Evening Standard Crossword January 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 2 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Malice52 AcrossReveal answer → Time57 AcrossReveal answer → The fate of Desmond Little78 AcrossReveal answer → Change58 AcrossReveal answer → Sturdy canine78 AcrossReveal answer → Presumptuous99 AcrossReveal answer → High but not squeaky?99 AcrossReveal answer → Waken510 AcrossReveal answer → Tune312 AcrossReveal answer → Farewell513 AcrossReveal answer → Letter from a hothead513 AcrossReveal answer → Satan513 AcrossReveal answer → Thick woollen cloth514 AcrossReveal answer → The racket is in a different one514 AcrossReveal answer → There's mischief in the air when this little imp becomes active!715 AcrossReveal answer → Dairy product715 AcrossReveal answer → Snared715 AcrossReveal answer → Posted earlier now716 AcrossReveal answer → Habitually wandering716 AcrossReveal answer → Flush and show you've been taken unawares517 AcrossReveal answer → Chess pieces517 AcrossReveal answer → Wild ass617 AcrossReveal answer → The beer is put inside in the passage518 AcrossReveal answer → Reject convention518 AcrossReveal answer → Tear319 AcrossReveal answer → Slandered720 AcrossReveal answer → Mammal with long snout520 AcrossReveal answer → Scolded, a tear-drop starts to form520 AcrossReveal answer → Partaking of, being forced to622 AcrossReveal answer → Bodyguard622 AcrossReveal answer → Smiled broadly623 AcrossReveal answer → Grating423 AcrossReveal answer → A cursory hug on entering, not from love623 AcrossReveal answer → Relatives725 AcrossReveal answer → Adroit425 AcrossReveal answer → Take in only to give solace to725 AcrossReveal answer → Fiendish726 AcrossReveal answer → The close relations, as usual, sent out727 AcrossReveal answer → Ill-mannered727 AcrossReveal answer → Uncover630 AcrossReveal answer → The word "frightfully," over and over again630 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle330 AcrossReveal answer → Free water631 AcrossReveal answer → Martial art631 AcrossReveal answer → Cows631 AcrossReveal answer → In addition to the contract, get a spin-drier532 AcrossReveal answer → Augurs532 AcrossReveal answer → Varied734 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of water we hear535 AcrossReveal answer → Canine predators535 AcrossReveal answer → Get on and go along with you536 AcrossReveal answer → Not suitable536 AcrossReveal answer → Tapes the best performance of all time737 AcrossReveal answer → Seam537 AcrossReveal answer → Imposing building737 AcrossReveal answer → Brown338 AcrossReveal answer → Muslim festival739 AcrossReveal answer → Triumph539 AcrossReveal answer → They allow one to keep in touch with people739 AcrossReveal answer → Capture540 AcrossReveal answer → What he said as he battered down the door?541 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic541 AcrossReveal answer → In the midst of541 AcrossReveal answer → Not being polite to a bird!542 AcrossReveal answer → Den542 AcrossReveal answer → Black-and-white mammal542 AcrossReveal answer → Awful trouble you'll have getting the infernal money?943 AcrossReveal answer → Many-legged creature943 AcrossReveal answer → Trying to get an interview with the top man744 AcrossReveal answer → Breastbone744 AcrossReveal answer →

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School of painting61 DownReveal answer → Put the stand by the seat61 DownReveal answer → Number51 DownReveal answer → European flatfish82 DownReveal answer → When it's finished, need that break82 DownReveal answer → Shoot52 DownReveal answer → Available113 DownReveal answer → To put it concisely, confined to a lunatic's inferno113 DownReveal answer → Combined63 DownReveal answer → Trial44 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink94 DownReveal answer → No singles: none at all94 DownReveal answer → Applauded75 DownReveal answer → Caribbean music75 DownReveal answer → Like the flibbertigibbet Miss Bird?75 DownReveal answer → Cap56 DownReveal answer → Soft drink106 DownReveal answer → Would a moored houseboat be one?106 DownReveal answer → African language47 DownReveal answer → Having taken the water cure successfully?47 DownReveal answer → Gratuity39 DownReveal answer → Marine bird610 DownReveal answer → If the lady's put the wrong map in, it won't help610 DownReveal answer → Don't notice that I have added to the letter711 DownReveal answer → Snake711 DownReveal answer → Wandering711 DownReveal answer → As yet wearing only underclothes, dress612 DownReveal answer → Showing little interest612 DownReveal answer → Evade513 DownReveal answer → Sound514 DownReveal answer → Point316 DownReveal answer → Contrition718 DownReveal answer → Having spotted, quoted aloud719 DownReveal answer → Bewildered719 DownReveal answer → The couple returned the animal to me outside721 DownReveal answer → God521 DownReveal answer → Mythical bird721 DownReveal answer → Guide522 DownReveal answer → What the thief didn't find in the safe?1124 DownReveal answer → Supreme power1124 DownReveal answer → Propriety724 DownReveal answer → Riding style1026 DownReveal answer → Usual answer to "Why are you simmering that bone?"1026 DownReveal answer → Spoil327 DownReveal answer → Given an estimate for a new sari, going into shock!928 DownReveal answer → Named628 DownReveal answer → Fragrant ornamental wood928 DownReveal answer → Essential529 DownReveal answer → Fortified place729 DownReveal answer → Such a face as the wrinkled Enid has at fifty-four?729 DownReveal answer → Undertake, having the equipment630 DownReveal answer → Distort630 DownReveal answer → Shabby532 DownReveal answer → Food for the sweet-toothed Lorelei?832 DownReveal answer → Heavy snowstorm832 DownReveal answer → Oscillate633 DownReveal answer → Bar533 DownReveal answer → In the world of boxing, is increasing633 DownReveal answer → Is this fruit all the rage?734 DownReveal answer → Root vegetables734 DownReveal answer → Tank335 DownReveal answer → Leave436 DownReveal answer → Securing work in the syndicate638 DownReveal answer → Stain with blood638 DownReveal answer → Even at the end, was bound to440 DownReveal answer → Female servant440 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.