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Evening Standard Crossword January 25 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 25 2026 answers. The Sunday 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#
StoppedCEASED6Across1 OpposeRESIST6Across1 A book just for youREADER6Across1 AtelierSTUDIO6Across5 StripUNCLOTHE8Across7 Just the chap for a stirring speechAGITATOR8Across7 A projected productionFILM4Across8 AfflictsAILS4Across8 FlavourTASTE5Across9 Wine to enthuse about heartily?GRAVES6Across10 Floor coveringCARPET6Across10 AnnulCANCEL6Across10 A fatherly form of address?OLDMAN6Across11 Ship's smokestackFUNNEL6Across11 EvokeELICIT6Across11 PatternMODEL5Across12 Ruddy reactionary!RED3Across14 FinishedOVER4Across14 EncounteredMET3Across14 Legendary kingMIDAS5Across16 Possibly father Ted's about to be recordedTAPED5Across16 SleepNAP3Across17 Structure ripe for redevelopmentPIER4Across17 BereavementLOSS4Across17 MethodMODE4Across18 Got a fire going?POKED5Across19 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across20 Communicated in a weird wayWIRED5Across21 Senior memberDOYEN5Across21 CapBERET5Across22 HeathenPAGAN5Across22 Merry ending to an easy pieceTIPSY5Across22 Mugs to pass around?SAPS4Across23 SwoonedFAINTED7Across23 MicrobeGERM4Across23 PassageALLEY5Across24 A long exposure?STRIP5Across26 ChallengedDARED5Across26 Former Nigerian capitalLAGOS5Across26 A pocket to watch?FOB3Across28 EverythingALL3Across28 Having just finished, relaxed ~n albeit worried!TEASED6Across29 JustFAIR4Across29 --- Franklin, singerARETHA6Across29 Comes aboutARISES6Across30 Obviously more than one blunderBONERS6Across30 FishEEL3Across30 SurrenderCEDE4Across31 River in the mountainsURAL4Across31 In the family wayPREGNANT8Across32 Gets a second hearingRESOUNDS8Across32 EnticeLURE4Across32 Foot-leverPEDAL5Across33 Shifty, earthy, back-slapping type?HEARTY6Across33 Female siblingSISTER6Across33 SpoilIMPAIR6Across35 LanguageTONGUE6Across36 OrganLIVER5Across37 SpiritMETTLE6Across38 BlushREDDEN6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ClergymanRECTOR6Down1 Call offCANCEL6Down1 Call to say the toll is greater?RINGUP6Down1 One having an L of a time passing a test?DRIVER6Down2 Shoots from coverSNIPES6Down2 TransgressedSINNED6Down2 Males from MarsRAMS4Down3 The earthDUST4Down3 StaunchSTEM4Down3 School head inclined to be formal in conversationSTILTED7Down4 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down4 ClawTALON5Down4 EndureSTAND5Down5 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down5 Dismiss the remainderSTUMP5Down5 InformTELL4Down6 A thousand for key money?GRAND5Down6 CuresHEALS5Down6 PhysicianDOCTOR6Down7 StartOUTSET6Down8 LimbsARMS4Down8 What you pay to get on?FARE4Down8 PermitLET3Down9 Persuaded to get pickled when there's no choiceLED3Down9 He'll give you some good adviceDAD3Down12 NothingNIL3Down12 Writer of a new soap set around central HarlesdenAESOP5Down13 DiscouragedDAUNTED7Down13 KeenEAGER5Down13 Canoe-like boatKAYAK5Down15 Best rebuttalWORST5Down15 InstrumentVIOLA5Down15 AlludeREFER5Down16 DecorationMEDAL5Down18 Academy AwardOSCAR5Down18 In anger, I judgeIRATE5Down18 Dickens character's signally timely contributionPIP3Down19 DissuadeDETER5Down19 Wet spongy groundBOG3Down19 That of "eLargo'?KEY3Down20 InformationGEN3Down20 Why pout when radio interference obliterates the signal?WIPEOUT7Down21 Spirited, livelyDASHING7Down21 BeamRAY3Down21 CouchBED3Down22 The assurance of a true artistTIS3Down22 ContainerPOT3Down22 Flies without powerGLIDES6Down23 Thus Nat has an article on musicSONATA6Down23 OtherwiseELSE4Down24 AssertAFFIRM6Down24 He's returned from less than a mile backABEL4Down24 ShellfishLIMPET6Down25 Artist with his own piece of land in outer SurreySISLEY6Down25 Boy's titleMASTER6Down25 In this business one has a futureSTORE5Down26 Lighting devicesLAMPS5Down26 RoughRUGGED6Down27 Be uppish at poker?RAISE5Down27 Hereditary unitsGENES5Down27 Land measureARE3Down28 DebaseDEMEAN6Down28 Because profits are up a bit?FOR3Down28 Could have been in the White House gardenBUSH4Down30 PerformsACTS4Down30 WeirdEERIE5Down30 SubsequentlyLATER5Down31 TabletPILL4Down33 LearningLORE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, January 25, 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.