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Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 22 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
EarningMAKING6Across1 CounterfoilsSTUBS5Across3 Abrade the cuffs?SCUFF5Across3 ShellfishOYSTER6Across5 AversionDISTASTE8Across8 Navigational aid both waysRADAR5Across8 Warehouse, storehouseDEPOT5Across8 FrustrateFOIL4Across9 Squashed melon?LEMON5Across10 DynastRULER5Across10 WhelpPUP3Across10 The natural breaking down of proteins?ROT3Across11 ContainerCAN3Across11 The team to win about 40% of games?WIGAN5Across12 EstablishSETUP5Across12 FemalesWOMEN5Across12 Old-fashioned chair in current useARCHAIC7Across13 Fairground rideWALTZER7Across13 LukewarmTEPID5Across15 ColourRED3Across15 Payment for motley crewsSCREW5Across15 UntruthLIE3Across17 It's been mispronouncedBIN3Across18 EmployUSE3Across18 Raised edgeRIM3Across18 Like luck, it can be hardCHEESE6Across19 MeadowLEA3Across19 Harbour for yachtsMARINA6Across19 AteDINED5Across20 SheepEWE3Across21 Of current affairsTOPICAL7Across21 Held up by a railway in the countryHUNGARY7Across21 Little Ronald has a horseROAN4Across22 Knitting stitchPURL4Across22 HorseNAG3Across22 HeapPILE4Across23 Steal from the stationNICK4Across23 DeityGOD3Across23 SpotDOT3Across24 It's not this that's unfairCRICKET7Across24 ExhaustionFATIGUE7Across24 Delicious drinkNECTAR6Across26 FollowENSUE5Across26 Cuts, I see, in less piecesSLICES6Across26 Rest during ski practiceKIP3Across29 AyeYES3Across29 BlokesMEN3Across29 Anti-tank giant?TITAN5Across31 Vapour from hot waterSTEAM5Across31 Meat retailerBUTCHER7Across32 Backers, it seems, are our superiorsBETTERS7Across32 MonsterOGRE4Across33 How to maintain a career on the roadSTEER5Across34 ArtificeTRICKERY8Across34 Note valueMINIM5Across34 Vessel needed twice for the return journeyURN3Across35 ReallyINDEED6Across35 TitferHAT3Across35 At church, always, it may have a leaderCHEER5Across36 DomainEMPIRE6Across36 NumberSEVEN5Across36 It's slow to glide round the end of the gardenSNAIL5Across37 LawfulLEGAL5Across37 Many possibly seen as stupidDENSE5Across38 PerceiveSENSE5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RotDECAY5Down1 He's in portBARRY5Down1 FarewellADIEU5Down2 City hairstyle of consuming interestBATHBUN7Down2 RegulateCONTROL7Down2 JotIOTA4Down3 Fashionable part of ChicagoCHIC4Down4 Row, rankTIER4Down4 ZestGUSTO5Down4 FatOBESE5Down5 Briefly brilliant, shrewd, but just about burnt outFLASHY6Down5 Cruel, viciousBRUTAL6Down5 YieldingSOFT4Down6 Fight with chestnut stakes?FENCE5Down6 OutstandingSUPER5Down6 Tree sapRESIN5Down7 CliqueELITE5Down7 Customers having a change of heart in CowesCOVES5Down7 Close friendPAL3Down9 Practitioner needing to perform with a clear headDOC3Down9 HeapedPILED5Down10 FactoryPLANT5Down11 Meeting for discussionSEMINAR7Down12 JamWEDGE5Down12 They may play football on the sideWINGERS7Down12 LessMINUS5Down13 Ian's own?AIN3Down14 Fastening deviceZIP3Down14 ElbowNUDGE5Down14 ShrillREEDY5Down15 Pay some more money for itREMIT5Down16 Fairy or elfPIXIE5Down16 ClotheDRESS5Down16 Times when only small letters will doWEEKS5Down17 ChallengesDARES5Down17 A really good reminder that Christmas is comingCRACKER7Down19 Opposite of minimumMAXIMUM7Down19 RotatesSPINS5Down20 Credit us with a fast finish, though it's hardCRUST5Down20 That of always wearing one hat out of two?HABIT5Down21 ArmisticeTRUCE5Down21 Strikes with the fistPUNCHES7Down23 Presumably the wettest of the planets?NEPTUNE7Down23 Severe food shortageFAMINE6Down24 Focal point of recent agitationCENTRE6Down24 Not, in itself, the whole caboodle?KIT3Down25 ObtainGET3Down25 HarmoniumORGAN5Down25 AnaestheticETHER5Down27 Extremely long sort of year!LIGHT5Down27 FamousNOTED5Down27 DomesticatesTAMES5Down28 Inspected without good reasonCASED5Down28 CombineUNITE5Down28 MistakeERROR5Down30 He's randomly concerned with lucky numbersERNIE5Down30 Flower partPETAL5Down30 GalaFETE4Down31 PiecesBITS4Down32 Brentford players, all six-footersBEES4Down32 OmitSKIP4Down32 Period of sinister activityERA3Down33 WitchHAG3Down33

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