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Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
GraspCLUTCH6Across1 Roughly treated by a gang with a plotMOBBED6Across4 TuneMELODY6Across4 VesselSHIP4Across5 She wove a hair matMATAHARI8Across7 Australian cityADELAIDE8Across7 Hardly bags to drinkSHORTS6Across8 Injury, woundLESION6Across8 PassageAISLE5Across8 AsternAFT3Across9 Book of mapsATLAS5Across10 OverlookMISS4Across10 Stamp a letter, we understandTREAD5Across10 FlagIRIS4Across11 RangeSCOPE5Across12 Canvas shelterTENT4Across13 In a close atmosphere, support is neededSEAT4Across13 RushCAREER6Across13 ProphetSEER4Across14 Near Scotland, perhaps, but not farYARD4Across14 Forward and backward in trepidationPERT4Across15 Plant ovuleSEED4Across15 PrimateAPE3Across16 Could it be hailed as first in rank?CAB3Across16 OgleLEER4Across16 Spread out and work two waysOPEN4Across17 Way of walkingGAIT4Across17 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across18 Slippery fishesEELS4Across19 A bit abrasive, but women still wear themBRAS4Across19 SnakeBOA3Across20 Boxer’s training itemPUNCHBALL9Across21 Excellent cover for a soldier, sayGREATCOAT9Across21 InsaneMAD3Across22 RegretsRUES4Across23 Food to fight for?BUNS4Across23 ColourRED3Across23 Like a vixen?FOXY4Across24 InstrumentHARP4Across24 NoblemanEARL4Across24 DetailITEM4Across25 Money dad gets on the fourth of JulyPAY3Across26 DowelPEG3Across26 Where the besiegers gained a hollow victory?TROY4Across27 CautionWARN4Across27 ShyDEMURE6Across28 It’s just uncommonly conclusiveONLY4Across29 ReviseEDIT4Across29 CheeseGOUDA5Across30 Maybe a real king?LEAR4Across32 Untidy stateMESS4Across32 OozeDRIP4Across32 A possibly dangerous gliderSNAKE5Across33 ThoughtIDEA4Across33 Shoot from coverSNIPE5Across33 Shut up in winter, normallyINTERN6Across34 WrathIRE3Across34 Provides foodCATERS6Across34 A bookish travellerGULLIVER8Across35 JumpBOUND5Across35 TeachesEDUCATES8Across35 Possibly finger one’s hairFRINGE6Across36 DregsLEES4Across36 Earth, for examplePLANET6Across36 Ball gameTENNIS6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down1 OpportunityCHANCE6Down1 A girl accepts it as friendshipAMITY5Down1 HiddenULTERIOR8Down2 Beautiful girlBELLE5Down2 Absolute, sayUTTER5Down2 Fish in a London well!SHAD4Down3 Hearing organsEARS4Down3 ForceCOMPEL6Down3 His niggardliness upsets me sir!MISER5Down4 Riotous brawlMELEE5Down4 ScrappedDISCARDED9Down4 MuleSLIPPER7Down5 MissingLOST4Down5 There’s nothing in a half bottle to give you a kickBOOT4Down5 PresentHERE4Down6 Runs without runningEXTRAS6Down6 SagsDROOPS6Down6 Go byPASS4Down7 DonkeyASS3Down8 Make belovedENDEAR6Down9 Container of something toppingHATBOX6Down9 Hot drinkTEA3Down11 Can be chewed and tatteredRAG3Down11 Grace making a fuss over the sailorsADORN5Down12 QuarrelARGUE5Down12 Summoned often, perhaps, in surroundings of squalorSENTFOR7Down13 Ties upTETHERS7Down13 PromptingREMINDING9Down14 So or thusSIC3Down15 StrangeODD3Down15 Rather like tea, it can be greenPEA3Down15 EverythingALL3Down16 She’s spiteful though less than scathingCAT3Down16 ConsumeEAT3Down17 Trouble to take a squint around the streetPESTER6Down18 SolutionANSWER6Down18 DeceptionDELUSION8Down19 Art silk or any variantRAYON5Down20 ProhibitBAN3Down20 Girl’s nameELLEN5Down20 You can knock the stuffing out of himGUY3Down21 Dog breedPUG3Down21 PertinentAPROPOS7Down21 Being bashful, little company for a soldierCOY3Down22 ForbidBAN3Down22 Prohibitive placard?BANNER6Down23 RecollectRECALL6Down23 Drink delicatelySIP3Down25 Nigel Kennedy doesn’t really possess such an animalELK3Down25 ThreatMENACE6Down26 NicheRECESS6Down27 Thing of valueASSET5Down28 Roam around in anger?RANGE5Down28 ImageIDOL4Down29 Figure in service as a hard workerNAVVY5Down30 JeerGIBE4Down30 The aforementionedDITTO5Down30 TantaliseTEASE5Down31 AppendADD3Down31 Long to get the amount of pay you deserveYEARN5Down31 What some have a slim chance of gettingLEAN4Down32 IntendMEAN4Down32 Counsel possibly slick, getting Charlie offSILK4Down33 Hosiery itemSOCK4Down33

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