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Evening Standard Crossword January 23 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 23 2025 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#
ExpelEVICT5Across1 OpposeRESIST6Across1 Spills the beans about the girl holding the moneyBLABS5Across1 SpanBRIDGE6Across5 High ones are funJINKS5Across6 TempestSTORM5Across6 DisputeARGUE5Across9 Best imaginable mother?OPTIMUM7Across9 LingHEATHER7Across9 TrimSPRUCE6Across10 White as an owlSNOWY5Across10 PerformedACTED5Across10 MythLEGEND6Across11 Tea containerCADDY5Across11 Species of tiger, one readsPAPER5Across11 FretWORRY5Across12 HillockKNOLL5Across12 It's a lot more than little, noteMINIM5Across12 Stood up tall when dragged around the end of the pierTOWERED7Across13 Word for wordLITERAL7Across13 RegionAREA4Across14 Masculine piecesMEN3Across15 Hardly anyFEW3Across15 AmongAMID4Across17 Just a single right can be a knockout!ONER4Across17 AridDRY3Across17 Withdraw when about to get wearyRETIRE6Across18 Plot dishonestlySCHEME6Across18 ListenHEAR4Across18 Hold upDELAY5Across19 An Indian instrument is wrong for JackSITAR5Across19 Newspaper bossEDITOR6Across20 Romantic name for a village GreenGRETNA6Across20 LariatLASSO5Across20 LocateFIND4Across22 Punishment for being thin?FINE4Across22 EmblemBADGE5Across22 HassockKNEELER7Across23 Title held by OsirisSIR3Across24 ConcurAGREE5Across24 Stick, shaftROD3Across24 Apart fromBESIDES7Across25 It's reasonable for a soldier to go in a pubLOGICAL7Across25 Hundreds of drops of water will seep awayDRAIN5Across26 LiabilityDEBIT5Across26 BedaubSMEAR5Across26 Greek letterALPHA5Across27 Blue-blooded boy by another nameROYAL5Across27 Rosie's willowy formOSIER5Across28 Our planetEARTH5Across28 Remove the ones we doubt?WEEDOUT7Across29 StrangeUNUSUAL7Across29 ActDEED4Across29 Piano for the finale?GRAND5Across30 RepresentativeAGENT5Across30 ImportunePLY3Across30 Brings upREARS5Across31 She gives thanks for any changeTANYA5Across31 Food-listMENU4Across32 SeamLAYER5Across33 SpeakerORATOR6Across35 SickAILING6Across36 BeginSTART5Across37 NakednessNUDITY6Across38 WantedNEEDED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RogueRASCAL6Down1 CasualtyVICTIM6Down2 SuccessionSERIES6Down2 It has an eye for the touristsLONDON6Down2 Hat taken off if too expensiveBOWLER6Down3 PlunderSACK4Down3 MasticatedCHEWED6Down3 TendencyTREND5Down4 Despite the soppy exterior, a person of intelligenceSPY3Down4 Boy's nameTED3Down4 OppressorBULLY5Down5 Figures in black and blueLIVID5Down5 Backless seatSTOOL5Down5 StaggerREEL4Down6 A god to swear by?JUPITER7Down6 State of being secretSECRECY7Down6 SalverTRAY4Down7 ConsideredDEEMED6Down7 I'm having a morning with a holy manIMAM4Down7 He may be on time for the matchKEEPER6Down8 RegainREDEEM6Down8 BearENDURE6Down8 BetWAGER5Down12 They aimed to spread the newsMEDIA5Down12 NeatORDERLY7Down13 Those grasping old Oriental secret societies, one imaginesTONGS5Down13 Light beerLAGER5Down13 River (a converted sewer?)WESER5Down14 TimorousTIMID5Down14 ScopeRANGE5Down15 Imitate an operatic character with a tragic endMIMIC5Down15 StinkingFETID5Down15 EnquiredASKED5Down16 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down16 Staircase feature unfamiliar to the SpanishNEWEL5Down16 SeraglioHAREM5Down18 One who puts money awaySAVER5Down18 Light on artificial silkRAYON5Down18 Spoke savagely when all tangled upSNARLED7Down19 AnewAGAIN5Down19 Latent, inoperativeDORMANT7Down19 Strictness in interpreting most of our rightsRIGOUR6Down21 IndividualONE3Down21 Sharp bendDOGLEG6Down21 Concluding partFINALE6Down22 CotBED3Down22 In a wild feast, one can be funFIESTA6Down22 Delicious drinkNECTAR6Down23 Nominally a man set up with a placeNAMELY6Down23 AbutADJOIN6Down24 Light woodBALSA5Down25 She's in ColindaleLINDA5Down25 RecompenseREWARD6Down25 Start after Elizabeth (but before the French?) on TVDAWN4Down26 Avoid deliberatelySHUN4Down26 FollowingBEHIND6Down27 Blooming well caught?OUT3Down28 PulledTUGGED6Down28 Hearing organEAR3Down28 CelebrationPARTY5Down30 LongYEARN5Down31 MislaidLOST4Down33 CeremonyRITE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 23, 2025. 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.