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Evening Standard Crossword January 16 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 16 2018 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#
Secret hoardSTASH5Across1 UnjustUNFAIR6Across1 Restrains, checks, or cool-headedly rubs the wrong wayCURBS5Across1 AnewAFRESH6Across5 Twitch quietly during mass, possiblySPASM5Across6 Large animalHIPPO5Across6 CoppiceCOPSE5Across9 Changed ends every six balls (by accident?)RUNOVER7Across9 Book of wordsLEXICON7Across9 SurveyREVIEW6Across10 A large waterfowl on the NileASWAN5Across10 Musical instrumentSITAR5Across10 HurryHASTEN6Across11 Baffling questionPOSER5Across11 Initially a canteen or shop providing servicesNAAFI5Across11 Warning deviceSIREN5Across12 DissuadeDETER5Across12 He's in the river somewhere near SuttonCHEAM5Across12 Possible cause of a bit of a black eye?MASCARA7Across13 Small crownCORONET7Across13 FruitPLUM4Across14 One line of a popular chorusARC3Across15 FavouritePET3Across15 First manADAM4Across17 Want to keep Kenneth out of the kitchenITCH4Across17 ManagedRAN3Across17 If loss can occur, is stonyFOSSIL6Across18 Time yet to comeFUTURE6Across18 JettyPIER4Across18 Court caseTRIAL5Across19 Player of current high prominenceACTOR5Across19 ScoldsCHIDES6Across20 Needing a wash, being a messy eater?GRUBBY6Across20 WeirdEERIE5Across20 Grain storeSILO4Across22 As sealed in silence?LIPS4Across22 InanityFOLLY5Across22 GulpSWALLOW7Across23 Still in the money, etc.YET3Across24 GluePASTE5Across24 ConcealedHID3Across24 TemporalSECULAR7Across25 Wet gatesSLUICES7Across25 Plunder to get a kick out of?BOOTY5Across26 RodPERCH5Across26 Closely fittingTIGHT5Across26 American stateIDAHO5Across27 Can she handle a revolver?PEARL5Across27 Playing speedTEMPO5Across28 BitPIECE5Across28 Flighty fellow?AVIATOR7Across29 Public saleAUCTION7Across29 FriendALLY4Across29 Cream of the CarmelitesELITE5Across30 Increases in sizeGROWS5Across30 EncounteredMET3Across30 TrivialPETTY5Across31 The sort to open shops of various kindsTYPES5Across31 RosterROTA4Across32 Radio-locationRADAR5Across33 HawkerPEDLAR6Across35 ResultSEQUEL6Across36 AngryIRATE5Across37 StableSTEADY6Across38 RevisedEDITED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ImmatureUNRIPE6Down1 Three-legged standTRIPOD6Down2 PreferFAVOUR6Down2 Remove from a government position at the UN?UNSEAT6Down2 Subdivision of a stock farm at Wembley CentralBRANCH6Down3 FrozenICED4Down3 Skiing raceSLALOM6Down3 OarsmanROWER5Down4 It's nice and warm in dress uniformSUN3Down4 That womanHER3Down4 WanASHEN5Down5 Coffee can make you macho!MOCHA5Down5 RestrictLIMIT5Down5 DreadFEAR4Down6 Nat rose to become an important manSENATOR7Down6 OptimisticHOPEFUL7Down6 Privy toINON4Down7 NecessitateENTAIL6Down7 The little woman has the right to push one around!PRAM4Down7 A fair's arranged for the pleasure of certain travellersSAFARI6Down8 FavourPREFER6Down8 FamishedHUNGRY6Down8 ScorchesSEARS5Down12 Place in secrecyCRECY5Down12 AgreedTALLIED7Down13 Mean to distil my ginMINGY5Down13 CaptureCATCH5Down13 Old rover who can still ventureSCOUT5Down14 QuickRAPID5Down14 LawfulLEGAL5Down15 A snake, I see, can be something to savourASPIC5Down15 StudentPUPIL5Down15 FoggyMISTY5Down16 Male voiceTENOR5Down16 The high quality of many a mugCLASS5Down16 MightPOWER5Down18 AspectFACET5Down18 A foolish constructionFOLLY5Down18 A seaman possibly loves to forgiveABSOLVE7Down19 ChooseELECT5Down19 MonotonousTEDIOUS7Down19 Show a priest the potentially gin-free side of EalingREVEAL6Down21 SheepEWE3Down21 HamperHINDER6Down21 Lying face upwardsSUPINE6Down22 DandyFOP3Down22 Brownish attire?LIVERY6Down22 Surgical knifeLANCET6Down23 Nation said to peep at the FrenchPEOPLE6Down23 GrasslandsPAMPAS6Down24 ClosesSHUTS5Down25 Something to hang on to, keeping watch?STRAP5Down25 MireSLUDGE6Down25 Big-headed pest unloved as a childBRAT4Down26 MeltTHAW4Down26 SturdyROBUST6Down27 One barely old enough to add up?TOT3Down28 GreetedHAILED6Down28 Fizzy drinkPOP3Down28 WedMARRY5Down30 FlavourTASTE5Down31 AttackRAID4Down33 RushREED4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, January 16, 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.