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Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 26 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
BlondFAIR4Across1 RotterCAD3Across4 AcidTART4Across6 ImitateAPE3Across9 Past its best, like the balloon about to pop?OVERBLOWN9Across9 Serving as temporary meansMAKESHIFT9Across9 LengthDISTANCE8Across10 Oh, back in gaol, having misbehaved? He's thoroughly lawlessHOOLIGAN8Across10 Deviating from normABERRANT8Across10 KnifeSTAB4Across11 Hello! That means winter's here!HAIL4Across12 Tiny amountIOTA4Across12 Coming a day before the openingADVENT6Across13 Russian currency unitKOPECK6Across13 She'll tell you your future is entirely in your own handsPALMIST7Across14 More fortunateLUCKIER7Across14 ObscureDIM3Across14 WatchfulOBSERVANT9Across15 Has to have mould - there's nothing else for itNEEDSMUST9Across15 CabinBERTH5Across16 Continuing to put the clothes on the line or waitingHANGINGON9Across17 SkilfulINGENIOUS9Across17 Have the teeniest bit of broth, doSOUPCON7Across18 Woman of great powerEMPRESS7Across18 DebasedDEMEANED8Across19 Had I not gone off by myself punctuallyONTIME6Across20 Bodies of waterOCEANS6Across20 SweetheartBEAU4Across21 CapBERET5Across21 Is lonely only having left landISLE4Across21 CrippledDISABLED8Across23 A ribbon round the royal vesselSTREAMER8Across24 Made goodRECOUPED8Across24 LiveDWELL5Across24 Were noisy as they formed the queueMADEAROW8Across26 Rules for actionPRECEPTS8Across26 NumberTEN3Across27 Having courage, you say, is gameHART4Across28 BludgeonCOSH4Across28 MysteriousARCANE6Across29 Moved Enid out to accommodate the childINCHED6Across29 Tropical fruitBANANAS7Across31 ShockJOLT4Across31 Very like the gentleman sorting the mail insideSIMILAR7Across31 OuterEXTERNAL8Across33 Particularly doctors have to take a decreaseMOSTOFALL9Across34 Artificial lakeRESERVOIR9Across34 FastenTIE3Across34 CaribouDEER4Across35 CushionPAD3Across36 Small crustaceanWOODLOUSE9Across36 Dirty work under cover of night?DARKDEEDS9Across36 ConsiderDEEM4Across37 Japanese art of flower arrangementIKEBANA7Across38 Believe to be a regular visitor to our shoresSWALLOW7Across38 Soak with waterDRENCH6Across39 In this case it's raining and everybody goes insideWALLET6Across39 Italian wineASTI4Across40 The name on the hoardingBILL4Across40 Encourage with a ghostly presence?INSPIRIT8Across41 Wood-preservativeCREOSOTE8Across41 They can turn gold into silverGREYHAIRS9Across42 Copy exactlyDUPLICATE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Animal eating any type of foodOMNIVORE8Down1 Holding the ties by the top and bottomBOTHENDS8Down1 Slides smoothly over surfaceSKATES6Down2 Want to reshuffle the side againDESIRE6Down2 GreedyAVID4Down2 SpectaclesBIFOCALS8Down3 A kindly act that deserves our applauseGOODTURN8Down3 CeremonyRITE4Down3 RestrictedCONFINED8Down4 Bear witness toATTEST6Down4 Giving all one's attention to when camping outINTENT6Down4 IntenseDEEP4Down5 Fail to have the desired effectBACKFIRE8Down5 Talk about expense vouchers?CHITCHAT8Down5 FlavourTASTE5Down6 CarelessnessNEGLIGENCE10Down6 Furious when someone's stamped on your toe?HOPPINGMAD10Down6 FittingAPT3Down7 InvigoratingBRACING7Down7 Making a home in, with the scoundrelVILLAIN7Down7 RespondREACT5Down8 Blue vat dyeINDIGO6Down8 Shrinking from the old crone holding the boxHATING6Down8 Returning home mad and in a dazeSTUNNED7Down11 Curt in mannerBRUSQUE7Down11 BorderedEDGED5Down12 AstoundAMAZE5Down13 FishDAB3Down14 DeserveMERIT5Down15 African antelopeRHEBOK6Down16 The fool with the lollipop?SUCKER6Down16 AnswerREPLY5Down17 UsefulHANDY5Down18 Complete, as you sayUTTER5Down19 IronPRESS5Down19 AgedOLD3Down20 AbandonedDESERTED8Down20 It's not their turn either to go roundOUR3Down20 ConsumedEATEN5Down22 BrownTAN3Down22 A seat to put in the sunSTOOL5Down22 He had held the arm that was injuredHARMED6Down23 Strong-smelling plantFENNEL6Down23 What the compilation of an instruction booklet is?MANUALWORK10Down25 Coffee-makerPERCOLATOR10Down25 PennedWROTE5Down25 SubsequentlyLATER5Down26 Baked food itemPIE3Down26 Cross mother upMAD3Down26 Zodiac signSCORPIO7Down27 Getting the garment, I seem to have turned on the central heatingCHEMISE7Down27 AssistHELP4Down28 PokePROD4Down29 SecureSAFE4Down30 ShortenedABRIDGED8Down30 Grasp, too, that you approve ofHOLDWITH8Down30 Early film projectorBIOSCOPE8Down31 Concealed from or shown to the publicSCREENED8Down31 On balance, not so unable to stay stillRESTLESS8Down32 UntruthLIE3Down32 SampleSPECIMEN8Down32 Large servings of food - old stewed chopsDOLLOPS7Down33 OriginatorCREATOR7Down33 Fortified wineSHERRY6Down35 The satin's spoiled by the marksSTAINS6Down35 Soak the leg due to be operated onDELUGE6Down36 Easily handledWIELDY6Down36 Is English permissible? Find outELICIT6Down37 DeposeUNSEAT6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 26, 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.