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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 5 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#
FreeGRATIS6Across1 SeamanSAILOR6Across5 Dashing mannerPANACHE7Across8 WisdomSAGACITY8Across8 Left the light on for showPORTRAY7Across8 TardyLATE4Across9 Introduced the topic of being fosteredBROUGHTUP9Across9 ConceitedBIGHEADED9Across9 TimidSHY3Across10 SlumberSLEEP5Across12 SwiftnessHASTE5Across13 Ray, come off it!LIGHT5Across13 Go inENTER5Across14 A church-woman from the countryCHINA5Across14 Stand up and look angryBRISTLE7Across15 Large catPANTHER7Across15 DecayROT3Across15 HugeIMMENSE7Across16 You can do it with a spurt - from the sauce bottleCATCHUP7Across16 Run away to marryELOPE5Across17 DevilIMP3Across17 Drink to the Queen? Great!SUPER5Across17 Synthetic materialNYLON5Across18 WonderAWE3Across18 Didn't lie - was a candidateSTOOD5Across18 HatchetAXE3Across19 ImitatingAPING5Across20 Positions the TV one's brought backSITES5Across20 Large antelopeELAND5Across20 StretchEKE3Across21 TransparentLIMPID6Across22 Tell you later to translate to EnglishRELATE6Across22 FateLOT3Across22 It's bed-time - get on with the yarnCOTTON6Across23 HelpAID3Across23 Bridgelike frameworkGANTRY6Across23 DefectiveDUD3Across24 The demo in favour of, try to joinPROTEST7Across25 ExciteAGITATE7Across25 ConsumedEATEN5Across26 Intestinal infectionCHOLERA7Across27 Deliver, as I go out, a plantFREESIA7Across27 StillYET3Across29 European seaBALTIC6Across30 A reason against having the name in pencilCRAYON6Across30 The chap dropped the ball-pointFELLOW6Across31 NovelistAUTHOR6Across31 Wants to give the English within a send-offNEEDS5Across32 Broods sullenlySULKS5Across32 CeaseSTOP4Across33 BreedGENERATE8Across34 Will be right back - out getting fishTROUT5Across35 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across35 Desert plantsCACTI5Across35 OffendINSULT6Across36 Diana and Reginald redesigned the crestRIDGE5Across36 Smells stronglyREEKS5Across36 Not an index of the famousNOTABLE7Across37 Successful youngster?WHIZKID7Across37 Notice the attire as you speak toADDRESS7Across39 Geometrical figurePOLYGON7Across39 Go off, alternatively, to get an engine partROTOR5Across41 OdourSCENT5Across41 Sign and bring right back to oneTRACE5Across42 ConfessADMIT5Across42 Coax to have a game of golfGETAROUND9Across43 Leading attack forceSPEARHEAD9Across43 ChivalrousGALLANT7Across44 In what way can a fish be sounding unhappy?HOWLING7Across44

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Tried, as a son shouldSOUGHT6Down1 Fragrant substanceBALSAM6Down1 Pains one gets after the operationSTITCHES8Down2 Swayed dangerouslyCAREENED8Down2 AttainREACH5Down2 Loosely woven materialCHEESECLOTH11Down3 Slogan there's something infectious about?CATCHPHRASE11Down3 RipTEAR4Down3 Liver diseaseCIRRHOSIS9Down4 MotionlessSTILL5Down4 Tremendous compassion evidenced by "What a shame!"GREATPITY9Down4 FashionSTYLE5Down5 Issues the desensitisersNUMBERS7Down5 CheerfulCHIPPER7Down5 Round metal shotCANNONBALL10Down6 A shop in Fetter Lane?CHAINSTORE10Down6 LazeIDLE4Down6 Only said he's an object of ridiculeBUTT4Down7 NetMESH4Down7 SurpassOUTDO5Down7 Holy placeSHRINE6Down10 TolerateSTAND5Down10 Pants but isn't exerting oneselfSLACKS6Down10 BrooksSTREAMS7Down11 CedeYIELD5Down11 The gentleman got up only to have something to eatRISSOLE7Down11 Strong spiritBRANDY6Down12 FloodSPATE5Down12 Ready to go walkies when you tempt into troubleLEADON6Down12 EjectEVICT5Down13 HeathenPAGAN5Down14 ShrillREEDY5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 In summer, such a chance as we have of dining alfresco?OUTSIDE7Down19 Word for wordLITERAL7Down19 Also coming through is a terrible darn stormTORNADO7Down21 Pure and beautifulANGELIC7Down21 An attractive part of the house?DRAWINGROOM11Down24 Necessary resourcesWHEREWITHAL11Down24 SpeakUTTER5Down25 Fluent in three languagesTRILINGUAL10Down26 Was struck by how one accepted blameTOOKTHERAP10Down26 PresageAUGUR5Down27 Mistaken in having taken a toadstool for a mushroom?DEADWRONG9Down28 BoredomENNUI5Down28 Very famous personSUPERSTAR9Down28 From the altar, be whisked off to Canada, somewhereALBERTA7Down29 SubdueCHASTEN7Down29 PraiseEXTOL5Down30 Arm muscleBICEPS6Down30 Sleep you won't have when dog tired?CATNAP6Down30 NoticeSPOT4Down31 Don't mention it in any way, shape or form!NOTATALL8Down32 AppropriateSUITABLE8Down32 DaggerKRIS4Down32 Turning up as news editor in a country abroadSWEDEN6Down33 Habitually calmSEDATE6Down33 Continue as before, getting the sons worriedPRESSON7Down34 Brittle-soundingCRUNCHY7Down34 Japanese robeKIMONO6Down38 Very bright or black and showeryBRAINY6Down38 You can take it up, too, for something to doDEED4Down40 Long steady gaitLOPE4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, December 5, 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.