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Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 25 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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#
PassionateARDENT6Across1 Accommodation of interest to key playersFLATS5Across3 Iron clothesPRESS5Across3 ScoldBERATE6Across5 GlueADHESIVE8Across8 Chopin piece, the `iInvitation to Ride^i?HOPIN5Across8 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across8 SpokenORAL4Across9 LettuceCOS3Across10 Entertainment logical in the X-ray dept.?RADIO5Across10 Jewelled ornamental bandTIARA5Across10 The little boy embraced by more girlsREG3Across11 DecomposeROT3Across11 Catch the name of a varnishCOPAL5Across12 MirrorGLASS5Across12 Vital organHEART5Across12 Like those old comedians that never die?STANDUP7Across13 Inorganic matterMINERAL7Across13 DroopSAG3Across15 They take turns to provide transport two waysVANES5Across15 KeenEAGER5Across15 FightingWAR3Across17 EmployUSE3Across18 Rest? Yes, on Tuesday!SIT3Across18 GrooveRUT3Across18 Wildly amused by a GorgonMEDUSA6Across19 Of the seaMARINE6Across19 PoemODE3Across19 AlternativeOTHER5Across20 In name, minister participating in loan arrangementNOMINAL7Across21 A holy placeSANCTUM7Across21 PinchNIP3Across21 Narrow lane, maybeLEAN4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across22 BirdEMU3Across22 Do a multi-purpose repair?MEND4Across23 Plan or contrive secretlyPLOT4Across23 FuelGAS3Across23 To fine leg?GLANCED7Across24 Scoffs atDERIDES7Across24 FixedSET3Across24 Was he shoved aboard?BARGEE6Across26 Final resultUPSHOT6Across26 CoinsPENCE5Across26 Pop in a good advertDAD3Across29 Toothed wheelCOG3Across29 FinishEND3Across29 LustreSHEEN5Across31 A note, true in each caseEVERY5Across31 Principal bullfighterMATADOR7Across32 Once more weary, went to bedRETIRED7Across32 BogusSHAM4Across33 The attendant rushed endlessly aroundUSHER5Across34 MagnificentSPLENDID8Across34 TagLABEL5Across34 Might its driver give citizens advice?CAB3Across35 SpanBRIDGE6Across35 TotalSUM3Across35 She's one to eat outDIANE5Across36 VentOUTLET6Across36 So farASYET5Across36 Though two-faced, was worshippedJANUS5Across37 Naked figuresNUDES5Across37 Only half the tree is wood? Rubbish!TRASH5Across38 RequirementsNEEDS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The value of a letter or twoWORTH5Down1 Boy's nameBORIS5Down1 Old soldierVETERAN7Down2 Joins in an endless singsong, possibly?SIGNSON7Down2 WirelessRADIO5Down2 SpoolREEL4Down4 A well rounded lineLOOP4Down4 TestTRIAL5Down4 Small riverSTREAM6Down5 A tip-top composer will go farTRAVEL6Down5 ConsecrateBLESS5Down5 Indian stringed instrumentSITAR5Down6 ChamberROOM4Down6 Sarah, nowadays, is a dish!SALAD5Down6 HeaddressTIARA5Down7 Clean feathersPREEN5Down7 Inspires with a blazing determinationFIRES5Down7 Was victoriousWON3Down9 Being green is not exactly sweetPEA3Down9 AngryCROSS5Down10 DulcetSWEET5Down11 It's dead skinny!CUTICLE7Down12 Short axeHATCHET7Down12 BandGROUP5Down12 PaleASHEN5Down13 RushSURGE5Down14 Figure I'm not very brightDIM3Down14 ManageRUN3Down14 FeelingSENSE5Down15 Destroyed by a little fellow touring the kingdomNUKED5Down16 YawnedGAPED5Down16 LassesGIRLS5Down16 Puts one's feet upRESTS5Down17 Like a Scottish shore?SANDY5Down17 Go idly, as a master, to an inferior positionMAUNDER7Down19 MelodiousMUSICAL7Down19 World of the theatre?GLOBE5Down20 PlanetVENUS5Down20 Wild crane of pearly appearanceNACRE5Down21 PerceiveSENSE5Down21 Inaccurately claimed to be curativeMEDICAL7Down23 Mythical winged horsePEGASUS7Down23 Source of hot water and an internal treatment for eyesGEYSER6Down24 Give to charityDONATE6Down24 AnaestheticETHER5Down25 Part of the Yucatan faunaCAT3Down25 SpeckDOT3Down25 FollowENSUE5Down27 StagePHASE5Down27 Advice not to be ardent about loveAVOID5Down27 Sound but undersized specimen with a pig's tailGRUNT5Down28 Girl's nameHELEN5Down28 InstrumentCELLO5Down28 Curved roofsDOMES5Down30 Prove you can't go up by tube to the air terminalREBUT5Down30 DinNOISE5Down30 AmongAMID4Down31 Snooker players don't see them as coloursREDS4Down32 FixMEND4Down32 OneUNIT4Down32 Managed a careerRAN3Down33 SquibDUD3Down33

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