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Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 30 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 124 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#
Steering deviceWHEEL5Across1 HandwritingSCRIPT6Across1 It's rough when a raw beginner gets in a messHARSH5Across1 MoistDAMP4Across5 Because a gloss finish can be niceSINCE5Across6 Grieve overMOURN5Across6 ParamourLOVER5Across8 Maybe one has gasped about such a lady!PAINTED7Across9 DonkeyASS3Across9 Wool fatLANOLIN7Across9 QuarryPREY4Across10 Watch bandSTRAP5Across10 What a couple can do when, again, there's an R in the monthMARRY5Across10 LocationSITE4Across11 Highly disagreeable to be humble?LOWLY5Across11 Beast of burdenLLAMA5Across11 PerformedACTED5Across12 SuitablyAPTLY5Across12 Stop running some installationSTALL5Across12 TruthfulnessHONESTY7Across13 Million to one, to bet is an error!MISTAKE7Across13 MenaceTHREAT6Across13 Apple seedPIP3Across15 Keep the eggs warm, perhapsSIT3Across15 ReposeREST4Across16 ElderlyAGED4Across17 Complaint said to be a bit hackneyedACNE4Across17 Horse maybe born to give a cowboy a start?BRONCO6Across18 ValleyVALE4Across18 AureoleCORONA6Across18 Essays by one in a state of restTRIES5Across19 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Across19 HappeningsEVENTS6Across20 Cried distractedly on finishing last, we believeCREDIT6Across20 AyeYES3Across20 GrooveRUT3Across22 Just what the doctor orderedDOSE4Across22 QuoteCITE4Across22 FinishEND3Across23 Warm-hearted love for a sweep, perhapsOAR3Across24 PaddleWADE4Across24 SpoilMAR3Across24 Being drunk, sounded sloshed!SLURPED7Across25 StaggerREEL4Across25 RichWEALTHY7Across25 Secret agentsSPIES5Across26 Is she an enthusiast for New York?FANNY5Across26 Bad mark for a boy getting out of lineSTAIN5Across27 Tear into small piecesRIPUP5Across27 Of sound or hearingAUDIO5Across28 Not ignorant of a place in HertsAWARE5Across28 BuckDOLLAR6Across28 They may well be keepersFINDERS7Across29 ReactRESPOND7Across29 A reminder about the figuresRELIC5Across30 Cut offSEVER5Across30 EmployeesSTAFF5Across30 Sorts, kindsTYPES5Across31 Stories ought to be out of my thoughtsMYTHS5Across31 RepastMEAL4Across32 JotIOTA4Across33 DrunkardSOT3Across34 SkirmishMELEE5Across35 FastenedTIED4Across36 OfferTENDER6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ScarceSCANTY6Down1 Such figures are not RomanARABIC6Down2 Sausage in a rollHOTDOG6Down2 KeptRESERVED8Down2 TreePOPLAR6Down3 Fairy showing malice outright!SPRITE6Down3 Very happyELATED6Down3 BlackedBOYCOTTED9Down4 There's a street market for it in LondonHAY3Down4 CircuitLAP3Down4 EarnDESERVE7Down5 Bind or untie, possiblyUNITE5Down5 Remembrance flowerPOPPY5Down5 Vendors holding twice the cash as prophetsSELLERS7Down6 ParchedARID4Down6 A thousand thousandsMILLION7Down6 LordPEER4Down7 SolelyONLY4Down7 One much admired though said to be idleIDOL4Down7 StayREMAIN6Down8 MeadowLEA3Down8 One side of GlasgowCELTIC6Down8 As worn by the runner on the right?SKIRT5Down12 Book of mapsATLAS5Down12 Another name for polo?MARCO5Down13 SeraglioHAREM5Down13 PetrifiedTERRIFIED9Down14 Poles always scoff, it seems!SNEER5Down14 At no timeNEVER5Down14 ElderlyOLD3Down15 PostulatePOSIT5Down15 Enquire about a non-starter said to be in the soupSNOOP5Down15 Quick, livelyPACEY5Down16 Drawn to matrimony?TOWED5Down16 ProsecuteSUE3Down17 Sort of laugh when you flop as a diver?BELLY5Down18 Traffic markersCONES5Down18 InspectedANALYSED8Down19 She was a colossal disasterTITANIC7Down19 Plug, bungSTOPPER7Down19 YelpYAP3Down20 Travelling caseVALISE6Down21 Hardly a thing to keep baby quiet?RATTLE6Down21 SubsidedSETTLED7Down21 OvercastCLOUDY6Down22 Under the influence of Morpheus?DROWSY6Down22 Three timesTHRICE6Down23 As you hunt, the wild chase is about never-ending!SEARCH6Down23 Like the insinuation that there's a nepotistic leader in the teamSNIDE5Down25 Sheds tearsWEEPS5Down25 FindLOCATE6Down26 CertainSURE4Down26 If wrong again, she's probably FrenchFIFI4Down26 Bomb-holeCRATER6Down27 Dear me, there's this branch in the river!ARM3Down28 Insect typeANT3Down28 ExcludeOMIT4Down29 IdenticalSAME4Down30 EnemyFOE3Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 30, 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.