xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Advertisements

Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 24 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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.

Also solved on December 24
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword   New York Times Crossword   Newsday Crossword   The Independent Crossword  

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DividePART4Across1 CommendationPRAISE6Across4 JumpHOP3Across4 They may well be only humanBIPEDS6Across4 ChoosePICK4Across6 A drink for the inexperienced?GREENTEA8Across7 Clothes closetWARDROBE8Across7 EarlierFORMER6Across8 Counting frameABACUS6Across8 Utterly audible!SPOKEN6Across8 MadINSANE6Across9 Star signARIES5Across10 ElderlyOLD3Across10 Let money relieve mattersLEASE5Across10 StartedBEGAN5Across12 Feeble fellow always falling down?DRIP4Across13 QuarryPREY4Across13 It's right on the mapEAST4Across14 LilliputianTINY4Across14 UnderBELOW5Across14 The Green twins?PEAS4Across15 HairlessBALD4Across15 ElbowNUDGE5Across15 A number possibly looking crossTEN3Across16 Tennis shotLOB3Across16 Bring upREAR4Across17 Being stony is nothing, mateOPAL4Across17 WriterSCRIBE6Across18 DenLAIR4Across19 Stepped on a split-ended stickTROD4Across19 GuideLEADER6Across20 Sort of government partly of concern to pit workers?COALITION9Across21 Terrifying dreamNIGHTMARE9Across21 Pretty girl, maybe a bit squawkyPOLL4Across23 Active or energetic personDOER4Across23 NudeNAKED5Across24 TitleNAME4Across24 Turn left at Land's End, and there's a sort of mineGOLD4Across24 KinglyREGAL5Across26 Young goatKID3Across26 Old-fashioned youth centreOUT3Across26 Water jugEWER4Across27 Pale due to having a fling?ASHY4Across27 AdoredLOVED5Across28 UnguisNAIL4Across29 The ages of noted artists?ERAS4Across29 MarryWED3Across30 OperatorUSER4Across32 He resembles Sir Walter no end!SCOT4Across32 FigurineSTATUE6Across32 Disreputable place for a smoke?JOINT5Across33 ShrewdASTUTE6Across33 EmblemBADGE5Across33 Frenchified setting?MILIEU6Across34 TrampledTROD4Across34 Funeral carHEARSE6Across34 Count art, if unconventional, as renegade!TURNCOAT8Across35 DanceTAP3Across35 Become liquidDISSOLVE8Across35 Possibly show round the house, not in silenceWHOOSH6Across36 Sand-hillDUNE4Across36 Strain, emphasisSTRESS6Across36

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PerspireSWEAT5Down1 An American, to the French, is athleticAGILE5Down1 To coachTRAIN5Down2 Artist, to some degree Anglo SaxonDEGAS5Down2 StoodAROSE5Down2 Plant typeIRIS4Down3 Formerly in concealmentONCE4Down3 DrumsTIMPANI7Down3 Oyster's gemPEARL5Down4 IdolHERO4Down4 One place where bachelors can join the artilleryBASRA5Down4 SettledPAID4Down5 OffAWAY4Down5 Support for the small business ownerPROP4Down5 AdhesivePASTE5Down6 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Down6 Out East, the couple watched what they ateDIETED6Down6 ComfortCONSOLE7Down7 MayhemBEDLAM6Down9 A bit of a bloomerPISTIL6Down9 Chest boneRIB3Down11 A listener to something corny?EAR3Down11 RecordLOG3Down11 Without love, this supporter may be lostSTOOL5Down12 CoachBUS3Down12 Eagle's nestEYRIE5Down12 GistNUB3Down13 Being Turkish, is sweetDELIGHT7Down13 Ally, companionPARTNER7Down13 Expression of disgustBAH3Down15 Amiable choral piece ~n on the piano!PAL3Down15 FalsehoodLIE3Down16 LairDEN3Down16 Too fast for the road junction aheadTON3Down16 MooseELK3Down17 A fine place for dad to do up his shoes!PALACE6Down18 ExitEGRESS6Down18 MakerCREATOR7Down19 Where the cowboy couldn't stay on a horse?RODEO5Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 I don't remember getting much sleep in itCOT3Down21 Signal agreementNOD3Down21 FishEEL3Down21 For which Topsy would have given both pence and shillings?TOY3Down22 AssumedADOPTED7Down22 SpoilMAR3Down22 StraightforwardDIRECT6Down23 WandROD3Down23 Unship in a way to cause hurtPUNISH6Down23 HatchetAXE3Down25 HairpieceWIG3Down25 Chap with a masterly way?MAN3Down25 PerformedACTED5Down27 Sunny side down?SOUTH5Down28 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down28 ConsumedEATEN5Down29 ConfuseADDLE5Down30 City with quiet centre amid iron productionRIPON5Down30 DepartedWENT4Down30 MoistDAMP4Down31 PriseLEVER5Down31 Declare in doubtful tasteSTATE5Down31 Form of soil from which to get fodder?SILO4Down32 A strong impulseURGE4Down32 Useless vessel?JUNK4Down33 GafferBOSS4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 24, 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.