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Evening Standard Crossword January 27 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 27 2020 answers. The Monday 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#
RascalSCAMP5Across2 Asian countryJAPAN5Across3 A supportive beamJOIST5Across3 RindPEEL4Across7 Made a mockery of the menGUYED5Across8 DeedACTION6Across8 Festive occasionsGALAS5Across8 CedeYIELD5Across9 Her beauty derives from her grey matterPEARL5Across10 HerbBASIL5Across10 Conjuring trick?CON3Across11 DogCUR3Across11 For everyPER3Across11 Compact, firmSOLID5Across12 Was he prone to excite Evita?PERON5Across12 Closer to being a hush, say?SHUTTER7Across13 Part of a golf courseFAIRWAY7Across13 RankROW3Across13 Cut into cubesDICED5Across15 Language course rhymeNORSE5Across15 RushREED4Across15 IntervalGAP3Across16 GalaFETE4Across18 StillYET3Across18 An ingrate, this rotter?RAT3Across18 Scold harshlyBERATE6Across19 An excessive desire, that’s understoodAGREED6Across19 GaveDONATED7Across19 RoguishARCH4Across20 ReasonsMOTIVES7Across21 Blame Charlie, you can be certainCENSURE7Across21 SprinkleDUST4Across22 Act of lendingLOAN4Across22 As worn by an American thug?HOOD4Across22 AmmunitionAMMO4Across23 Bound to get us wrong againSURE4Across23 CaptionHEADING7Across23 The language of love?ROMANCE7Across24 Personal belongingsEFFECTS7Across24 PitcherEWER4Across25 Bees are kept hereAPIARY6Across26 Give Paul a beating with a hearty growl!LARRUP6Across26 DeedACT3Across27 ExpensiveDEAR4Across28 At present north of the borderNOO3Across29 Excess fleshFAT3Across29 PerformedDID3Across30 Destined to be a rich man?FATED5Across31 NoiseDIN3Across31 PlayDRAMA5Across31 Road-surfacing materialBITUMEN7Across32 Overlooked the terrible erodingIGNORED7Across32 UnfastenedUNDID5Across33 There’s copper, nominally, to be found around Penzance!PENCE5Across34 Thing of valueASSET5Across34 A little noise due to something being wrongTUT3Across35 DozeNAP3Across35 Game that could cause a flare-up?POKER5Across36 GorseFURZE5Across36 CoatingVENEER6Across36 How Terry can have another shotRETRY5Across37 Leprosy victimLEPER5Across37 CompetentABLE4Across37 CalledNAMED5Across38 Taking a rest from veracityLYING5Across38 Prose compositionESSAY5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spanish snacksTAPAS5Down1 RendezvousVENUE5Down1 Dressy decoration giving a somewhat cherubic appearance?RUCHE5Down1 Continue, persevereCARRYON7Down2 Concentrated on getting a cross put over?CENTRED7Down2 CunningSLY3Down2 HatchetAXE3Down3 Nautical cryAHOY4Down4 CushionPAD3Down4 Finished a number of deliveriesOVER4Down4 Pig-penSTY3Down5 It’s absorbing, what a cadger can doSPONGE6Down5 ToleratesABIDES6Down5 AutomatonROBOT5Down6 Deepest pointNADIR5Down6 In opera, could he turn up in a coronet?TENOR5Down6 Fastening pinRIVET5Down7 It’s written in a professional wayPROSE5Down7 Hawaiian garlandLEI3Down9 One comes to no good when youngYOU3Down9 ThinLEAN4Down10 MadeCREATED7Down11 AttainedREACHED7Down12 A favourite store?PETSHOP7Down12 Gratify, make happySATISFY7Down12 DiminishedREDUCED7Down13 Brown, going dancing?TAN3Down14 OccidentalWESTERN7Down14 Not dryWET3Down14 PacifiesCALMS5Down16 Regret admitting a noted figure to the showREVUE5Down16 CheeseGOUDA5Down16 WarehouseDEPOT5Down17 They’re of marginal interestEDGES5Down17 EmulsionPAINT5Down17 NourishedFED3Down18 In wild rage, hastened to fix things upARRANGE7Down19 AdvantageBENEFIT7Down19 She takes the crust of a loaf – in the larder?SHELF5Down20 Appeal humblyPLEAD5Down20 For royal tennis?COURT5Down21 Girl’sHER3Down21 Criminal organisationMAFIA5Down21 Adjusts, accustomsATTUNES7Down23 Moped, maybe, having limited powerSCOOTER7Down23 Rubs outERASES6Down24 Insults seeming even worse to a YankeeRUDERY6Down24 ImageICON4Down24 Popular petCAT3Down25 Possibly exclusive prefix, in no way positiveNON3Down25 BroaderWIDER5Down26 Haughty, arrogantPROUD5Down27 One of the first in the phone bookAARON5Down27 AstonishAMAZE5Down28 Rebuff despite a promising start in the danceREPEL5Down28 PassageAISLE5Down29 Ward offREPEL5Down30 Dealt with a bit of trouble on the tubeMETRO5Down30 Greek letterBETA4Down32 WagerBET3Down32 Picture that holds one captive, in short?ICON4Down32 In truth, it’s a thing to get out of!RUT3Down33 VaseURN3Down33 Orienteering itemMAP3Down33 ObscureDIM3Down34 FatherDAD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 27, 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.