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Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 23 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
PurchasedBOUGHT6Across1 A quarter hour in bed, perhaps, can make you late!BEHIND6Across1 BeliefCREED5Across2 MortgageHOMELOAN8Across7 StrandFIBRE5Across7 Half finished in changing a fuse, I have to be chatty!EFFUSIVE8Across7 He sounds less than judiciousJUDE4Across8 StadiumARENA5Across8 Skeleton partBONE4Across8 Tied up by a low leftist!MOORED6Across10 InsectAPHID5Across10 InsightACUMEN6Across10 Highway with wild trees at the junctionSTREET6Across11 Shooting starMETEOR6Across11 MineralORE3Across12 ConditionSTATE5Across13 He's familiar with a south part of LondonKEN3Across14 ObserveSEE3Across14 MiddleCENTRAL7Across15 They can help with new ideasAIDES5Across16 StupidityFOLLY5Across16 Having turned up, shoved into an outhouse!SHED4Across17 Young malesBOYS4Across17 MenaceTHREAT6Across17 Charlie gets hurt, but may be luckyCHARM5Across19 ShelterLEE3Across19 Paved areaPATIO5Across19 SmallestTINIEST7Across20 Devilish letter from a friendFIEND5Across21 FlierPILOT5Across21 Boy's nameRONAN5Across22 Joined forces with the boysSIDED5Across22 AdditionalMORE4Across23 If slimming, you can't live on half of it!DIET4Across23 CallNAME4Across23 LeanTHIN4Across25 CameARRIVED7Across26 Norma's new houseMANOR5Across26 Come aboutOCCUR5Across26 Dance, informallyBOP3Across28 Over there, a Yankee gets aheadYON3Across28 Not accustomed to factory freshUNUSED6Across29 ExpungeDELETE6Across29 ShrubRUE3Across30 Money man a gambler may depend onBANKER6Across30 To badgerHARASS6Across30 It's good when twice the usual lengthOKAY4Across31 RemorseREGRET6Across31 Object of worshipIDOL4Across31 It makes for cheaper ricePRICECUT8Across32 Lacking personnel or crewUNMANNED8Across32 Leaned over as one mended a shoeHEELED6Across33 Come into viewEMERGE6Across33 StretchEXPANSE7Across34 ScorchSINGE5Across37 MinePIT3Across38 AnimalTAPIR5Across39 StartBEGIN5Across40 GuideSTEER5Across41 MaterialCLOTH5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Accuses me of participation in sabotaging labsBLAMES6Down1 SmearBEDAUB6Down1 NativityBIRTH5Down1 Garden figuresGNOMES6Down2 Used to getting insured without safety firstINURED6Down2 BoxCRATE5Down2 At that timeTHEN4Down3 Document deleted from start to finish!DEED4Down3 ReiterateREPEAT6Down3 HeroicEPIC4Down4 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down4 Funny sort of pie?CUSTARD7Down4 DemurPROTEST7Down5 Maybe it's over coloured and hackneyedTIRED5Down5 Hotel for driversMOTEL5Down5 SkulkSNEAK5Down6 EnragedANGRY5Down6 Information about tip-top little creatures?NEWTS5Down6 OccupiedBUSY4Down8 Good-hearted bit of funJOKE4Down8 Born asNEE3Down9 StrayERR3Down9 Little room for key pointsDEN3Down9 LiberateDELIVER7Down11 Not the whole perimeter?RIM3Down12 As well, alsoTOO3Down12 Strange, but it can help make you cheerierEERIE5Down13 ElderOLDER5Down13 EndureSTAND5Down13 FragranceAROMA5Down14 Cry at church, alwaysCHEER5Down15 Cold dishSALAD5Down15 BornNEE3Down16 Snow leopardOUNCE5Down18 NeatestTIDIEST7Down18 But one could be in a rat race!HUMAN5Down18 Seize and hold fastPIN3Down19 Dicks rather than Bobbies?CID3Down19 Unit of weightTON3Down20 Also a Brando partAND3Down20 Of service, but they can go to blazes!FIREMEN7Down21 PrickleTHORN5Down21 An omenPORTENT7Down21 CombineUNITE5Down22 RegretRUE3Down22 Not a nice message to sendSOS3Down22 SullenMOROSE6Down23 Give a chap tea, perhapsDONATE6Down23 Dark and wet, possiblyINKY4Down24 InconsistentERRATIC7Down24 GemstoneOPAL4Down24 To drip in sluggish styleTORPID6Down25 GuaranteeENSURE6Down25 Distinctive smellODOUR5Down26 A complaint when mother's about to finish upMUMPS5Down26 AscendCLIMB5Down27 ManageRUN3Down27 Whence, in old Africa, one could get a fancy bun and 1st class returnNUBIA5Down27 WickedBAD3Down28 Animal talkYAK3Down28 StopDESIST6Down28 EjectEXPEL5Down29 ConcealHIDE4Down30 The twins in a spot of botherBOTH4Down30 CircumferenceGIRTH5Down32 HeronEGRET5Down33 HogPIG3Down35 NoblemanEARL4Down36

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