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Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2024 Answers

Monday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2024 answers. The Monday puzzle has 126 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#
Fencing with bamboo stavesKENDO5Across1 Upset? You'll get over itCROSS5Across1 DangleSWING5Across2 Money for nuts?DOUGH5Across6 RageANGER5Across6 PaddleWADE4Across7 SurpassEXCEED6Across8 HandleTREAT5Across9 Well-readERUDITE7Across9 Fir cone producerCONIFER7Across9 ConditionSTATE5Across10 Honour, as at the crowning?GLORY5Across10 Seed-casePOD3Across11 Nancy Riley's boyCYRIL5Across11 PerspireSWEAT5Across11 Mendelssohn's cat?FELIX5Across12 JumpsLEAPS5Across12 KnockRAP3Across13 Hand overDELIVER7Across13 How an adipose friend could be woundedFATALLY7Across13 WagerBET3Across15 Become secure?GET3Across15 GuideLEAD4Across15 WickedBAD3Across16 Prayer endingAMEN4Across17 He's known for his originalityADAM4Across17 Go in vain, perhaps, when there's a hushVANISH6Across18 PolluteDEFILE6Across18 PresentHERE4Across18 To the Spanish, she's a queen!MABEL5Across19 RenewedRESUMED7Across19 WearyTIRED5Across19 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Across20 Points to them as subjectsTHEMES6Across20 AbsentAWAY4Across20 Imperious fairy?PERI4Across22 FrolicROMP4Across22 FrillRUFF4Across22 RefinedGENTEEL7Across23 Red setter, perhaps?SUN3Across24 Teacher's titleSIR3Across24 Motorised or not, it isn't all that fastSCOOTER7Across25 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Across25 FlatEVEN4Across25 JavelinSPEAR5Across26 Part of a column?FIFTH5Across26 OwnedHAD3Across27 In a raincoat, Joe looks wonderful!MAGIC5Across27 SlantSLOPE5Across27 Returning, is in a taxi - that's essentialBASIC5Across28 Soldier's jacketTUNIC5Across28 AppearSEEM4Across28 Terribly sad about a bad game, there are compensationsDAMAGES7Across29 CounselsADVISES7Across29 No elf could be a criminal!FELON5Across30 BingoLOTTO5Across30 PerformedDID3Across30 Circular coral reefATOLL5Across31 Projected through pronunciationTHREW5Across31 ExpireDIE3Across31 Go inENTER5Across33 LayersSTRATA6Across36 EmployedUSED4Across37 CoachTRAIN5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BoatCANOE5Down1 High regardESTEEM6Down2 FixedSET3Down2 Something a loader could doRELOAD6Down2 It's a funny thingSCREAM6Down3 WrathIRE3Down3 Hold in custodyDETAIN6Down3 ObtainGET3Down4 Such sauce adds savour to some saveloys, possiblySOY3Down4 MineralORE3Down4 ExpertACE3Down5 Fruity nickname for a BritLIMEY5Down5 LoaferIDLER5Down5 PreventDEBAR5Down6 Such a point figures in a deal, it seemsDECIMAL7Down6 QuicklyATSPEED7Down6 Current eventsNEWS4Down7 Maybe Roy gets cross with the beastORYX4Down7 Tooth coveringENAMEL6Down8 Shows the way with good Scottish directionsGUIDES6Down8 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down10 DelightedPLEASED7Down11 HarmedDAMAGED7Down12 Allow to enterLETIN5Down12 They hop around in far from quiet meadowsFLEAS5Down12 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 Are they truly fatheaded deeds?FACTS5Down13 BesmearsDAUBS5Down13 ScentPERFUME7Down14 Leprosy victimLEPER5Down14 One kilo in ten is receivedTAKEN5Down14 Garment a soldier's permitted?GILET5Down15 BuffaloBISON5Down15 The final despair is attributed to themTHEIR5Down16 EnticeTEMPT5Down16 CabinBERTH5Down16 CheatedDUPED5Down17 Girl’sHER3Down18 Growing need for an old soldier to go to churchVETCH5Down18 ExcludeDEBAR5Down18 Underwater missileTORPEDO7Down19 Sportingly, he'll give a waveMEXICAN7Down19 LongingYEN3Down21 Market or exchangeRIALTO6Down21 Benign fellow put in the shadeHUMANE6Down21 SturdyROBUST6Down22 Volunteers to shop around, maybe, for fertiliserPOTASH6Down22 ServileMENIAL6Down23 Live in a posh neighbourhood?RESIDE6Down23 DeserveEARN4Down24 HerbBASIL5Down25 Pinch a sound knife sharpenerSTEAL5Down25 ViewVISTA5Down26 Slight quarrelSPAT4Down26 Nominally faithful petFIDO4Down26 In Elizabethan times, a gambleBET3Down28 BeverageTEA3Down28 Sea-duckEIDER5Down29 LumpWAD3Down32 ConsumeEAT3Down33 MealTEA3Down34 ManageRUN3Down35

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 22, 2024. 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.