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Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2018 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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#
StupidAPISH5Across1 TyrantDESPOT6Across1 A corny little collectionSHEAF5Across1 ScantySPARSE6Across5 A knotty little snagHITCH5Across6 Container for teaCADDY5Across6 EthicalMORAL5Across9 Shifted, and not for the first time?REMOVED7Across9 From the sideLATERAL7Across9 MouldMATRIX6Across10 Find there's not much signTRACE5Across10 Fold in clothingPLEAT5Across10 LanguageTONGUE6Across11 LariatLASSO5Across11 Goes in the car for the breadROLLS5Across11 Toys for girlsDOLLS5Across12 WearyTIRED5Across12 She's soft on an aristocratPEARL5Across12 Willingly again to face the daily grindREADILY7Across13 TediumBOREDOM7Across13 VoidNULL4Across14 Can it also fly backwards?TIT3Across15 Small pieceTAD3Across15 CupidEROS4Across17 Piece of land in PaisleyISLE4Across17 FishCOD3Across17 Burn up the trackSCORCH6Across18 UnsuccessfulFUTILE6Across18 DiscourteousRUDE4Across18 Prison roomsCELLS5Across19 Shaped like a pepper pot, it contains beerDALEK5Across19 AccidentalCASUAL6Across20 Deceived and got rid of by the houseHOAXED6Across20 VisionDREAM5Across20 QuoteCITE4Across22 Sound of the kookaburra?BURR4Across22 DrilledBORED5Across22 RuinDESTROY7Across23 Instant sunburn!TAN3Across24 SurroundBESET5Across24 StrikeHIT3Across24 BullfighterPICADOR7Across25 Deserved to finish the summer on a fancy dietMERITED7Across25 Killed with scattered nailsSLAIN5Across26 LighterBARGE5Across26 ProvincialLOCAL5Across26 UltimateFINAL5Across27 Quantity of fluid, possibly paintPINTA5Across27 Such friends as one is thick withSTOUT5Across28 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Across28 Where to race or maybe train for enjoyable endsAINTREE7Across29 Say in passingMENTION7Across29 ParadiseEDEN4Across29 See detriment in personal appealCHARM5Across30 Explosive devicesBOMBS5Across30 InsectANT3Across30 UnderBELOW5Across31 Body in a box?TRUNK5Across31 LoanedLENT4Across32 SwiftFLEET5Across33 Cattle-penCORRAL6Across35 CastigatePUNISH6Across36 FabricSATIN5Across37 NakednessNUDITY6Across38 ProtectDEFEND6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RequireDEMAND6Down1 WannessPALLOR6Down2 ColoniseSETTLE6Down2 Are white ones visibly foaming?HORSES6Down2 Where the shops are entered by a rogue?ARCADE6Down3 ExcludeOMIT4Down3 Censures, informallySLATES6Down3 PoisonousTOXIC5Down4 The cost of reduced life expectancyFEE3Down4 Trilby, sayHAT3Down4 CloyedSATED5Down5 This is so sweet, darling!HONEY5Down5 Broom of twigsBESOM5Down5 TrudgePLOD4Down6 Poet or yokel about to make a mistakeHERRICK7Down6 UnfeelingCALLOUS7Down6 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down7 AusterityRIGOUR6Down7 Figure one gets half a dollarIDOL4Down7 One side of GlasgowCELTIC6Down8 Depressing, gloomyDISMAL6Down8 LevelledEVENED6Down8 Wooden pegDOWEL5Down12 Ask sincerely and quietly for a bit of helpPLEAD5Down12 RegularityROUTINE7Down13 Dexterous punch?RIGHT5Down13 Shore of the seaBEACH5Down13 A name in financial, banking affairsALBAN5Down14 PerchROOST5Down14 ImpelledURGED5Down15 A brown one is no rainbow!TROUT5Down15 TimorousTIMID5Down15 BurdenedLADEN5Down16 DiscourageDETER5Down16 A part for actress ThoraTHIRD5Down16 RegalROYAL5Down18 Threshing implementFLAIL5Down18 The number of dials in LondonSEVEN5Down18 Rant about the medical possibilityDECLAIM7Down19 CondescendDEIGN5Down19 WheedlesCAJOLES7Down19 Being clownish means nothing to a shark, sayOAFISH6Down21 EncounteredMET3Down21 System of self defenceAIKIDO6Down21 DoglikeCANINE6Down22 ShillingBOB3Down22 Bert's upset about it being cruelBITTER6Down22 Love appleTOMATO6Down23 Once more go and reciprocateRETURN6Down23 Signal-fireBEACON6Down24 Spaghetti, sayPASTA5Down25 Walter, a Yankee with something handy for baseballMITTY5Down25 ScorchedSEARED6Down25 Person famous in most areasSTAR4Down26 Young sheepLAMB4Down26 AbuseREVILE6Down27 Fix some mousetrapsSET3Down28 EngravedETCHED6Down28 Male swanCOB3Down28 RelieveALLAY5Down30 LukewarmTEPID5Down31 RapidFAST4Down33 MelodyTUNE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, January 2, 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.