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Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
FondleCARESS6Across1 HolySACRED6Across1 At many a racing venue, one may be luckyMASCOT6Across1 AssertAFFIRM6Across5 Entirely free of error, yet merely passable!ALLRIGHT8Across7 UnhorseUNSADDLE8Across7 Fire-raiserARSONIST8Across8 Where mum needs £50 to go shopping?MALL4Across8 Girl's nameKATE4Across8 DiscourteousRUDE4Across9 Drive to support the SpanishPROPEL6Across10 AllowLET3Across10 CreatureANIMAL6Across10 Continue to weaken the carpetWILTON6Across11 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across11 ChooseELECT5Across12 LimbLEG3Across14 That of the Barnet fair?NET3Across14 FateLOT3Across15 Appears to check a manuscriptSEEMS5Across16 DistinguishedNOTED5Across16 Beach grainsSAND4Across17 Give a handDEAL4Across17 FinishEND3Across17 WatchEYE3Across18 DetestsHATES5Across19 She makes a couple of points to teacherSIREN5Across19 VehicleCAR3Across19 DonatedGIVEN5Across20 AspectFACET5Across21 SkillART3Across21 It's more sensible to untangle wiresWISER5Across21 Senior memberDOYEN5Across22 Mended without movingFIXED5Across22 ObserveSEE3Across22 Map used by a piper touring central IrelandPLAN4Across23 PoleMAST4Across23 WeakenSAP3Across23 RabbitDOE3Across24 If wrong, a fellow gets punishedFINED5Across26 HerbBASIL5Across26 LamentDIRGE5Across26 West, perhapsMAE3Across28 HairstyleBOB3Across28 Sinewy person in frontLEADER6Across29 AxillaARMPIT6Across29 WeightTON3Across29 Grub prepared for the monarch?BURGER6Across30 Fine mortarCEMENT6Across30 Chances of a detective sergeant getting a bit of food?ODDS4Across31 SpoolREEL4Across31 Would a sergeant think such punishment beneath him?CORPORAL8Across32 DemoteRELEGATE8Across32 It forms a strong personal attachmentTENDON6Across33 OvenKILN4Across33 WiltWITHER6Across33 AwfulTERRIBLE8Across34 DecentPROPER6Across35 IncorporateEMBODY6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DeviatesSTRAYS6Down1 Was unhappy about the piano being cleaned upMOPPED6Down1 TallyAGREE5Down2 WanderedROAMED6Down2 Building going strangely cheap at LeatherheadCHAPEL6Down2 CupidEROS4Down3 Single combatDUEL4Down3 Everybody on the tee is of fine statureTALL4Down3 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down4 In the navy, a sound crew with faultless serviceCRUISER7Down4 ArtSKILL5Down4 Let inADMIT5Down5 GarretATTIC5Down5 Stone age container of a piece of meatAGATE5Down5 BlazeFIRE4Down6 YieldedCEDED5Down6 Knocks out some of the most unsavoury charactersSTUNS5Down6 WirelessRADIO5Down7 Lisa may be after herMONA4Down8 Pottery ovenKILN4Down8 Suffer in an old-fashioned wayLET3Down9 LabelTAG3Down9 ClearLUCID5Down10 AbruptTERSE5Down11 LettuceCOS3Down12 Nominally a piece of stale newsLEN3Down12 BorderedEDGED5Down12 JumpsLEAPS5Down13 Tomahawk city?OMAHA5Down13 EelELVER5Down13 TautTENSE5Down14 "19 Across", disturbed, has got out of bedRISEN5Down15 Shoe fastenersLACES5Down15 JumpedLEAPT5Down15 GiantTITAN5Down16 Murphy contributing to a calorie controlled diet?EDDIE5Down18 Communion tableALTAR5Down18 Dried grassHAY3Down19 This number is possibly over ten!SIX3Down19 The right edition to be read, being so colourful?RED3Down20 NumberTEN3Down20 How shrewd of him to have extra youth!WIDEBOY7Down21 LeafageFOLIAGE7Down21 Supplied to a G man?FED3Down22 DiveDIP3Down22 Overlook a little road in the outskirts of PaigntonPARDON6Down23 InstantMOMENT6Down23 Eleven membersLEGS4Down24 Biblical murder victimABEL4Down24 WillowOSIER5Down25 Neither fellow made a conquest!NORMAN6Down25 HatTITFER6Down25 Group of misguided folk going round a local centreFLOCK5Down26 Iraqi portBASRA5Down26 BuryINTER5Down27 Pearl's mother has only a quarter acreNACRE5Down27 LittleSMALL5Down27 FurzeGORSE5Down28 Pie-making material?MUD3Down28 InsectBEE3Down28 When shot, will it dash off?BOLT4Down30 LubricatedOILED5Down30 Ship's companyCREW4Down30 CutSNIP4Down31 MemberLIMB4Down32

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. 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.