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Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2020 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#
BaaBLEAT5Across1 DiePERISH6Across1 A black suitCLUBS5Across1 TornRIPPED6Across5 As used in making pies around Christmas, initially?SPICE5Across6 DisparageDECRY5Across6 RelaxedEASED5Across9 Evidently cereal repastOATMEAL7Across9 Speaker’s platformROSTRUM7Across9 EjectedOUSTED6Across10 To a medical person, it means scopeAMBIT5Across10 Not longSHORT5Across10 ThoughtNOTION6Across11 RuptureBURST5Across11 We hear it has charmsMUSIC5Across11 FoundationBASIS5Across12 RevoltREBEL5Across12 Prevents arrests?STOPS5Across12 Like that Baconian theory, a bit unreliableSTREAKY7Across13 IronsPRESSES7Across13 FinalLAST4Across14 Harlesden’s youth centre?LES3Across15 Heavy-heartedSAD3Across15 HotnessHEAT4Across17 Employer of a shifty ruseUSER4Across17 StitchSEW3Across17 Some rubbish about a safety deviceREFUSE6Across18 Steal cattleRUSTLE6Across18 GuideLEAD4Across18 IrritatesRILES5Across19 Certainly not the distaffSPEAR5Across19 CountrySWEDEN6Across20 Foreigners, as around the Nile, possiblyALIENS6Across20 Go inENTER5Across20 Extract, pluckPULL4Across22 I had to back the Gunners to attackRAID4Across22 OathCURSE5Across22 Well-likedPOPULAR7Across23 There’s a “water” kind (in the Euphrates?)RAT3Across24 Call onVISIT5Across24 Make mistakesERR3Across24 ExpandsDILATES7Across25 A number happening to be in the fringes of societySEVENTY7Across25 I avow it’s a southern river!SWEAR5Across26 SpreeREVEL5Across26 TruncheonBATON5Across26 Sign up for a courseENROL5Across27 Soundly bred on plain foodBREAD5Across27 By sheltering the sick, make a nameBILLY5Across28 Homeless dogSTRAY5Across28 Legendary builder who redeveloped our slumROMULUS7Across29 Spy planted in advanceSLEEPER7Across29 TartACID4Across29 Starting with fifty, he returned with nineLENIN5Across30 Board gameCHESS5Across30 WagerBET3Across30 KindsTYPES5Across31 Something electrifyingly hairy?SHOCK5Across31 FruitDATE4Across32 PatternMODEL5Across33 WriterAUTHOR6Across35 PryingNOSING6Across36 DissuadeDETER5Across37 DeservedEARNED6Across38 SoreTENDER6Across39

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FolkPEOPLE6Down1 Pakistani cityLAHORE6Down2 OpposeRESIST6Down2 It’s after 51 thousand that there are restrictionsLIMITS6Down2 It’s for water but contains oilBOILER6Down3 ProphetSEER4Down3 NabARREST6Down3 HellHADES5Down4 Rested, then returned to an incomplete taskSAT3Down4 ToddlerTOT3Down4 RenovateRENEW5Down5 May it form friendshipAMITY5Down5 Book of mapsATLAS5Down5 HeroIDOL4Down6 More than plentiful evidence of embroidery skillSAMPLER7Down6 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Down6 Australian birdsEMUS4Down7 SchoolbookPRIMER6Down7 Extra soft, with a bit of lustrePLUS4Down7 Many wage adjustments mean troubleCRISES6Down8 RapscallionRASCAL6Down8 StripDENUDE6Down8 StartBEGIN5Down12 Avoids reading things full of rubbish?SKIPS5Down12 PerplexedBEMUSED7Down13 To tease us up is sweet!SUGAR5Down13 StagePHASE5Down13 A terrible fire at the end of the street involves repairREFIT5Down14 KeenEAGER5Down14 CaperANTIC5Down15 Lord socially acceptable in disorganised clanLUCAN5Down15 PortlySTOUT5Down15 LukewarmTEPID5Down16 Gives out cardsDEALS5Down16 At journey’s end, see many looking off-colourSEEDY5Down16 EnticedLURED5Down18 Tree sapRESIN5Down18 Speedy winner in a famous carRACER5Down18 Where wintry precipitation’s almost done?SNOWDON7Down19 AdvantageASSET5Down19 RecollectsRECALLS7Down19 Annie’s boy?LAURIE6Down21 DecayROT3Down21 Adjustable spannerWRENCH6Down21 LarderPANTRY6Down22 VehicleCAR3Down22 You can do what you like with itRELISH6Down22 EnvoyLEGATE6Down23 Of the emphatic type?ITALIC6Down23 EmptyVACATE6Down24 TwelveDOZEN5Down25 Old place name, rum as can beSARUM5Down25 RelativeSISTER6Down25 In which a woman could give herself airs?SARI4Down26 EmployerBOSS4Down26 DiverseVARIED6Down27 Busoni piece usually without conductorBUS3Down28 Account-bookLEDGER6Down28 HardenSET3Down28 DrilledBORED5Down30 PrincipleTENET5Down31 MethodMODE4Down33 LearningLORE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, January 21, 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.