Evening Standard Crossword January 23 2026 Answers

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Below are all 136 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 23 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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Showy54 AcrossReveal answer → Anew67 AcrossReveal answer → Epoch39 AcrossReveal answer → Abundantly99 AcrossReveal answer → Angry, I meant somehow to get through99 AcrossReveal answer → Owns310 AcrossReveal answer → Didn't take seriously a delay apt to cause havoc810 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread outbreak of disease810 AcrossReveal answer → Representative512 AcrossReveal answer → Realised it had a novel sound412 AcrossReveal answer → African river412 AcrossReveal answer → Melt413 AcrossReveal answer → It takes time to get to know one well613 AcrossReveal answer → Bounder613 AcrossReveal answer → Exact copy714 AcrossReveal answer → If you really want to know about it, ask cook!714 AcrossReveal answer → Negative viewpoint915 AcrossReveal answer → Thrust515 AcrossReveal answer → Having been parachuted down, visited915 AcrossReveal answer → Distressed917 AcrossReveal answer → Calm617 AcrossReveal answer → Soon, at nine about, mother will enter917 AcrossReveal answer → Iron-rich vegetable718 AcrossReveal answer → So retirement in Capri turned out to be dull718 AcrossReveal answer → Rush419 AcrossReveal answer → Stops talking in the intervals620 AcrossReveal answer → One without technical knowledge620 AcrossReveal answer → Mode520 AcrossReveal answer → Figure it's a bald patch in the animal's coat421 AcrossReveal answer → Russian ruler421 AcrossReveal answer → Rubbish322 AcrossReveal answer → A refusal to reply is not the solution824 AcrossReveal answer → Discussed724 AcrossReveal answer → Elevation824 AcrossReveal answer → "Justifies a fight," one storms826 AcrossReveal answer → Unsure826 AcrossReveal answer → Lair327 AcrossReveal answer → Do the same and put a kiss on the top428 AcrossReveal answer → Origin428 AcrossReveal answer → Memorise528 AcrossReveal answer → Pleasant walk629 AcrossReveal answer → Jokes with the chaps629 AcrossReveal answer → Edible leafstalks731 AcrossReveal answer → In the shade of the tree, felt discontented731 AcrossReveal answer → Idol431 AcrossReveal answer → Fisherman633 AcrossReveal answer → Needed, was paged934 AcrossReveal answer → Aristocrat934 AcrossReveal answer → Provide535 AcrossReveal answer → Only one side is quite as it should be936 AcrossReveal answer → Centre of attention936 AcrossReveal answer → Station437 AcrossReveal answer → Beaver-like mammal738 AcrossReveal answer → With "Bother!" ran off to shelter inside from the storm738 AcrossReveal answer → Viper538 AcrossReveal answer → Age339 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny639 AcrossReveal answer → Will have it one's exterior isn't to be renovated639 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name440 AcrossReveal answer → Are no longer as you and I are440 AcrossReveal answer → Objective341 AcrossReveal answer → String instrument841 AcrossReveal answer → A memo about the tender841 AcrossReveal answer → Streamer642 AcrossReveal answer → With Leo, I had built myself a lovely abode942 AcrossReveal answer → Relieve942 AcrossReveal answer → Imposing543 AcrossReveal answer →

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Got better when given a lift81 DownReveal answer → Alcoholic drink81 DownReveal answer → Succulent61 DownReveal answer → Fruits62 DownReveal answer → Develop a liking for when you accompany there62 DownReveal answer → Oily62 DownReveal answer → Amaze83 DownReveal answer → The occasional cop's raid eradicates it83 DownReveal answer → Tree33 DownReveal answer → Network64 DownReveal answer → Boast44 DownReveal answer → Had cropped up when an increment came through64 DownReveal answer → Stormed55 DownReveal answer → Month85 DownReveal answer → Attack the old-fashioned means of heating85 DownReveal answer → Synthetic material106 DownReveal answer → Brand is the tail-ender106 DownReveal answer → Threatening86 DownReveal answer → City in Tennessee77 DownReveal answer → Say the soldiers got into trouble77 DownReveal answer → The tree I myself planted outside the club68 DownReveal answer → Healthy48 DownReveal answer → End68 DownReveal answer → Is not wrong about its being yet to come711 DownReveal answer → Roams711 DownReveal answer → Brown911 DownReveal answer → Unite414 DownReveal answer → Slanting script616 DownReveal answer → Tidy416 DownReveal answer → Intends to take one through the steppes616 DownReveal answer → Rush418 DownReveal answer → Snow house519 DownReveal answer → Circle the area with the bracing air519 DownReveal answer → Save soap320 DownReveal answer → Untruth320 DownReveal answer → Bullfighter821 DownReveal answer → Country bordering Turkey522 DownReveal answer → How "decimal" is frequently defined in a dictionary522 DownReveal answer → Inform423 DownReveal answer → Genuine623 DownReveal answer → Mum, the agent has turned up the draught regulator623 DownReveal answer → In the end1025 DownReveal answer → Fight that won't stop you talking to someone1025 DownReveal answer → Defeat425 DownReveal answer → Sick326 DownReveal answer → Had been the cutter-up326 DownReveal answer → Intense426 DownReveal answer → Art of paper folding727 DownReveal answer → Charms, to a degree, the northerners727 DownReveal answer → About629 DownReveal answer → Lotion830 DownReveal answer → Character630 DownReveal answer → Are they spreading disease among cyclists?830 DownReveal answer → Slightly831 DownReveal answer → Fought back at first, trapped by the tangled reeds831 DownReveal answer → Sea532 DownReveal answer → Deceived832 DownReveal answer → Did come round at that point but was indecisive832 DownReveal answer → Figure "Elaine" could be her name733 DownReveal answer → U.S. state733 DownReveal answer → Clutch434 DownReveal answer → Read "Running from one side to the other is a pantry"635 DownReveal answer → Capital of Bahamas635 DownReveal answer → Having one dimension636 DownReveal answer → He's come home only this minute636 DownReveal answer → Parched436 DownReveal answer → Continues, as it happens637 DownReveal answer → Easy-going637 DownReveal answer → Yelp340 DownReveal answer →

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