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Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 122 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#
Two timesTWICE5Across1 WorryFRET4Across1 A letter to Ruth from VeraTRUTH5Across1 RugMAT3Across4 Pools entries made by writingPERMS5Across6 RemainSTAY4Across6 Detection systemSONAR5Across6 AutomobileCAR3Across9 Rich source of advice to lubricate thoroughlyOILWELL7Across9 Distress greatlyAFFLICT7Across9 Shot round the bend with a loud crySHOUT5Across10 StubbornOBDURATE8Across10 RepresentativeAGENT5Across10 Dramatic statement of new ideasASIDE5Across11 ParchedARID4Across11 CompetitorRIVAL5Across11 Piece of bread, possibly to follow the fishSLICE5Across12 GovernsRULES5Across12 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across13 It serves a shady purposePARASOL7Across13 CounterfeitDUD3Across14 As sent when there's a bit of a hole in a ship?SOS3Across15 __ Gibson, actorMEL3Across15 SayUTTER5Across16 AmongAMID4Across17 As opposed to Windsor or HarrowETON4Across17 Bad finger resulting from a cut?FRINGE6Across18 AgreeACCEDE6Across18 Stayed sound and soberSTAID5Across19 Cutting strokeSLASH5Across19 SeamanSEAFARER8Across19 Numerous attractive men have large amountsCHUNKS6Across20 Raps sharplyKNOCKS6Across20 SkirmishMELEE5Across21 Just me going at half fareMERE4Across22 AssistantAIDE4Across22 DawdlingDALLYING8Across23 Garden tool or key to the houseHOE3Across24 SeniorELDER5Across24 Chronic drunkardSOT3Across24 In dishonest trade, it's wrong to be thus dressedATTIRED7Across25 Mythical creatureCENTAUR7Across25 Store not open to the publicSTASH5Across26 Wet slapping soundSPLAT5Across26 Get away with an injured foot?HOPIT5Across27 Confused situationMIXUP5Across27 AnimalYAK3Across27 So Sue's upset, being in a pickle!SOUSE5Across28 Ski slopePISTE5Across28 Customers with little money _ about £1CLIENTS7Across29 RegainRECOVER7Across29 Gave damages to the impecunious?BROKE5Across30 PriseLEVER5Across30 ApproachesNEARS5Across31 Stories, say, possibly about the navyYARNS5Across31 MereLAKE4Across31 FriendlyAMICABLE8Across33 VigourVIM3Across34 RepudiateDENY4Across35 ClamourDIN3Across36 GullDUPE4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Native American dwellingWIGWAM6Down2 GownROBE4Down2 To warm up yesterday's food can make her scoff!REHEAT6Down2 Possibly out to preserve an exotic birdTOUCAN6Down3 LoyalTRUE4Down3 Plain-spokenCANDID6Down3 Hard at it, you won't be missing anythingHIT3Down4 SteadyMEASURED8Down4 NewtEFT3Down4 RowTIER4Down5 One way to get sick is to boozeSWILL5Down5 HitCLOUT5Down5 DeficientSCANT5Down6 Notice given by authority on a piece of pasteboardPLACARD7Down6 Shrill crySCREECH7Down6 Alternatively, stewed eelsELSE4Down7 Man's nameOTIS4Down7 SailorTAR3Down7 SubsidedABATED6Down8 One not merely pettish, but dangerous!MADDOG6Down8 AscendARISE5Down8 You aren't really well out of themSORTS5Down12 OutcomeISSUE5Down12 Complains bitterlyRAILS5Down12 SwiftRAPID5Down13 Sit and fishPERCH5Down13 Chops wildlyHACKS5Down13 BarrierDAM3Down14 Intolerant personBIGOT5Down14 Abnormal, like a forgetful elephant?ROGUE5Down14 PostponeDELAY5Down15 The press, TV, etc.MEDIA5Down15 Show contempt of an out-of-the-way visionarySNEER5Down15 How a Swede possibly did needleworkSEWED5Down16 Leprosy victimLEPER5Down16 TrackTRAIL5Down17 Taxingly relevant part of AprilFIFTH5Down18 ScopeRANGE5Down18 Thing of valueASSET5Down18 Sea captainSKIPPER7Down19 One knocked down in an alley?SKITTLE7Down19 ConnectionRELATION8Down20 But in time, no great credit?HONOUR6Down21 BeginnerNOVICE6Down21 Being typically yellow, many aim so badly!MIMOSA6Down22 MooseELK3Down22 DressATTIRE6Down22 Why arson is terrible out EastREASON6Down23 Cleaning clothDUSTER6Down23 Christmas hymnCAROL5Down25 Tree used wild apes at the end of the gardenASPEN5Down25 QuitLEAVE5Down25 Ill provided with some basic knowledge?SICK4Down26 CertainSURE4Down26 FoeENEMY5Down26 Tasty? No thanks _ it's dirty!STY3Down28 AttackRAID4Down28 Female swanPEN3Down28 HairlessBALD4Down29 ApplaudCLAP4Down30 RelativesKIN3Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 1, 2024. 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.