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Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 129 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#
WaterwayCANAL5Across1 EasySIMPLE6Across5 TemptressSIREN5Across8 Set rightDISABUSE8Across9 One of those remedies that don’t work?RESTCURE8Across9 HairpieceWIG3Across10 Notice the hole and fuss…ADO3Across10 PureCHASTE6Across10 PressIRON4Across11 …tried unsuccessfully to hide the hole from the bossEDITOR6Across11 OverjoyedELATED6Across11 "They’re insignia?" Rotten guess – gets us eliminatedBADGES6Across12 DrawingSKETCH6Across12 StressTENSION7Across13 Run through to amuse you, but run very slowlyTRICKLE7Across13 CupidEROS4Across14 As a weapon, is there something fishy about it?PIKE4Across14 CorsairPIRATE6Across14 ExcessiveINORDINATE10Across15 Don’t be fooled by, yet help until out of troubleSEETHROUGH10Across15 LeastMINIMUM7Across15 OilyUNCTUOUS8Across17 From time to time, whether working or notONANDOFF8Across17 JewelGEM3Across18 CouponVOUCHER7Across18 Proof that you’re given satisfactionRECEIPT7Across18 Manner of walkingGAIT4Across19 MouthfulSIP3Across19 Worry when the ineffectual politicians are returnedSTEW4Across19 FoamLATHER6Across21 Anxious to get the fare, depending on going by railwayHUNGRY6Across21 NotchDENT4Across21 RenovateRENEW5Across23 FeteGALA4Across24 Asking one to tell it all over againDEMANDINGARECOUNT17Across24 Fickle companionFAIRWEATHERFRIEND17Across24 FellowDON3Across27 BreakwaterGROYNE6Across27 About a royal attendant who’s an old scoundrelVARLET6Across27 A little upset by the factsDATA4Across29 EraAGE3Across29 DreadfulDIRE4Across29 Yells “Be quiet!” to the boisterous skierSHRIEKS7Across30 Portuguese regionALGARVE7Across30 EmitRADIATE7Across31 LowerNETHER6Across32 Why the car’s shut up in the garage?SILENCER8Across33 AbandonedFORSAKEN8Across33 NimbusHALO4Across34 Diminutive member of the staff on watchMINUTEHAND10Across35 RoughCOARSE6Across35 MiserCHEAPSKATE10Across35 In this round, you get the better ofBEAT4Across36 At libertyFREE4Across36 DescentLINEAGE7Across37 Is a back number and stupidASININE7Across37 SinewTENDON6Across38 Return from a mine containing very little gold. It’s a problemENIGMA6Across38 LivedDWELT5Across38 GossipTATTLE6Across39 When you like, the tailor will make it up for youATWILL6Across40 DemiseDEATH5Across40 RareSCARCE6Across40 Having the ability to appreciate, you seeEYE3Across41 SpoilMAR3Across41 Of indeterminate age and not popular with the boys?DATELESS8Across42 Salad vegetableCUCUMBER8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Does it open the door to success in bread flavouring?SESAMESEED10Down1 ReprimandTICKINGOFF10Down1 Only the men are up in armsSTAG4Down2 TreeASH3Down2 Unit of powerWATT4Down2 BicyclePUSHBIKE8Down3 Surpass when it comes to making money from assets?OUTSTRIP8Down3 AttackASSAIL6Down3 Wedding attendantBESTMAN7Down4 Be at and drink from mugsBEATSUP7Down4 IlluminatedLIT3Down4 FarmingAGRICULTURE11Down5 CutSNIP4Down5 To await with pleasure would seem impudentLOOKFORWARD11Down5 Local spoken languageVERNACULAR10Down6 Tied upMOORED6Down6 Knowing just what you have in mindTELEPATHIC10Down6 Beaten and stonedPIPPED6Down7 CakeGATEAU6Down7 ScopeEXTENT6Down7 Has been engaged by, which pans out satisfactorilyWORKSFOR8Down8 UnwaveringRESOLUTE8Down8 DeclinedREFUSED7Down9 FlinchWINCE5Down10 “Absolutely simian!” and an exclamation of impatienceAPISH5Down10 EquipmentRIG3Down12 JotIOTA4Down16 Put rightRECTIFY7Down16 Such underwear as gets many in a terrible lather?THERMAL7Down16 LesserMINOR5Down17 LoatheABHOR5Down20 ExpiationPENANCE7Down20 Showing you’ve put on weight, having been drinking too muchTIGHT5Down20 TidyNEAT4Down22 After a quarter hour, is prepared to feed youNOURISH7Down22 Curtain accessoryTIEBACK7Down22 Outdoor ornamentGARDENGNOME11Down23 Silly, thinking of little other than flying?BIRDBRAINED11Down23 Sea-birdGANNET6Down24 SlatLATH4Down25 That antifreeze is, will be very clearNOTICEABLE10Down25 HerbicideWEEDKILLER10Down25 Bedlinen itemDUVETCOVER10Down26 AstoundedAGHAST6Down26 Attracted by a girl, but it’s resentedTAKENAMISS10Down26 Car accessoryROOFRACK8Down28 SwellDILATE6Down28 Before I lay in something to drinkANISETTE8Down28 FishEEL3Down30 Previously having had a success with the other compositionHITHERTO8Down31 Cosmetic itemLIPSTICK8Down31 ImploreBESEECH7Down32 Means it stops and starts in timeINTENDS7Down32 TravelledRODE4Down33 Require that you follow up to quartersENTAIL6Down34 Fortified wineSHERRY6Down34 SeatCHAIR5Down35 In a tizzy myself about, or a stateMAINE5Down35 ElderlyOLD3Down36 DrunkardSOT3Down37 Is swallowing a large double for one’s miseriesILLS4Down39 TitleNAME4Down39

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