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Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
Cherished hopesDREAMS6Across1 Can get led astray when there's little lightCANDLE6Across1 TautTIGHT5Across3 Active users of both car and boatsACROBATS8Across7 Hand toolTENONSAW8Across7 SimpleEASY4Across8 Having courage, nevertheless clears outGUTS4Across8 MotiveREASON6Across9 German cheers!PROSIT6Across10 Native AmericanAPACHE6Across10 MeritedEARNED6Across10 MysteriousARCANE6Across11 Pass over a rugged regionIGNORE6Across11 BidOFFER5Across11 HutSHED4Across12 Neckwear itemTIE3Across14 But which half of the horse does it urge into action?GEE3Across14 TenderSORE4Across15 WandererNOMAD5Across16 Being so unpopular, had to get out of some hotelHATED5Across16 FloodTORRENT7Across17 Italian cityPISA4Across17 Area of the back door?ROOD4Across17 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across19 Claps wildly when there's a trophySCALP5Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 He's in portBARRY5Across21 ShyTIMID5Across21 Raid, inroadFORAY5Across21 Junior's cat is just about half deadCADET5Across22 ManagedCOPED5Across22 SalverTRAY4Across23 Lord Greystoke's ladyJANE4Across23 Coarse fileRASP4Across23 HaltLIMP4Across25 DemiseDEATH5Across26 Flare in wild fashionFERAL5Across26 Backless seatSTOOL5Across26 Petty lieFIB3Across28 Sausage variety?DOG3Across28 AviateFLY3Across28 Edible seedLENTIL6Across29 In general, he and others were the death of Charles IIRETON6Across29 SuspendedHANGING7Across30 Shannon Tweed?RIVERS6Across30 OutcomeRESULT6Across30 Provident poet?OVID4Across31 ReviseEDIT4Across31 StretchELONGATE8Across32 Arithmetic test for the under fiveTWICETWO8Across32 CheckREIN4Across33 Numerical symbolFIGURE6Across33 There are various things he can make a meal ofMILLER6Across33 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across35 EmulateRIVAL5Across36 ObstinateWILFUL6Across38 AlcoveRECESS6Across39 OarBLADE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The line of a cooperative monarchCOOPER6Down1 AbscondDECAMP6Down1 SummitCREST5Down1 Please get accustomed to being put out!DOUSED6Down2 ShrubACACIA6Down2 AfterLATER5Down2 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Down3 Direction in line asternEAST4Down3 AlsoTOO3Down3 VoyageJOURNEY7Down4 Near enough lacking in tendernessROUGHLY7Down4 ChildINFANT6Down4 ReligionISLAM5Down5 CadHEEL4Down5 Historic navigator of many a new boatCABOT5Down5 SailorTAR3Down6 Woollen clothTWEED5Down6 Called for in sad distress about a terrible half weekASKED5Down6 EnlistENROL5Down7 ConsumesEATS4Down8 Do such dancers exit twice?GOGO4Down8 BorderedEDGED5Down8 A knotty game?TIE3Down9 Female personSHE3Down9 Can you make a pile playing it?NAP3Down12 FishCOD3Down12 Reginald gets one of King Lear's daughtersREGAN5Down13 TitlesNAMES5Down13 UnfriendlyHOSTILE7Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 Prison officer in need of a driver?SCREW5Down15 WearyTIRED5Down15 AnswerRESPOND7Down16 Earlier extract of petrol, derv, etc.OLDER5Down18 FuriousIRATE5Down18 CultivationTILTH5Down18 NothingNIL3Down19 Sorry Sadie's lost, that isSAD3Down19 Dance, informallyBOP3Down19 He's got the knackART3Down20 Residence, slangPAD3Down20 Only Abe churns out rubbish!BALONEY7Down21 Leaves of a plantFOLIAGE7Down21 Animal act, maybeCAT3Down22 LamentDIRGE5Down22 CribCOT3Down22 RevoltRISING6Down23 Cheerful little person, given a bottleJOVIAL6Down23 StillYET3Down24 AdjoinABUT4Down24 But not too old to get a bit enraged?AGED4Down24 Time that egg!EASTER6Down25 Thick soupPOTAGE6Down25 SlumberSLEEP5Down26 Light-headed age?FIFTY5Down26 Send it to part of FremantleREMIT5Down27 RiskHAZARD6Down27 Edible bulbONION5Down27 Short divisionDIV3Down28 ScowlFROWN5Down28 Gave food toFED3Down28 CedeYIELD5Down29 Ridge of coralREEF4Down30 Capacity for living?ROOM4Down30 DroneIDLER5Down31 RomanyGYPSY5Down32 DesireWILL4Down34 AbradeRUB3Down36 ShelterLEE3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 17, 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.