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Evening Standard Crossword January 3 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 3 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 128 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 CushionPAD3Across4 TortureRACK4Across6 SwellDILATE6Across8 RegretREPENT6Across9 One of those remedies that don't work?RESTCURE8Across9 Pasta tubesMACARONI8Across9 ExpertACE3Across10 Notice the hole and fussADO3Across10 Body of waterSEA3Across10 Tried unsuccessfully to hide the hole from the bossEDITOR6Across11 Make knownREVEAL6Across11 "They're insignia?" Rotten guess - gets us eliminatedBADGES6Across12 BeginSTART5Across12 RegainRECOUP6Across12 Run through to amuse you, but run very slowlyTRICKLE7Across13 ContortedTWISTED7Across13 As a weapon, is there something fishy about it?PIKE4Across14 ViperADDER5Across14 NakedNUDE4Across14 Don't be fooled by, yet help until out of troubleSEETHROUGH10Across15 Sea-duckEIDER5Across15 BirdWOODPECKER10Across15 Waiting in lineQUEUEING8Across17 From time to time, whether working or notONANDOFF8Across17 EdgeBORDER6Across18 Self-confidentASSURED7Across18 Proof that you're given satisfactionRECEIPT7Across18 Operatic songARIA4Across19 Worry when the ineffectual politicians are returnedSTEW4Across19 AnnuallyYEARLY6Across20 Utterly hopelessABJECT6Across21 Anxious to get the fare, depending on going by railwayHUNGRY6Across21 Asking one to tell it all over againDEMANDINGARECOUNT17Across24 CedeYIELD5Across24 Type of buildingSEMIDETACHEDHOUSE17Across24 TrenchDITCH5Across26 About a royal attendant who's an old scoundrelVARLET6Across27 RuinsDEBRIS6Across27 ConcentrateFOCUS5Across28 Unit of landACRE4Across29 A little upset by the factsDATA4Across29 SlaughterCARNAGE7Across30 EncounteredMET3Across30 Yells "Be quiet!" to the boisterous skierSHRIEKS7Across30 GodlikeDIVINE6Across32 BeastANIMAL6Across33 Why the car's shut up in the garage?SILENCER8Across33 Incendiary deviceFIREBOMB8Across33 PresentHERE4Across34 Diminutive member of the staff on watchMINUTEHAND10Across35 EquipmentKIT3Across35 Study of the heartCARDIOLOGY10Across35 EnlargedGREW4Across36 SedimentLEES4Across36 In this round, you get the better ofBEAT4Across36 Great joyELATION7Across37 Is a back number and stupidASININE7Across37 InjuryTRAUMA6Across38 Return from a mine containing very little gold. It's a problemENIGMA6Across38 Recognise as trueACCEPT6Across40 When you like, the tailor will make it up for youATWILL6Across40 RecedeEBB3Across41 Having the ability to appreciate, you seeEYE3Across41 ExpressiveELOQUENT8Across42 Of indeterminate age and not popular with the boys?DATELESS8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DepotsWAREHOUSES10Down1 Does it open the door to success in bread flavouring?SESAMESEED10Down1 Filled tortillaTACO4Down2 LiftHOIST5Down2 Only the men are up in armsSTAG4Down2 AbsoluteCOMPLETE8Down3 Surpass when it comes to making money from assets?OUTSTRIP8Down3 ScorchedCHARRED7Down3 ExcusePLEA4Down4 ErrorMISTAKE7Down4 Be at, and drink from, mugsBEATSUP7Down4 DreadfulDIRE4Down5 Seismic eventsEARTHQUAKES11Down5 To await with pleasure would seem impudentLOOKFORWARD11Down5 QuickRAPID5Down6 Track suitable for horse ridingBRIDLEPATH10Down6 Knowing just what you have in mindTELEPATHIC10Down6 HideCONCEAL7Down7 StreetAVENUE6Down7 Beaten and stonedPIPPED6Down7 Has been engaged by, which pans out satisfactorilyWORKSFOR8Down8 DisdainfulSARDONIC8Down8 "Absolutely simian!" and an exclamation of impatienceAPISH5Down10 Winter sportspersonSKIER5Down10 HintCUE3Down11 WeepSOB3Down12 FastenTIE3Down13 Such underwear as gets many in a terrible lather?THERMAL7Down16 PercussionistDRUMMER7Down16 AridDRY3Down16 CerealRYE3Down17 ApertureORIFICE7Down19 Happen againRECUR5Down20 Showing you've put on weight, having been drinking too muchTIGHT5Down20 SpriteELF3Down21 WorshippingADORING7Down22 PeriodicalJOURNAL7Down22 After a quarter hour, is prepared to feed youNOURISH7Down22 Silly, thinking of little other than flying?BIRDBRAINED11Down23 AyeYES3Down23 Type of hatSTRAWBOATER11Down23 That antifreeze is, will be very clearNOTICEABLE10Down25 FreezeICE3Down25 Lack of integrityDISHONESTY10Down25 Attracted by a girl, but it's resentedTAKENAMISS10Down26 BetrothalENGAGEMENT10Down26 FelonyCRIME5Down27 TestimonyEVIDENCE8Down28 Before I lay in something to drinkANISETTE8Down28 CustomUSAGE5Down29 ModestMEEK4Down30 AcidTART4Down31 FlyingAVIATION8Down31 Previously having had a success with the other compositionHITHERTO8Down31 SuntannedBRONZED7Down32 Means it stops and starts in timeINTENDS7Down32 Christian festivalEASTER6Down34 Require that you follow up to quartersENTAIL6Down34 AscendCLIMB5Down35 In a tizzy myself about, or a stateMAINE5Down35 Is swallowing a large double for one's miseriesILLS4Down39 Malarial feverAGUE4Down39

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