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Evening Standard Crossword January 16 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 16 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 126 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#
Well-keptSMART5Across1 The region of religious writingTRACT5Across1 MendPATCH5Across2 Is he less clever than Dick?BOBBY5Across6 Sergeant, informallySARGE5Across6 WideBROAD5Across7 StoreSTOCK5Across8 RowerOARSMAN7Across9 Desirous of managing the fuel to go to the danceHOPEFUL7Across9 FireSHOOT5Across10 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Across10 Faint pretty quickly out WestSWOON5Across10 BroodyMOODY5Across11 Amphibians in all directions taking tea!NEWTS5Across11 FruitMELON5Across12 Grown the mistaken wayWRONG5Across12 FussADO3Across12 Without endFOREVER7Across13 Broke off the conversation?SNAPPED7Across13 DiminishABATE5Across13 This female had to get out of something shady!SOW3Across15 EarthenwarePOTTERY7Across15 WagerBET3Across15 Hard to see?UGLY4Across17 VenerateREVERE6Across17 DryARID4Across17 Girl transported by aliensSELINA6Across18 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Across18 GriefWOE3Across19 In league, they have unique pointsDRAWS5Across19 Write on thisPAPER5Across19 Coming out of one part of Dover, cutters can sink!KNIVES6Across20 Brutish personANIMAL6Across20 OldELDERLY7Across20 Bother to embrace us in extremes of fondnessFUSS4Across22 ChimeBELL4Across22 ClipSNIP4Across23 Desire for moneyYEN3Across24 StriplingLAD3Across24 YellYOWL4Across25 WheedlesCAJOLES7Across25 A sticky wicket, maybeGLUEPOT7Across25 Latest thing in tiesFINAL5Across26 FileDOSSIER7Across26 Iron, sayMETAL5Across26 Wall paintingMURAL5Across27 A little line calling for reductionMINUS5Across27 Half a tonFIFTY5Across28 ConditionSTATE5Across28 The part one possibly noticesSECTION7Across29 UnlawfulILLEGAL7Across29 Flung one into the shedSHIED5Across30 Reddish dyeHENNA5Across30 DrunkardSOT3Across30 Oyster's gemPEARL5Across31 BeatDEFEAT6Across31 In cars, they're mostly forwardGEARS5Across31 ChasePURSUIT7Across34 DirtFILTH5Across37 FastenTIE3Across38 HutCABIN5Across39 CoppiceCOPSE5Across40 NurseNANNY5Across41 RevoltREBEL5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
InvestigatePROBE5Down1 Looking glassMIRROR6Down2 GluePASTE5Down2 Squabbling in a boat?ROWING6Down2 The sort of sea to suit a cutter?CHOPPY6Down3 StickADHERE6Down3 WanderedROAMED6Down3 HarvestCROP4Down4 A century, maybe, but it's not overTON3Down4 Shade of brownTAN3Down4 MajesticSTATELY7Down5 It's hard to hide a key, one learnedHEARD5Down5 EscortUSHER5Down5 SpurnSCORN5Down6 Coach about nine new petsBUNNIES7Down6 Tea urnSAMOVAR7Down6 Russian name for a whole-hearted memberOLEG4Down7 SoonANON4Down7 Fastening of the mushroom varietyBUTTON6Down8 Small deviceGADGET6Down8 PoemODE3Down9 SoaredTOWERED7Down11 Has an attritional effect on pointed earsWEARS5Down12 Bravery awardMEDAL5Down12 AscendARISE5Down13 Death-dealingFATAL5Down13 It suits a solitary traveller to be untalkativeSULKY5Down13 ShunAVOID5Down14 He makes money in vain, maybeALVIN5Down14 StiffRIGID5Down14 A little exercise to keep out of bed forSITUP5Down15 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Down15 HillTOR3Down16 InformsTELLS5Down16 Surprisingly, it was the narrow part!WAIST5Down16 ResilientELASTIC7Down18 Flower partPETAL5Down18 It's fine being a toffSWELL5Down18 Created in sixes, indeed!DEVISED7Down19 KneecapPATELLA7Down19 The good condition has a bearing on what you wantNEWISH6Down21 Essential characterNATURE6Down21 RusticYOKEL5Down21 Glass containerBOTTLE6Down22 Being catty, feel upset about a bit of painFELINE6Down22 IndolenceSLOTH5Down22 MissiveLETTER6Down23 One of the kinder mail handlers?SORTER6Down23 OwnPOSSESS7Down24 Highland games logCABER5Down25 Typically pedestrian ways of being progressiveGAITS5Down25 Wire with no piano purposeFUSE4Down26 PrincipalMAIN4Down26 Old French coinSOU3Down27 Fatheaded own goal due to bad visibilityFOG3Down28 WeakenSAP3Down28 PurifyREFINE6Down28 TeacherTUTOR5Down29 EndFINAL5Down32 Make amendsATONE5Down33 TearRIP3Down35 DocileTAME4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 16, 2025. 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.