Evening Standard Crossword January 21 2026 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Terror53 AcrossReveal answer → Unquestionable truth64 AcrossReveal answer → Spheres, it seems, can be flat!64 AcrossReveal answer → A queen's husband whose twins were healthy87 AcrossReveal answer → Finland's capital87 AcrossReveal answer → In the throes, there are always options68 AcrossReveal answer → Antelope68 AcrossReveal answer → Frank69 AcrossReveal answer → Sullen or angry frown510 AcrossReveal answer → Bludgeon610 AcrossReveal answer → Relieve everybody on some days510 AcrossReveal answer → Soar511 AcrossReveal answer → Group412 AcrossReveal answer → Debatable beastly utterance by an East Ender413 AcrossReveal answer → Short sharp sound413 AcrossReveal answer → Indian dress414 AcrossReveal answer → The charge comes to fifty quid414 AcrossReveal answer → A humble, down-to-earth turner415 AcrossReveal answer → Hop-drying kiln415 AcrossReveal answer → Formerly415 AcrossReveal answer → Figure to hearten the potentate316 AcrossReveal answer → Diving bird316 AcrossReveal answer → Used bad pork pies417 AcrossReveal answer → Tardy717 AcrossReveal answer → Fathers417 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of a nonentity, but soon one gets ahead419 AcrossReveal answer → Planet419 AcrossReveal answer → Attempt320 AcrossReveal answer → Of an electrifying performance?921 AcrossReveal answer → Become disillusioned921 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned521 AcrossReveal answer → Amphibian423 AcrossReveal answer → Old sayings observed by Socrates initially423 AcrossReveal answer → Swerve423 AcrossReveal answer → Sack the lot, hiding nothing424 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed tooth424 AcrossReveal answer → Pour425 AcrossReveal answer → Small barrel326 AcrossReveal answer → Is extracting this from jojoba a difficulty?326 AcrossReveal answer → Twelve526 AcrossReveal answer → In the music trade, it's jazz427 AcrossReveal answer → Overwhelming defeat427 AcrossReveal answer → Beaker328 AcrossReveal answer → It may feed you a little but tell you nothing429 AcrossReveal answer → Leave out429 AcrossReveal answer → Deceived730 AcrossReveal answer → A drop of tea, right?432 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman432 AcrossReveal answer → A plate, mate?533 AcrossReveal answer → Trap533 AcrossReveal answer → Employed433 AcrossReveal answer → Elbow benders634 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish dish634 AcrossReveal answer → Painted face showing a bit of sporty characteristic835 AcrossReveal answer → Strangle835 AcrossReveal answer → Discourteous435 AcrossReveal answer → Go back on a promise636 AcrossReveal answer → A little man's deputies636 AcrossReveal answer → Ground536 AcrossReveal answer → Rank638 AcrossReveal answer → Knife639 AcrossReveal answer → Stupefied540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Board game51 DownReveal answer → Kind of vessel apt to sink a lot51 DownReveal answer → Scour51 DownReveal answer → Room's lower surface52 DownReveal answer → Maybe sat on the corner again to waste time52 DownReveal answer → Before52 DownReveal answer → Slay43 DownReveal answer → Move various ways43 DownReveal answer → Mine33 DownReveal answer → Lasses54 DownReveal answer → Worshipped64 DownReveal answer → Knock down for consuming half a loaf54 DownReveal answer → Frozen45 DownReveal answer → Ooze45 DownReveal answer → Borrowed from German, it's true45 DownReveal answer → Dog36 DownReveal answer → Mass departure66 DownReveal answer → Put in the shade?66 DownReveal answer → Representative57 DownReveal answer → Passage58 DownReveal answer → Assassin69 DownReveal answer → Otto cunningly gets round mum for something to eat69 DownReveal answer → Popular pet311 DownReveal answer → One highly apt to lead to a smash311 DownReveal answer → You'll admit there's nothing in demolishing a wall512 DownReveal answer → Bereaved wife512 DownReveal answer → Timid713 DownReveal answer → Formed of units mostly produced from a mould ~n right?713 DownReveal answer → Lacking confidence, shy713 DownReveal answer → Domesticated514 DownReveal answer → United ~n or possibly Wednesday?315 DownReveal answer → Lyric poem315 DownReveal answer → The height of rhetoric316 DownReveal answer → Stuffed716 DownReveal answer → Skill316 DownReveal answer → Challenged518 DownReveal answer → One's own part arranged for spinet618 DownReveal answer → Of the stars618 DownReveal answer → Wager319 DownReveal answer → Nick's not a companion520 DownReveal answer → Inert gas520 DownReveal answer → Lower limb321 DownReveal answer → Its driver usually has the knowledge321 DownReveal answer → Chew and swallow322 DownReveal answer → Fish, fox or fool322 DownReveal answer → Object522 DownReveal answer → Nullify623 DownReveal answer → Broadcasting on a farming matter?623 DownReveal answer → Decay324 DownReveal answer → Tree325 DownReveal answer → A deity for all325 DownReveal answer → Irritate627 DownReveal answer → Tools for fixing broken spars528 DownReveal answer → Wall-painting528 DownReveal answer → Address the public528 DownReveal answer → Class529 DownReveal answer → Boy's name530 DownReveal answer → Name incomplete on account of a bloomer530 DownReveal answer → Dullard531 DownReveal answer → Native American tent531 DownReveal answer → Upright supporters of old-fashioned sea travel531 DownReveal answer → Otherwise432 DownReveal answer → Demise532 DownReveal answer → International flier?432 DownReveal answer → Not so much a sweetheart as pretty shrewd433 DownReveal answer → Pimple433 DownReveal answer → Facts434 DownReveal answer → Finish336 DownReveal answer → Owned337 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.