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Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2025 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#
TidyNEAT4Across1 HandcartBARROW6Across4 PinchNIP3Across4 Goes slowly, like doctors out to get you fit anewDRIFTS6Across4 SimilarAKIN4Across6 Hardly a filly, dear fellow!OLDHORSE8Across7 SnakeANACONDA8Across7 SundownSUNSET6Across8 Being talented, Joe and Ted are about to make a fresh startGIFTED6Across8 LairDEN3Across9 ApplaudsCLAPS5Across10 Point a fellow out a bargainCHEAP5Across10 BreakFRACTURE8Across10 FormerlyONCE4Across11 CroonSING4Across13 Crowds having a bit of fun during MayMANY4Across13 Ring of lightHALO4Across14 Being entitled, he has a posh carHERR4Across14 TwitchTIC3Across14 Object used in sportsBALL4Across15 She has to live on a shipBESS4Across15 DonkeyASS3Across16 Like archaeological workDIG3Across16 Way inENTRY5Across16 One makes this successfullyGOOD4Across17 SharpenWHET4Across17 Monstrous personOGRE4Across19 UprightVERTICAL8Across19 Feathered, they skim the waterOARS4Across19 Initial advantageHEADSTART9Across21 How to greet a friend with a drinkCORDIALLY9Across21 FrightPANIC5Across21 PlaceLOCATION8Across23 German manHERR4Across23 The importance of communicationNOTE4Across23 AgreeTALLY5Across24 Foreign languageURDU4Across24 She was carried on with, in the cinemaCLEO4Across24 Play on wordsPUN3Across26 Blend number 1009MIX3Across26 Seize and put right in the bag, excitedlyGRAB4Across27 EntrapNET3Across27 Military land forceARMY4Across27 Going out of turn, Henry may make the long oneHAUL4Across29 Cheese typeEDAM4Across29 PlungeDIVE4Across31 Does such mining have its seamy side?COAL4Across32 ContinentASIA4Across32 Pearl's mum is grey but beautifulNACRE5Across33 CongregateASSEMBLE8Across33 Genetic copyCLONE5Across33 They can fit very nicely, back to frontSPOONS6Across34 DallyLAG3Across34 HelpASSIST6Across34 Pugilistic cowboys?PUNCHERS8Across35 GalaFETE4Across35 GiganticENORMOUS8Across35 They're on target to reform a sinnerINNERS6Across36 HelpAID3Across36 EmergencyCRISIS6Across36 CloseNEAR4Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CaptureCATCH5Down1 Fido shows there's nothing in chewing a chopPOOCH5Down1 Of a navyNAVAL5Down2 Creature nowadays having a red backADDER5Down2 MeritEARN4Down2 FlingTOSS4Down3 It's nourishing to consume around mid-OctoberSOUP4Down3 DiplomacyTACT4Down3 Aromatic herbBASIL5Down4 MaritimeNAUTICAL8Down4 Artist taking ages, perhaps, to get to Land's EndDEGAS5Down4 QuarryPREY4Down5 EncircleRING4Down5 Subject to contingency, being informalIFFY4Down5 OrnamentADORN5Down6 OtherwiseORELSE6Down6 It may show to what degree one is worthyTHESIS6Down6 KnowledgeKEN3Down7 Fall intoINCUR5Down8 Remove cargo fromUNLOAD6Down9 In just one way, it's underfootINSOLE6Down9 In the main, it's edgyHEM3Down11 Produce eggsLAY3Down11 Talk of Romeo appearing in a sort of toga!ARGOT5Down12 ApparentOVERT5Down12 Electricity supplyPOWER5Down12 FragileFRAIL5Down13 FruitSATSUMA7Down13 Claimed to be curativeMEDICAL7Down13 GratuityTIP3Down14 RuleCANON5Down15 Sleeping placeBED3Down15 Odd rhyme from a short personBOD3Down15 SkillART3Down16 Doctor a Yankee for being dehydratedDRY3Down16 PoisonousTOXIC5Down17 YouthfulYOUNG5Down18 The state Reg is inOREGON6Down18 BadgerHARASS6Down18 Thin porridgeGRUEL5Down20 Love of HawaiiALOHA5Down20 AuthorisedLICENSED8Down20 Farmyard birdHEN3Down21 In a stern position, one over the eight?COX3Down21 AttemptTRY3Down22 FelineCAT3Down22 Could it be worn in a hospital bed?ALB3Down22 Lightly-armed cavalrymanHUSSAR6Down23 Where, out East, smartly to cut the tail off a pony!NIPPON6Down23 PallidWAN3Down25 NimbleAGILE5Down25 Incurably snappish dog?CUR3Down25 VassalLIEGE5Down26 CeremoniesRITES5Down28 LegendSAGA4Down28 Files a raw beginner may get to passRASPS5Down28 PortentOMEN4Down29 One giving bloodDONOR5Down30 ExcusePLEA4Down30 Longed to show a bit of panache at the grand finaleACHED5Down30 The smallest number left for the OrientLEAST5Down31 UntidyMESSY5Down31 TankVAT3Down32 VentilatesAIRS4Down32 Geometrically, it has its pointCONE4Down32 It's good to be preciseNICE4Down33 Thick paperCARD4Down33

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. 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.