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Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
GroupBUNCH5Across3 Song wordsLYRICS6Across4 Whence regally to send a friend a card?PALACE6Across4 Having consciousness that one is getting somewhere?COMINGTO8Across7 InsinuationINNUENDO8Across7 Searches for a way to cross, going round the bendSCOURS6Across8 Has a cigaretteSMOKES6Across8 ServietteNAPKIN6Across9 Court caseTRIAL5Across10 LingerLOITER6Across10 A shining example, but not for longFLASH5Across10 TurfDIVOT5Across11 PlantIRIS4Across12 In short, it can't failCERT4Across13 AchievementFEAT4Across13 Shoe partHEEL4Across14 Sherry you'll love after a portion of fish!FINO4Across14 It's subject to inflationTYRE4Across15 Go byPASS4Across15 YieldCEDE4Across15 Inexperienced in fine workmanshipNEW3Across16 BeseechBEG3Across16 The chaplain had thus been lying to a fellowLAIN4Across17 ShipGALLEON7Across17 End partTAIL4Across17 Vessel showing the way to manyDHOW4Across19 RowTIER4Across19 MarryWED3Across20 Gin, if made badly, can still be looking great!MAGNIFIED9Across21 Planet orbiting anotherSATELLITE9Across21 WandererNOMAD5Across21 Fortified winePORT4Across23 Old Mother Riley's German titleHERR4Across23 PineFRET4Across23 Show animalsCATS4Across24 VisageFACE4Across24 GenuineREAL4Across25 RacketDIN3Across26 Pull some plugs outLUG3Across26 RepairPATCH5Across26 Not all panellists can show much panache!ELAN4Across27 Nautical cryAHOY4Across27 SerpentASP3Across28 Pets returning from a walkSTEP4Across29 Trading centreMART4Across29 CleanlinessHYGIENE7Across30 Town with no dental centre!DEAL4Across32 Wound markSCAR4Across32 Let someone have an occupationLEASE5Across33 WillowOSIER5Across33 HutSHED4Across33 Oppose the freeing of one's sister?RESIST6Across34 Informal trousersSLACKS6Across34 Crier out for the ruination of Rizzio, sayCOURTIER8Across35 IndiscreetTACTLESS8Across35 OgleLEER4Across35 Sudden sharp painTWINGE6Across36 Stiffening used for charts?STARCH6Across36 PowerMIGHT5Across36 ReviserEDITOR6Across38 FurERMINE6Across39 CoinPENNY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CircumferenceGIRTH5Down1 Mock as you start scurrying awaySCOFF5Down1 DismantleUNRIG5Down1 Woman's nameANNIE5Down2 The city of Tammany HallAMMAN5Down2 MarSPOIL5Down2 CureHEAL4Down3 It's not far from FinchleyINCH4Down3 OfferBID3Down3 Is unsuccessfulLOSES5Down4 HarmonyUNISON6Down4 A sitter, maybe, but not all that easyPOSER5Down4 ThickenCLOT4Down5 TumultRIOT4Down5 Stolen money and considerable bootyLOOT4Down5 HeatedHOT3Down6 IntelligentCLEVER6Down6 Flier possibly cruel at the Western FrontCURLEW6Down6 ScatterSTREW5Down7 BeliefCREED5Down8 Putty-like substanceMASTIC6Down9 Believe, after a century, one can get tired!CREDIT6Down9 KingREX3Down11 On the piano, the violin part may seem impertinent!LIP3Down11 Left to fly around in the sun?SOLAR5Down12 Communion tableALTAR5Down12 RakishRAFFISH7Down13 Being sarcastic, Clancy's badly out of line!CYNICAL7Down13 Be deceived byFALLFOR7Down13 SlumberSLEEP5Down14 It's up North, this style of loafTIN3Down15 Pastry dishPIE3Down15 No bad end, you'll agreeNOD3Down16 RefuseDECLINE7Down16 InsectBEE3Down16 NickNOTCH5Down18 Consents to use grease?AGREES6Down18 Set uponATTACK6Down18 EqualityPAR3Down19 He's on the way to somewhere in GermanyHESSE5Down20 ArticlesITEMS5Down20 Male offspringSON3Down21 She has a large figure, for instanceMEG3Down21 Produce eggsLAY3Down22 Enthusiast working for a change of airFAN3Down22 DemonDEVIL5Down22 Bed cushionPILLOW6Down23 He makes a hut out of a quantity of timberHUBERT6Down23 FaucetTAP3Down24 WrathIRE3Down25 That's right - it may be terday!YES3Down25 DashHYPHEN6Down27 Security requirement that almost makes you late at churchLATCH5Down28 AwryASKEW5Down28 SwiftnessHASTE5Down28 DangerPERIL5Down29 AssistantsAIDES5Down30 The levy is on black vehiclesTAXIS5Down30 WeirdEERIE5Down31 Have faith inTRUST5Down31 She has grey matter - beauty, tooPEARL5Down31 Peruse writingSCAN4Down32 StrayedERRED5Down32 A remembered ChristianDIOR4Down32 A rising singerLARK4Down33 CurseOATH4Down33 LeaseHIRE4Down34 SwabMOP3Down36 AttemptTRY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. 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.