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Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2021 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 127 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FaceDIAL4Across1 NovelNEW3Across4 Reasons for redistributing sugar out EastARGUES6Across4 UnfastenUNLOCK6Across4 FlySOAR4Across6 366 daysLEAPYEAR8Across7 Turn up with £50 too much for a garmentPULLOVER8Across7 LoadBURDEN6Across8 Are they what make porcupines vertebrates?SPINES6Across8 SphereORB3Across9 In abeyanceONICE5Across10 The work of creative navvies, forming a clanCANAL5Across10 OppositeCONVERSE8Across10 GasNEON4Across11 Beach materialSAND4Across13 One propelled with the speed of a shell?BOAT4Across13 CleanWASH4Across14 Should this word have come before "10 across"?KIEL4Across14 ConsumeEAT3Across14 At Chelsea, say, going north in a busBUNS4Across15 CurvedBENT4Across15 SharpACUTE5Across16 Egg cellsOVA3Across16 That favourite trumpet piecePET3Across16 Boy's nameADAM4Across17 One with a partner at the wicket?BAIL4Across17 RaisedUPLIFTED8Across19 It bridges the spring at Preston's North EndSPAN4Across19 UncommonRARE4Across19 Strength of mindFORTITUDE9Across21 A gymnastic exercise performed in rotationCARTWHEEL9Across21 Pick-me-upTONIC5Across21 Travel permitVISA4Across23 StayedREMAINED8Across23 She goes with LisaMONA4Across23 Help with an article on operaAIDA4Across24 RequireNEED4Across24 FishTENCH5Across24 A pile of canapesNAP3Across26 PolishWAX3Across26 A little thing requiring some danger moneyGERM4Across27 SchemePLAN4Across27 GratuityTIP3Across27 The point of an arrestSTOP4Across29 StyleELAN4Across29 InstanceCASE4Across31 BelovedDEAR4Across32 You can eat with it at least two waysFORK4Across32 Writer never editedVERNE5Across33 StartINITIATE8Across33 Storage containerCRATE5Across33 I'm in an obscure nook making a garmentKIMONO6Across34 MeadowLEA3Across34 SecretCOVERT6Across34 Line a certain areaDISTRICT8Across35 AsteriskSTAR4Across35 VisionEYESIGHT8Across35 She has a rhyme on the tellyNELLIE6Across36 TreeASH3Across36 FittingPROPER6Across36 ImitateCOPY4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JointELBOW5Down1 An 'eerie' character, misterSPOCK5Down1 FoundationBASIS5Down2 Fast machine on a quiet country roadPLANE5Down2 PressIRON4Down2 Wheel surroundTYRE4Down3 Something to go for, fellow!GOAL4Down3 DwellLIVE4Down3 Story-tellerNARRATOR8Down4 Of a townURBAN5Down4 Crime's a burning questionARSON5Down4 SharpenWHET4Down5 NoblemanLORD4Down5 True, it's a John Wayne filmGRIT4Down5 Of soundSONIC5Down6 SplitCLEAVE6Down6 The team's lateELEVEN6Down6 ConcerningABOUT5Down8 Handed a ticket for a bit of speedPASSED6Down9 FalseUNTRUE6Down9 It's so thin you can't see it!AIR3Down11 ArrestNAB3Down11 Possibly banal nameALBAN5Down12 QuiltDUVET5Down12 DisorderCHAOS5Down12 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down13 ColloquiumSEMINAR7Down13 Strong support for a weighty volume about the warBULWARK7Down13 NewtEFT3Down14 ClubBAT3Down15 PrincipleTENET5Down15 The little that sank in?BIT3Down15 The partner dad leftPAL3Down16 MineralORE3Down16 EmployingUSING5Down17 OozeEXUDE5Down18 Did Catherine leave it with a groan, perhaps?ARAGON6Down18 Dealer in clothDRAPER6Down18 Can be eaten in pigheaded contentmentPEASE5Down20 DecreaseDIMINISH8Down20 ViperADDER5Down20 Bobby needs a cool head at workCOP3Down21 RepairFIX3Down21 That fellow in The ChimesHIM3Down22 TopCAP3Down22 NumberTEN3Down22 Airmen crashed in the seaMARINE6Down23 CourageVALOUR6Down23 PraiseEXALT5Down25 To a Pole, it's a high speedTON3Down25 ChubbyFAT3Down25 RidCLEAR5Down26 AfterwardsLATER5Down28 Prima-donnaDIVA4Down28 Destroy the note that was carriedERODE5Down28 RecordDISC4Down29 PaceSTEP4Down30 Be behind, though the late batsmen are out for runsTRAIL5Down30 BigLARGE5Down30 Just the place for a saucy fashion centrePERTH5Down31 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down31 Fathead's food?FOOL4Down32 ProfoundDEEP4Down32 OceanSEA3Down32 Vast containers?VATS4Down33 PriceCOST4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 21, 2021. 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.