Evening Standard Crossword December 21 2025 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 21 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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ClueLetters#Answer

Avarice51 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's garment64 AcrossReveal answer → A general term for foreign parts64 AcrossReveal answer → Method65 AcrossReveal answer → Impress enormously with cricket terms87 AcrossReveal answer → Snake type87 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch tight68 AcrossReveal answer → Elbow58 AcrossReveal answer → Hide - yet show!68 AcrossReveal answer → Like the shores of a thousand years ago510 AcrossReveal answer → Unite510 AcrossReveal answer → Sofa610 AcrossReveal answer → Parched411 AcrossReveal answer → Charged as damaged413 AcrossReveal answer → French cheese413 AcrossReveal answer → Bill of fare414 AcrossReveal answer → Tell614 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise eels can wriggle414 AcrossReveal answer → Have on as clothing415 AcrossReveal answer → Men disturbed about a leonine feature415 AcrossReveal answer → Shortage715 AcrossReveal answer → Girl's name316 AcrossReveal answer → People say it in Pitlochry316 AcrossReveal answer → Golf pegs417 AcrossReveal answer → Catch by a fingertip417 AcrossReveal answer → Tankard318 AcrossReveal answer → Such games can be won by a distance419 AcrossReveal answer → Primates419 AcrossReveal answer → Fish319 AcrossReveal answer → Effortless flight!921 AcrossReveal answer → Taboo921 AcrossReveal answer → Remainder421 AcrossReveal answer → Skirmish523 AcrossReveal answer → Fish type423 AcrossReveal answer → Nominally tangled lace423 AcrossReveal answer → Drink helps make a job rewarding424 AcrossReveal answer → Slimming plan424 AcrossReveal answer → Minus424 AcrossReveal answer → For every326 AcrossReveal answer → What Noah said when he heard the rain?326 AcrossReveal answer → Ooze427 AcrossReveal answer → It's noteworthy that nothing is in order427 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow327 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity329 AcrossReveal answer → Birds having a bit of fun in the water429 AcrossReveal answer → Adjoin429 AcrossReveal answer → Denied731 AcrossReveal answer → Staggered632 AcrossReveal answer → An asinine thing to do432 AcrossReveal answer → Small vegetables432 AcrossReveal answer → Love to make a fuss about533 AcrossReveal answer → Shut533 AcrossReveal answer → Makes heavy-hearted appeals?634 AcrossReveal answer → Evaluate634 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit434 AcrossReveal answer → Enough runs to break a spinner's heart?835 AcrossReveal answer → Overheads835 AcrossReveal answer → Coma635 AcrossReveal answer → Cruel, vicious636 AcrossReveal answer → In this position, makes a case636 AcrossReveal answer → Yearned538 AcrossReveal answer → Aristocracy639 AcrossReveal answer → God540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Fact51 DownReveal answer → Had words from a coach, note51 DownReveal answer → Ancient language52 DownReveal answer → Goes idly around with birds52 DownReveal answer → Regret32 DownReveal answer → Conservative43 DownReveal answer → Lad out of the detention centre looking gaunt43 DownReveal answer → Involve63 DownReveal answer → Iraqi port54 DownReveal answer → Owing34 DownReveal answer → Offence of a hard-hearted youth?54 DownReveal answer → Scorch45 DownReveal answer → Man-eating giant45 DownReveal answer → Like a fine bit of food?45 DownReveal answer → Seaman66 DownReveal answer → Emits light66 DownReveal answer → Bureau possibly cagy about certain points66 DownReveal answer → Demure67 DownReveal answer → Make an echo in a large container69 DownReveal answer → Determined79 DownReveal answer → Declamation69 DownReveal answer → Novel311 DownReveal answer → Only a corner left? That's the lot!311 DownReveal answer → Japanese padded quilt512 DownReveal answer → Material312 DownReveal answer → Solid part of a garden seat512 DownReveal answer → Next to713 DownReveal answer → Fruit413 DownReveal answer → Well-grown youngster, but chesty713 DownReveal answer → Spider's trap315 DownReveal answer → She lacks Maria's warm heart315 DownReveal answer → Blokes316 DownReveal answer → Piece of wood to stroke with?316 DownReveal answer → Relax416 DownReveal answer → Claw517 DownReveal answer → Agreement to build a road round the club618 DownReveal answer → Rubs out618 DownReveal answer → Made a hit with some woman and got married520 DownReveal answer → Flower part520 DownReveal answer → Under720 DownReveal answer → The Spanish cocktail with a beastly name321 DownReveal answer → Animal's coat321 DownReveal answer → Live in Bucharest322 DownReveal answer → Slope downwards322 DownReveal answer → Secure422 DownReveal answer → Difficult question623 DownReveal answer → A member's band623 DownReveal answer → Enticing624 DownReveal answer → Clippie's vehicle325 DownReveal answer → Pace425 DownReveal answer → Bit of a curse, the rotten dog325 DownReveal answer → Noiseless626 DownReveal answer → Show628 DownReveal answer → Artist's stand528 DownReveal answer → Pour fat over the beast being cooked528 DownReveal answer → Its test requires some work530 DownReveal answer → Brag530 DownReveal answer → Vegetable330 DownReveal answer → Abrupt531 DownReveal answer → Cut north from the river531 DownReveal answer → Fossil fuel432 DownReveal answer → Store place for bran?432 DownReveal answer → In church, most chaps find a little ease433 DownReveal answer → Cart433 DownReveal answer → Hotel cook433 DownReveal answer → Colour336 DownReveal answer → Sever337 DownReveal answer →

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