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Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2020 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2020 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
EraserRUBBER6Across1 EmployedUSED4Across1 A tyrant is the chap to shootDESPOT6Across1 TearRIP3Across4 BearingMIEN4Across6 Large passenger planeAIRLINER8Across7 Nowadays, a choice in family planningADOPTION8Across7 SpotPIMPLE6Across8 To appear semi-nude for fifty quid is uselessNULL4Across8 Metallic elementZINC4Across8 FirewoodTINDER6Across9 ClefKEY3Across10 Acid complaint by the winnerACETIC6Across10 Private evening partySOIREE6Across10 IngeniousSUBTLE6Across11 Going well, you can tellINFORM6Across11 SlumberSLEEP5Across12 PlacePUT3Across14 Looking ruddy angry!RED3Across14 PermitGRANT5Across14 SingerTENOR5Across15 Stone workerMASON5Across16 Her yacht needs a refitCATHY5Across16 God of youth, originally?THOR4Across17 Nearly allMOST4Across17 MaintainALLEGE6Across18 Being old-fashioned gets a troop leader in dead trouble!DATED5Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across19 TransfixIMPALE6Across20 More than one clanger?BONER5Across21 BirdRAVEN5Across21 One of the elements taking Jason’s ship northARGON5Across22 Magic servantGENIE5Across22 PriceCOST4Across23 Something to do with saintlinessGOOD4Across23 AnimalTIGER5Across24 Girl’s nameSUSAN5Across26 SkulkSNEAK5Across26 She gets playback from cassettesTESSA5Across26 Turn up at long last with a dogPUG3Across28 ShyTIMID5Across28 Heavy-heartedSAD3Across28 In name, a linkHYPHEN6Across29 Comes aboutARISES6Across29 LayerPLY3Across30 Severe food shortageFAMINE6Across30 Maybe sails out East finding passagesAISLES6Across30 He’s more than a darlingPETE4Across31 Prayer endingAMEN4Across31 Make me a blend that could be made betterMENDABLE8Across32 ForthcomingFUTURE6Across32 News reportBULLETIN8Across32 Remove a dunderhead unexpectedly due at courtDEDUCT6Across33 PassELAPSE6Across33 Pointed tuftlike beardGOATEE6Across33 LiberatedFREE4Across34 FaucetTAP3Across35 AlwaysEVER4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kidnapper’s paymentRANSOM6Down1 Go like an exploding petardDEPART6Down1 StationarySTILL5Down2 Sulky looking bird?POUTER6Down2 Lebanese capitalBEIRUT6Down2 Run against othersRACE4Down3 ExhaustDEPLETE7Down3 Powder used in dental clinicsTALC4Down3 Can you hear him in the dispensary?SPENCER7Down4 SmellREEK4Down4 Egg whiteALBUMEN7Down4 CompassionPITY4Down5 InsectsGNATS5Down5 Something turned onPIVOT5Down5 LesserMINOR5Down6 The other sideENEMY5Down6 Clean feathersPREEN5Down6 EverlastingETERNAL7Down7 Fastening devicesZIPS4Down8 Alleged fiddler in a finer orchestraNERO4Down8 EnsnareNET3Down9 Cover with figuresLID3Down9 SelfEGO3Down11 Noisy publicity in vogueFAD3Down12 SpringSPA3Down12 Drinks counterBAR3Down12 One with a broken horn?RHINO5Down13 FixPEG3Down13 Water lilyLOTUS5Down13 FuriousLIVID5Down15 Police district or man maybeMANOR5Down15 EntrapNET3Down16 EquipmentRIG3Down17 It may go to pot, petHONEY5Down18 HappenOCCUR5Down18 Fellow apt to cheat at golf?DOG3Down19 FaintnessLANGUOR7Down19 ManagedRAN3Down19 Time to raise the netTEN3Down20 Scottish riverDEE3Down20 Where many a caber has been tossedBRAEMAR7Down21 EncounteredMET3Down21 Goes back on a promiseRENEGES7Down21 SecretPRIVATE7Down22 Household fuelGAS3Down22 A burning issue?ASH3Down22 Take photos with thisCAMERA6Down23 Suddenly, the boys blew hardGUSTED6Down23 FinishEND3Down23 Norse godODIN4Down24 Look round at a shapely leg?OGLE4Down24 ThreefoldTREBLE6Down25 You can find trees at Land’s End rather than hereDESERT6Down25 SickILL3Down25 A remarkable time in the garden?THYME5Down26 Brazilian danceSAMBA5Down26 EntertainAMUSE5Down27 FoolishSILLY5Down27 Pass as moneySPEND5Down27 Golf’s Mr TorranceSAM3Down28 What the recipient has to eatPIE3Down28 OutcomeISSUE5Down29 Copied a letter to the EditorAPED4Down30 PlaguePEST4Down30 Pointed toothFANG4Down30 YapYELP4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 29, 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.