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Evening Standard Crossword January 28 2021 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 28 2021 answers. The Thursday 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#
PlayDRAMA5Across1 StirsROUSES6Across4 Split a religious group led by some bigotBISECT6Across4 ParentFATHER6Across5 An old-fashioned boozerALEHOUSE8Across7 Until nowHITHERTO8Across7 OesophagusGULLET6Across8 Sea duckEIDER5Across8 No place to monkey with the bees!APIARY6Across8 Put on the coachSTAGE5Across10 LamentELEGY5Across10 PointerNEEDLE6Across10 DeserveEARN4Across11 Due to French cheese lacking maturityFROM4Across13 FeeblePUNY4Across13 VotingPOLL4Across14 FurERMINE6Across14 Rushed to the right-hand sideTORE4Across14 RowTIER4Across15 Stray dogs in the galleryGODS4Across15 SuperficialSHALLOW7Across15 AgentREP3Across16 Lust for moneyYEN3Across16 Slightly openAJAR4Across17 Maybe it's run down with a certain sign of regretTEAR4Across17 MalesMEN3Across18 River meandering round the outskirts of Arras?SAAR4Across19 ImageICON4Across19 BrownTAN3Across19 Diminishing fortune, more's the pityWORSELUCK9Across21 Sour fruitCRABAPPLE9Across21 TradeDEAL4Across21 StartedBEGAN5Across23 Active personDOER4Across23 A well known Turner, popularly admiredTINA4Across23 She mentions me repeatedlyMIMI4Across24 PlantTREE4Across24 BallotVOTE4Across24 SeedcasePOD3Across26 Islander?MAN3Across26 ColourGREY4Across27 When not all waste is recycled, it's a blowSWAT4Across27 SpotDOT3Across27 FinishEND3Across29 The result of being backward?DRAW4Across29 HorizontalFLAT4Across29 ConventNUNNERY7Across31 SourRANCID6Across32 Looking hungry like some jungle animalLEAN4Across32 EnemiesFOES4Across32 One aspect of stage deliveryASIDE5Across33 ConditionSTATE5Across33 Calls urgently for piano wiresPLEADS6Across34 Greek capitalATHENS6Across34 AcceptableDONE4Across34 Longed to be set adrift, in partTHIRSTED8Across35 InsolentIMPUDENT8Across35 DismountALIGHT6Across35 JailPRISON6Across36 Steady those wobbly tables!STABLE6Across36 ApportionALLOT5Across38 StretchEXTEND6Across39 TormentTEASE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AnimalSHEEP5Down1 Was it possibly where one went in waspishly?WAIST5Down1 Iron alloySTEEL5Down2 Don't allow bread to crumbleDEBAR5Down2 RegretRUE3Down2 DisclaimDENY4Down3 Like greatly to be in cloverLOVE4Down3 InterfereMEDDLE6Down3 ScoundrelROGUE5Down4 SickenAIL3Down4 Would trimming it be a bit hard in bed?BEARD5Down4 RidFREE4Down5 UnsightlyUGLY4Down5 Slip along like a runner with a letterSKIM4Down5 CalledTERMED6Down6 NumberELEVEN6Down6 The boxer's angleCORNER6Down6 DiscloseREVEAL6Down7 What an Aussie might play for us poms?POSSUM6Down9 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down9 ImmatureUNRIPE6Down9 ThrowLOB3Down11 He goes to the end of the roomTOM3Down11 GlowerGLARE5Down12 LimbARM3Down12 Achieve mounting progress?GETON5Down12 CorsairsPIRATES7Down13 NumberNINE4Down13 Golfer or gafferFOREMAN7Down13 Small flapTAB3Down15 Potentially explosive talk?GAS3Down15 Fish eggsROE3Down16 Talk back to a womanYAK3Down16 IdolHERO4Down16 LorryWAGON5Down17 Taken off the paperERASED6Down18 VocabularyJARGON6Down18 Flameless burnersACIDS5Down20 FissureCLEFT5Down20 UnaffectedNATURAL7Down20 Success in rowingWIN3Down21 FishCOD3Down21 Left the thing burningLIT3Down22 SnoopPRY3Down22 DeclareAVER4Down22 MedicoDOCTOR6Down23 It might commemorate a terrible battleTABLET6Down23 ManlyVIRILE6Down24 CapHAT3Down25 NurseTEND4Down25 A little 'thank you' letterTAD3Down25 EncipherENCODE6Down26 EncourageINCITE6Down28 Tree sapRESIN5Down28 A throwaway copy of '1 Down'WASTE5Down28 Possibly first breaks in friendly relationsRIFTS5Down30 StratumLAYER5Down30 NoiseDIN3Down30 SheltersTENTS5Down31 We get a comedy part that's pretty thin or weakWEEDY5Down31 ChargesFEES4Down32 Poet, young and innocentLAMB4Down32 God's is a churchyardACRE4Down33 DeceasedDEAD4Down33 DrossSCUM4Down33 FateLOT3Down36 Man'sHIS3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 28, 2021. 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.