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Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
GraspGRIP4Across1 DelvedDUG3Across4 ApplaudCLAP4Across6 TuneAIR3Across9 Not having left of one’s own accord, as it provedTURNEDOUT9Across9 FlatAPARTMENT9Across9 SubsideCOLLAPSE8Across10 Take longer to tellOUTNUMBER9Across10 Hundredth anniversaryCENTENARY9Across10 GasNEON4Across11 Missile chamberSILO4Across12 Duck, sweetheart!LOVE4Across12 He stole on boardPIRATE6Across13 PurloinedSTOLEN6Across13 WorshipIDOLISE7Across14 When the girl returns, Don is out at the jeweller’sDIAMOND7Across14 SolidifyGEL3Across14 PuzzleCROSSWORD9Across15 The woman takes another, quicklyINASECOND9Across15 StartedBEGAN5Across16 ProfusionABUNDANCE9Across17 “Lacking in stature” is not enoughTOOLITTLE9Across17 Mosque towerMINARET7Across18 Got badly stung myself, going in to get the spicesNUTMEGS7Across18 PositiveEMPHATIC8Across19 Valuable thingsASSETS6Across19 Having spoken with me about the general moodMORALE6Across19 EnormousVAST4Across20 Be off animalsSHOO4Across20 PunitivePENAL5Across21 AuthorisedEMPOWERED9Across23 Am taking grub back for her to consume: meatHAMBURGER9Across23 AbandonedDESERTED8Across23 LanguageLATIN5Across24 Mafia bossGODFATHER9Across25 Giving it another whirl and going back homeRETURNING9Across25 CrookedBENT4Across26 Take to task about the speed?RATE4Across26 DefectiveDUD3Across27 OverjoyedELATED6Across27 Is put off by a day, which is sillySTUPID6Across27 Crisp fabricTAFFETA7Across29 Are possibly close relations, one deducesREASONS7Across29 InstrumentHARP4Across31 In the net, I wrapped the passion fruitTANGERINE9Across32 ProgenyOFFSPRING9Across32 UnionALLIANCE8Across33 ProsecuteSUE3Across34 Thought to be mistimed and had the date changedMEDITATED9Across34 ScentFRAGRANCE9Across34 RindPEEL4Across35 SketchDRAWING7Across35 Having no food, isn’t worried; gets a cigarette outFASTING7Across35 ParchedDRY3Across36 Hypnotic stateTRANCE6Across36 One of the young high-fliersEAGLET6Across36 Jacob's twin brotherESAU4Across37 RetainKEEP4Across37 Dish out food, say, to a non-vegetarianMETE4Across37 Restore to harmonyRECONCILE9Across38 The party, with a butler flitting about, gives one definite qualmsREALDOUBT9Across38 Morning mealBREAKFAST9Across39 Just soTHEREFORE9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PepperCAPSICUM8Down1 To compartment number one, back goes the horseSTALLION8Down1 Writing implementBALLPOINTPEN12Down2 Go not in fearBRAVEATTEMPT12Down2 ChamberROOM4Down2 Salad vegetableBEETROOT8Down3 Game in which some do badly all roundDOMINOES8Down3 HeapPILE4Down3 ExhaustedDEPLETED8Down4 UnemotionalSTOLID6Down4 Lock and leaveSTRAND6Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 Disgraceful eventsSCANDALS8Down5 The others are in the foreground with the authorFORESTER8Down5 BoatCANOE5Down6 OutmodedANTIQUATED10Down6 A pad for drawing?STUDIOFLAT10Down6 UntruthLIE3Down7 Boxer's assistantsSECONDS7Down7 Left out “a nut I caught, from the asylum”LUNATIC7Down7 FragranceAROMA5Down8 Printing workerTYPESETTER10Down8 The strain of motherhoodCRADLESONG10Down8 Lift the black soot outBOOST5Down11 ForeignALIEN5Down11 RevoltREBEL5Down12 JetSPOUT5Down13 BreachGAP3Down14 WrinkledLINED5Down15 ScatteredSTREWN6Down16 She’s very beautiful - that’s as much as one can seeEYEFUL6Down16 CircumferenceGIRTH5Down17 PoorNEEDY5Down18 HelpAID3Down19 Drive back that you spoilMAR3Down19 VictimCASUALTY8Down20 First day of LentASHWEDNESDAY12Down21 Shot taken when you’re definitely not at your bestHAIROFTHEDOG12Down21 GuidedLED3Down22 Complete with painting, rushed inARRANT6Down22 Foreman, informallyGAFFER6Down22 NeedleworkEMBROIDERY10Down23 Until now, leaving the lady, too, free to wander?HERETOFORE10Down23 Kitchen utensilROLLINGPIN10Down24 Being dismissed when it’s becoming known publiclyGETTINGOUT10Down24 HumbleABASE5Down25 A gun in the fishing-boatROD3Down25 DeityGOD3Down25 ForceIMPEL5Down26 Ensures that you know they’re on the housePRESENTS8Down28 AlightLAND4Down28 In unisonTOGETHER8Down28 SupportBACK4Down29 Covered with strawTHATCHED8Down29 Restored to favour, you thought, againREDEEMED8Down29 PainACHE4Down30 SufficientADEQUATE8Down30 The maze of dead ends got one downSADDENED8Down30 Prompts me to turn in the skinsREMINDS7Down31 Courses of actionOPTIONS7Down31 RegretRUE3Down32 From the north-east: new girlNESTA5Down33 Former French currency unitFRANC5Down33 Very iffy?MIGHTY6Down34 FlaccidFLABBY6Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 12, 2018. 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.