Evening Standard Crossword December 3 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 3 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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Overly eager61 AcrossReveal answer → Murphy's coat?61 AcrossReveal answer → Guide52 AcrossReveal answer → Apron87 AcrossReveal answer → Swim57 AcrossReveal answer → Epidemic of being off work for a rest?87 AcrossReveal answer → Said to be the same as a jetty48 AcrossReveal answer → Tree58 AcrossReveal answer → Stop48 AcrossReveal answer → Shown to wander in the outskirts of Preston610 AcrossReveal answer → Go in510 AcrossReveal answer → Expatriates610 AcrossReveal answer → The most recent to lose heart at last?611 AcrossReveal answer → Jungle expedition611 AcrossReveal answer → Intimidate312 AcrossReveal answer → Drugged513 AcrossReveal answer → Over poetic?314 AcrossReveal answer → Be seated314 AcrossReveal answer → Ebbed715 AcrossReveal answer → Weapon that makes Jack a junior NCO516 AcrossReveal answer → Planet516 AcrossReveal answer → Tears back showing some spirit417 AcrossReveal answer → Otherwise417 AcrossReveal answer → Bred617 AcrossReveal answer → Foreigner of Norse origin?519 AcrossReveal answer → Bed319 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable gemstone519 AcrossReveal answer → Lodge720 AcrossReveal answer → Wherein the women rush about a lot?521 AcrossReveal answer → Street urchin521 AcrossReveal answer → A female fox522 AcrossReveal answer → She's in the pool522 AcrossReveal answer → Superlative of good423 AcrossReveal answer → Where a bighead can get a new hat423 AcrossReveal answer → Encounter423 AcrossReveal answer → Bludgeon425 AcrossReveal answer → Ousted726 AcrossReveal answer → Kept being sad about a great day526 AcrossReveal answer → Shout applause526 AcrossReveal answer → Glass container328 AcrossReveal answer → Title of Osiris?328 AcrossReveal answer → Did he mess up the replay?629 AcrossReveal answer → Hire charge629 AcrossReveal answer → Child330 AcrossReveal answer → Chap informally cooking tubers630 AcrossReveal answer → Car shed630 AcrossReveal answer → Depend on us returning, surely431 AcrossReveal answer → Purify631 AcrossReveal answer → Recedes431 AcrossReveal answer → Anything helpful you can have recourse to832 AcrossReveal answer → Without socks or shoes832 AcrossReveal answer → Eccentric exit?633 AcrossReveal answer → Hit633 AcrossReveal answer → Told734 AcrossReveal answer → Wine537 AcrossReveal answer → Boy338 AcrossReveal answer → Outcoming539 AcrossReveal answer → Sham540 AcrossReveal answer → Stormed541 AcrossReveal answer → Fishing-basket542 AcrossReveal answer →

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Possibly `ilong^i garment61 DownReveal answer → European country61 DownReveal answer → Boat51 DownReveal answer → Goalkeeper62 DownReveal answer → Men of steel could put an edge on them62 DownReveal answer → Absolute52 DownReveal answer → Chooses43 DownReveal answer → Like the rent book?43 DownReveal answer → Nursed63 DownReveal answer → Always44 DownReveal answer → Towed vehicle74 DownReveal answer → In the Bible, he provided sailors with an extract of calomel74 DownReveal answer → Hermit75 DownReveal answer → A he-man's girl55 DownReveal answer → Book of Islam55 DownReveal answer → Drain56 DownReveal answer → Boy's name56 DownReveal answer → Fishy edition of Keats56 DownReveal answer → Snake sound48 DownReveal answer → Stern situation unaffected by a rising48 DownReveal answer → Permit39 DownReveal answer → Seed-case39 DownReveal answer → Always heartily cheered?39 DownReveal answer → Regain711 DownReveal answer → Black salt?312 DownReveal answer → Tasselled cap312 DownReveal answer → Have a look round, there's a good chap513 DownReveal answer → Governs513 DownReveal answer → Play513 DownReveal answer → Walked514 DownReveal answer → Forward a letter to the Fair Maid's place515 DownReveal answer → Adult females515 DownReveal answer → Lettuce316 DownReveal answer → Flexible, supple518 DownReveal answer → Dedicated718 DownReveal answer → One old port that will never improve!518 DownReveal answer → Levy319 DownReveal answer → Put personal pressure on the bench319 DownReveal answer → Seize and hold fast320 DownReveal answer → Having a bit of money, he was executed320 DownReveal answer → Not exactly hideous place of concealment721 DownReveal answer → Pick-me-up521 DownReveal answer → Tall mammal721 DownReveal answer → Gloss522 DownReveal answer → Animal doctor322 DownReveal answer → A minor, for instance322 DownReveal answer → Men's hairdresser623 DownReveal answer → Where, by touring the land, one may have shot to success623 DownReveal answer → Aesthetic tray design424 DownReveal answer → Lockjaw724 DownReveal answer → Epochs424 DownReveal answer → A recluse living in this age625 DownReveal answer → Threefold625 DownReveal answer → Cots526 DownReveal answer → Recreation, I see, possibly from the tropics526 DownReveal answer → Admission527 DownReveal answer → Vessel327 DownReveal answer → Waltz across the Channel?527 DownReveal answer → Boxer's short punch328 DownReveal answer → Prosecute for misuse?328 DownReveal answer → Shy628 DownReveal answer → Broom529 DownReveal answer → Obtains430 DownReveal answer → Drink helps make job rewarding430 DownReveal answer → Deadly532 DownReveal answer → Famous533 DownReveal answer → Record335 DownReveal answer → Expensive436 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, December 3, 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.