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Evening Standard Crossword January 26 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 26 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
ClosedSHUT4Across1 StrikeHIT3Across4 CraftyWILY4Across6 Anticipated the warning and was turningFORESAW7Across8 Lorry driverHAULIER7Across8 Earth-moving machineBULLDOZER9Across9 MineralORE3Across9 How you find yourself in the bankruptcy court? Not at all!BYNOMEANS9Across9 PledgedPROMISED8Across10 PeruseREAD4Across11 Call by telephone from where you’re stayingHOTEL5Across13 Main arteryAORTA5Across13 AngryIRATE5Across14 ObscureDIM3Across14 “Plants” one sees in the book spelled phoneticallyREEDS5Across14 PlanetNEPTUNE7Across15 The old lady, you bet, will be going to the partyDOWAGER7Across15 He’s left to take back six in the vehicleMARXIST7Across16 PrincipalCHIEF5Across16 RelatedKINDRED7Across16 Wallpaper adhesivePASTE5Across17 Gather the bread goes into itPURSE5Across17 Happen againRECUR5Across18 How many, about, will be in the caseTHREE5Across18 StressedEMPHATIC8Across19 Lay, sad and miserableDIRGE5Across20 GemstoneTOPAZ5Across20 BowlBASIN5Across21 OvercastCLOUDY6Across22 Get the boat to float inOBTAIN6Across22 SlakeQUENCH6Across23 PurchaseLEVERAGE8Across23 Piled it on, when he did an impression ofHEAPED6Across23 WitnessWATCH5Across24 SpireSTEEPLE7Across25 Show the lady is playing the piano insideDISPLAY7Across25 Put rightRECTIFY7Across27 Flavouring also, I understand, goes into itANISEED7Across27 TeaseRIB3Across27 SailorsSEAMEN6Across30 The result of crossing a pig with a doe?PIEDOG6Across30 TrickRUSE4Across31 Complete failureFIASCO6Across31 Fill up the wardCHARGE6Across31 Actors the second act’s revolving roundCASTS5Across32 FreightCARGO5Across32 FitELIGIBLE8Across33 ObserveSEE3Across34 What the payments would be, on a hundred boxesRATES5Across35 BisectHALVE5Across35 FeebleWEAK4Across35 “Plenty of drink,” the member interposedAMPLE5Across36 DeduceINFER5Across36 AttemptTRY3Across36 Pay for to have a meal, with wineSUPPORT7Across37 Far-offDISTANT7Across37 MuddleMESS4Across37 The coupon’s got a bit tornSOUPCON7Across39 Meeting recordsMINUTES7Across39 In real trouble the time afterwardsLATER5Across41 Spiny plantsCACTI5Across41 Yours is the one going in to be repaired, thenTHINE5Across42 Keyboard instrumentORGAN5Across42 Pull in, you say, and put it backREINSTATE9Across43 VeryEXTREMELY9Across43 In following home, he’s done wronglyVILLAIN7Across44 Persuade by flatteryWHEEDLE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mooch about while he shootsPOTTER6Down1 Colony of rabbitsWARREN6Down1 Famous prisonALCATRAZ8Down2 Sense, in a similar way, that you’re in the mood forFEELLIKE8Down2 CastHURL4Down2 PublicationsPERIODICALS11Down3 To take you beyond your destination is to overdo itCARRYTOOFAR11Down3 GraveTOMB4Down3 SupplantSUPERSEDE9Down4 It shows the pupils are in need of a restEYESTRAIN9Down4 InfirmaryHOSPITAL8Down4 NeatTIDY4Down5 BedcoverBLANKET7Down5 With hooligans had a fight and doesn’t survive itROWDIES7Down5 ValueWORTH5Down6 Baby's outfitROMPERSUIT10Down6 Would it not be an open and shut case without him?KEYWITNESS10Down6 AngerIRE3Down7 Bill of fareMENU4Down7 Catch the sun and keep complaining about itSNAG4Down7 DepartLEAVE5Down8 Clothing itemJACKET6Down10 Am accommodated in an outhouse and humiliatedSHAMED6Down10 Whaling spearHARPOON7Down11 Foolishly pester one during the breakRESPITE7Down11 RenovateRENEW5Down12 With that the working week comes to a close, chum!FRIEND6Down12 ScarcityDEARTH6Down12 OverturnUPSET5Down13 FishDAB3Down14 SkinflintMISER5Down15 PerfectIDEAL5Down17 SwiftFLEET5Down18 About to give to the newspapers, hold backREPRESS7Down19 Type of treeCONIFER7Down19 CourtesyCIVILITY8Down20 Unsuspected difficultyPITFALL7Down21 I myself harangue about the clothingRAIMENT7Down21 BeakNEB3Down22 Don’t try hard enough because stressed?UNDERSTRAIN11Down24 ClairvoyanceSECONDSIGHT11Down24 EntertainAMUSE5Down25 SimpleELEMENTARY10Down26 Why the boxer was easily beaten?POORSECOND10Down26 ImpudenceCHEEK5Down26 Potato (a lot, mashed) and a sausageCHIPOLATA9Down28 HardDIFFICULT9Down28 ChairSEAT4Down28 Picks up where one stopsARRESTS7Down29 Flightless birdOSTRICH7Down29 SteadyFIRM4Down29 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down30 Got the record back by a trick, you readPERUSE6Down30 Systematic planSCHEME6Down30 ClientCUSTOMER8Down32 To put the finishing touch, having money left toCAPITALL8Down32 OceanSEA3Down32 It’s easy to see who’s taking the chairSITTER6Down33 ExcursionOUTING6Down33 CharmingWINSOME7Down34 To a degree, the agent works for the tycoonMAGNATE7Down34 African countryANGOLA6Down38 The source of the outfit I put on outsideORIGIN6Down38 Pressed into service though oldUSED4Down40 Immediately followingNEXT4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 26, 2018. 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.