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Evening Standard Crossword January 23 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 23 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
TolerateENDURE6Across1 Bit of a spectacular appearanceASPECT6Across4 AmalgamationMERGER6Across4 RowRANK4Across5 The force to pump up tyres?AIRPOWER8Across7 Card gamePATIENCE8Across7 The sort of solution if aliens are awkward?SALINE6Across8 Love appleTOMATO6Across8 PermitALLOW5Across8 LettuceCOS3Across9 Circus entertainerCLOWN5Across10 FactsDATA4Across10 He almost sailed backELIAS5Across10 LakeTARN4Across11 CompositionESSAY5Across12 Rabbit-like mammalHARE4Across13 Right honourable thing to wear?ROBE4Across13 DividedPARTED6Across13 CummerbundSASH4Across14 Managed to get the gang leader on the phoneRANG4Across14 In quiet ways, they’re used by writersPENS4Across15 DaringBOLD4Across15 VentilateAIR3Across16 Even the best can be whipped!TOP3Across16 SimpleMERE4Across16 Abraham Lincoln, initially, was among the firstABEL4Across17 HeinousEVIL4Across17 DashELAN4Across18 NoblemanEARL4Across19 School of SuetoniusETON4Across19 DonkeyASS3Across20 Initial advantageHEADSTART9Across21 Work in the theatreOPERATION9Across21 BecauseFOR3Across22 Body powderTALC4Across23 Worry about the guitar part?FRET4Across23 LairDEN3Across23 To cheat at bagatelle is not on the levelTILT4Across24 HazeMIST4Across24 StoryTALE4Across24 RushREED4Across25 A canvas sheet could make you hesitate!JIB3Across26 Cook in oilFRY3Across26 After that, the first of NovemberTHEN4Across27 Highest pointAPEX4Across27 KnifeDAGGER6Across28 Ariadne’s song?ARIA4Across29 MiddayNOON4Across29 LiftHOIST5Across30 Pay attention when heartlessly heckledHEED4Across32 CelebritySTAR4Across32 AppearLOOK4Across32 Could it make the parker see the light?CLAMP5Across33 FlavourTANG4Across33 BigLARGE5Across33 Say it’s a sure thingASSERT6Across34 StrikeHIT3Across34 Branched hornANTLER6Across34 Exhortation to be unflagging?TIRELESS8Across35 CutSEVER5Across35 GiftedTALENTED8Across35 Corporal punishment could hardly be thus missedSORELY6Across36 ActDEED4Across36 People below the nobilityGENTRY6Across36 Ball-gameTENNIS6Across37

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GlassesSPECS5Down1 FlightESCAPE6Down1 Scholarly mum?MATER5Down1 AnguishDISTRESS8Down2 Distinctive characterETHOS5Down2 Seedy article to smile aboutGRAIN5Down2 They have their own Isle, petsDOGS4Down3 IntendMEAN4Down3 SaveREDEEM6Down3 Nora’s terrible torchingARSON5Down4 Iron, for exampleMETAL5Down4 DaubedPLASTERED9Down4 TurnedROTATED7Down5 Italian capitalROME4Down5 An upright EuropeanPOLE4Down5 AbsentAWAY4Down6 A weapon in playing billiardsCANNON6Down6 NecessitateENTAIL6Down6 SovereignKING4Down7 ConsumedATE3Down8 Trying experienceORDEAL6Down9 Make a ropy descentABSEIL6Down9 CircuitLAP3Down11 That poetic Shropshire fellow?LAD3Down11 Open to accusation of looking stupid?AGAPE5Down12 Steering deviceWHEEL5Down12 Associated with altered appearanceRELATED7Down13 Pistol caseHOLSTER7Down13 ThawedDEFROSTED9Down14 OfferBID3Down15 MaleMAN3Down15 By depriving a camper of waterPER3Down15 SkillART3Down16 Not over high speedTON3Down16 Fish-eggsROE3Down17 More successful punter?BETTER6Down18 Leave emptyVACATE6Down18 StretchLENGTHEN8Down19 Kid a fellow, that’s allTOTAL5Down20 HelpAID3Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 The sailor boys’ ballORB3Down21 Horses eat thisHAY3Down21 CaressedSTROKED7Down21 An element of procrastinationTIN3Down22 LevyTAX3Down22 If backed at Ascot almost a complete failureFIASCO6Down23 Hypnotic stateTRANCE6Down23 Alsatian, for exampleDOG3Down25 Mean to acquire a first-class figureAIM3Down25 HangDANGLE6Down26 FreeGRATIS6Down27 A beanoPARTY5Down28 The wrong party piece for a girlHETTY5Down28 PleasedGLAD4Down29 Judged to tread incautiouslyRATED5Down30 StockingsHOSE4Down30 Address the publicORATE5Down30 RequirementsNEEDS5Down31 SailorTAR3Down31 His pa maybe like a primateAPISH5Down31 In ancient Thebes, a goddessHEBE4Down32 Opening for coinsSLOT4Down32 Fish out a key to the school, girl!COED4Down33 FibsLIES4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 23, 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.