Across16 Golf pegsTEES4Across17 Catch by a fingertipNAIL4Across17 TankardPOT3Across18 Such games can be won by a distanceAWAY4Across19 PrimatesAPES4Across19 FishDAB3Across19 Effortless flight!ESCALATOR9Across21 TabooFORBIDDEN9Across21 RemainderREST4Across21 SkirmishMELEE5Across23 Fish typeTUNA4Across23 Nominally tangled laceALEC4Across23 Drink helps make a job rewardingBREW4Across24 Slimming planDIET4Across24 MinusLESS4Across24 For everyPER3Across26 What Noah said when he heard the rain?ARK3Across26 OozeSEEP4Across27 It's noteworthy that nothing is in orderOBOE4Across27 FellowDON3Across27 GratuityTIP3Across29 Birds having a bit of fun in the waterEMUS4Across29 AdjoinABUT4Across29 DeniedNEGATED7Across31 StaggeredREELED6Across32 An asinine thing to doBRAY4Across32 Small vegetablesPEAS4Across32 Love to make a fuss aboutADORE5Across33 ShutCLOSE5Across33 Makes heavy-hearted appeals?PLEADS6Across34 EvaluateASSESS6Across34 FruitPEAR4Across34 Enough runs to break a spinner's heart?TOPSCORE8Across35 OverheadsEXPENSES8Across35 ComaTRANCE6Across35 Cruel, viciousBRUTAL6Across36 In this position, makes a caseSTANCE6Across36 YearnedACHED5Across38 AristocracyGENTRY6Across39 GodDEITY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FactDATUM5Down1 Had words from a coach, noteABUSE5Down1 Ancient languageLATIN5Down2 Goes idly around with birdsSWANS5Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 ConservativeTORY4Down3 Lad out of the detention centre looking gauntBONY4Down3 InvolveENTAIL6Down3 Iraqi portBASRA5Down4 OwingDUE3Down4 Offence of a hard-hearted youth?ARSON5Down4 ScorchSEAR4Down5 Man-eating giantOGRE4Down5 Like a fine bit of food?RARE4Down5 SeamanSAILOR6Down6 Emits lightSHINES6Down6 Bureau possibly cagy about certain pointsAGENCY6Down6 DemureMODEST6Down7 Make an echo in a large containerCREATE6Down9 DeterminedDECIDED7Down9 DeclamationTIRADE6Down9 NovelNEW3Down11 Only a corner left? That's the lot!ALL3Down11 Japanese padded quiltFUTON5Down12 MaterialREP3Down12 Solid part of a garden seatDENSE5Down12 Next toBESIDES7Down13 FruitDATE4Down13 Well-grown youngster, but chestyTALLBOY7Down13 Spider's trapWEB3Down15 She lacks Maria's warm heartMIA3Down15 BlokesMEN3Down16 Piece of wood to stroke with?OAR3Down16 RelaxEASE4Down16 ClawTALON5Down17 Agreement to build a road round the clubACCORD6Down18 Rubs outERASES6Down18 Made a hit with some woman and got marriedWOWED5Down20 Flower partPETAL5Down20 UnderBENEATH7Down20 The Spanish cocktail with a beastly nameELK3Down21 Animal's coatFUR3Down21 Live in BucharestARE3Down22 Slope downwardsDIP3Down22 SecureSAFE4Down22 Difficult questionTEASER6Down23 A member's bandARMLET6Down23 EnticingLURING6Down24 Clippie's vehicleBUS3Down25 PaceSTEP4Down25 Bit of a curse, the rotten dogCUR3Down25 NoiselessSILENT6Down26 ShowPARADE6Down28 Artist's standEASEL5Down28 Pour fat over the beast being cookedBASTE5Down28 Its test requires some workMOTOR5Down30 BragBOAST5Down30 VegetablePEA3Down30 AbruptTERSE5Down31 Cut north from the riverSEVER5Down31 Fossil fuelPEAT4Down32 Store place for bran?BARN4Down32 In church, most chaps find a little easeAPSE4Down33 CartDRAY4Down33 Hotel cookCHEF4Down33 ColourRED3Down36 SeverCUT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, December 21, 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.