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Evening Standard Crossword January 14 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 14 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 132 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#
MaliceSPITE5Across2 Explosive devicesBOMBS5Across3 Diagram showing a good way to play the harp?GRAPH5Across3 TimeTEMPO5Across7 Exasperated by a useless railway!ANGRY5Across8 ChangeALTER5Across8 Of punishmentPENAL5Across8 With light on, looks silkyRAYON5Across10 Log boatsRAFTS5Across10 WakenROUSE5Across10 DecomposeROT3Across11 Something only two can playDUO3Across11 TuneAIR3Across12 Varsity men playing for Chelsea?BLUES5Across12 InhumaneCRUEL5Across12 Enough dollars to make a movieFISTFUL7Across13 CorsairsPIRATES7Across13 SatanDEVIL5Across13 SnaredTRAPPED7Across15 Present ageTODAY5Across15 It has wings and fliesSTAGE5Across15 Wild assONAGER6Across17 To growl at one's sweetheart is the wrong thing to doERR3Across18 Put onDON3Across18 Termed fashionable, perhaps?STYLED6Across19 TearRIP3Across19 Give to charityDONATE6Across19 SlanderedDEFAMED7Across20 Male servantFOOTMAN7Across21 It's a top gameDIABOLO7Across21 Legal successorHEIR4Across22 Del's river?ARUN4Across22 BeseechesBEGS4Across23 GratingGRID4Across23 There's a novel one by GalsworthySAGA4Across23 Iraqi capitalBAGHDAD7Across24 Maybe lives with the French somewhere in SpainSEVILLE7Across24 AdroitDEFT4Across25 The couple got levelEVENED6Across26 Brutish personANIMAL6Across26 FiendishDEMONIC7Across26 To break an egg can be a sticky messGOO3Across29 Trouble, afflictAIL3Across29 VehicleCAR3Across30 CowsCATTLE6Across31 Boy's nameRONAN5Across31 Their thorns can cause soresROSES5Across31 PatellaKNEECAP7Across32 Demonstrator being theatrical?SHOWMAN7Across32 Does he turn his master out?VALET5Across34 VariedDIVERSE7Across34 NudeNAKED5Across34 To back us with a million takes money!SUM3Across35 In favour ofFOR3Across35 Mined material?DENIM5Across36 FiendDEMON5Across36 Only a fathead can keep baby quiet!DUMMY5Across37 Private teacherTUTOR5Across37 SeamLAYER5Across37 Coarse filesRASPS5Across38 Observe about half an inch of waterSEINE5Across38 BrownTAN3Across38 TriumphEXULT5Across39 CaptureCATCH5Across40 AnaestheticETHER5Across41 DenSTUDY5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Grave dangerPERIL5Down1 NumberSEVEN5Down1 Released some profound ideasUNDID5Down1 BullfighterMATADOR7Down2 Bodybuilder in port, perhaps - a German onePROTEIN7Down2 ShootSPRIG5Down2 CombinedPOOLED6Down3 Rowing bladesOARS4Down4 TrialTEST4Down4 The "elist' sailors are said to walk with?ROLL4Down4 ApplaudedCLAPPED7Down5 A professional can take a set quicklyPRESTO6Down5 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Down5 CapBERET5Down6 Hairdresser's shopSALON5Down6 Quick to change hats with a YankeeHASTY5Down6 Small Eurasian mammalSTOAT5Down7 Go ahead and commit a crimeFORGE5Down7 And notNOR3Down9 GratuityTIP3Down9 He joins us at golfGUS3Down9 WanderingERRATIC7Down11 MiddleCENTRAL7Down12 Talked excitedly of how some burglars suffered!BURBLED7Down12 EvadeDODGE5Down13 SoundVALID5Down14 A brother far removedFRA3Down14 In additionTOO3Down14 Algy, we hear, is pretty greenALGAE5Down16 UnfashionableDATED5Down16 PointAIM3Down16 Given the wrong grade, he raged wildlyEDGAR5Down17 Raising agentYEAST5Down17 ContritionREMORSE7Down18 Handy trick, perhaps, though said to be triflingSLEIGHT7Down19 ExpertDABHAND7Down19 Maker of war? You bet!WAGER5Down20 Cut wool fromSHEAR5Down20 GodDEITY5Down21 Those in the noble art of fisticuffs?DUKES5Down21 Belong, conformFITIN5Down21 GuideSTEER5Down22 Stops rushing and has a leisurely drink?SLOWSUP7Down23 Harmful, vindictiveBALEFUL7Down23 FruitBANANA6Down24 ProprietyDECENCY7Down24 A magic word to keep uncle in checkSESAME6Down24 Look on love as a gameLOO3Down25 Cease livingDIE3Down25 Fresh, newNOVEL5Down27 SpoilMAR3Down27 Possibly loves animalsVOLES5Down27 NamedCALLED6Down28 Landed estateMANOR5Down28 Big Ben!NEVIS5Down28 EssentialVITAL5Down29 Christmas hymnCAROL5Down30 Ray's letter from Greece?GAMMA5Down30 Brown seaweedKELP4Down32 ShabbyTATTY5Down32 Made news when stitched up?SEWN4Down32 Dad keeps her quietMUM3Down33 BarLEVER5Down33 CribCOT3Down33 TankVAT3Down35 LeaveEXIT4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. 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.