Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

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Below are all 127 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 25 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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Passionate61 AcrossReveal answer → Accommodation of interest to key players53 AcrossReveal answer → Iron clothes53 AcrossReveal answer → Scold65 AcrossReveal answer → Glue88 AcrossReveal answer → Chopin piece, the `iInvitation to Ride^i?58 AcrossReveal answer → Wooden peg58 AcrossReveal answer → Spoken49 AcrossReveal answer → Lettuce310 AcrossReveal answer → Entertainment logical in the X-ray dept.?510 AcrossReveal answer → Jewelled ornamental band510 AcrossReveal answer → The little boy embraced by more girls311 AcrossReveal answer → Decompose311 AcrossReveal answer → Catch the name of a varnish512 AcrossReveal answer → Mirror512 AcrossReveal answer → Vital organ512 AcrossReveal answer → Like those old comedians that never die?713 AcrossReveal answer → Inorganic matter713 AcrossReveal answer → Droop315 AcrossReveal answer → They take turns to provide transport two ways515 AcrossReveal answer → Keen515 AcrossReveal answer → Fighting317 AcrossReveal answer → Employ318 AcrossReveal answer → Rest? Yes, on Tuesday!318 AcrossReveal answer → Groove318 AcrossReveal answer → Wildly amused by a Gorgon619 AcrossReveal answer → Of the sea619 AcrossReveal answer → Poem319 AcrossReveal answer → Alternative520 AcrossReveal answer → In name, minister participating in loan arrangement721 AcrossReveal answer → A holy place721 AcrossReveal answer → Pinch321 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow lane, maybe422 AcrossReveal answer → Flat422 AcrossReveal answer → Bird322 AcrossReveal answer → Do a multi-purpose repair?423 AcrossReveal answer → Plan or contrive secretly423 AcrossReveal answer → Fuel323 AcrossReveal answer → To fine leg?724 AcrossReveal answer → Scoffs at724 AcrossReveal answer → Fixed324 AcrossReveal answer → Was he shoved aboard?626 AcrossReveal answer → Final result626 AcrossReveal answer → Coins526 AcrossReveal answer → Pop in a good advert329 AcrossReveal answer → Toothed wheel329 AcrossReveal answer → Finish329 AcrossReveal answer → Lustre531 AcrossReveal answer → A note, true in each case531 AcrossReveal answer → Principal bullfighter732 AcrossReveal answer → Once more weary, went to bed732 AcrossReveal answer → Bogus433 AcrossReveal answer → The attendant rushed endlessly around534 AcrossReveal answer → Magnificent834 AcrossReveal answer → Tag534 AcrossReveal answer → Might its driver give citizens advice?335 AcrossReveal answer → Span635 AcrossReveal answer → Total335 AcrossReveal answer → She's one to eat out536 AcrossReveal answer → Vent636 AcrossReveal answer → So far536 AcrossReveal answer → Though two-faced, was worshipped537 AcrossReveal answer → Naked figures537 AcrossReveal answer → Only half the tree is wood? Rubbish!538 AcrossReveal answer → Requirements538 AcrossReveal answer →

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The value of a letter or two51 DownReveal answer → Boy's name51 DownReveal answer → Old soldier72 DownReveal answer → Joins in an endless singsong, possibly?72 DownReveal answer → Wireless52 DownReveal answer → Spool44 DownReveal answer → A well rounded line44 DownReveal answer → Test54 DownReveal answer → Small river65 DownReveal answer → A tip-top composer will go far65 DownReveal answer → Consecrate55 DownReveal answer → Indian stringed instrument56 DownReveal answer → Chamber46 DownReveal answer → Sarah, nowadays, is a dish!56 DownReveal answer → Headdress57 DownReveal answer → Clean feathers57 DownReveal answer → Inspires with a blazing determination57 DownReveal answer → Was victorious39 DownReveal answer → Being green is not exactly sweet39 DownReveal answer → Angry510 DownReveal answer → Dulcet511 DownReveal answer → It's dead skinny!712 DownReveal answer → Short axe712 DownReveal answer → Band512 DownReveal answer → Pale513 DownReveal answer → Rush514 DownReveal answer → Figure I'm not very bright314 DownReveal answer → Manage314 DownReveal answer → Feeling515 DownReveal answer → Destroyed by a little fellow touring the kingdom516 DownReveal answer → Yawned516 DownReveal answer → Lasses516 DownReveal answer → Puts one's feet up517 DownReveal answer → Like a Scottish shore?517 DownReveal answer → Go idly, as a master, to an inferior position719 DownReveal answer → Melodious719 DownReveal answer → World of the theatre?520 DownReveal answer → Planet520 DownReveal answer → Wild crane of pearly appearance521 DownReveal answer → Perceive521 DownReveal answer → Inaccurately claimed to be curative723 DownReveal answer → Mythical winged horse723 DownReveal answer → Source of hot water and an internal treatment for eyes624 DownReveal answer → Give to charity624 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic525 DownReveal answer → Part of the Yucatan fauna325 DownReveal answer → Speck325 DownReveal answer → Follow527 DownReveal answer → Stage527 DownReveal answer → Advice not to be ardent about love527 DownReveal answer → Sound but undersized specimen with a pig's tail528 DownReveal answer → Girl's name528 DownReveal answer → Instrument528 DownReveal answer → Curved roofs530 DownReveal answer → Prove you can't go up by tube to the air terminal530 DownReveal answer → Din530 DownReveal answer → Among431 DownReveal answer → Snooker players don't see them as colours432 DownReveal answer → Fix432 DownReveal answer → One432 DownReveal answer → Managed a career333 DownReveal answer → Squib333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 25, 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.