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Evening Standard Crossword December 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for December 5 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Free61 AcrossReveal answer → Seaman65 AcrossReveal answer → Dashing manner78 AcrossReveal answer → Wisdom88 AcrossReveal answer → Left the light on for show78 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy49 AcrossReveal answer → Introduced the topic of being fostered99 AcrossReveal answer → Conceited99 AcrossReveal answer → Timid310 AcrossReveal answer → Slumber512 AcrossReveal answer → Swiftness513 AcrossReveal answer → Ray, come off it!513 AcrossReveal answer → Go in514 AcrossReveal answer → A church-woman from the country514 AcrossReveal answer → Stand up and look angry715 AcrossReveal answer → Large cat715 AcrossReveal answer → Decay315 AcrossReveal answer → Huge716 AcrossReveal answer → You can do it with a spurt - from the sauce bottle716 AcrossReveal answer → Run away to marry517 AcrossReveal answer → Devil317 AcrossReveal answer → Drink to the Queen? Great!517 AcrossReveal answer → Synthetic material518 AcrossReveal answer → Wonder318 AcrossReveal answer → Didn't lie - was a candidate518 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet319 AcrossReveal answer → Imitating520 AcrossReveal answer → Positions the TV one's brought back520 AcrossReveal answer → Large antelope520 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch321 AcrossReveal answer → Transparent622 AcrossReveal answer → Tell you later to translate to English622 AcrossReveal answer → Fate322 AcrossReveal answer → It's bed-time - get on with the yarn623 AcrossReveal answer → Help323 AcrossReveal answer → Bridgelike framework623 AcrossReveal answer → Defective324 AcrossReveal answer → The demo in favour of, try to join725 AcrossReveal answer → Excite725 AcrossReveal answer → Consumed526 AcrossReveal answer → Intestinal infection727 AcrossReveal answer → Deliver, as I go out, a plant727 AcrossReveal answer → Still329 AcrossReveal answer → European sea630 AcrossReveal answer → A reason against having the name in pencil630 AcrossReveal answer → The chap dropped the ball-point631 AcrossReveal answer → Novelist631 AcrossReveal answer → Wants to give the English within a send-off532 AcrossReveal answer → Broods sullenly532 AcrossReveal answer → Cease433 AcrossReveal answer → Breed834 AcrossReveal answer → Will be right back - out getting fish535 AcrossReveal answer → Bomb-hole635 AcrossReveal answer → Desert plants535 AcrossReveal answer → Offend636 AcrossReveal answer → Diana and Reginald redesigned the crest536 AcrossReveal answer → Smells strongly536 AcrossReveal answer → Not an index of the famous737 AcrossReveal answer → Successful youngster?737 AcrossReveal answer → Notice the attire as you speak to739 AcrossReveal answer → Geometrical figure739 AcrossReveal answer → Go off, alternatively, to get an engine part541 AcrossReveal answer → Odour541 AcrossReveal answer → Sign and bring right back to one542 AcrossReveal answer → Confess542 AcrossReveal answer → Coax to have a game of golf943 AcrossReveal answer → Leading attack force943 AcrossReveal answer → Chivalrous744 AcrossReveal answer → In what way can a fish be sounding unhappy?744 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tried, as a son should61 DownReveal answer → Fragrant substance61 DownReveal answer → Pains one gets after the operation82 DownReveal answer → Swayed dangerously82 DownReveal answer → Attain52 DownReveal answer → Loosely woven material113 DownReveal answer → Slogan there's something infectious about?113 DownReveal answer → Rip43 DownReveal answer → Liver disease94 DownReveal answer → Motionless54 DownReveal answer → Tremendous compassion evidenced by "What a shame!"94 DownReveal answer → Fashion55 DownReveal answer → Issues the desensitisers75 DownReveal answer → Cheerful75 DownReveal answer → Round metal shot106 DownReveal answer → A shop in Fetter Lane?106 DownReveal answer → Laze46 DownReveal answer → Only said he's an object of ridicule47 DownReveal answer → Net47 DownReveal answer → Surpass57 DownReveal answer → Holy place610 DownReveal answer → Tolerate510 DownReveal answer → Pants but isn't exerting oneself610 DownReveal answer → Brooks711 DownReveal answer → Cede511 DownReveal answer → The gentleman got up only to have something to eat711 DownReveal answer → Strong spirit612 DownReveal answer → Flood512 DownReveal answer → Ready to go walkies when you tempt into trouble612 DownReveal answer → Eject513 DownReveal answer → Heathen514 DownReveal answer → Shrill515 DownReveal answer → Handle516 DownReveal answer → In summer, such a chance as we have of dining alfresco?719 DownReveal answer → Word for word719 DownReveal answer → Also coming through is a terrible darn storm721 DownReveal answer → Pure and beautiful721 DownReveal answer → An attractive part of the house?1124 DownReveal answer → Necessary resources1124 DownReveal answer → Speak525 DownReveal answer → Fluent in three languages1026 DownReveal answer → Was struck by how one accepted blame1026 DownReveal answer → Presage527 DownReveal answer → Mistaken in having taken a toadstool for a mushroom?928 DownReveal answer → Boredom528 DownReveal answer → Very famous person928 DownReveal answer → From the altar, be whisked off to Canada, somewhere729 DownReveal answer → Subdue729 DownReveal answer → Praise530 DownReveal answer → Arm muscle630 DownReveal answer → Sleep you won't have when dog tired?630 DownReveal answer → Notice431 DownReveal answer → Don't mention it in any way, shape or form!832 DownReveal answer → Appropriate832 DownReveal answer → Dagger432 DownReveal answer → Turning up as news editor in a country abroad633 DownReveal answer → Habitually calm633 DownReveal answer → Continue as before, getting the sons worried734 DownReveal answer → Brittle-sounding734 DownReveal answer → Japanese robe638 DownReveal answer → Very bright or black and showery638 DownReveal answer → You can take it up, too, for something to do440 DownReveal answer → Long steady gait440 DownReveal answer →

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