Evening Standard Crossword January 29 2026 Answers

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Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 29 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Fold61 AcrossReveal answer → Lying with a bend in the backbone64 AcrossReveal answer → Secret plot64 AcrossReveal answer → Quick45 AcrossReveal answer → A traditionally incisive departure out East87 AcrossReveal answer → Complete87 AcrossReveal answer → New angles, one gathers68 AcrossReveal answer → Above average ability68 AcrossReveal answer → Emulate58 AcrossReveal answer → Skill39 AcrossReveal answer → Personnel510 AcrossReveal answer → Intelligence410 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly a good present!510 AcrossReveal answer → Holly411 AcrossReveal answer → Black512 AcrossReveal answer → Tramp413 AcrossReveal answer → Wild hare associated with the ostrich413 AcrossReveal answer → Bargain613 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian dance414 AcrossReveal answer → A one-woman opera414 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy eating place?415 AcrossReveal answer → Swindles415 AcrossReveal answer → Tree type316 AcrossReveal answer → Where a pig may come to a nasty end?316 AcrossReveal answer → Gull416 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned country?417 AcrossReveal answer → Sound a horn417 AcrossReveal answer → Wicked418 AcrossReveal answer → Nobleman419 AcrossReveal answer → Go to and fro out West, say419 AcrossReveal answer → Cat320 AcrossReveal answer → Huge election win921 AcrossReveal answer → Ship that made a record number of deliveries on the 4th of July921 AcrossReveal answer → Frantic322 AcrossReveal answer → Unemployment benefit423 AcrossReveal answer → Moderate repetitiveness423 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier323 AcrossReveal answer → Having a high position, sounds vain424 AcrossReveal answer → Idol424 AcrossReveal answer → Heap424 AcrossReveal answer → So be it425 AcrossReveal answer → Determined to take part in the match326 AcrossReveal answer → Precipitation326 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of mash to ban outright?427 AcrossReveal answer → Steady brisk pace427 AcrossReveal answer → Challenged628 AcrossReveal answer → A place to pick out?429 AcrossReveal answer → Poke429 AcrossReveal answer → Instrument530 AcrossReveal answer → One interrupts a law-breaker to complain432 AcrossReveal answer → Hit at flies432 AcrossReveal answer → Oaf432 AcrossReveal answer → Beryl, possibly, a saintly individual?533 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive433 AcrossReveal answer → Condition533 AcrossReveal answer → Low, venomous, calculating creatures?634 AcrossReveal answer → Embrace334 AcrossReveal answer → System634 AcrossReveal answer → Monarch may be mad on the stage - what a tragedy!835 AcrossReveal answer → Hillock535 AcrossReveal answer → Majestic835 AcrossReveal answer → In bad odour?636 AcrossReveal answer → Rip436 AcrossReveal answer → Artist's workroom636 AcrossReveal answer → Atelier637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Draconian51 DownReveal answer → Irritable61 DownReveal answer → Biblical dog country?51 DownReveal answer → Outside82 DownReveal answer → Customary52 DownReveal answer → Rabid for something like scrambled eggs?52 DownReveal answer → It's said to be high in the Hebrides43 DownReveal answer → Musical pitch indicator43 DownReveal answer → Poem63 DownReveal answer → Yearns to match the size54 DownReveal answer → Attack54 DownReveal answer → Dispersed94 DownReveal answer → Swooned75 DownReveal answer → Aureole45 DownReveal answer → The appeal of the quiet part of the country45 DownReveal answer → Friend46 DownReveal answer → Figure there's a strangely tinny effect about a note66 DownReveal answer → Servile person66 DownReveal answer → Cab47 DownReveal answer → Regret38 DownReveal answer → Descend by rope69 DownReveal answer → Diminish what's left at Big Bertha's place69 DownReveal answer → Container311 DownReveal answer → Brazilian patriotic piece311 DownReveal answer → Support for a singer getting out of line512 DownReveal answer → Death-dealing512 DownReveal answer → Address change for Mr. A. Love713 DownReveal answer → Area of potential violence713 DownReveal answer → Over914 DownReveal answer → Fish315 DownReveal answer → Vigour315 DownReveal answer → A worn machine part315 DownReveal answer → Mineral316 DownReveal answer → Hear this and it's only a rumour316 DownReveal answer → Butt317 DownReveal answer → The meteorologist's line618 DownReveal answer → Wall pass618 DownReveal answer → Disappeared819 DownReveal answer → Start work on the remainder (with a wrench?)520 DownReveal answer → Beverage320 DownReveal answer → Skilful520 DownReveal answer → Mark's little girl321 DownReveal answer → Not high321 DownReveal answer → Check on721 DownReveal answer → The servants' vehicle?322 DownReveal answer → Illuminated322 DownReveal answer → It's not often there are new models623 DownReveal answer → Flaw623 DownReveal answer → Decompose naturally325 DownReveal answer → He's a bit of a hedonist325 DownReveal answer → Freshest626 DownReveal answer → Slowly627 DownReveal answer → Wireless528 DownReveal answer → It's not certain the Inland Revenue will go up to heaven!528 DownReveal answer → Aperture429 DownReveal answer → A handy school game530 DownReveal answer → Animal430 DownReveal answer → Quick530 DownReveal answer → Gives out cards531 DownReveal answer → Unusual331 DownReveal answer → His essay is about a monarch531 DownReveal answer → One properly sunk432 DownReveal answer → Cast off432 DownReveal answer → To sing wildly must mean something (4)WASACOLUMNBREAKWASACOLUMNBREAK433 DownReveal answer → Appear433 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 29, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.