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Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword December 9 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 131 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#
Eye colourHAZEL5Across3 MotionlessSTILL5Across3 Role playerACTOR5Across3 Such charges can be droppedDEPTH5Across8 HectorBULLY5Across8 TraySALVER6Across9 Jacket partLAPEL5Across10 PointingAIMING6Across10 When a teetotaler enters to make purchase, it's a sandwichBUTTY5Across10 The French love himLEO3Across11 AngryMAD3Across11 LukewarmTEPID5Across11 National forcePOWER5Across12 CupidEROS4Across12 Capital of MoroccoRABAT5Across12 It's of consuming interest if you're thinking of an appleSTRUDEL7Across13 Driving force or impulseIMPETUS7Across13 RodentsMICE4Across15 One who stealsTHIEF5Across15 Quick fix for a dripRAPID5Across15 ProtectionDEFENCE7Across17 Boy's nameROB3Across18 Thanks to Romeo, he's called JackTAR3Across18 StylusNEEDLE6Across19 In Napoli, certainly, a forcePOLICE6Across19 RabbitDOE3Across20 ChangedALTERED7Across21 LoathedHATED5Across21 Shine in a good bit of radioGLISTEN7Across21 More like a duckling than a cygnet?UGLY4Across22 SacredHOLY4Across22 Stupid fellow, but he may be on the ballGOOF4Across23 RepastMEAL4Across23 AlwaysEVER4Across23 Withdraw when one's influence is not wantedPULLOUT7Across24 Slide unsteadilySLITHER7Across24 BeatDRUM4Across25 Inaninnate, but it's heard to croak at usCROCUS6Across26 Shrub or small treeACACIA6Across26 WandererROVER5Across26 TreeASH3Across28 MeadowLEA3Across29 The penalty is too much for herENA3Across29 ReplyRESPOND7Across30 An ordinary American poet?HOMER5Across31 ChallengesDARES5Across31 Uncle Remus's vulpine brotherBRERFOX7Across32 Boarding place for dogsKENNELS7Across32 BackREAR4Across33 Book of mapsATLAS5Across34 Sales items Neil's shiftingLINES5Across34 Due condensationDEW3Across35 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across35 FlatfishDAB3Across35 ThickDENSE5Across36 ReignedRULED5Across36 There's nothing bearish about themBULLS5Across36 Cause to attackSETON5Across37 In staircase design, it's novel to the SpanishNEWEL5Across37 Made mistakesERRED5Across38 St. Andrews place for spectatorsSTAND5Across38 AffairMATTER6Across38 SeasonAUTUMN6Across39 AdhesivePASTE5Across40

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Baby's pacifierDUMMY5Down1 EnquiredASKED5Down1 A wing-shaped letter!DELTA5Down1 Quite oldELDERLY7Down2 How one might defend being devious about a ticket sellerSTOUTLY7Down2 DistantALOOF5Down2 FixedSET3Down3 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down4 DitchTRENCH6Down4 Calm and collected when out of control?COOL4Down4 PlacedLAID4Down5 King never crowned, one imaginesOBERON6Down5 Very happyELATED6Down5 CoverLID3Down6 Turning toolLATHE5Down6 Truly it can be hard to sayRURAL5Down6 InflexibleRIGID5Down7 GemJEWEL5Down7 Philosophical about the calamitous cost when one is taken inSTOIC5Down7 TallyAGREE5Down8 Single circuitLAP3Down9 For each childless personPER3Down9 Andromeda's associate peruses the revisionPERSEUS7Down12 German measlesRUBELLA7Down12 RevokeREVERSE7Down13 Welsh dairyman?DAI3Down14 CutSEVER5Down14 ToddlerTOT3Down14 A light show to start with?PILOT5Down16 LoaferIDLER5Down16 PraiseCOMMEND7Down16 TouchesFEELS5Down17 Consider heavenly as a personDEIFY5Down17 KeenEAGER5Down18 SnugglesNESTLES7Down19 GuidedLED3Down19 Strippers could be coppersPEELERS7Down19 In frontAHEAD5Down20 Intuitive idea worthy of backing?HUNCH5Down20 Feeling of being under a cloud?GLOOM5Down21 Communion tableALTAR5Down21 CurtainDRAPE5Down22 Flow windinglyMEANDER7Down23 Cautious of administering a drug as a boyGUARDED7Down23 Might his clean thinking stir up change?PURIST6Down24 DecayROT3Down24 Female siblingSISTER6Down24 Anybody who isn't off keyONE3Down25 Farmyard birdHEN3Down25 ReiterateREPEAT6Down27 Provide foodCATER5Down27 Villain who could turn out to be an ogre?ROGUE5Down27 FragranceAROMA5Down28 Stop, haltCEASE5Down28 In prison, could they be electrifying?CELLS5Down28 HurryHASTE5Down29 We may get a lot out of it in the bathroom!TOWEL5Down30 Arm jointELBOW5Down30 DislikeODIUM5Down31 Girl's nameKATE4Down32 MoribundDYING5Down32 Lived at Wembley Central, evenBEEN4Down32 In life, wonderful blessings are not commonFEW3Down33 ConsumeEAT3Down33 AtmosphereAURA4Down34 MaterialREP3Down36 OwingDUE3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, December 9, 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.