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Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
PlunderBOOTY5Across2 Leg partTHIGH5Across3 Nowadays, choose to take something upADOPT5Across3 OnlySOLE4Across7 Hardly the only one in a quiver!ARROW5Across8 UseEMPLOY6Across8 Light boatCANOE5Across8 GrandGREAT5Across9 This sphere of activity isn't quite the real oneREALM5Across10 Flows out slowlyOOZES5Across10 Time to show a way aheadEON3Across11 MournfulSAD3Across11 FaintDIM3Across11 RusticRURAL5Across12 Is there a pin-hole in it?GREEN5Across12 Very little can be sent out, sugarSWEETEN7Across13 Hand overDELIVER7Across13 VehicleCAR3Across13 BeliefTENET5Across15 To put together to make a totalTOTUP5Across15 JourneyTREK4Across15 VegetablePEA3Across16 CurseBANE4Across18 Popular petCAT3Across18 Strong drink's a trapGIN3Across18 Wish or long forDESIRE6Across19 Being free to set out, perhaps, walkSTRIDE6Across19 AdoreWORSHIP7Across19 ShootTWIG4Across20 WearinessFATIGUE7Across21 Such service you'll never get tomorrowSAMEDAY7Across21 BeakBILL4Across22 Hair from sheepWOOL4Across22 Vessel in which one takes a chum outPAIL4Across22 ClosedSHUT4Across23 Tyrant, but he showed some generosityNERO4Across23 TokenVOUCHER7Across23 Related to that nice Mr. Adair?KINDRED7Across24 Special anniversaryJUBILEE7Across24 RushREED4Across25 CouchSETTEE6Across26 Goes after a companion on the wild seasCHASES6Across26 FowlHEN3Across27 FloatWAFT4Across28 Like the life in Holloway?LOW3Across29 Rowing bladeOAR3Across29 StrayERR3Across30 In good time, like a noble fellowEARLY5Across31 BalladLAY3Across31 GuideSTEER5Across31 NaturistsNUDISTS7Across32 Books with their own shelf at the Royal SocietyLEDGERS7Across32 CoarseGROSS5Across33 It's a bit tame, our love!AMOUR5Across34 DonkeysASSES5Across34 A little way from NewhavenAVE3Across35 Not at homeOUT3Across35 She provides a home for a man's heartNESTA5Across36 Fight with swordsFENCE5Across36 ShrewdASTUTE6Across36 Store providing new hats at central RuislipSTASH5Across37 MelodiesTUNES5Across37 RodPOLE4Across37 VirileMANLY5Across38 Fish the Poles love at the end of the weekSNOEK5Across38 Wild animalHYENA5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Loses colourFADES5Down1 ToothMOLAR5Down1 Where to get a sound crewCREWE5Down1 Causing laughterCOMICAL7Down2 Finished with a girl in IrelandDONEGAL7Down2 PleadBEG3Down2 PoemODE3Down3 Period of timeHOUR4Down4 StillYET3Down4 A mending job, dammit!DARN4Down4 ChooseOPT3Down5 Fair description of Polly?PRETTY6Down5 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down5 FemaleWOMAN5Down6 CavitiesHOLES5Down6 He can sing a shaky note rightTENOR5Down6 Underground drainSEWER5Down7 One of the overheads, like cotton woolCLOUD5Down7 NothingNIL3Down9 Deer at Hampton, perhaps?ROE3Down9 ConfessAVER4Down10 HeightSTATURE7Down11 ConveyDELIVER7Down12 Good book for a fellow with a small sisterGENESIS7Down12 EntourageRETINUE7Down12 FinanceCAPITAL7Down13 He takes a return from HammersmithTIM3Down14 TruthREALITY7Down14 Container for liquidsVAT3Down14 RecessNICHE5Down16 You get fed up with it changing to "stop"TIRED5Down16 PocketPOUCH5Down16 TouchyTESTY5Down17 Exotic poses for moneyPESOS5Down17 PaleASHEN5Down17 Chin-clothBIB3Down18 A back seat specialistSADDLER7Down19 QuestionableDUBIOUS7Down19 Room to put a horse's price on a cardSPACE5Down20 Of SwitzerlandSWISS5Down20 It has a long neck, a rounded body, and fretsSITAR5Down21 DeityGOD3Down21 Strong pointFORTE5Down21 Thoughtful, solemnSERIOUS7Down23 Old Nick, in LondonNEWGATE7Down23 Knitted garmentJERSEY6Down24 Important figure in wildest KenyaKEYMAN6Down24 InheritorHEIR4Down24 StriplingLAD3Down25 He's in aerodynamicsROD3Down25 DeleteERASE5Down26 AnaestheticETHER5Down27 Hold course for portHAVEN5Down27 EducateTEACH5Down28 Pieces of wood used for stirring saltsSLATS5Down28 DefectFAULT5Down29 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Down30 Raw yet presumptuousFRESH5Down30 Inert gasNEON4Down32 StrangeRUM3Down32 The attraction of rule-breakingLURE4Down32 She's a little way backEVA3Down33 JewelGEM3Down33 StarSUN3Down33 PossessOWN3Down34 AgentSPY3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. 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.