Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 22 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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Earning61 AcrossReveal answer → Counterfoils53 AcrossReveal answer → Abrade the cuffs?53 AcrossReveal answer → Shellfish65 AcrossReveal answer → Aversion88 AcrossReveal answer → Navigational aid both ways58 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse, storehouse58 AcrossReveal answer → Frustrate49 AcrossReveal answer → Squashed melon?510 AcrossReveal answer → Dynast510 AcrossReveal answer → Whelp310 AcrossReveal answer → The natural breaking down of proteins?311 AcrossReveal answer → Container311 AcrossReveal answer → The team to win about 40% of games?512 AcrossReveal answer → Establish512 AcrossReveal answer → Females512 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned chair in current use713 AcrossReveal answer → Fairground ride713 AcrossReveal answer → Lukewarm515 AcrossReveal answer → Colour315 AcrossReveal answer → Payment for motley crews515 AcrossReveal answer → Untruth317 AcrossReveal answer → It's been mispronounced318 AcrossReveal answer → Employ318 AcrossReveal answer → Raised edge318 AcrossReveal answer → Like luck, it can be hard619 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow319 AcrossReveal answer → Harbour for yachts619 AcrossReveal answer → Ate520 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep321 AcrossReveal answer → Of current affairs721 AcrossReveal answer → Held up by a railway in the country721 AcrossReveal answer → Little Ronald has a horse422 AcrossReveal answer → Knitting stitch422 AcrossReveal answer → Horse322 AcrossReveal answer → Heap423 AcrossReveal answer → Steal from the station423 AcrossReveal answer → Deity323 AcrossReveal answer → Spot324 AcrossReveal answer → It's not this that's unfair724 AcrossReveal answer → Exhaustion724 AcrossReveal answer → Delicious drink626 AcrossReveal answer → Follow526 AcrossReveal answer → Cuts, I see, in less pieces626 AcrossReveal answer → Rest during ski practice329 AcrossReveal answer → Aye329 AcrossReveal answer → Blokes329 AcrossReveal answer → Anti-tank giant?531 AcrossReveal answer → Vapour from hot water531 AcrossReveal answer → Meat retailer732 AcrossReveal answer → Backers, it seems, are our superiors732 AcrossReveal answer → Monster433 AcrossReveal answer → How to maintain a career on the road534 AcrossReveal answer → Artifice834 AcrossReveal answer → Note value534 AcrossReveal answer → Vessel needed twice for the return journey335 AcrossReveal answer → Really635 AcrossReveal answer → Titfer335 AcrossReveal answer → At church, always, it may have a leader536 AcrossReveal answer → Domain636 AcrossReveal answer → Number536 AcrossReveal answer → It's slow to glide round the end of the garden537 AcrossReveal answer → Lawful537 AcrossReveal answer → Many possibly seen as stupid538 AcrossReveal answer → Perceive538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Rot51 DownReveal answer → He's in port51 DownReveal answer → Farewell52 DownReveal answer → City hairstyle of consuming interest72 DownReveal answer → Regulate72 DownReveal answer → Jot43 DownReveal answer → Fashionable part of Chicago44 DownReveal answer → Row, rank44 DownReveal answer → Zest54 DownReveal answer → Fat55 DownReveal answer → Briefly brilliant, shrewd, but just about burnt out65 DownReveal answer → Cruel, vicious65 DownReveal answer → Yielding46 DownReveal answer → Fight with chestnut stakes?56 DownReveal answer → Outstanding56 DownReveal answer → Tree sap57 DownReveal answer → Clique57 DownReveal answer → Customers having a change of heart in Cowes57 DownReveal answer → Close friend39 DownReveal answer → Practitioner needing to perform with a clear head39 DownReveal answer → Heaped510 DownReveal answer → Factory511 DownReveal answer → Meeting for discussion712 DownReveal answer → Jam512 DownReveal answer → They may play football on the side712 DownReveal answer → Less513 DownReveal answer → Ian's own?314 DownReveal answer → Fastening device314 DownReveal answer → Elbow514 DownReveal answer → Shrill515 DownReveal answer → Pay some more money for it516 DownReveal answer → Fairy or elf516 DownReveal answer → Clothe516 DownReveal answer → Times when only small letters will do517 DownReveal answer → Challenges517 DownReveal answer → A really good reminder that Christmas is coming719 DownReveal answer → Opposite of minimum719 DownReveal answer → Rotates520 DownReveal answer → Credit us with a fast finish, though it's hard520 DownReveal answer → That of always wearing one hat out of two?521 DownReveal answer → Armistice521 DownReveal answer → Strikes with the fist723 DownReveal answer → Presumably the wettest of the planets?723 DownReveal answer → Severe food shortage624 DownReveal answer → Focal point of recent agitation624 DownReveal answer → Not, in itself, the whole caboodle?325 DownReveal answer → Obtain325 DownReveal answer → Harmonium525 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic527 DownReveal answer → Extremely long sort of year!527 DownReveal answer → Famous527 DownReveal answer → Domesticates528 DownReveal answer → Inspected without good reason528 DownReveal answer → Combine528 DownReveal answer → Mistake530 DownReveal answer → He's randomly concerned with lucky numbers530 DownReveal answer → Flower part530 DownReveal answer → Gala431 DownReveal answer → Pieces432 DownReveal answer → Brentford players, all six-footers432 DownReveal answer → Omit432 DownReveal answer → Period of sinister activity333 DownReveal answer → Witch333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 22, 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.