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Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2021 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
SuppleLITHE5Across2 PainACHE4Across7 InitiateLAUNCH6Across8 CourgetteZUCCHINI8Across9 Nero chased the two inside: it was easyNOBOTHER8Across9 DespondencyGLOOM5Across9 Over the figure quotedTOO3Across10 ChargeFEE3Across10 RotterCAD3Across11 She is also in troubleALISON6Across11 HistoryANNALS6Across11 Goes round to get the garmentsSKIRTS6Across12 Brown pigmentSIENNA6Across12 FellowDON3Across13 Wasn't silent when examined by the doctorSOUNDED7Across13 Not professionalAMATEUR7Across13 Shy, for actorsCAST4Across14 Feeble personWIMP4Across14 FrankOPEN4Across15 How the kisses were deleted?CROSSEDOUT10Across15 Forceful punchPILEDRIVER10Across15 BorderHEM3Across16 RestrainedRESERVED8Across17 Good-looking and generousHANDSOME8Across17 LakeMERE4Across18 Affectedly properGENTEEL7Across18 Rub in the preparation, mum, to make it shineBURNISH7Across18 WidespreadGENERAL7Across19 Precious stoneOPAL4Across19 He's up to it, by all accountsABEL4Across19 BanVETO4Across20 Went off thoroughly confusedADDLED6Across21 Large mealNOSHUP6Across21 JettyPIER4Across22 ImmediateINSTANT7Across23 Elvis Presley songTHATSALLRIGHTMAMA17Across24 "Resigning" in service terminology?DESERTINGONESPOST17Across24 CornetCONE4Across25 Breakfast cerealMUESLI6Across27 We'll have no more of that! Plug up the holeSTOPIT6Across27 StrikeHIT3Across27 MinusLESS4Across28 Tell you just how old the fruit isDATE4Across29 Units of lengthFEET4Across29 Get ready to cut and stuff insidePREPARE7Across30 Slightly drunkSQUIFFY7Across30 AttemptTRY3Across30 DecayROT3Across31 DemiseDEATH5Across33 Be holding the group of aliens, or foreignersBALINESE8Across33 Circle of standing stonesCROMLECH8Across33 Land, having arrived for some peace and quietCOMETOREST10Across35 Light theatrical pieceVAUDEVILLE10Across35 FierceSAVAGE6Across36 I went inside and snooped - lost no timeSPED4Across36 Russian emperorTSAR4Across36 DischargeEMIT4Across37 Collection of author's worksOMNIBUS7Across37 Subdue the child that has a gunCHASTEN7Across37 Man's headdressTURBAN6Across38 MaterialNYLON5Across38 What taught one to have smaller bets?LESSON6Across38 Absurd actsANTICS6Across40 It's terribly sore, doctor, swallowing: worse than beforeMORESO6Across40 German townEMS3Across41 A fellow manDON3Across41 Made accessible againREOPENED8Across42 Gobbledygook? Of course it's not!NONSENSE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BountifulMUNIFICENT10Down1 FragmentSCRAP5Down1 Appears to be a rotunda when one views itLOOKSROUND10Down1 Glance over quicklySCAN4Down2 LimbLEG3Down2 French for "rain cats and dogs"POUR4Down2 ConflictDISAGREE8Down3 Kitchen gadgets with which barbers are familiarWHISKERS8Down3 AlsoTOO3Down3 TreeELM3Down4 Type of molluscBIVALVE7Down4 Continue working as a valet?PRESSON7Down4 BeakerMUG3Down5 Don't go away to do some fishing?HOLDTHELINE11Down5 Study of weatherMETEOROLOGY11Down5 PerformerACTOR5Down6 InviolableSACROSANCT10Down6 Rains and is most upsetting to foreignersSARDINIANS10Down6 Spoken replyANSWER6Down7 In the Olympics, does the record go to America for it?DISCUS6Down7 Flaming torchFLAMBEAU8Down8 Soup, cold, to take on the riverCONSOMME8Down8 Hope you can rely onTRUST5Down10 KilnOVEN4Down10 AptitudeFLAIR5Down10 PrisonerCONVICT7Down11 FateDESTINY7Down12 LiberateDELIVER7Down13 ClosestNEAREST7Down14 SnaresENTRAPS7Down16 Makes fun of the frantic puss with the tail caught in itSENDSUP7Down16 MoorHEATH5Down16 IntendedMEANT5Down17 ChartMAP3Down18 Thick fruit pulpPUREE5Down20 Bay in which the fish take the bait, you sayBIGHT5Down20 IndividualONE3Down21 Dispenser that's always slipping out of one's hand?DROPPER7Down22 African languageSWAHILI7Down22 With the "Best wishes" go loving looksKINDREGARDS11Down23 Dramatic situationCLIFFHANGER11Down23 AssistantAIDE4Down24 Large working animalSHIREHORSE10Down25 Not very friendly and a bit cheekyRATHERCOOL10Down25 Unscrews and freesTURNSLOOSE10Down26 HarmoniumORGAN5Down26 Connected organisationsAFFILIATES10Down26 RevoltUPRISING8Down28 What got the char all mixed up?TEASPOON8Down28 CompactSOLID5Down29 Talking on and on and frightening oneRATTLING8Down31 QueryQUESTION8Down31 Among the ten runners, mine is leadingEMINENT7Down32 University scholarshipBURSARY7Down32 WagesPAY3Down32 LairDEN3Down33 BorderMARGIN6Down34 Boring-toolAWL3Down34 Certainly it's the smart thing to doINDEED6Down34 Interrupt with "Copper and another metal"CUTIN5Down35 Instinctive feelingsVIBES5Down35 ChickenHEN3Down35 Weep tears as you cast off?SHED4Down39 StinkREEK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 1, 2021. 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.