Evening Standard Crossword January 3 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 3 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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Cab41 AcrossReveal answer → Go away hastily53 AcrossReveal answer → The way to hold many a snake53 AcrossReveal answer → Fix34 AcrossReveal answer → Intense46 AcrossReveal answer → Hoodwinks58 AcrossReveal answer → Light68 AcrossReveal answer → It moves in circles, or possibly to the right58 AcrossReveal answer → Vent69 AcrossReveal answer → Coarse fellow responsible for hay-making spectacles?510 AcrossReveal answer → Line310 AcrossReveal answer → Bellybutton510 AcrossReveal answer → Flying low, could it crash?311 AcrossReveal answer → Karate expert311 AcrossReveal answer → Loaf512 AcrossReveal answer → How my mat gets worn on top512 AcrossReveal answer → Dress512 AcrossReveal answer → Flatfish713 AcrossReveal answer → Bloomers due to being a bit lazy, alas, out East713 AcrossReveal answer → Complain514 AcrossReveal answer → Vital organ515 AcrossReveal answer → Soar515 AcrossReveal answer → Sweeper causing a blockhead some distress?515 AcrossReveal answer → Transgression318 AcrossReveal answer → In finishing work, it can get smudged318 AcrossReveal answer → Calm618 AcrossReveal answer → Rota619 AcrossReveal answer → It's sometimes said to be in motion619 AcrossReveal answer → Countless620 AcrossReveal answer → Could such agents have fled wildly, and about time?721 AcrossReveal answer → Dead or almost dead721 AcrossReveal answer → Wet weather422 AcrossReveal answer → Drinks, possibly eats422 AcrossReveal answer → Speech defect423 AcrossReveal answer → Sherry taken in with bits of food?423 AcrossReveal answer → Dissuade524 AcrossReveal answer → Diabolic724 AcrossReveal answer → A wordy player724 AcrossReveal answer → Tally526 AcrossReveal answer → Utter tearfully626 AcrossReveal answer → Mount used by an academician in art626 AcrossReveal answer → Lorry528 AcrossReveal answer → A pound a point? Don't you believe it!329 AcrossReveal answer → Permit329 AcrossReveal answer → Obtain330 AcrossReveal answer → Cilla's blossoming form531 AcrossReveal answer → Detested531 AcrossReveal answer → Fred's on form, so get him here!732 AcrossReveal answer → Spire732 AcrossReveal answer → Disregard632 AcrossReveal answer → Bureau633 AcrossReveal answer → Goodness ~n an eye-opener but hidden in shame!534 AcrossReveal answer → Inactive434 AcrossReveal answer → Spruce, dapper534 AcrossReveal answer → Go wrong, note, having only two-thirds basic education335 AcrossReveal answer → Manage335 AcrossReveal answer → Rodent type335 AcrossReveal answer → Not pretty clear?536 AcrossReveal answer → String436 AcrossReveal answer → Swagger536 AcrossReveal answer → Assume it's a fit test537 AcrossReveal answer → Stratum537 AcrossReveal answer → Pass a bend or twist in the river538 AcrossReveal answer → Oozes538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Traitor51 DownReveal answer → Drink of which disapproving cries are heard51 DownReveal answer → Deer meat72 DownReveal answer → Old buildings with nothing left but flies around72 DownReveal answer → Wrath52 DownReveal answer → Copy73 DownReveal answer → Nobleman44 DownReveal answer → Horse-drawn vehicle44 DownReveal answer → Poets' green fields of pleasure44 DownReveal answer → Increase45 DownReveal answer → A sign that my lobs are accurate65 DownReveal answer → Tug-of-war team member65 DownReveal answer → Trench56 DownReveal answer → Manufactures56 DownReveal answer → He gets money from dad the old-fashioned way56 DownReveal answer → Everlasting77 DownReveal answer → Kind, category57 DownReveal answer → Drive a historic model car in open country57 DownReveal answer → Writer Mark took these two in39 DownReveal answer → Close friend39 DownReveal answer → Poem311 DownReveal answer → Coach312 DownReveal answer → Obtain a licence to kill?712 DownReveal answer → Burial or cremation712 DownReveal answer → Fellow313 DownReveal answer → Fiendish finish?314 DownReveal answer → Rubbish holder314 DownReveal answer → Is a moving one astir?516 DownReveal answer → Marry316 DownReveal answer → Garret516 DownReveal answer → Groove317 DownReveal answer → Stumbles517 DownReveal answer → Another name for my boy Ronald517 DownReveal answer → A garnish used by players719 DownReveal answer → Betrothed719 DownReveal answer → Kings, queens, etc.719 DownReveal answer → If you want to knock off, go quietly520 DownReveal answer → Hibernian520 DownReveal answer → Like the attraction of a fleshy fellow?521 DownReveal answer → Novel321 DownReveal answer → Finger or toe521 DownReveal answer → Trade722 DownReveal answer → Word for word723 DownReveal answer → Bibs that somehow nourish?723 DownReveal answer → Noise323 DownReveal answer → Demure624 DownReveal answer → Al, playing in a cop role?624 DownReveal answer → Sheep325 DownReveal answer → Element used up in ignition325 DownReveal answer → Born325 DownReveal answer → Elicit527 DownReveal answer → Weapon possible to fire round a corner?527 DownReveal answer → Highly unpleasant527 DownReveal answer → Quick fix for a drip528 DownReveal answer → Planet528 DownReveal answer → Happen529 DownReveal answer → Equipment430 DownReveal answer → He painted a flier circling the air terminal530 DownReveal answer → Change530 DownReveal answer → Borough431 DownReveal answer → How to fry in a jug?432 DownReveal answer → Halt432 DownReveal answer → Many junior swimmers get a move on when it comes to food333 DownReveal answer → Remuneration333 DownReveal answer →

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