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Evening Standard Crossword January 24 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 24 2020 answers. The Friday 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#
PostponeDELAY5Across1 OverlookFORGET6Across5 DangerPERIL5Across8 Better than, when it comes to carving?ACUTABOVE9Across9 LoutsHOOLIGANS9Across9 Something saidUTTERANCE9Across10 PassELAPSE6Across10 Favouring the suggestion to have advertisingPROMOTION9Across10 CheeseEDAM4Across11 A little noticeSPOT4Across12 AngerRAGE4Across12 AffrontINSULT6Across13 Write “Trapped right in the awful claws”SCRAWL6Across13 Royal buildingsPALACES7Across14 PointingAIMING6Across14 Gads about with the big noisesRACKETS7Across14 Give credit for, which is characteristicATTRIBUTE9Across15 GiganticTITANIC7Across15 InstantIMMEDIATE9Across15 Claimed to have been urged to get hold ofPROFESSED9Across17 Collection of animalsMENAGERIE9Across17 Leak, you understand, to the paperSEEPAGE7Across18 ThroughPER3Across18 Six-sided figureHEXAGON7Across18 The lady at the hotel, with the caseSHEATH6Across19 VegetableCARROT6Across19 YouthLAD3Across19 Leave outOMIT4Across20 Dry and clear, for a startARID4Across20 AdroitDEFT4Across21 Calm when it was called forCOLLECTED9Across23 DomesticHOUSEHOLD9Across23 PunitivePENAL5Across23 LoatheHATE4Across24 A list of those on board?DIRECTORY9Across25 Whisky producerDISTILLER9Across25 In that case, get to the pointTHEN4Across26 Lascivious lookLEER4Across26 NotorietyINFAMY6Across27 BarrierDAM3Across27 Recover from the paroxysm of anger, to embrace oneREGAIN6Across27 Slightly hungryPECKISH7Across29 SkillART3Across29 Having a right, we’re told, to commendationACCLAIM7Across29 EnduringLASTING7Across31 CrippledMAIMED6Across32 The cruel Mr GreenHEARTLESS9Across32 DessertCHERRYPIE9Across32 PlaceLIEU4Across34 Fought to protect the worker. It’s justifiedWARRANTED9Across34 Hired soldierMERCENARY9Across34 CoarseEARTHY6Across35 Disputed the necessity for carrying a gunNEGATED7Across35 ChasePURSUIT7Across35 Gauging just how bad the reprimand was?RATING6Across36 List of chargesTARIFF6Across36 InformationDATA4Across37 Complain about the food?BEEF4Across37 Surprising thingEYEOPENER9Across38 ElbowNUDGE5Across38 Going off, then, to refit a vesselONTHETURN9Across38 ComplaintGRIEVANCE9Across39 Because the rendering is included in one’s dislikesAVERSIONS9Across39 EbbRECEDE6Across39 BorderedEDGED5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Pussy-footing lackeys?CATSPAWS8Down1 SurlyCHURLISH8Down1 MedicineCOUGHMIXTURE12Down2 Unexpectedly having run short of little boy’s clothes?OUTOFTHEBLUE12Down2 FishEEL3Down2 Keep upMAINTAIN8Down3 Decide, though it’s closeCONCLUDE8Down3 BegAPPEAL6Down3 Take for grantedASSUME6Down4 To males, one represents dangerMENACE6Down4 AyeYES3Down4 InsectFLEA4Down5 ClientCUSTOMER8Down5 Dessert order one wouldn’t get in a messAPPLEPIE8Down5 WanderedROAMED6Down6 Figure the advertisement should show a bedFOURPOSTER10Down6 AwesomeSTUPENDOUS10Down6 ObjectiveTARGET6Down7 Felt madTOUCHED7Down7 Set of three worksTRILOGY7Down7 How the biased team member viewed things?ONESIDEDLY10Down8 PublicationNEWSLETTER10Down8 AbusedREVILED7Down9 Things sometimes will need a final adjustmentITEMS5Down11 More pleasantNICER5Down11 ImmerseDIP3Down12 MudMIRE4Down13 From the pictures I figure how old people areIMAGES6Down16 Educational qualificationDEGREE6Down16 JotIOTA4Down16 WaterwayCANAL5Down17 BounderCAD3Down19 When I entered, spoke lowSAD3Down19 HarmedDAMAGED7Down20 Curry-flavoured soupMULLIGATAWNY12Down21 A possibility of promotion and accommodation in the penthouseROOMATTHETOP12Down21 CringeFAWN4Down22 Round shapeCIRCLE6Down22 On two accounts, I get a plantACACIA6Down22 AircraftHELICOPTER10Down23 Getting the idea it’s becoming the rageCATCHINGON10Down23 ImpedeHAMPER6Down24 Does “Let the meter run” sound, perhaps, great?TREMENDOUS10Down24 All-powerfulOMNIPOTENT10Down24 AridDRY3Down25 Assume you’ll agree to standDON3Down25 FollowTAIL4Down25 FurERMINE6Down26 StockedSTORED6Down28 OpeningAPERTURE8Down28 Promising when back, ourselves, to call onASSURING8Down28 KerosenePARAFFIN8Down29 Ordered as planned be forehandARRANGED8Down29 Powerful swinging punchHAYMAKER8Down30 Golf-pegTEE3Down30 Tied up and not allowed to eatMADEFAST8Down30 The way to speak – if you want to sound tongue-tied!STUTTER7Down31 Great successTRIUMPH7Down31 Anything but a terrible thugAUGHT5Down33 Sand-hillDUNE4Down33 WeirdEERIE5Down33 Optical illusionMIRAGE6Down34 Nevertheless, it makes sense, to a manWITHAL6Down34 EraAGE3Down36 ColourHUE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 24, 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.