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Evening Standard Crossword January 26 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 26 2024 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#
AgitateSTIR4Across1 NoiseDIN3Across4 PeriodHOUR4Across6 PossessOWN3Across9 Irritatingly, it reminds you of your fall from graceHAIRSHIRT9Across9 WherewithalRESOURCES9Across9 TwistedDEFORMED8Across10 Head off and tear after the supporterADHERENT8Across10 SwampINUNDATE8Across10 ControlREIN4Across11 Shrewd in the old wayWISE4Across12 RequireNEED4Across12 In “Cats”, perhaps, or in another show you may see themACTORS6Across13 DetectiveSLEUTH6Across13 Give it back and the balance is at zero againRESTORE7Across14 Rich fabricBROCADE7Across14 InsectANT3Across14 In another placeELSEWHERE9Across15 Even when late?DEADLEVEL9Across15 Not everNEVER5Across16 Says no more and finishes dressingBUTTONSUP9Across17 Not intensively farmedFREERANGE9Across17 Talk about a large dishPLATTER7Across18 CrimeROBBERY7Across18 ObservedREGARDED8Across19 Made tea for the said offspringBREWED6Across20 TastelessVULGAR6Across20 Unit of landACRE4Across21 PrincipleTENET5Across21 A pointed reminder that you’re late?SPUR4Across21 GiftDONATION8Across23 Why there was no report on the shooting?SILENCER8Across24 Almond pasteMARZIPAN8Across24 LoathedHATED5Across24 Unable to get away from the topic of accommodation?DWELLING8Across26 TrustworthyCREDIBLE8Across26 StealROB3Across27 With hard-wood, make a mess of itHASH4Across28 Small whirlpoolEDDY4Across28 Light mealsSNACKS6Across29 I get taken advantage of and you think it’s funny?AMUSED6Across29 Not liquid or solidGASEOUS7Across31 EntranceDOOR4Across31 Smacked for having been playing with scissors?CLIPPED7Across31 OppositeCONVERSE8Across33 Game that’s really high with a sauce on itBADMINTON9Across34 DepictionPORTRAYAL9Across34 NothingNIL3Across34 DependRELY4Across35 BornNEE3Across36 Largest mammalBLUEWHALE9Across36 Stopping packing the cases and turning it onCESSATION9Across36 RegrettedRUED4Across37 OptionREFUSAL7Across38 Left in “To us Iran is terribly illiberal”INSULAR7Across38 Grown-upsADULTS6Across39 The masses going south get moderately hot sunSWARMS6Across39 PaceSTEP4Across40 Turn round, love, and you’ll see it’s iridescentOPAL4Across40 A big ship, English, with handouts for everybodyLARGESSE8Across41 HostileINIMICAL8Across41 Taking people such as ourselves in is really wrongMORTALSIN9Across42 AdolescentsTEENAGERS9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MagnificenceGRANDEUR8Down1 Had arrived, it would clearly be seenSHOWEDUP8Down1 EvaluateASSESS6Down2 Is lying back on the seat prepared to have a snoozeSIESTA6Down2 PourTEEM4Down2 Washing-up areaSCULLERY8Down3 Find five hundred is a hundred too manyDISCOVER8Down3 FoundationROOT4Down3 ClaimedDEMANDED8Down4 ShrewdASTUTE6Down4 Trundle along on the street as you walkSTROLL6Down4 NakedNUDE4Down5 JustRIGHTFUL8Down5 Not obstructing other road users, being fairPASSABLE8Down5 AnimalHORSE5Down6 Fundraising eventJUMBLESALE10Down6 Present time and again with words of consolationTHERETHERE10Down6 Be indebtedOWE3Down7 PostponeADJOURN7Down7 Continue to try to get the TV workingPRESSON7Down7 CombineUNITE5Down8 StressSTRAIN6Down8 Tries to find out if the cutlery’s been returnedSNOOPS6Down8 Hot and irritablePEPPERY7Down11 Sports officialREFEREE7Down11 BroomBRUSH5Down12 RepresentativeAGENT5Down13 SkillART3Down14 SingerTENOR5Down15 Breathe noisilyWHEEZE6Down16 They’re young? Rubbish!LITTER6Down16 SoundVALID5Down17 CircularROUND5Down18 Wrong girl, for a startAMISS5Down19 PlaitBRAID5Down19 VehicleVAN3Down20 CondemnDENOUNCE8Down20 Saving to get chocolate?BAR3Down20 Musical instrumentCELLO5Down22 TagTAB3Down22 Photograph carrying in a little animalPINUP5Down22 She has the Eastern rival beatenELVIRA6Down23 Type of puzzleJIGSAW6Down23 Recovered consciousness before the others landedCAMETOREST10Down25 Old stampPENNYBLACK10Down25 UnaccompaniedALONE5Down25 PrematureEARLY5Down26 LettuceCOS3Down26 Pop up, tooDAD3Down26 Big catLEOPARD7Down27 Half-listen to the Bach composition having wineCHABLIS7Down27 ScrutiniseSCAN4Down28 ScoffJEER4Down29 IslandISLE4Down30 BlameworthyCULPABLE8Down30 Being left is rather frighteningSINISTER8Down30 Heavy gloveGAUNTLET8Down31 Luxury commodity brought only if there’s money overCASHMERE8Down31 Hanging on to the darn fish!DANGLING8Down32 LubricateOIL3Down32 AbashedSHEEPISH8Down32 Stealing a sheet to put round the sickPILLAGE7Down33 AnnoyingIRKSOME7Down33 PurifyREFINE6Down35 The maid’s awfully young, to one’s perturbationDISMAY6Down35 Shuts up about one having rightsCLAIMS6Down36 LiberalityBOUNTY6Down36 A mischievous little scamp and his anticsIMPISH6Down37 Song of loyaltyANTHEM6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 26, 2024. 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.