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Evening Standard Crossword January 31 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 31 2026 answers. The Saturday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ConcerningABOUT5Across2 ConsecrateBLESS5Across3 A choice questionWHICH5Across3 DividePART4Across7 It's just an illusion that Joe's in a raincoatMAGIC5Across8 DiminishREDUCE6Across8 Of the noseNASAL5Across8 EachEVERY5Across9 Tree of religious significance about the end of AprilHOLLY5Across10 CompleteUTTER5Across10 Sweet bit of bunkumBUN3Across11 LettuceCOS3Across11 YeahYEP3Across11 InvestigatePROBE5Across12 A string of dozy ideasDREAM5Across12 Confused as to the dynasty that came first?MINGLED7Across13 ProtectedGUARDED7Across13 WhelpPUP3Across13 Bereaved wifeWIDOW5Across15 Rent money, moderateLEASE5Across15 CableROPE4Across15 FruitNUT3Across16 NakedBARE4Across18 Charged particleION3Across18 Bit of a gadabout, but expertDAB3Across18 FruitBANANA6Across19 In partnership, weed out some fiddlersWEDDED6Across19 LockjawTETANUS7Across19 StandardNORM4Across20 LandscapeSCENERY7Across21 Musical name for the letter FFOXTROT7Across21 BossSTUD4Across22 CarryTOTE4Across22 Before Eve, did he mean a lot to Ada?ADAM4Across22 SummitACME4Across23 Shifty thing to do?MOVE4Across23 PullingTUGGING7Across23 Places of rest, not for the elderlyCRADLES7Across24 Import illegallySMUGGLE7Across24 CheeseEDAM4Across25 Heavily decoratedORNATE6Across26 First in LatinPRIMUS6Across26 HeatedHOT3Across27 LiberateFREE4Across28 Deception, of course, is fishyCOD3Across29 Domestic fuelGAS3Across29 NoiseDIN3Across30 Foreign money or Spanish gentlemanSENOR5Across31 StrayERR3Across31 BitPIECE5Across31 Tropical plantBEGONIA7Across32 To confer knighthood for promises of cash, is questionableDUBIOUS7Across32 RescuedSAVED5Across33 Understood to be silentTACIT5Across34 AttemptedTRIED5Across34 Cable car?CAB3Across35 FixRIG3Across35 Fast ships?FLEET5Across36 Light boatCANOE5Across36 AstoundedAGHAST6Across36 Tradesman with his own loo on the UndergroundBAKER5Across37 ClogSABOT5Across37 AssistantAIDE4Across37 CedeYIELD5Across38 Water from lakes, not properly containedLEAKS5Across38 RegalROYAL5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StoreLAYUP5Down1 ForbiddenTABOO5Down1 Furious attack around a bridgeheadRABID5Down1 WhimCAPRICE7Down2 That of a monarch with only half a domain?KINGDOM7Down2 ConsumedATE3Down2 PoemODE3Down3 NoblemanLORD4Down4 AttemptTRY3Down4 Such times are difficult to describeHARD4Down4 UnusualODD3Down5 A building; the church has one leasedCHALET6Down5 Underground passageSUBWAY6Down5 ScrubSCOUR5Down6 Beer mugSTEIN5Down6 Returned to the little house over the seaHOMED5Down6 DevilDEMON5Down7 Figure to be defeated at the end of playCLOSE5Down7 OceanSEA3Down9 A weapon, and a good oneGUN3Down9 VanquishROUT4Down10 CoweredCRINGED7Down11 AustereSPARTAN7Down12 They owe money on a hill in Beds, perhapsDEBTORS7Down12 PseudonymPENNAME7Down12 GrasslandPASTURE7Down13 A noted figure, but remissLAX3Down14 Drug-sellerPEDDLER7Down14 Female deerDOE3Down14 BallDANCE5Down16 'Goodbye' upsets Isadora no endADIOS5Down16 WhinnyNEIGH5Down16 Thin biscuitWAFER5Down17 Sidled sharply?EDGED5Down17 PolluteTAINT5Down17 CoachBUS3Down18 Picture timber being felled?WOODCUT7Down19 BoastedBRAGGED7Down19 The rugby players point to a faulty passWASPS5Down20 Razor sharpenerSTROP5Down20 Character of an admirer embracing a soldierFAGIN5Down21 SilentMUM3Down21 PebbleSTONE5Down21 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Down23 Examination of the decimal systemMEDICAL7Down23 Hi-fiSTEREO6Down24 The rotter upset tea on a cleric!CURATE6Down24 JotIOTA4Down24 JokeGAG3Down25 High part of a memorial obeliskLOB3Down25 LamentDIRGE5Down26 Vie withRIVAL5Down27 Depend on receiving a soft answerREPLY5Down27 ThespianACTOR5Down28 Accommodation possibly let for less than a monthMOTEL5Down28 WearERODE5Down29 Prejudiced personBIGOT5Down30 Murphy's exemplary, though maybe a bruteTUBER5Down30 Greek letterBETA4Down32 OwnsHAS3Down32 Is he more clever than Bobby?DICK4Down32 A duck on the lake's centre, in a woodOAK3Down33 Pig-penSTY3Down33 Pen partNIB3Down33 StriveVIE3Down34 FatherDAD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, January 31, 2026. 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.