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Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
BroomBRUSH5Across1 In piecesAPART5Across3 Badly bake a bit of bread and you can still eat itKEBAB5Across3 RescindREPEAL6Across5 In study, this fiend has his own way of workingDEMON5Across8 CleansePURGE5Across8 DressFROCK5Across8 DistantREMOTE6Across10 Exposed what made a graduate embarrassed?BARED5Across10 Of a townURBAN5Across10 GoadSPUR4Across11 Topographic feature of parts of DartmoorTOR3Across11 GrooveRUT3Across11 Tough guy, but only one of the manyHEMAN5Across12 CulpabilityBLAME5Across12 Small crownCORONET7Across13 A young Guide making a chocolate treatBROWNIE7Across13 OccupantTENANT6Across14 AdhesivePASTE5Across15 ThiefBURGLAR7Across15 Suitable containersCASES5Across15 The article I had as supportAID3Across18 ObtainGET3Across18 Prisoner of warPOW3Across18 Great man, but his eccentric aunts are out of moneySULTAN6Across19 SailorTAR3Across19 Golf clubPUTTER6Across19 RagingFURIOUS7Across21 It's a different place from SalernoORLEANS7Across21 ExpensiveDEAR4Across21 Noble novice driver on the ring roadLORD4Across22 Small vegetablesPEAS4Across22 RevoltREBEL5Across23 FingerprintsDABS4Across23 He's proverbially clever and a friend to Tom and HarryDICK4Across23 Person responsible for keeping an artist in court, possiblyCURATOR7Across24 Vivid redSCARLET7Across24 BludgeonCOSH4Across24 SoakDRENCH6Across26 Put one in a solution of meths, and you've got water!THAMES6Across26 NoiseDIN3Across27 FateLOT3Across29 Charged particleION3Across29 The Jenkins family?KIN3Across29 FloodedDELUGED7Across31 Sea duckEIDER5Across31 Ms Blackman's high esteem in AmericaHONOR5Across31 Splendidly grand in a genuine wayREGALLY7Across32 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Across32 WanderedROAMED6Across32 Come again about the dogRECUR5Across34 SheetPANE4Across34 Theatrical entertainmentREVUE5Across34 Flap in the manner of a batTAB3Across35 AvoidedELUDED6Across35 SpeckDOT3Across35 Does she make sibilant sounds during tea?TESSA5Across36 Insect grubLARVA5Across36 An exclusive thing to do with new breadDEBAR5Across37 InsurgentREBEL5Across37 DischargesEMITS5Across38 Young swimmer in a drunken revelELVER5Across38 TreeALDER5Across38 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 KindGENRE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MistakeERROR5Down1 Encountered a bit of resistance, at lengthMETRE5Down1 Sea creatureOCTOPUS7Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 An advanced playerFORWARD7Down2 CadgeSPONGE6Down3 Animal skinPELT4Down4 ShedHUT3Down4 A weapon the peeler had?EPEE4Down4 ReposeREST4Down5 You can count on it being a frameABACUS6Down5 CommotionRUMPUS6Down5 TrimmedPRUNED6Down6 HandleTREAT5Down6 Commonplace feature of job analysisBANAL5Down6 RubbishLITTER6Down7 SquanderWASTE5Down7 To Jason she was a real charmerMEDEA5Down7 Belonging to usOUR3Down9 In zooming up, you get low!MOO3Down9 ToldRELATED7Down9 EnchantBEWITCH7Down12 Being ugly, keeps out of sight for half an hourHIDEOUS7Down12 FixPEG3Down12 SpeedRATE4Down13 Nothing but a clean sheet, possiblyNIL3Down14 And notNOR3Down14 UnfastenUNDO4Down16 Step up with sad heart into prisonSTAIR5Down16 Weasel-like animalSTOAT5Down16 WildRABID5Down17 A rotter, but with a nice skinSNAKE5Down17 Rub outERASE5Down17 ImmaturePUERILE7Down19 One going on foot, usually with a mateSNEAKER7Down19 Digging toolSPADE5Down20 RenovatedRENEWED7Down20 Material used by a fathead and a hotheadCLOTH5Down20 DestinedFATED5Down21 May be vital even if you can't play itORGAN5Down21 SummitACME4Down22 Makes bareDENUDES7Down23 Given freely to chaps outside the day centreDONATED7Down23 RushCAREER6Down24 Popular breakfast time serial, sayCEREAL6Down24 ShriekSCREAM6Down24 Tennis shotLOB3Down25 SmackSLAP4Down25 Children's game, it could be golf!TIG3Down25 RespectHOMAGE6Down26 CompetitorRIVAL5Down27 Hang around, perhaps craftily?HOVER5Down27 ImpudenceNERVE5Down28 Inspector of signals?MORSE5Down28 ForthcomingFUTURE6Down28 Saintly version of 6 DownALBAN5Down30 NumberTEN3Down30 DiscourageDETER5Down30 It's not nice for half of us to be in the red, badlyRUDE4Down32 Female relativeAUNT4Down32 Wherein to labour at scientific work?LAB3Down33 TradeDEAL4Down33 Hostile crowdMOB3Down33 LimbLEG3Down36 StrayERR3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 2, 2023. 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.