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Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2020 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Shrub or small treeACACIA6Across1 Pass to a superior position by mistake?SLIPUP6Across1 SwordSABRE5Across3 Received and understoodACCEPTED8Across7 OilclothLINOLEUM8Across7 InfoDATA4Across8 Is in manuscript form for a teacherMISS4Across8 PantryLARDER6Across9 New estate (in China?)TEASET6Across10 Loves deeplyADORES6Across10 PossessingOWNING6Across10 CoachesTRAINS6Across11 Call out a heroic nurseCAVELL6Across11 DealTRADE5Across11 FeverAGUE4Across12 BornNEE3Across14 A bit of a cold kiss for the helmsmanCOX3Across14 SapientWISE4Across15 Mountain systemANDES5Across16 At present, a terrible toadyTODAY5Across16 InsanityMADNESS7Across17 DirectionEAST4Across17 Is still shorter than “seventeen”EVEN4Across17 Big, splendidGRAND5Across19 Recommence showing some children pointsRENEW5Across19 ShelterLEE3Across20 Weary of being drilledBORED5Across21 FlashlightTORCH5Across21 WirelessRADIO5Across21 One’s in the bath, perhaps, as a weekly thingHABIT5Across22 Two-footed animalBIPED5Across22 DregsLEES4Across23 The record is held by the District of ColumbiaDISC4Across23 Thick paperCARD4Across23 WearyTIRE4Across25 LiabilityDEBIT5Across26 When trust is shaken, support is neededSTRUT5Across26 RescuedSAVED5Across26 Knight’s titleSIR3Across28 Figure to be in contentionTEN3Across28 VesselPOT3Across28 FashionsTRENDS6Across29 Spoils a coat tail with a nasty stainTAINTS6Across29 HideCONCEAL7Across30 Point the bread merchant out to be the finance manBANKER6Across30 Older in yearsSENIOR6Across30 A cross is in lineAXIS4Across31 Take notice ofHEED4Across31 Long thin loafBAGUETTE8Across32 Going back to bedRETIRING8Across32 AgainANEW4Across33 Speaks slowlyDRAWLS6Across33 Money for a side of beef?SILVER6Across33 HealthyHALE4Across35 HeaddressTIARA5Across36 SeemAPPEAR6Across38 Foot partINSTEP6Across39 PennilessNEEDY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The seat’s alight!SETTLE6Down1 AflameABLAZE6Down1 ShineGLEAM5Down1 Jug for coppers? No sir!PRISON6Down2 Red wineCLARET6Down2 HaughtyPROUD5Down2 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down3 Too far gone to be historic?PAST4Down3 FixSET3Down3 Female voiceSOPRANO7Down4 Talked about making a date with a deb?DEBATED7Down4 DetainARREST6Down4 LukewarmTEPID5Down5 TravelledRODE4Down5 Not sensibly, the horse detested all but TedSTEED5Down5 SheepEWE3Down6 AccumulateAMASS5Down6 Strangely enough, not evenlyODDLY5Down6 CourteousCIVIL5Down7 Puts onDONS4Down8 A tasteful clubMACE4Down8 TallyAGREE5Down8 The difference making one hiss at one’s former partner?SEX3Down9 Golf pegTEE3Down9 To the Spanish it’s just one letter, I swear!VOW3Down12 In addition toAND3Down12 Olga’s exotic placeLAGOS5Down13 At no timeNEVER5Down13 ShipGALLEON7Down13 FinishedENDED5Down14 The value, to me, of some ritualMERIT5Down15 CommandORDER5Down15 SundrySEVERAL7Down16 That flaming redheadVESTA5Down18 Communion tableALTAR5Down18 Of soundSONIC5Down18 DeedACT3Down19 Acrobat’s nameROB3Down19 HiatusGAP3Down19 A catchy non-U tune, possibly?NET3Down20 Help, assistAID3Down20 Gunners crazy about royaltyBATTERY7Down21 ConundrumsRIDDLES7Down21 One ancient barbarian in a hundredHUN3Down22 ObstacleHITCH5Down22 Boy’s nameBEN3Down22 Picture houseCINEMA6Down23 Possibly nailed in dishonest disavowalDENIAL6Down23 GenderSEX3Down24 DryARID4Down24 Fluids doctored as beveragesINKS4Down24 Trap at the end of the streetCORNER6Down25 CoercionDURESS6Down25 CounterfoilsSTUBS5Down26 First appearance as a featured East-EnderSTART5Down26 Considerable trouble composing triosRIOTS5Down27 FieryTORRID6Down27 EdgeVERGE5Down27 What you can pay for tacks, we’re toldTAX3Down28 HeathenPAGAN5Down28 ObserveSEE3Down28 EnticeTEMPT5Down29 Garden hutSHED4Down30 One’s shopping trousers?BAGS4Down30 GroundEARTH5Down31 JumpedLEAPT5Down32 BlazeFIRE4Down34 BrownTAN3Down36 SomeANY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. 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.