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Evening Standard Crossword January 3 2018 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 3 2018 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 127 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#
French portCALAIS6Across1 In the event, an equestrian garment?JUMPER6Across1 ChasmABYSS5Across3 In this case, Stan's in a nice mess!INSTANCE8Across7 Spell of warm weatherHEATWAVE8Across7 PainfulSORE4Across8 Theatrical people having a fling?CAST4Across8 GratifyPLEASE6Across9 Might such magazines be termed revealing?GIRLIE6Across10 EquablePLACID6Across10 MusePONDER6Across10 Arm muscleBICEPS6Across11 Rob of a woolly coatFLEECE6Across11 SlumberSLEEP5Across11 WiseSAGE4Across12 JewelGEM3Across14 Always five shortEER3Across14 BridgeSPAN4Across15 Celestial bodyCOMET5Across16 Accepted one weekend in tenTAKEN5Across16 WorldlyMUNDANE7Across17 Type of jazz singingSCAT4Across17 Heartlessly deluded by a documentDEED4Across17 CompetitorRIVAL5Across19 Harbour master?PILOT5Across19 AttemptTRY3Across20 The Italian man about town!MILAN5Across21 ClassGENUS5Across21 Ramshackle dwellingHOVEL5Across21 One who doesn't drink still has to pay out for foodPATTY5Across22 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Across22 FoldTUCK4Across23 Something afoot in the back of the carBOOT4Across23 Ridge of coralREEF4Across23 FootwearSHOE4Across25 ShinboneTIBIA5Across26 As a broadcaster, could be worseSOWER5Across26 Note valueMINIM5Across26 Border of clothHEM3Across28 Give voice to, afreshDUB3Across28 LettuceCOS3Across28 CharmAMULET6Across29 Move to central Acton with a joker companionTWITCH6Across29 RamblingERRATIC7Across30 Fame, in certain ways, can be worn out!RENOWN6Across30 ElderSENIOR6Across30 The kind of room a chanteuse needs?ANTE4Across31 Horse's gaitTROT4Across31 SufficientADEQUATE8Across32 News from part of Kabul, is admittedBULLETIN8Across32 FormerlyONCE4Across33 Cold seasonWINTER6Across33 Where to leave the car keys and change gearGARAGE6Across33 WealthyRICH4Across35 PriseLEVER5Across36 SicknessNAUSEA6Across38 ProneSUPINE6Across39 BanalTRITE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Roughly broken horse in carved jadeJAGGED6Down1 University groundsCAMPUS6Down1 TicSPASM5Down1 Rang Al in deep distress!PEALED6Down2 Shore birdAVOCET6Down2 PretendFEIGN5Down2 Cast offSHED4Down3 Ceremony one can tire of?RITE4Down3 DonkeyASS3Down3 Morally correctETHICAL7Down4 Possibly list the weight of cheeseSTILTON7Down4 AppertainBELONG6Down4 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 HastenedSPED4Down5 Food fish with a funny nose and a duck's tailSNOEK5Down5 BribeSOP3Down6 BanquetFEAST5Down6 Desire to accept me into a countryYEMEN5Down6 AdjustADAPT5Down7 Heroic narrativeSAGA4Down8 Indian credit notesCREE4Down8 HenchmanCRONY5Down8 Teacher said to go in a circleSIR3Down9 Raised edgeRIM3Down9 Dine in a companionable atmosphereEAT3Down12 Mountain passCOL3Down12 Something to play when there's little room for loveCELLO5Down13 Freedom from warPEACE5Down13 SaleAUCTION7Down13 DecreeEDICT5Down14 Flags where a county lacks employmentWILTS5Down15 FuriousLIVID5Down15 PoisonARSENIC7Down16 Provide with a source of endless wonderENDOW5Down18 AllegeCLAIM5Down18 WeirdEERIE5Down18 CoachBUS3Down19 The hole an orchestra may be inPIT3Down19 Stick, shaftROD3Down19 Put those eggs down!LAY3Down20 Animal doctorVET3Down20 Progressed in a graceful curve in the warm seaMARCHED7Down21 Type of boneHUMERUS7Down21 Whipped as a dog, one may be a cat!PET3Down22 ClipSHEAR5Down22 AfflictAIL3Down22 FameRENOWN6Down23 Not exactly butter, but famously fat in fictionBUNTER6Down23 RelativesKIN3Down24 DischargeEMIT4Down24 Notes may be blown out of itOBOE4Down24 Tip-top line of approach causing confusionTANGLE6Down25 ErstwhileFORMER6Down25 Precocious girlMADAM5Down26 Remnants of one vessel within anotherSTUBS5Down26 Royal testaments?WILLS5Down27 StopARREST6Down27 Naked figuresNUDES5Down27 Students' study?DEN3Down28 EnumerateCOUNT5Down28 That womanHER3Down28 ScrubSCOUR5Down29 HotpotSTEW4Down30 Called for a peeled orange?RANG4Down30 ShyTIMID5Down31 NerveCHEEK5Down32 DreadFEAR4Down34 PermitLET3Down36 RegretRUE3Down37

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. 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.