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Evening Standard Crossword January 1 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 132 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 1 2026. 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Passage52 AcrossReveal answer → It's eaten by many, if fun is also wanted64 AcrossReveal answer → Broad street64 AcrossReveal answer → A cosmetic87 AcrossReveal answer → Unfortunately47 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat kinky name for the honey bear87 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle going south to somewhere on sea, possibly68 AcrossReveal answer → Tarantula, for example68 AcrossReveal answer → Small68 AcrossReveal answer → Employees59 AcrossReveal answer → It's weak, but we all have it510 AcrossReveal answer → Of or resembling a bird510 AcrossReveal answer → Hill311 AcrossReveal answer → Possibly Cuban cad?413 AcrossReveal answer → Cushion313 AcrossReveal answer → Plant part413 AcrossReveal answer → Tower of strength!414 AcrossReveal answer → Minus414 AcrossReveal answer → Think about me as shielding us415 AcrossReveal answer → Paradise415 AcrossReveal answer → Female relative415 AcrossReveal answer → Coal-scuttle316 AcrossReveal answer → Still316 AcrossReveal answer → Fingerprint expert316 AcrossReveal answer → Mountain lake417 AcrossReveal answer → The last word in devotion?417 AcrossReveal answer → Lake418 AcrossReveal answer → Middle East port419 AcrossReveal answer → Uniform719 AcrossReveal answer → Stale rhyme to make you cry!419 AcrossReveal answer → Fade420 AcrossReveal answer → Sets free921 AcrossReveal answer → Bird providing the rations on manoeuvres, etc?921 AcrossReveal answer → Tug422 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign noisy tavern423 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress423 AcrossReveal answer → Frightened723 AcrossReveal answer → Being light, permitting you to raise them?424 AcrossReveal answer → Press clothes424 AcrossReveal answer → Plunder425 AcrossReveal answer → In short, is he the greatest?326 AcrossReveal answer → Marry326 AcrossReveal answer → Set up for driving427 AcrossReveal answer → Defective327 AcrossReveal answer → Terrible fate427 AcrossReveal answer → Gull428 AcrossReveal answer → Does it mean `iyou'll get no change out of me^i?429 AcrossReveal answer → Plant type429 AcrossReveal answer → Fasten330 AcrossReveal answer → Expire331 AcrossReveal answer → Defeat432 AcrossReveal answer → There isn't really a herring one432 AcrossReveal answer → Shoot for a bargain, sweetheart!533 AcrossReveal answer → Spree533 AcrossReveal answer → Facial expression533 AcrossReveal answer → The right decor possibly the best ever!634 AcrossReveal answer → Strain, emphasis634 AcrossReveal answer → Person one is no longer burning for835 AcrossReveal answer → Liable to happen soon835 AcrossReveal answer → Avoid certain ways to masticate636 AcrossReveal answer → Edit636 AcrossReveal answer → Fears greatly636 AcrossReveal answer → Absent437 AcrossReveal answer → Flower538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Iron, for example51 DownReveal answer → One of a pair, very noisy, in a little boat51 DownReveal answer → Spate51 DownReveal answer → Boy's name52 DownReveal answer → Rare way of being done?52 DownReveal answer → Donkey32 DownReveal answer → Big cat43 DownReveal answer → For which the water was hot?43 DownReveal answer → Ocean33 DownReveal answer → Sprite34 DownReveal answer → Illegal burning54 DownReveal answer → Females in numerous employments54 DownReveal answer → Consumed35 DownReveal answer → Egress45 DownReveal answer → Think to charge a quid45 DownReveal answer → Rid56 DownReveal answer → Irregular66 DownReveal answer → Where to be the ultimate defender of clean sheets66 DownReveal answer → Scope for marginal latitude69 DownReveal answer → Spud69 DownReveal answer → Whip410 DownReveal answer → Storm711 DownReveal answer → Animal doctor311 DownReveal answer → Biblical character in the French department311 DownReveal answer → Afoot512 DownReveal answer → Supplant712 DownReveal answer → Thanks to participating in crime, a bad mark512 DownReveal answer → Behave without restraint713 DownReveal answer → Read713 DownReveal answer → Like an aged person with a round figure?713 DownReveal answer → Wane714 DownReveal answer → Amelia's boy?315 DownReveal answer → Land measure315 DownReveal answer → Learnt516 DownReveal answer → The German in the audience316 DownReveal answer → Affirmative316 DownReveal answer → Cheated517 DownReveal answer → Tolerates618 DownReveal answer → In endless torment, he contrives to give advice618 DownReveal answer → Chart318 DownReveal answer → Jeans fabric520 DownReveal answer → The crime of a hard-hearted lad520 DownReveal answer → Mend with difficulty321 DownReveal answer → Stripling321 DownReveal answer → Moose321 DownReveal answer → As a whim a fatheaded advert322 DownReveal answer → Limb322 DownReveal answer → The problems of confrontation623 DownReveal answer → Part, subdivision623 DownReveal answer → Silent424 DownReveal answer → Nothing325 DownReveal answer → Intrepid little company?325 DownReveal answer → Pointed526 DownReveal answer → Give some women dowries528 DownReveal answer → Desert's fertile spot528 DownReveal answer → Emulate529 DownReveal answer → Whence it's a very short distance to the heart of the land?530 DownReveal answer → Jockey530 DownReveal answer → Not neutral on all occasions531 DownReveal answer → Chairs531 DownReveal answer → It's very nice to shop around432 DownReveal answer → 2nd Greek letter432 DownReveal answer → Gain332 DownReveal answer → At Ponders End, frequently, it's maybe muddy433 DownReveal answer → Material333 DownReveal answer → Go by boat433 DownReveal answer → Vehicle334 DownReveal answer → Ballad335 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 1, 2026. 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.