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Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 7 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 125 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#
Drink through thisSTRAW5Across1 Fight for the discardsSCRAP5Across1 PlatformSTAGE5Across4 Aquatic birdsGEESE5Across6 Stuff to sell around Leatherhead?PLUSH5Across6 ShrivelSHRINK6Across7 ContainerJAR3Across9 FundamentalRADICAL7Across9 Court helper with a corner in the lobby, maybeBALLBOY7Across9 PerformedDID3Across10 Forename Carson endlessly gets wrongOSCAR5Across10 Touches downLANDS5Across10 Misguided tour around a tourist centre in CornwallTRURO5Across11 Thin candleTAPER5Across11 Senior memberDOYEN5Across12 ChiefMAJOR5Across12 Unduly hates great speedHASTE5Across12 Road-surfacing materialBITUMEN7Across13 CheeseEDAM4Across13 Fined us unfairly for having made teaINFUSED7Across13 Old vessel returning from ButeTUB3Across15 Golfer's pegTEE3Across15 CabledWIRED5Across15 They don't agree with new onesNOES4Across17 OperatorUSER4Across17 DeathDEMISE6Across17 Gorge or ravineCANYON6Across18 It's in wild fury that one gets something like a raspberryFRUITY6Across18 Cabbage varietySAVOY5Across19 Shot round a turn to the left, in factTRULY5Across19 Sea-eagleERNE4Across19 InstrumentPIANO5Across20 Vanilla, for instanceORCHID6Across20 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across20 Is it played in loud disagreement?LUDO4Across22 HairstylePERM4Across22 CushionPAD3Across22 As said by dad to a hothead?PAH3Across24 ColourRED3Across24 FearedDREADED7Across24 Crime? Only half of it has motive!TREASON7Across25 GossipHEARSAY7Across25 OutriderSCOUT5Across26 Quote for a hatTOQUE5Across26 The shooting of some mosquitoes, we're toldSKEET5Across27 Showjumping obstacleFENCE5Across27 StrayERR3Across27 I'm Bob, silly girl!BIMBO5Across28 Shock, dismayAPPAL5Across28 BanquetFEAST5Across28 Figure to get right home, almost, by busRHOMBUS7Across29 Fix upARRANGE7Across29 It's hard, being brokeSTONY5Across30 TaleSTORY5Across30 MinusLESS4Across31 CommandORDER5Across31 She's on record as a wool producerSHEEP5Across31 SiblingSISTER6Across33 CogsTEETH5Across35 ProdPOKE4Across37 StartedBEGAN5Across38 LongingYEN3Across39 CreeperIVY3Across41 MealDINNER6Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SlumberingASLEEP6Down1 To be preciseTHATIS6Down2 FleetARMADA6Down2 Where it's a sin to gamble in company?CASINO6Down2 Eagerness, zealARDOUR6Down3 FinishEND3Down3 You can count on itABACUS6Down3 It's better to be under it than below itPAR3Down4 Used to beWAS3Down4 IdenticalSAME4Down4 Appeal to provide the head of police with a cluePLEAD5Down5 BuffaloBISON5Down5 DealTRADE5Down5 Means of entry or accessGATEWAY7Down6 It involves throwing things on a wheelPOTTERY7Down6 RighteousnessGOODNESS8Down6 Style, vigourELAN4Down7 Instrument used in early recordingsLYRE4Down7 BirdKIWI4Down8 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down8 Shoot out of Brussels?SPROUT6Down8 InequalityDISPARITY9Down11 He has a way of being given attentionHEARD5Down12 ExcludeDEBAR5Down12 Point out the quickest way to drive!INTOP5Down13 PurchaserBUYER5Down13 RepairMEND4Down14 LukewarmTEPID5Down14 Go forFETCH5Down14 He composes a letter to suitTITUS5Down15 SortsTYPES5Down15 PeruseREAD4Down16 Poet possibly born around the end of the centuryBYRON5Down16 FoeENEMY5Down16 AdditionalMORE4Down18 A gift to make light of?FLARE5Down18 Celestial bodyCOMET5Down18 MagicSORCERY7Down19 Nominally, it's up to a flier to start youngTIMOTHY7Down19 At tennis, is it illegal?RACKET6Down21 ConcernINTEREST8Down21 HateDETEST6Down21 FittingPROPER6Down22 Generous way for the little woman to lash outLAVISH6Down22 AdroitDEFT4Down23 PlunderRAVAGE6Down23 Be loud, perhaps twice as muchDOUBLE6Down23 A young corporation?TUMMY5Down25 Of mankindHUMAN5Down25 GaelicERSE4Down25 Can you hear it turn in the air?TERN4Down26 IntenseDEEP4Down26 Old wound markSCAR4Down26 Business vehicleBUS3Down28 In the pastAGO3Down28 AboutAROUND6Down29 SuppositionTHEORY6Down30 StepSTAIR5Down32 HutSHED4Down34 JealousyENVY4Down36 PinchNIP3Down40

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, December 7, 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.