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Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
StaidSOBER5Across2 PainACHE4Across7 UncertainUNSURE6Across8 MementoSOUVENIR8Across9 Why you need proof, of courseTOBESURE8Across9 GiantTITAN5Across9 Like hard woodASH3Across10 AlsoTOO3Across10 TurfSOD3Across11 Taking one child to the concertUNISON6Across11 UseEMPLOY6Across11 Steal away to have a drinkSPIRIT6Across12 ChapFELLOW6Across12 OwingDUE3Across13 Concealing the old crack was responsible for the disasterTRAGEDY7Across13 ScratchesSCRAPES7Across13 Make your mark in a very short timeTICK4Across14 ConstantlyEVER4Across14 BirdWREN4Across15 Be first, perhaps, to last the person one can most depend onBESTFRIEND10Across15 Bad luckMISFORTUNE10Across15 JewelGEM3Across16 OfferedTENDERED8Across17 Foreigner set on and beaten up by a ScotsmanESTONIAN8Across17 LookPEEP4Across18 TravestyCHARADE7Across18 Asks the sea to recede and the sand to swirlDEMANDS7Across18 WidespreadGENERAL7Across19 RunTROT4Across19 See it's an awkward situationSPOT4Across19 SoonANON4Across20 Show an outdated attitudeEXPOSE6Across21 FightBATTLE6Across21 PlaceLIEU4Across22 FloodTORRENT7Across23 CuringRESTORINGTOHEALTH17Across24 An average person - not some stay-at-home woman!THEMANINTHESTREET17Across24 AlwaysEVER4Across25 GirlLASSIE6Across27 Get the girl in to identify the birdGANNET6Across27 ConsumeEAT3Across27 FootwearSHOE4Across28 The gentleman with the spectacles inside is a N. AfricanMOOR4Across29 TeamSIDE4Across29 Getting the cover back on, lady, is the problemDILEMMA7Across30 MendsREPAIRS7Across30 FreeRID3Across30 ChildTOT3Across31 LessFEWER5Across33 Fleeing, then, or escaping, unfollowedONTHERUN8Across33 Sleeping carWAGONLIT8Across33 Where one searched for the fellow suffering from alcoholic depression?HIGHANDLOW10Across35 MenacedTHREATENED10Across35 SpecimenSAMPLE6Across36 Shot that gives you quite a shockTURN4Across36 HarbourPORT4Across36 FinishedOVER4Across37 ForcedOBLIGED7Across37 It gives little testimony to the pastry cook's skillTARTLET7Across37 InteriorINSIDE6Across38 CourageNERVE5Across38 He sings three timesTREBLE6Across38 InformADVISE6Across40 A hoot and a cry of fearSCREAM6Across40 ReadySET3Across41 No sound from the stable is heardNAY3Across41 PaySHELLOUT8Across42 A story we rewrote and how long it tookTWOYEARS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CoquettishCOMEHITHER10Down1 PerformerACTOR5Down1 Having to be paid for, though somewhere elseNOTPRESENT10Down1 ShapeOVAL4Down2 FixedSET3Down2 Stand to produceBEAR4Down2 RespondedANSWERED8Down3 The number spoken was mumbledMUTTERED8Down3 WagerBET3Down3 ManageRUN3Down4 ExercisePRESSUP7Down4 Carrying the alarm - it's very lightFEATHER7Down4 EnquireASK3Down5 Hide in OxfordSHOELEATHER11Down5 ContestCOMPETITION11Down5 DisputeARGUE5Down6 InexpensiveREASONABLE10Down6 The way in which so many of us travelBUSYSTREET10Down6 EachAPIECE6Down7 Know it takes time to get through to a young thingKITTEN6Down7 AugurFORETELL8Down8 Going to Pat's house in winter clothesTOPCOATS8Down8 For the prize draw, a standAWARD5Down10 So be itAMEN4Down10 NumberTHREE5Down10 JerseySWEATER7Down11 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down12 PleaseDELIGHT7Down13 Shoulder pieceEPAULET7Down14 WoodsFORESTS7Down16 With the swap in train, Ed returnedTRADEIN7Down16 ClassGENRE5Down16 IntendedMEANT5Down17 FriendPAL3Down18 StiffRIGID5Down20 Getting the ball, I have a knock up in the yardPATIO5Down20 And notNOR3Down21 Make out, as before, you'll minister toPRETEND7Down22 CultivationTILLAGE7Down22 A rock bandDIAMONDRING11Down23 ThroughoutFIRSTTOLAST11Down23 RelaxEASE4Down24 MissedOVERLOOKED10Down25 A while later, on leaving prisonAFTERATIME10Down25 Silly behaviour with which to bamboozle the cat?TOMFOOLERY10Down26 EssentialVITAL5Down26 AppallingHORRENDOUS10Down26 SnakeANACONDA8Down28 Speak the name, giving weight to itANNOUNCE8Down28 SeepedOOZED5Down29 Can I turn it on, somehow, to get it working?INACTION8Down31 ScrutinisedEXAMINED8Down31 When it gets jammed in an entrance, worryAGITATE7Down32 PuritanicalPRUDISH7Down32 AgentSPY3Down32 MarshlandFEN3Down33 GetOBTAIN6Down34 FightingWAR3Down34 Watch the woman holding the nutcrackerHUNTER6Down34 Left in "pious," it being in keeping with ChristmasHOLLY5Down35 TipsyTIGHT5Down35 Fish eggsROE3Down35 Flat number seventeen it's installed inEVEN4Down39 MaterialSILK4Down39

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 21, 2022. 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.