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Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 22 2025 answers. The Monday 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#
PotatoesSPUDS5Across1 They're easy to knitBROWS5Across1 CompactSOLID5Across2 Soft as daddy?PAPPY5Across6 PrisonsJAILS5Across6 CutSNIP4Across7 CombinedUNITED6Across8 SayingADAGE5Across9 European languageITALIAN7Across9 There's a Yankee at most rehearsals, we're toldHEARSAY7Across9 UntidyMESSY5Across10 Bit of a catastrophe possibly at the barber'sSTROP5Across10 Girl’sHER3Across11 Emerges as a leak when you read the footnoteSEEPS5Across11 Of the voiceVOCAL5Across11 Like a special guard with its own rollSWISS5Across12 Warning deviceSIREN5Across12 DelveDIG3Across13 Enmity, antagonismILLWILL7Across13 Beastly naval hero?SEALION7Across13 StitchSEW3Across15 In short, you're the bossGUV3Across15 FlagIRIS4Across15 BorderHEM3Across16 AcquireGAIN4Across17 Uniquely featured by Baron LyttonONLY4Across17 Lying, yet facing up to thingsSUPINE6Across18 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Across18 ScoffJEER4Across18 Some hair-piece worn significantly?HABIT5Across19 WidespreadGENERAL7Across19 Cutlery itemSPOON5Across19 Musical dramasOPERAS6Across20 Fear of Revolution?TERROR6Across20 EnormousHUGE4Across20 Her lust is unbridledSLUT4Across22 AssistHELP4Across22 IntendMEAN4Across22 DurableLASTING7Across23 Derby, perhapsHAT3Across24 Belonging to usOUR3Across24 Martian woman?MARTINA7Across25 Surgical stitchesSUTURES7Across25 ProphetSEER4Across25 AssistantsAIDES5Across26 But it could be more exciting if the lion were after him?TAMER5Across26 HeatedHOT3Across27 Overweight porter?STOUT5Across27 Musical instrumentPIANO5Across27 Be the right shaped pegFITIN5Across28 ConcurAGREE5Across28 LakeMERE4Across28 Straightened out the grid, maybeRIGHTED7Across29 NourishNURTURE7Across29 Said not to be a low female beastHYENA5Across30 Applaud with shoutsCHEER5Across30 BirdTIT3Across30 VulgarCRUDE5Across31 Intimidate the deer around central AustriaDETER5Across31 PerformedDID3Across31 EmblemBADGE5Across33 RescindREVOKE6Across36 FrustrateFOIL4Across37 ImportantGREAT5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Go inENTER5Down1 Spanish dishPAELLA6Down2 SpringSPA3Down2 Bad two points on the trot, perhapsROTTEN6Down2 Completely taken up by the Doctor on a bit of tellyWHOLLY6Down3 MeadowLEA3Down3 Deny any connection withDISOWN6Down3 OwingDUE3Down4 Boy's informal name for a monthSEP3Down4 Pig penSTY3Down4 HairpieceWIG3Down5 Colour possibly worn by a bigheadBROWN5Down5 Threshing implementFLAIL5Down5 ContradictBELIE5Down6 Faint when you successfully finish the course?PASSOUT7Down6 SpearJAVELIN7Down6 SoonANON4Down7 They're singularly positiveAYES4Down7 IdlerLOAFER6Down8 Did dad have one when very young?POPGUN6Down8 ValleyGLEN4Down10 TallestHIGHEST7Down11 CurlRINGLET7Down12 SmacksSLAPS5Down12 Possible means of detecting arson?SONAR5Down12 ErasedDELETED7Down13 One way in which love can get shut outSOUTH5Down13 Snow houseIGLOO5Down13 PermittedGRANTED7Down14 Glandular organLIVER5Down14 Ready to change laterALERT5Down14 Did he sing a number in `iGigi^i?GIGLI5Down15 Exceptional, splendidSUPER5Down15 Redhead apt to flare up when struckVESTA5Down16 Sheds tearsWEEPS5Down16 MoorHEATH5Down16 IntendedMEANT5Down17 PreserveJAM3Down18 Could playing it be bit of a strain?SITAR5Down18 Focal pointFOCUS5Down18 One who rescues anotherSAVIOUR7Down19 Nelson's girlHORATIA7Down19 SpikeEAR3Down21 Deal withPUNISH6Down21 Such humour could certainly be heartyEARTHY6Down21 Desire for foodHUNGER6Down22 Pace of a fast riderSTRIDE6Down22 MythLEGEND6Down23 In use, a dishonest win is injudiciousUNWISE6Down23 JotIOTA4Down24 ChairsSEATS5Down25 Methinks not writing fluidMETHS5Down25 Sea-duckEIDER5Down26 Girl's nameANNE4Down26 Go off for a spin?TURN4Down26 Supplied from the safe depositFED3Down28 CurveARC3Down28 InflexibleRIGID5Down29 IntimidateCOW3Down32 PleadBEG3Down33 ExpireDIE3Down34 NewtEFT3Down35

About this puzzle

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