Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 3 December 2025 Answers
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1 J
A
C
2 K
E
3 T
4 A
5 H
6 S
U
N
7 O
U
T
B
R
E
A
K
M
8 P
I
9 E
R
S
L
A
10 P
R
O
V
E
N
11 L
A
12 T
E
13 S
T
E
14 O
E
R
15 P
16 L
A
N
C
E
17 R
18 I
P
S
19 S
E
20 N
O
R
O
D
21 H
A
R
E
M
U
E
22 K
I
T
T
Y
23 B
24 A
T
25 H
26 S
A
27 V
E
D
H
28 S
I
R
E
29 P
L
A
Y
E
R
30 B
U
S
T
E
R
O
L
O
31 R
E
L
Y
M
32 R
E
S
O
U
R
C
E
E
I
T
E
T
33 W
A
Y
O
U
T
Across
- 1. Murphy's coat? (6)
- 7. Epidemic of being off work for a rest? (8)
- 8. Said to be the same as a jetty (4)
- 10. Shown to wander in the outskirts of Preston (6)
- 11. The most recent to lose heart at last? (6)
- 14. Over poetic? (3)
- 16. Weapon that makes Jack a junior NCO (5)
- 17. Tears back showing some spirit (4)
- 19. Foreigner of Norse origin? (5)
- 21. Wherein the women rush about a lot? (5)
- 22. She's in the pool (5)
- 23. Where a bighead can get a new hat (4)
- 26. Kept being sad about a great day (5)
- 28. Title of Osiris? (3)
- 29. Did he mess up the replay? (6)
- 30. Chap informally cooking tubers (6)
- 31. Depend on us returning, surely (4)
- 32. Anything helpful you can have recourse to (8)
- 33. Eccentric exit? (3,3)
Down
- 1. Possibly `ilong^i garment (6)
- 2. Men of steel could put an edge on them (6)
- 3. Like the rent book? (4)
- 4. In the Bible, he provided sailors with an extract of calomel (7)
- 5. A he-man's girl (5)
- 6. Fishy edition of Keats (5)
- 8. Stern situation unaffected by a rising (4)
- 9. Always heartily cheered? (3)
- 12. Black salt? (3)
- 13. Have a look round, there's a good chap (5)
- 15. Forward a letter to the Fair Maid's place (5)
- 18. One old port that will never improve! (5)
- 19. Put personal pressure on the bench (3)
- 20. Having a bit of money, he was executed (3)
- 21. Not exactly hideous place of concealment (7)
- 22. A minor, for instance (3)
- 23. Where, by touring the land, one may have shot to success (6)
- 24. Aesthetic tray design (4)
- 25. A recluse living in this age (6)
- 26. Recreation, I see, possibly from the tropics (5)
- 27. Waltz across the Channel? (5)
- 28. Prosecute for misuse? (3)
- 30. Drink helps make job rewarding (4)