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Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 4 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
AgitateSTIR4Across1 Stiffening agentSTARCH6Across4 CushionPAD3Across4 Deeply impressed by the impactSTRUCK6Across4 StuntFEAT4Across6 Speak to a very quiet swimmerAPPROACH8Across7 High and mightyARROGANT8Across7 EmergencyCRISIS6Across8 Waterproof coatANORAK6Across8 Do they confess to a proprietorial interest?OWNERS6Across8 DespotTYRANT6Across9 Book of mapsATLAS5Across10 BeverageTEA3Across10 Cool headed flier involved in crimeCROOK5Across10 Grown-upADULT5Across12 A Welshman's platform?DAIS4Across13 Robbery, slangBLAG4Across13 An outstanding feature of the unicornHORN4Across14 SlayKILL4Across14 UntidyMESSY5Across14 A shipping bodyHULL4Across15 Ruminant mammalDEER4Across15 ObscureVAGUE5Across15 Does it hint at some more danger?RED3Across16 Someone's favouritePET3Across16 SedimentLEES4Across17 Drinks to help the digestion of eats?TEAS4Across17 RespectREVERE6Across18 Complain bitterlyRAIL4Across19 Pull out a resultDRAW4Across19 BrawlFRACAS6Across20 As for beet, it's cooked and eatenROASTBEEF9Across21 Golf termHOLEINONE9Across21 Cleans up after many operationsMOPS4Across23 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across23 SumTOTAL5Across24 Soft fine feathersDOWN4Across24 Further from RomeMORE4Across24 AbruptTERSE5Across26 For everyPER3Across26 Central figuresMID3Across26 Ship's companyCREW4Across27 Is such jazz not quite the business?TRAD4Across27 JamWEDGE5Across28 On top ofUPON4Across29 Figure most of the meal is meatVEAL4Across29 FirmamentSKY3Across30 FibsLIES4Across32 He may have a chapter to himselfDEAN4Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 He showed some cleverness as a writerVERNE5Across33 WholeENTIRE6Across33 Genetic copyCLONE5Across33 As possibly to go round a planetSATURN6Across34 ObservedSEEN4Across34 BaasBLEATS6Across34 Chief cry used by American parachutistsGERONIMO8Across35 ImmerseDIP3Across35 Case or particular exampleINSTANCE8Across35 The girl in the shrubberyMYRTLE6Across36 SketchedDREW4Across36 European countrySWEDEN6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Canoe-like boatKAYAK5Down1 Walk for weeksMARCH5Down1 Tool for boring holesDRILL5Down2 Some sign of a former beastly presenceSPOOR5Down2 WearyTIRED5Down2 Relatively long timeAGES4Down3 Play half-back in hospital!DOCK4Down3 DetermineRESOLVE7Down3 Not freshSTALE5Down4 PlaguePEST4Down4 Many swimmers love to lash out wildly!SHOAL5Down4 FactsDATA4Down5 Eager, astirAGOG4Down5 Those dashingly scored?RUNS4Down5 CompelFORCE5Down6 House of GodCHAPEL6Down6 A bird dog by nameCURLEW6Down6 Memory-lossAMNESIA7Down7 Opposite of wideNARROW6Down9 Did Billy make more madcap movies?WILDER6Down9 GratuityTIP3Down11 Steal the heart of an acrobatROB3Down11 BirdEMU3Down11 Superior location of the fringe of SurreyONTOP5Down12 TuneAIR3Down12 Give outALLOT5Down12 SailorTAR3Down13 His labours lead to a load of rubbishDUSTMAN7Down13 Apart fromBESIDES7Down13 Scottish riverDEE3Down15 Is bound to be in hasteHAS3Down15 Baked foodPIE3Down16 ObtainGET3Down16 Ultrafine service?RAF3Down16 NewtEFT3Down17 One egg per year!EASTER6Down18 Give rise toELICIT6Down18 PerformEXECUTE7Down19 It's about a woman, and that's officialREEVE5Down20 RescindANNUL5Down20 Aerodynamic part of a pistonROD3Down21 That womanHER3Down21 UncookedRAW3Down21 A short, maybe odd personBOD3Down22 WarnedALERTED7Down22 At presentNOW3Down22 ColourYELLOW6Down23 ProsecuteSAE3Down23 Title applied to many a nice womanMILADY6Down23 TreeOAK3Down25 Was victoriousWON3Down25 Billy, perhaps, though Charlie has oneCAN3Down25 RejectSPURN5Down27 Cowboy's riding distance?RANGE5Down28 Tree sapRESIN5Down28 FurzeGORSE5Down29 Unit of weightPOUND5Down30 You're lucky if he sends you fifty quidERNIE5Down30 PipSEED4Down30 YapYELP4Down31 Not everNEVER5Down31 Bitter variety of melonLEMON5Down31 A harmonious partnershipDUET4Down32 Cooking fatLARD4Down32 Violin part rarely played nowadaysVIOL4Down33 IncisionsCUTS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, December 4, 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.