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Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2026 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#
FoldCREASE6Across1 Lying with a bend in the backboneSUPINE6Across4 Secret plotSCHEME6Across4 QuickFAST4Across5 A traditionally incisive departure out EastHARAKIRI8Across7 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across7 New angles, one gathersGLEANS6Across8 Above average abilityTALENT6Across8 EmulateRIVAL5Across8 SkillART3Across9 PersonnelSTAFF5Across10 IntelligenceNOUS4Across10 Hardly a good present!BRIBE5Across10 HollyILEX4Across11 BlackEBONY5Across12 TrampHOBO4Across13 Wild hare associated with the ostrichRHEA4Across13 BargainBARTER6Across13 Hawaiian danceHULA4Across14 A one-woman operaAIDA4Across14 Untidy eating place?MESS4Across15 SwindlesCONS4Across15 Tree typeOAK3Across16 Where a pig may come to a nasty end?STY3Across16 GullTERN4Across16 Old-fashioned country?SIAM4Across17 Sound a hornTOOT4Across17 WickedEVIL4Across18 NoblemanEARL4Across19 Go to and fro out West, saySWAY4Across19 CatTOM3Across20 Huge election winLANDSLIDE9Across21 Ship that made a record number of deliveries on the 4th of JulyDISCOVERY9Across21 FranticMAD3Across22 Unemployment benefitDOLE4Across23 Moderate repetitivenessSOSO4Across23 BarrierDAM3Across23 Having a high position, sounds vainVANE4Across24 IdolHERO4Across24 HeapPILE4Across24 So be itAMEN4Across25 Determined to take part in the matchSET3Across26 PrecipitationDEW3Across26 Kind of mash to ban outright?BRAN4Across27 Steady brisk paceTROT4Across27 ChallengedDEFIED6Across28 A place to pick out?SPOT4Across29 PokePROD4Across29 InstrumentPIANO5Across30 One interrupts a law-breaker to complainWAIL4Across32 Hit at fliesSWAT4Across32 OafLOUT4Across32 Beryl, possibly, a saintly individual?STONE5Across33 InactiveIDLE4Across33 ConditionSTATE5Across33 Low, venomous, calculating creatures?ADDERS6Across34 EmbraceHUG3Across34 SystemMETHOD6Across34 Monarch may be mad on the stage - what a tragedy!KINGLEAR8Across35 HillockMOUND5Across35 MajesticIMPERIAL8Across35 In bad odour?SMELLY6Across36 RipTEAR4Across36 Artist's workroomSTUDIO6Across36 AtelierSTUDIO6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DraconianHARSH5Down1 IrritableCRABBY6Down1 Biblical dog country?SHEBA5Down1 OutsideEXTERIOR8Down2 CustomaryUSUAL5Down2 Rabid for something like scrambled eggs?BRAID5Down2 It's said to be high in the HebridesSKYE4Down3 Musical pitch indicatorCLEF4Down3 PoemSONNET6Down3 Yearns to match the sizeSIGHS5Down4 AttackSETON5Down4 DispersedDISBANDED9Down4 SwoonedFAINTED7Down5 AureoleHALO4Down5 The appeal of the quiet part of the countryPLEA4Down5 FriendALLY4Down6 Figure there's a strangely tinny effect about a noteNINETY6Down6 Servile personMENIAL6Down6 CabTAXI4Down7 RegretRUE3Down8 Descend by ropeABSEIL6Down9 Diminish what's left at Big Bertha's placeLESSEN6Down9 ContainerTUB3Down11 Brazilian patriotic pieceRIO3Down11 Support for a singer getting out of lineBASIS5Down12 Death-dealingFATAL5Down12 Address change for Mr. A. LoveREMOVAL7Down13 Area of potential violenceHOTSPOT7Down13 OverREMAINING9Down14 FishCOD3Down15 VigourVIM3Down15 A worn machine partMAC3Down15 MineralORE3Down16 Hear this and it's only a rumourSAY3Down16 ButtRAM3Down17 The meteorologist's lineISOBAR6Down18 Wall passONETWO6Down18 DisappearedVANISHED8Down19 Start work on the remainder (with a wrench?)WREST5Down20 BeverageTEA3Down20 SkilfulADEPT5Down20 Mark's little girlDOT3Down21 Not highLOW3Down21 Check onMONITOR7Down21 The servants' vehicle?VAN3Down22 IlluminatedLIT3Down22 It's not often there are new modelsSELDOM6Down23 FlawDEFECT6Down23 Decompose naturallyROT3Down25 He's a bit of a hedonistDON3Down25 FreshestNEWEST6Down26 SlowlyADAGIO6Down27 WirelessRADIO5Down28 It's not certain the Inland Revenue will go up to heaven!RISKY5Down28 ApertureSLIT4Down29 A handy school gamePOKER5Down30 AnimalPUMA4Down30 QuickRAPID5Down30 Gives out cardsDEALS5Down31 UnusualODD3Down31 His essay is about a monarchTERRY5Down31 One properly sunkWELL4Down32 Cast offSHED4Down32 To sing wildly must mean something (4)WASACOLUMNBREAKWASACOLUMNBREAKSIGN4Down33 AppearSEEM4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 29, 2026. 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.