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Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 17 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
TooALSO4Across1 FruitNUT3Across4 TeamSIDE4Across6 CurrentSTREAM6Across8 SullenMOROSE6Across9 Listen to the Scandinavian and learn about translatingLENDANEAR9Across9 Sudden bright idea, informallyBRAINWAVE9Across9 RecedeEBB3Across10 Wicked actATROCITY8Across10 How sick one is of having to be exuberant?HEARTILY8Across10 From the biting cold, help to protectACID4Across12 DefraudCHEAT5Across12 BurdenONUS4Across12 Open-air mealPICNIC6Across13 The language, when it's non-vegetarian food!TONGUE6Across13 Filling a vacancy in the clothing departmentDARNING7Across14 GayMERRY5Across14 Back complaintLUMBAGO7Across14 BrutalBARBAROUS9Across15 The best part was getting the big scoreHIGHPOINT9Across15 SquanderWASTE5Across15 Mischievousness you wouldn't expect from the little angel?DEVILMENT9Across17 AvertedPREVENTED9Across17 PlacidSERENE6Across18 Stylish and showy when runningDASHING7Across18 Strongly disapprove ofDEPLORE7Across18 A Sicilian small town kid going to AmericaRAGUSA6Across20 European riverDANUBE6Across20 DecayedROTTEN6Across20 WickedEVIL4Across21 Not the whole catch is thrown backPART4Across21 KnowingAWARE5Across24 AssaultedATTACKED8Across24 Convinced one it had been clinchedMADESURE8Across24 Look likeRESEMBLE8Across26 HateABHOR5Across26 To cap it, when rewritten the content is really awfulPATHETIC8Across26 GemstoneONYX4Across28 BequeathENDOW5Across28 Eighteen letters back from "table"ROTA4Across28 AccompanyESCORT6Across29 Suppress for a time the files assembled about itSTIFLE6Across29 FinishEND3Across30 Steed is the chap making out the invoicesCHARGER7Across31 ReinforceBOLSTER7Across31 FlagBANNER6Across32 Draw outELICIT6Across33 PoliteCOURTEOUS9Across34 ProphetSEER4Across34 Poster showing a shopkeeperSTATIONER9Across34 ConsumeEAT3Across35 Newlyweds' holidayHONEYMOON9Across36 WantNEED4Across36 Prudence has the ability to see into the pictureFORESIGHT9Across36 Seat of governmentCAPITAL7Across38 Thinking of making yourself a hot drink?MULLING7Across38 He's right beside the treeOLIVER6Across39 Counting frameABACUS6Across39 CasseroleSTEW4Across40 Take in, with the dessertFOOL4Across40 HonestTRUTHFUL8Across41 Dash round to get the carRUNABOUT8Across41 Private conversationTETEATETE9Across42 What the nudist who's not at all busy has?NOTHINGON9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soaked upABSORBED8Down1 Bled every one in it whiteBLEACHED8Down1 WildcatJAGUAR6Down2 CatchLATCH5Down2 Being inclined to remove the top and bottomENDING6Down2 IntimidateOVERAWE7Down3 UndergarmentCAMISOLE8Down3 Getting to be, with the advent ofBECOMING8Down3 Smart, which is auspiciousBRIGHT6Down4 SportTENNIS6Down4 TitleNAME4Down4 GraveTOMB4Down5 One's best pen friend?SHEEPDOG8Down5 Cooking utensilSAUCEPAN8Down5 SwellSURGE5Down6 Public transport vehicleTROLLEYBUS10Down6 Called with the money?PAIDAVISIT10Down6 MeritDESERVE7Down7 ScurrySCAMPER7Down7 Surprise by getting the old right in!STARTLE7Down7 Royal houseSTUART6Down8 For the food, I lay outPLAICE6Down8 Is it written in stone that demagogues must?AGITATE7Down11 Venetian boatGONDOLA7Down11 PortionBIT3Down11 LettuceCOS3Down12 BrownTAN3Down13 OceanSEA3Down16 Weatherproof coatANORAK6Down16 With companion, I again occupy the apartmentPAIRED6Down16 EpochERA3Down17 TrivialPETTY5Down19 ClaspEMBRACE7Down19 Give a little jerk when you switch onSTART5Down19 FatherDAD3Down20 Wish you hadn't got it at the herbalist's?RUE3Down20 MineralORE3Down21 In flight, is looking out at it frightening?AWING5Down22 StressTENSION7Down22 ManservantVALET5Down22 Gives back to the salesman, say, when faultyREPAYS6Down23 UseEMPLOY6Down23 NovelNEW3Down23 As far as "a dud on evil bent"UPTONOGOOD10Down25 PaleWAN3Down25 Artificial respirationKISSOFLIFE10Down25 RodentRAT3Down26 Is it easy to give up if you're slimming?PIE3Down26 Having taken power will continue, you supposePRESUME7Down27 ProprietorOWNER5Down27 FabricateCONCOCT7Down27 SurmiseOPINE5Down29 Sea-eagleERNE4Down30 HindranceOBSTACLE8Down30 Because it's followed by a shoot-out, indeedFORSOOTH8Down30 Punishes, but not for wrongs?CORRECTS8Down31 FeastsBANQUETS8Down31 DextrousDEFT4Down31 How good the yarn was you found perturbing?RATTLING8Down32 FamousRENOWNED8Down32 The smallest note - a fiftyMINIMAL7Down33 LawSTATUTE7Down33 Doing everything possible to have no blacklegsALLOUT6Down35 Sports officialUMPIRE6Down35 A fellow diner-out: someone pleasant to be withFRIEND6Down36 Card suitHEARTS6Down36 In the ravine, find the English manGEORGE6Down37 BeginningOUTSET6Down37

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