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Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
TerrorPANIC5Across3 Unquestionable truthGOSPEL6Across4 Spheres, it seems, can be flat!FIELDS6Across4 A queen's husband whose twins were healthyBOTHWELL8Across7 Finland's capitalHELSINKI8Across7 In the throes, there are always optionsOTHERS6Across8 AntelopeRHEBOK6Across8 FrankCANDID6Across9 Sullen or angry frownSCOWL5Across10 BludgeonCUDGEL6Across10 Relieve everybody on some daysALLAY5Across10 SoarTOWER5Across11 GroupUNIT4Across12 Debatable beastly utterance by an East EnderMOOT4Across13 Short sharp soundBLIP4Across13 Indian dressSARI4Across14 The charge comes to fifty quidTOLL4Across14 A humble, down-to-earth turnerWORM4Across15 Hop-drying kilnOAST4Across15 FormerlyONCE4Across15 Figure to hearten the potentateTEN3Across16 Diving birdAUK3Across16 Used bad pork piesLIED4Across17 TardyBELATED7Across17 FathersDADS4Across17 Bit of a nonentity, but soon one gets aheadANON4Across19 PlanetMARS4Across19 AttemptTRY3Across20 Of an electrifying performance?CONDUCTOR9Across21 Become disillusionedLOSEHEART9Across21 Old-fashionedDATED5Across21 AmphibianNEWT4Across23 Old sayings observed by Socrates initiallySAWS4Across23 SwerveVEER4Across23 Sack the lot, hiding nothingLOOT4Across24 Pointed toothFANG4Across24 PourTEEM4Across25 Small barrelKEG3Across26 Is extracting this from jojoba a difficulty?JOB3Across26 TwelveDOZEN5Across26 In the music trade, it's jazzTRAD4Across27 Overwhelming defeatROUT4Across27 BeakerMUG3Across28 It may feed you a little but tell you nothingCLAM4Across29 Leave outOMIT4Across29 DeceivedDELUDED7Across30 A drop of tea, right?TEAR4Across32 NoblemanEARL4Across32 A plate, mate?CHINA5Across33 TrapSNARE5Across33 EmployedUSED4Across33 Elbow bendersBICEPS6Across34 Spanish dishPAELLA6Across34 Painted face showing a bit of sporty characteristicPORTRAIT8Across35 StrangleTHROTTLE8Across35 DiscourteousRUDE4Across35 Go back on a promiseRENEGE6Across36 A little man's deputiesAGENTS6Across36 GroundEARTH5Across36 RankARRANT6Across38 KnifeLANCET6Across39 StupefiedDAZED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Board gameCHESS5Down1 Kind of vessel apt to sink a lotUBOAT5Down1 ScourSCRUB5Down1 Room's lower surfaceFLOOR5Down2 Maybe sat on the corner again to waste timeSTALL5Down2 BeforeUNTIL5Down2 SlayKILL4Down3 Move various waysSWAY4Down3 MinePIT3Down3 LassesGIRLS5Down4 WorshippedADORED6Down4 Knock down for consuming half a loafFLOOR5Down4 FrozenICED4Down5 OozeSEEP4Down5 Borrowed from German, it's trueECHT4Down5 DogCUR3Down6 Mass departureEXODUS6Down6 Put in the shade?DARKEN6Down6 RepresentativeAGENT5Down7 PassageALLEY5Down8 AssassinHITMAN6Down9 Otto cunningly gets round mum for something to eatTOMATO6Down9 Popular petCAT3Down11 One highly apt to lead to a smashLOB3Down11 You'll admit there's nothing in demolishing a wallALLOW5Down12 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Down12 TimidNERVOUS7Down13 Formed of units mostly produced from a mould ~n right?MODULAR7Down13 Lacking confidence, shyBASHFUL7Down13 DomesticatedTAMED5Down14 United ~n or possibly Wednesday?WED3Down15 Lyric poemODE3Down15 The height of rhetoricTOR3Down16 StuffedCRAMMED7Down16 SkillART3Down16 ChallengedDARED5Down18 One's own part arranged for spinetINSTEP6Down18 Of the starsASTRAL6Down18 WagerBET3Down19 Nick's not a companionNOTCH5Down20 Inert gasARGON5Down20 Lower limbLEG3Down21 Its driver usually has the knowledgeCAB3Down21 Chew and swallowEAT3Down22 Fish, fox or foolCOD3Down22 ObjectDEMUR5Down22 NullifyNEGATE6Down23 Broadcasting on a farming matter?SOWING6Down23 DecayROT3Down24 TreeFIR3Down25 A deity for allPAN3Down25 IrritateNETTLE6Down27 Tools for fixing broken sparsRASPS5Down28 Wall-paintingMURAL5Down28 Address the publicORATE5Down28 ClassGENRE5Down29 Boy's nameMARTI5Down30 Name incomplete on account of a bloomerLILAC5Down30 DullardDUNCE5Down31 Native American tentTEPEE5Down31 Upright supporters of old-fashioned sea travelMASTS5Down31 OtherwiseELSE4Down32 DemiseDEATH5Down32 International flier?TERN4Down32 Not so much a sweetheart as pretty shrewdCUTE4Down33 PimpleSPOT4Down33 FactsDATA4Down34 FinishEND3Down36 OwnedHAD3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. 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.