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Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 29 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 131 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#
Establish by lawENACT5Across3 ShowyBRASH5Across3 Choose a new spelling for `ichamps^iCHEWS5Across3 A code some get wrong outright!MORSE5Across8 Biblical prophetMOSES5Across8 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across9 FirearmRIFLE5Across10 ConsumingEATING6Across10 Worry a fellowHARRY5Across10 Cut short, left workLOP3Across11 Woman's long scarfBOA3Across11 PerfumeSCENT5Across11 Diana as a mythical nymphNAIAD5Across12 ThoughtIDEA4Across12 Of the noseNASAL5Across12 Feel disturbed when you see a chap robbedFLEECED7Across13 GastronomeGOURMET7Across13 SapientWISE4Across15 Male voiceTENOR5Across15 Am all bent on backing the beast!LLAMA5Across15 PermissionCONSENT7Across17 Hang heavilySAG3Across18 Female making a firm pointCOW3Across18 Next toBESIDE6Across19 A pianist of importance?KEYMAN6Across19 ExpireDIE3Across20 CorpseCADAVER7Across21 ShyTIMID5Across21 Bung very quietly into store, perhapsSTOPPER7Across21 Cars can turn in themARCS4Across22 Nautical cryAHOY4Across22 Fully expected to back us againSURE4Across23 Prison roomCELL4Across23 So be itAMEN4Across23 Excursionist coming a cropper?TRIPPER7Across24 African countrySENEGAL7Across24 EntranceGATE4Across25 The news is bad for a porterREPORT6Across26 TopicsTHEMES6Across26 SymbolTOKEN5Across26 FixPEG3Across28 DistantFAR3Across29 What the police had on his hair?OIL3Across29 ProtectionDEFENCE7Across30 She's a bit of a siren, noteIRENE5Across31 Indian instrumentSITAR5Across31 Where the pleasure is only moderate?FUNFAIR7Across32 Destroy completelyWIPEOUT7Across32 ReviseEDIT4Across33 Gain access toGETAT5Across34 Something afoot when boats are wreckedSABOT5Across34 It's cold, I see, at mid-SeptemberICE3Across35 CaribouDEER4Across35 MerrimentFUN3Across35 StartBEGIN5Across36 NativityBIRTH5Across36 One of those pieces of eight?OCTET5Across36 SensationalLURID5Across37 Wearers of tight trousersUSERS5Across37 Celebrity, in shortCELEB5Across38 Their tread is endlessTYRES5Across38 FrankCANDID6Across38 AlightedLANDED6Across39 DruggedDOPED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AutomatonROBOT5Down1 FundamentalBASIC5Down1 Sweetie money?LOLLY5Down1 GossipHEARSAY7Down2 Views, maybe from space, of planets with no aircraft?ASPECTS7Down2 NumberSEVEN5Down2 CoachBUS3Down3 UndilutedNEAT4Down4 ModernRECENT6Down4 The nut in chargeHEAD4Down4 RemitSEND4Down5 He's after big things at seaWHALER6Down5 Bomb holeCRATER6Down5 HeadgearHAT3Down6 Roof slabsTILES5Down6 Deplorably shifty about publicitySADLY5Down6 InflexibleRIGID5Down7 DelugeFLOOD5Down7 More than one could be produced in MadrasDRAMA5Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 Former French coinSOU3Down9 Animal on toast?ROE3Down9 In Wales and elsewhere, various ways to get a drinkNEWPORT7Down12 NullifiesNEGATES7Down12 GaveDONATED7Down13 A sound business letterCOO3Down14 AdvantageASSET5Down14 AngryMAD3Down14 The Francophile's love?AMOUR5Down16 Boy's nameNIGEL5Down16 QuietSILENCE7Down16 RespondREPLY5Down17 Changeless good spiritANGEL5Down17 WearyTIRED5Down18 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down19 LargeBIG3Down19 Notice it's exclusive!KEEPOUT7Down19 DesiresWANTS5Down20 Moira confused an islanderMAORI5Down20 If you've vision, there's opportunitySCOPE5Down21 Celestial bodyCOMET5Down21 Old-fashionedDATED5Down22 CautiousCAREFUL7Down23 Greedy where flesh is involved?SELFISH7Down23 Agreement to try out a new blend of teaTREATY6Down24 And notNOR3Down24 TranquilSERENE6Down24 One in a hole, at golf?PIN3Down25 HiatusGAP3Down25 IrritateNETTLE6Down27 ConcealsHIDES5Down27 Standing proudly before the courtERECT5Down27 CalmPEACE5Down28 SorceryMAGIC5Down28 Attack with a stone, possibly?ONSET5Down28 TitanGIANT5Down29 Fierce among fishes, that is!FIERY5Down30 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Down30 PoorNEEDY5Down31 Signal goodbyeWAVE4Down32 WearERODE5Down32 Warning in advance?FORE4Down32 Card expertACE3Down33 Belonging to usOUR3Down33 Swimming-poolLIDO4Down34 OfferBID3Down36 OwnedHAD3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, December 29, 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.