Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 23 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

Purchased61 AcrossReveal answer → A quarter hour in bed, perhaps, can make you late!61 AcrossReveal answer → Belief52 AcrossReveal answer → Mortgage87 AcrossReveal answer → Strand57 AcrossReveal answer → Half finished in changing a fuse, I have to be chatty!87 AcrossReveal answer → He sounds less than judicious48 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium58 AcrossReveal answer → Skeleton part48 AcrossReveal answer → Tied up by a low leftist!610 AcrossReveal answer → Insect510 AcrossReveal answer → Insight610 AcrossReveal answer → Highway with wild trees at the junction611 AcrossReveal answer → Shooting star611 AcrossReveal answer → Mineral312 AcrossReveal answer → Condition513 AcrossReveal answer → He's familiar with a south part of London314 AcrossReveal answer → Observe314 AcrossReveal answer → Middle715 AcrossReveal answer → They can help with new ideas516 AcrossReveal answer → Stupidity516 AcrossReveal answer → Having turned up, shoved into an outhouse!417 AcrossReveal answer → Young males417 AcrossReveal answer → Menace617 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie gets hurt, but may be lucky519 AcrossReveal answer → Shelter319 AcrossReveal answer → Paved area519 AcrossReveal answer → Smallest720 AcrossReveal answer → Devilish letter from a friend521 AcrossReveal answer → Flier521 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name522 AcrossReveal answer → Joined forces with the boys522 AcrossReveal answer → Additional423 AcrossReveal answer → If slimming, you can't live on half of it!423 AcrossReveal answer → Call423 AcrossReveal answer → Lean425 AcrossReveal answer → Came726 AcrossReveal answer → Norma's new house526 AcrossReveal answer → Come about526 AcrossReveal answer → Dance, informally328 AcrossReveal answer → Over there, a Yankee gets ahead328 AcrossReveal answer → Not accustomed to factory fresh629 AcrossReveal answer → Expunge629 AcrossReveal answer → Shrub330 AcrossReveal answer → Money man a gambler may depend on630 AcrossReveal answer → To badger630 AcrossReveal answer → It's good when twice the usual length431 AcrossReveal answer → Remorse631 AcrossReveal answer → Object of worship431 AcrossReveal answer → It makes for cheaper rice832 AcrossReveal answer → Lacking personnel or crew832 AcrossReveal answer → Leaned over as one mended a shoe633 AcrossReveal answer → Come into view633 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch734 AcrossReveal answer → Scorch537 AcrossReveal answer → Mine338 AcrossReveal answer → Animal539 AcrossReveal answer → Start540 AcrossReveal answer → Guide541 AcrossReveal answer → Material542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Accuses me of participation in sabotaging labs61 DownReveal answer → Smear61 DownReveal answer → Nativity51 DownReveal answer → Garden figures62 DownReveal answer → Used to getting insured without safety first62 DownReveal answer → Box52 DownReveal answer → At that time43 DownReveal answer → Document deleted from start to finish!43 DownReveal answer → Reiterate63 DownReveal answer → Heroic44 DownReveal answer → Advantage74 DownReveal answer → Funny sort of pie?74 DownReveal answer → Demur75 DownReveal answer → Maybe it's over coloured and hackneyed55 DownReveal answer → Hotel for drivers55 DownReveal answer → Skulk56 DownReveal answer → Enraged56 DownReveal answer → Information about tip-top little creatures?56 DownReveal answer → Occupied48 DownReveal answer → Good-hearted bit of fun48 DownReveal answer → Born as39 DownReveal answer → Stray39 DownReveal answer → Little room for key points39 DownReveal answer → Liberate711 DownReveal answer → Not the whole perimeter?312 DownReveal answer → As well, also312 DownReveal answer → Strange, but it can help make you cheerier513 DownReveal answer → Elder513 DownReveal answer → Endure513 DownReveal answer → Fragrance514 DownReveal answer → Cry at church, always515 DownReveal answer → Cold dish515 DownReveal answer → Born316 DownReveal answer → Snow leopard518 DownReveal answer → Neatest718 DownReveal answer → But one could be in a rat race!518 DownReveal answer → Seize and hold fast319 DownReveal answer → Dicks rather than Bobbies?319 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight320 DownReveal answer → Also a Brando part320 DownReveal answer → Of service, but they can go to blazes!721 DownReveal answer → Prickle521 DownReveal answer → An omen721 DownReveal answer → Combine522 DownReveal answer → Regret322 DownReveal answer → Not a nice message to send322 DownReveal answer → Sullen623 DownReveal answer → Give a chap tea, perhaps623 DownReveal answer → Dark and wet, possibly424 DownReveal answer → Inconsistent724 DownReveal answer → Gemstone424 DownReveal answer → To drip in sluggish style625 DownReveal answer → Guarantee625 DownReveal answer → Distinctive smell526 DownReveal answer → A complaint when mother's about to finish up526 DownReveal answer → Ascend527 DownReveal answer → Manage327 DownReveal answer → Whence, in old Africa, one could get a fancy bun and 1st class return527 DownReveal answer → Wicked328 DownReveal answer → Animal talk328 DownReveal answer → Stop628 DownReveal answer → Eject529 DownReveal answer → Conceal430 DownReveal answer → The twins in a spot of bother430 DownReveal answer → Circumference532 DownReveal answer → Heron533 DownReveal answer → Hog335 DownReveal answer → Nobleman436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 23, 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.