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Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 12 2024 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#
RefrainCHORUS6Across1 ChastenPUNISH6Across5 DistributeALLOCATE8Across8 Very quickly, on the train, breaking the iceINATRICE8Across9 SideTEAM4Across9 Computer programsSOFTWARE8Across9 EdgeHEM3Across10 He's left out, almostLOU3Across10 WildebeestGNU3Across10 Incline towards? Most assuredly!RATHER6Across11 Senior journalistEDITOR6Across11 Don't go to bed yet. Have a small refillSTOPUP6Across12 PurchasedBOUGHT6Across12 ReddenBLUSH5Across12 Of the stomachGASTRIC7Across13 For a time, desultorily tries on dressesATTIRES7Across13 Easily-deceived personDUPE4Across14 In spite of, equaliseEVEN4Across14 Plainer? Darn rubbish!BALDERDASH10Across15 SpringSPA3Across15 Type of coffeeCAPPUCCINO10Across15 SickILL3Across17 ImperilENDANGER8Across17 Before you walk or run up toPREAMBLE8Across17 UnconsciousOUT3Across18 Happy, having fallen asleep start dreamingPLEASED7Across18 JournalsDIARIES7Across18 Contend it's something you see on a shipSPAR4Across19 TavernINN3Across19 Pavement edgeKERB4Across19 AdjustADAPT5Across20 Sea-birdAUK3Across21 FoliageLEAVES6Across21 The invective when I swap round!TIRADE6Across21 PossessOWN3Across22 AgeEON3Across23 HillTOR3Across24 Do they provide the dimensions you need at all costs?DESPERATEMEASURES17Across24 Pen-and-paper gameNOUGHTSANDCROSSES17Across24 TollKNELL5Across26 A sweetie and a soft drink the little dear getsPOPPET6Across27 Christian festivalEASTER6Across27 Frozen rainHAIL4Across29 Had been seen, I would sayEYED4Across29 OwingDUE3Across29 SuntannedBRONZED7Across30 Gasses the animalsRABBITS7Across30 LockSEAL4Across33 ConventionalORTHODOX8Across33 Hold back from taking a holiday, with bad weather comingRESTRAIN8Across33 GrumbleCOMPLAIN8Across34 Is it at the bottom of the make-up bag?FOUNDATION10Across35 Lobster or crab, for exampleCRUSTACEAN10Across35 DistantREMOTE6Across35 WoodTIMBER6Across36 Continues to hold this one backUNIT4Across36 Prayer endingAMEN4Across36 Did they fly off with the cheese?TITMICE7Across37 Type of playTRAGEDY7Across37 To the cat turning tail, it's a gambleTOSSUP6Across38 ObstructIMPEDE6Across38 Joined up with the others in the barLEGATO6Across40 FishermanANGLER6Across40 Pretend not to see the scoreCUT3Across41 Large deerELK3Across41 Redolent of Cairo, unwrapping the rug smuggled inAROMATIC8Across42 WriterNOVELIST8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gave letters of authorisation toINITIALLED10Down1 Crowning ceremonyCORONATION10Down1 Male deerSTAG4Down2 A stage in the raising of tame animalsSTEP4Down2 BisectHALVE5Down2 SpeckPARTICLE8Down3 "When pressed, creases," I put in, "will vanish"DISPERSE8Down3 TumultRIOT4Down3 BoothSTALL5Down4 Flightless birdPENGUIN7Down4 Will give the slip to? I don't believe you!GETAWAY7Down4 IronPRESS5Down5 American footballerQUARTERBACK11Down5 Does he inform us of new arrivals at the zoo?CUBREPORTER11Down5 ObserveNOTE4Down6 Petty sinPECCADILLO10Down6 Taking the view ourselves it's publicity materialPROSPECTUS10Down6 The current seriesSTREAM6Down7 BogSWAMP5Down7 ConcealedHIDDEN6Down7 EntireCOMPLETE8Down8 "Shown in colour," leave outREVEALED8Down8 Catch, having left, at church afterwardsLATCH5Down10 LiftHOIST5Down10 RelishGUSTO5Down10 LesserMINOR5Down11 VacantBLANK5Down12 CustomUSAGE5Down13 HostelHOTEL5Down14 EndureSTAND5Down15 Leg-jointANKLE5Down16 ChasePURSUIT7Down16 Stops for a cigarette puff and a drinkDRAWSUP7Down16 What the truce will achieve, you say, for a bitPIECE5Down20 BoredomENNUI5Down20 PoisonARSENIC7Down22 Something the harness collector may hunger for?RAREBIT7Down22 SuffocatedASPHYXIATED11Down23 Got into trouble and weren't allowed to remain adherents?CAMEUNSTUCK11Down23 Genetically transmittedHEREDITARY10Down25 Taking out "family background"EXTRACTION10Down25 FatOBESE5Down25 Furnish with notesSETTOMUSIC10Down26 Air hostessSTEWARDESS10Down26 AlcoveNICHE5Down27 You won't get kippers on it!OCEANBED8Down28 BoundaryLIMIT5Down28 BitternessACRIMONY8Down28 JoinUNITE5Down30 Reckoning it's an annexADDITION8Down31 Get backRETRIEVE8Down31 TooALSO4Down31 Figure the mule ran offNUMERAL7Down32 Able to floatBUOYANT7Down32 SlenderSLIM4Down32 Is it the one in brown who's the artist?TITIAN6Down34 ManageHANDLE6Down34 Office workerCLERK5Down35 The fellow isn't illiterate and dimFAINT5Down35 HeapPILE4Down39 Don't go for an adjournmentSTAY4Down39

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