Evening Standard Crossword January 31 2020 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 31 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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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MistakeSLIP4Across1 UncookedRAW3Across4 Be gloomyMOPE4Across6 WonderAWE3Across9 Listen to the Scandinavian and learn about translatingLENDANEAR9Across9 Large computerMAINFRAME9Across9 PeeledSTRIPPED8Across10 How sick one is of having to be exuberant?HEARTILY8Across10 AnnotationFOOTNOTE8Across10 CloseNEAR4Across11 From the biting cold, help to protectACID4Across12 UncommonRARE4Across12 The language, when it’s non-vegetarian food!TONGUE6Across13 Zodiac signGEMINI6Across13 Filling a vacancy in the clothing departmentDARNING7Across14 Take advantage ofEXPLOIT7Across14 EdgeRIM3Across14 Bottle-openerCORKSCREW9Across15 The best part was getting the big scoreHIGHPOINT9Across15 RelaxedEASED5Across16 Mischievousness you wouldn’t expect from the little angel?DEVILMENT9Across17 Like an uncleAVUNCULAR9Across17 Stylish and showy when runningDASHING7Across18 Turn downDECLINE7Across18 SeemedAPPEARED8Across19 A Sicilian small town kid going to AmericaRAGUSA6Across20 EspionageSPYING6Across20 PostMAIL4Across21 Measuring-deviceMETER5Across21 Not the whole catch is thrown backPART4Across21 HarmfulDAMAGING8Across23 Convinced one it had been clinchedMADESURE8Across24 Hold motionlessTRANSFIX8Across24 CaptureCATCH5Across24 To cap it, when rewritten the content is really awfulPATHETIC8Across26 HermeticAIRTIGHT8Across26 AllowLET3Across27 Eighteen letters back from “table”ROTA4Across28 Woodwind instrumentOBOE4Across28 NearlyALMOST6Across29 Suppress for a time the files assembled about itSTIFLE6Across29 LibertyFREEDOM7Across31 PressIRON4Across31 Steed is the chap making out the invoicesCHARGER7Across31 GapINTERVAL8Across33 Poster showing a shopkeeperSTATIONER9Across34 UnassertiveDIFFIDENT9Across34 EpochERA3Across34 StaggerREEL4Across35 YouthLAD3Across36 MiscellanyPOTPOURRI9Across36 Prudence has the ability to see into the pictureFORESIGHT9Across36 PantGASP4Across37 Communion gobletCHALICE7Across38 Thinking of making yourself a hot drink?MULLING7Across38 FruitORANGE6Across39 He’s right beside the treeOLIVER6Across39 ApartmentFLAT4Across40 Take in, with the dessertFOOL4Across40 Dash round to get the carRUNABOUT8Across41 ArtistSCULPTOR8Across41 What the nudist who’s not at all busy has?NOTHINGON9Across42 WatcherSPECTATOR9Across42

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HuggedEMBRACED8Down1 Bled every one in it whiteBLEACHED8Down1 Looking-glassMIRROR6Down2 Being inclined to remove the top and bottomENDING6Down2 TardyLATE4Down2 Happy-go-luckyCAREFREE8Down3 Getting to be, with the advent ofBECOMING8Down3 SettledPAID4Down3 MendedREPAIRED8Down4 Look back onREVIEW6Down4 Smart, which is auspiciousBRIGHT6Down4 BroadWIDE4Down5 EffectivenessEFFICACY8Down5 One’s best pen friend?SHEEPDOG8Down5 MadnessMANIA5Down6 PrecursorFORERUNNER10Down6 Called with the money?PAIDAVISIT10Down6 Be indebtedOWE3Down7 ExamineINSPECT7Down7 Surprise by getting the old right in!STARTLE7Down7 CalmPEACE5Down8 AmbleSTROLL6Down8 For the food, I lay outPLAICE6Down8 Is it written in stone that demagogues must?AGITATE7Down11 SurpriseSTARTLE7Down11 ConfusionPANIC5Down12 JetSPOUT5Down13 ButtRAM3Down14 AlloyMETAL5Down15 Winter sportSKIING6Down16 With companion, I again occupy the apartmentPAIRED6Down16 Of soundSONIC5Down17 CondescendDEIGN5Down18 Give a little jerk when you switch onSTART5Down19 FreightCARGO5Down19 GenderSEX3Down20 InsaneDEMENTED8Down20 Wish you hadn’t got it at the herbalist’s?RUE3Down20 GreenflyAPHID5Down22 RodentRAT3Down22 In flight, is looking out at it frightening?AWING5Down22 Gives back to the salesman, say, when faultyREPAYS6Down23 In this mannerLIKESO6Down23 As far as “a dud on evil bent”UPTONOGOOD10Down25 DenturesFALSETEETH10Down25 TallyAGREE5Down25 WaterwayCANAL5Down26 InsectANT3Down26 Is it easy to give up if you’re slimming?PIE3Down26 BehaviourCONDUCT7Down27 Having taken power will continue, you supposePRESUME7Down27 MurderKILL4Down28 BoastBRAG4Down29 Go byPASS4Down30 In the open airOUTDOORS8Down30 Because it’s followed by a shoot-out, indeedFORSOOTH8Down30 TiredFATIGUED8Down31 Punishes, but not for wrongs?CORRECTS8Down31 How good the yarn was you found perturbing?RATTLING8Down32 MineralORE3Down32 DampnessMOISTURE8Down32 The smallest note – a fiftyMINIMAL7Down33 Able to be seenVISIBLE7Down33 DebacleFIASCO6Down35 Doing everything possible to have no blacklegsALLOUT6Down35 A fellow diner-out: someone pleasant to be withFRIEND6Down36 CommendationPRAISE6Down36 In the ravine, find the English manGEORGE6Down37 TellRELATE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 31, 2020. 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.