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Evening Standard Crossword January 14 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 14 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Eat greedilySCOFF5Across1 OpposeRESIST6Across1 Two points, say, for a tryESSAY5Across1 CreasedFOLDED6Across5 Swear that cures are possibleCURSE5Across6 UntrueFALSE5Across6 FlutterHOVER5Across9 In action, perhaps, an about-turn calls for careCAUTION7Across9 Book collectionLIBRARY7Across9 CushionPILLOW6Across10 Criticism of one at the door?KNOCK5Across10 Urge, inciteEGGON5Across10 HigherTALLER6Across11 WeirdEERIE5Across11 Sort of joint cut at an angleMITRE5Across11 HoodwinksDUPES5Across12 DangerPERIL5Across12 When mouldy, could there be fur on it?FRUIT5Across12 Rest and food for babiesNAPPIES7Across13 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Across13 SatisfySATE4Across14 Of the town kind, as at Gateshead?GAS3Across15 InsectFLY3Across15 Sour-tasting substanceACID4Across17 Being way out is no longer the thingEXIT4Across17 ColourRED3Across17 She danced a man’s head off!SALOME6Across18 Private evening partySOIREE6Across18 LakeMERE4Across18 Jeans fabricDENIM5Across19 Be slow to give credit for breaking the lawCRAWL5Across19 WhipsLASHES6Across20 Lizards at long last giving audible echoesGECKOS6Across20 HandleTREAT5Across20 LodgingsDIGS4Across22 May be seen as a line on the mapNILE4Across22 Measuring-deviceMETER5Across22 LocalTOPICAL7Across23 It sounds the same with the end cut offHAH3Across24 ColourAMBER5Across24 AttemptTRY3Across24 Group of fourQUARTET7Across25 Holding out, ran away, thus being scornedFLOUTED7Across25 A gong that may barely clinkMEDAL5Across26 BirdROBIN5Across26 Water lilyLOTUS5Across26 FulcrumPIVOT5Across27 Use that handy wheelSTEER5Across27 Cockney dukesFISTS5Across28 SalineSALTY5Across28 Overtly sad about the rent?TEARFUL7Across29 NormalREGULAR7Across29 Farm-buildingBARN4Across29 Not given a roasting, but unreasonably firedFRIED5Across30 Gives food toFEEDS5Across30 LumpWAD3Across30 SortsTYPES5Across31 In cars, they’re generally forwardGEARS5Across31 ObserveNOTE4Across32 HeapedPILED5Across33 UndressedUNCLAD6Across35 HamperBASKET6Across36 AnimalLEMUR5Across37 TotterDODDER6Across38 OfferTENDER6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MealREPAST6Down1 High-quality brandyCOGNAC6Down2 GreetSALUTE6Down2 In sound English, not the price of vice!SYNTAX6Down2 Admit there’s a metric measure in tangled tapeACCEPT6Down3 BetraySHOP4Down3 Excessively ornateFLORID6Down3 SoarTOWER5Down4 Animal of many a kind?YAK3Down4 FlipperFIN3Down4 FoulFETID5Down5 Celebrities who should set a shining exampleSTARS5Down5 QuarrelARGUE5Down5 SpokenORAL4Down6 Some pumice in the coal? That’s funny!COMICAL7Down6 LibertyFREEDOM7Down6 Yes votesAYES4Down7 SweetDULCET6Down7 One piece of ammunitionUNIT4Down7 The way a wild mare can runSTREAM6Down8 SmotherSTIFLE6Down8 SwarthierDARKER6Down8 The fists, slangDUKES5Down12 Is afraid fares must be revisedFEARS5Down12 PerformanceRECITAL7Down13 That of a horse refusing to jump?NEIGH5Down13 Failing, defectFAULT5Down13 Arrest for robberyPINCH5Down14 Slightly drunkTIPSY5Down14 FragranceAROMA5Down15 Understood to be graspedGOTIT5Down15 Apple, for exampleFRUIT5Down15 ConsumedEATEN5Down16 Raising agentYEAST5Down16 Swede shattered when stitched upSEWED5Down16 FruitMELON5Down18 Bodily cavitySINUS5Down18 It’s great to expandSWELL5Down18 More than over-protected?COVERED7Down19 SendREMIT5Down19 RelegatesDEMOTES7Down19 It’s annual, this noted flowerEASTER6Down21 HillTOR3Down21 Turn upARRIVE6Down21 DolefulDREARY6Down22 SpoilMAR3Down22 Attractive and marriageableNUBILE6Down22 MildGENTLE6Down23 The character of a communicationLETTER6Down23 SillyABSURD6Down24 Wait in lineQUEUE5Down25 Brownie fairly short of money?FAIRY5Down25 SupportedBRACED6Down25 Measure out the meat as mentionedMETE4Down26 NoblemanLORD4Down26 ReservedBOOKED6Down27 Bad atmosphere in the mountain refugeFUG3Down28 TidierNEATER6Down28 Was seatedSAT3Down28 BroaderWIDER5Down30 OutcomingDEBUT5Down31 WanPALE4Down33 ChallengeDARE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. 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.