Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2018 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 1 2018. 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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Seize wrongfully53 AcrossReveal answer → In general, black marks53 AcrossReveal answer → Chaplain54 AcrossReveal answer → Generous67 AcrossReveal answer → Cruel king, but a hero to many58 AcrossReveal answer → Bible prophet58 AcrossReveal answer → Beak39 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion310 AcrossReveal answer → Archery missile510 AcrossReveal answer → Really pointless meeting?510 AcrossReveal answer → Fair game?311 AcrossReveal answer → Snake311 AcrossReveal answer → Weedy fathead at the bar512 AcrossReveal answer → Scope512 AcrossReveal answer → Wireless512 AcrossReveal answer → Incline413 AcrossReveal answer → Very much so, but not unspeakably713 AcrossReveal answer → Epicure713 AcrossReveal answer → The dramatic bits515 AcrossReveal answer → Giver515 AcrossReveal answer → Boundary515 AcrossReveal answer → Abundance617 AcrossReveal answer → A supportive fellow?318 AcrossReveal answer → Centre of a wheel318 AcrossReveal answer → First in the world!619 AcrossReveal answer → Merit419 AcrossReveal answer → Prior to619 AcrossReveal answer → Foe520 AcrossReveal answer → Of the throat or neck721 AcrossReveal answer → It's singularly useful when you want to hold hands721 AcrossReveal answer → Hale422 AcrossReveal answer → Call for some pieces of ice422 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch322 AcrossReveal answer → He gets publicity as top man423 AcrossReveal answer → Plant ovule423 AcrossReveal answer → Fault, failing724 AcrossReveal answer → Maxim724 AcrossReveal answer → A bag of broken latches724 AcrossReveal answer → Musical dramas626 AcrossReveal answer → Charlie, neglected, gets surly626 AcrossReveal answer → Consume327 AcrossReveal answer → Pickle528 AcrossReveal answer → Merriment329 AcrossReveal answer → A drink to enable you to eat?329 AcrossReveal answer → Being rash has to bring the ultimate penalty531 AcrossReveal answer → Worker in stone531 AcrossReveal answer → Legend431 AcrossReveal answer → A climbing aid, naturally732 AcrossReveal answer → Baggage732 AcrossReveal answer → Quiet633 AcrossReveal answer → Rope-making fibre534 AcrossReveal answer → Not a soft word534 AcrossReveal answer → Cowards at heart showing great fight335 AcrossReveal answer → Falsehood335 AcrossReveal answer → Riddle535 AcrossReveal answer → Where I step out wearing skis536 AcrossReveal answer → Flying toys536 AcrossReveal answer → Pay out the Poles at the plant537 AcrossReveal answer → Fronded plants537 AcrossReveal answer → Discharge437 AcrossReveal answer → Municipal538 AcrossReveal answer → Protect from the sun538 AcrossReveal answer → Shot for writing?538 AcrossReveal answer → Finish339 AcrossReveal answer → Lair341 AcrossReveal answer → Fabric642 AcrossReveal answer → Yielded543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Big and strong, he gets a bit crafty51 DownReveal answer → Automaton51 DownReveal answer → Gay61 DownReveal answer → Irish lad gone wrong72 DownReveal answer → Wrestling hold72 DownReveal answer → Retaliate62 DownReveal answer → Serpent33 DownReveal answer → Quarrel44 DownReveal answer → Fairy44 DownReveal answer → Army manoeuvres get her agitated44 DownReveal answer → Diminish55 DownReveal answer → Marauder65 DownReveal answer → But just one athlete can make this jump!65 DownReveal answer → Inflexible86 DownReveal answer → Food's not all the same, young man!56 DownReveal answer → Evidence56 DownReveal answer → Wherein life has no ups and downs?57 DownReveal answer → Engine57 DownReveal answer → Nimbus48 DownReveal answer → Former French coin39 DownReveal answer → In truth, it's monotonous39 DownReveal answer → Instruction911 DownReveal answer → To travel a distance by air makes you giddy712 DownReveal answer → Scolds712 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel314 DownReveal answer → Moist414 DownReveal answer → Organise with dash?314 DownReveal answer → Pool416 DownReveal answer → A priest, self-centred, has fun516 DownReveal answer → Group of nine516 DownReveal answer → A little room to look into517 DownReveal answer → Prepared517 DownReveal answer → Old harp418 DownReveal answer → Picked at the polls719 DownReveal answer → Harmful, vindictive719 DownReveal answer → The question of who sounds a sorceress?520 DownReveal answer → Parlance520 DownReveal answer → Without taking minutes to get round a bend?521 DownReveal answer → Denial821 DownReveal answer → Boy's name521 DownReveal answer → Recess423 DownReveal answer → Vest723 DownReveal answer → Chief method of movement?723 DownReveal answer → Fashions that seem a bit nasty to the French?624 DownReveal answer → Of Denmark624 DownReveal answer → Comfort425 DownReveal answer → A layer of rich enamel325 DownReveal answer → Floor covering325 DownReveal answer → Cadence426 DownReveal answer → One's right to be paid, perhaps, without delay527 DownReveal answer → Paved area527 DownReveal answer → Rigging a test, say528 DownReveal answer → Romantic flowers528 DownReveal answer → Extreme629 DownReveal answer → Respect630 DownReveal answer → Representative530 DownReveal answer → Starting no end of terrible strife530 DownReveal answer → Confidence532 DownReveal answer → Swimmer's eccentric aunt432 DownReveal answer → Touch down432 DownReveal answer → Run past!333 DownReveal answer → Ventilate333 DownReveal answer → Loaned434 DownReveal answer → Frozen436 DownReveal answer → Delve340 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 1, 2018. 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.