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Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Jungle expeditionSAFARI6Across1 Quietly, frequently in foxy fashionSOFTLY6Across1 MovingASTIR5Across3 If dice can’t be shaken, it’s just one of those thingsACCIDENT8Across7 RefurbishRENOVATE8Across7 Mexican snackTACO4Across8 French, perhaps, at an early timeDAWN4Across8 GainPROFIT6Across9 Misdirected, hikers may crySHRIEK6Across10 Tropical American birdTOUCAN6Across10 BeerBITTER6Across10 Picture houseCINEMA6Across11 When the lake is frozen, one cannot really be a fisherSKATER6Across11 SwiftRAPID5Across11 ResponsibilityONUS4Across12 Bread rollBUN3Across14 Did one crawl out of a Sherman tank?ANT3Across14 SingerALTO4Across15 Celestial bodyCOMET5Across16 The inclinations of tournament entrants?LISTS5Across16 AffairROMANCE7Across17 Drawn matchesTIES4Across17 In addition, they return us a manuscriptSUMS4Across17 TreeCEDAR5Across19 Old-fashioned and dead wrong about central heatingDATED5Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 Charges to make you stare?RATES5Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 TagLABEL5Across21 Do hundreds of them get pounded?PENCE5Across22 DevilSATAN5Across22 GreedyAVID4Across23 In this case finishing nowhereHERE4Across23 SketchedDREW4Across23 HobbleLIMP4Across25 FrogmanDIVER5Across26 Less than explicit but quite acceptableLICIT5Across26 Lowest pointNADIR5Across26 ChargeFEE3Across28 Where dad’s concerned, it may be “de Calais”PAS3Across28 OfferBID3Across28 ImprovesAMENDS6Across29 Alternatives may be short out EastOTHERS6Across29 SicknessDISEASE7Across30 Garment on show, eventually?JUMPER6Across30 FindLOCATE6Across30 Sounds fruity and doesn’t look good!UGLY4Across31 DryARID4Across31 Painting of a personPORTRAIT8Across32 Open the shop for charming women to make changesSWITCHES8Across32 TartACID4Across33 View or glanceEYEFUL6Across33 Added up by that little boy EdwardTOTTED6Across33 RosterROTA4Across35 EmulateRIVAL5Across36 ThoroughfareAVENUE6Across38 SmallLITTLE6Across39 ClassGRADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sudden outbursts of sibilance?SPASMS6Down1 Group of sevenSEPTET6Down1 TrailSPOOR5Down1 Teaches half-wits to get out of the rainTRAINS6Down2 Counting frameABACUS6Down2 Market-placeFORUM5Down2 PressIRON4Down3 An American, just possibly a jerkYANK4Down3 TuneAIR3Down3 Of current affairsTOPICAL7Down4 The best boy’s difficulties?PICKLES7Down4 PostureSTANCE6Down4 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 BirdIBIS4Down5 They’re common in traffic accidentsDENTS5Down5 FreeRID3Down6 Gain access toGETAT5Down6 Phenomena seen with striking effect?STARS5Down6 BoothSTALL5Down7 CylinderTUBE4Down8 Drink half a day with the doctorDRAM4Down8 OffspringBROOD5Down8 The drippy type?WET3Down9 ContainerCAN3Down9 First thing needed after an accident?AID3Down12 And notNOR3Down12 Three may put you to sleep!ETHER5Down13 FuseMERGE5Down13 WanderingNOMADIC7Down13 AgreeableSAPID5Down14 Vesta, relation of Lucifer?MATCH5Down15 ExcludeDEBAR5Down15 StormTEMPEST7Down16 Not ready to have wild fun with a bit of a nitwitUNFIT5Down18 A religionISLAM5Down18 RelaxedEASED5Down18 SolidifyGEL3Down19 He’s always in dangerDAN3Down19 FelineCAT3Down19 Where to drive in the late eveningTEE3Down20 LairDEN3Down20 Take back what you said about a pamphletRETRACT7Down21 PantriesLARDERS7Down21 A bird with tastePIE3Down22 JockeyRIDER5Down22 TransgressionSIN3Down22 Reach a decisionDECIDE6Down23 Little place, dramatically DanishHAMLET6Down23 NoiseDIN3Down24 Peruse writingREAD4Down24 See as an eggheaded mole?ESPY4Down24 Job for a messenger or a clever darnerERRAND6Down25 Snout beetleWEEVIL6Down25 DiaperNAPPY5Down26 Burns wrote a poem to one, perhaps surprisinglyLOUSE5Down26 One can link it with a bicycleCHAIN5Down27 CoarseRIBALD6Down27 DisparageDECRY5Down27 Dog, a bit ugly on the quiet?PUG3Down28 TriteBANAL5Down28 In favour ofFOR3Down28 CubedDICED5Down29 OverdueLATE4Down30 Barely above board?JUST4Down30 ArteryAORTA5Down31 ConsumedEATEN5Down32 JettyPIER4Down34 MatRUG3Down36 UntruthLIE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. 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.