Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2025 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 22 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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Potatoes51 AcrossReveal answer → They're easy to knit51 AcrossReveal answer → Compact52 AcrossReveal answer → Soft as daddy?56 AcrossReveal answer → Prisons56 AcrossReveal answer → Cut47 AcrossReveal answer → Combined68 AcrossReveal answer → Saying59 AcrossReveal answer → European language79 AcrossReveal answer → There's a Yankee at most rehearsals, we're told79 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy510 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a catastrophe possibly at the barber's510 AcrossReveal answer → Girl’s311 AcrossReveal answer → Emerges as a leak when you read the footnote511 AcrossReveal answer → Of the voice511 AcrossReveal answer → Like a special guard with its own roll512 AcrossReveal answer → Warning device512 AcrossReveal answer → Delve313 AcrossReveal answer → Enmity, antagonism713 AcrossReveal answer → Beastly naval hero?713 AcrossReveal answer → Stitch315 AcrossReveal answer → In short, you're the boss315 AcrossReveal answer → Flag415 AcrossReveal answer → Border316 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire417 AcrossReveal answer → Uniquely featured by Baron Lytton417 AcrossReveal answer → Lying, yet facing up to things618 AcrossReveal answer → Numerical symbol618 AcrossReveal answer → Scoff418 AcrossReveal answer → Some hair-piece worn significantly?519 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread719 AcrossReveal answer → Cutlery item519 AcrossReveal answer → Musical dramas620 AcrossReveal answer → Fear of Revolution?620 AcrossReveal answer → Enormous420 AcrossReveal answer → Her lust is unbridled422 AcrossReveal answer → Assist422 AcrossReveal answer → Intend422 AcrossReveal answer → Durable723 AcrossReveal answer → Derby, perhaps324 AcrossReveal answer → Belonging to us324 AcrossReveal answer → Martian woman?725 AcrossReveal answer → Surgical stitches725 AcrossReveal answer → Prophet425 AcrossReveal answer → Assistants526 AcrossReveal answer → But it could be more exciting if the lion were after him?526 AcrossReveal answer → Heated327 AcrossReveal answer → Overweight porter?527 AcrossReveal answer → Musical instrument527 AcrossReveal answer → Be the right shaped peg528 AcrossReveal answer → Concur528 AcrossReveal answer → Lake428 AcrossReveal answer → Straightened out the grid, maybe729 AcrossReveal answer → Nourish729 AcrossReveal answer → Said not to be a low female beast530 AcrossReveal answer → Applaud with shouts530 AcrossReveal answer → Bird330 AcrossReveal answer → Vulgar531 AcrossReveal answer → Intimidate the deer around central Austria531 AcrossReveal answer → Performed331 AcrossReveal answer → Emblem533 AcrossReveal answer → Rescind636 AcrossReveal answer → Frustrate437 AcrossReveal answer → Important538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Go in51 DownReveal answer → Spanish dish62 DownReveal answer → Spring32 DownReveal answer → Bad two points on the trot, perhaps62 DownReveal answer → Completely taken up by the Doctor on a bit of telly63 DownReveal answer → Meadow33 DownReveal answer → Deny any connection with63 DownReveal answer → Owing34 DownReveal answer → Boy's informal name for a month34 DownReveal answer → Pig pen34 DownReveal answer → Hairpiece35 DownReveal answer → Colour possibly worn by a bighead55 DownReveal answer → Threshing implement55 DownReveal answer → Contradict56 DownReveal answer → Faint when you successfully finish the course?76 DownReveal answer → Spear76 DownReveal answer → Soon47 DownReveal answer → They're singularly positive47 DownReveal answer → Idler68 DownReveal answer → Did dad have one when very young?68 DownReveal answer → Valley410 DownReveal answer → Tallest711 DownReveal answer → Curl712 DownReveal answer → Smacks512 DownReveal answer → Possible means of detecting arson?512 DownReveal answer → Erased713 DownReveal answer → One way in which love can get shut out513 DownReveal answer → Snow house513 DownReveal answer → Permitted714 DownReveal answer → Glandular organ514 DownReveal answer → Ready to change later514 DownReveal answer → Did he sing a number in `iGigi^i?515 DownReveal answer → Exceptional, splendid515 DownReveal answer → Redhead apt to flare up when struck516 DownReveal answer → Sheds tears516 DownReveal answer → Moor516 DownReveal answer → Intended517 DownReveal answer → Preserve318 DownReveal answer → Could playing it be bit of a strain?518 DownReveal answer → Focal point518 DownReveal answer → One who rescues another719 DownReveal answer → Nelson's girl719 DownReveal answer → Spike321 DownReveal answer → Deal with621 DownReveal answer → Such humour could certainly be hearty621 DownReveal answer → Desire for food622 DownReveal answer → Pace of a fast rider622 DownReveal answer → Myth623 DownReveal answer → In use, a dishonest win is injudicious623 DownReveal answer → Jot424 DownReveal answer → Chairs525 DownReveal answer → Methinks not writing fluid525 DownReveal answer → Sea-duck526 DownReveal answer → Girl's name426 DownReveal answer → Go off for a spin?426 DownReveal answer → Supplied from the safe deposit328 DownReveal answer → Curve328 DownReveal answer → Inflexible529 DownReveal answer → Intimidate332 DownReveal answer → Plead333 DownReveal answer → Expire334 DownReveal answer → Newt335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 22, 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.