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Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2021 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2021 answers. The Monday 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#
PromptREADY5Across2 InfantCHILD5Across3 A joint close at handWRIST5Across3 TeacherTUTOR5Across7 For royal tennis?COURT5Across8 RotDECAY5Across8 TruncheonBATON5Across8 They can also be fried by fission, it's saidCHIPS5Across10 Inert gasARGON5Across10 DrilledBORED5Across10 Not highLOW3Across11 A measure that's backwardAFT3Across11 CrowdMOB3Across12 Furnishings, etc., giving dramatic effectDECOR5Across12 The aboveDITTO5Across12 Thus cooked, caused to absorb oil?BROILED7Across13 RodentHAMSTER7Across13 PungentACRID5Across13 LodgeDEPOSIT7Across15 DwellingsHOMES5Across15 Tree or horse out WestROWAN5Across15 HurtPAINED6Across17 Like Jan, he's diminutiveSEP3Across18 CircuitLAP3Across18 Discount for the new beaterREBATE6Across19 PosedSAT3Across19 PeaceREPOSE6Across19 DeterminedDECIDED7Across20 Bereaved husbandWIDOWER7Across21 Vessel one has to steer around a lotSTEAMER7Across21 At the summitATOP4Across22 It's crazy to tear at this speed!RATE4Across22 SellVEND4Across23 ParchedARID4Across23 It's grand for a boy to be musicalSONG4Across23 ExhibitDISPLAY7Across24 Chap joining the racket as deputySTANDIN7Across24 DejectedDOWN4Across25 A big wheel in the fairground businessFERRIS6Across26 Surgeon's knifeLANCET6Across26 DedicatedDEVOTED7Across26 It's played centre stageTAG3Across29 Charged particleION3Across29 ProhibitBAN3Across30 LoiterDAWDLE6Across31 ChairSEDAN5Across31 Are wrecked in the race to get something for nothingTREAT5Across31 ImpassiveSTOICAL7Across32 Quietly points to a number forming a chainPENNINE7Across32 Street music can be used to elevating effectSTAIR5Across34 UnpredictableERRATIC7Across34 Military instrumentBUGLE5Across34 What one did after standing, perhapsSAT3Across35 DragLUG3Across35 German jaunt?SPREE5Across36 FilletedBONED5Across36 It can be played without safety precautionNONET5Across37 PrecipitationSLEET5Across37 RegalROYAL5Across37 Paper quantitiesREAMS5Across38 Practice that's bad for a doctorDRILL5Across38 RodentRAT3Across38 DemandCLAIM5Across39 ManagedCOPED5Across40 NudeNAKED5Across41 CondescendDEIGN5Across42

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Cold dishSALAD5Down1 PlantYUCCA5Down1 The directors sound boredBOARD5Down1 PrimroseCOWSLIP7Down2 Entertainer serving as a sitter?ARTISTE7Down2 BirdROBIN5Down2 WornERODED6Down3 SuccessorHEIR4Down4 ActDEED4Down4 A letter in red for Oliver, sayREED4Down4 RelegatedDEMOTED7Down5 He puts runs down to the chap who hit themSCORER6Down5 SudsLATHER6Down5 HutCABIN5Down6 SagDROOP5Down6 Beat regularlyTHROB5Down6 SitsPOSES5Down7 Cunning traps for fishSPRAT5Down7 CatTOM3Down9 LettuceCOS3Down9 Heavenly, but nobody knows what it is!UFO3Down9 WishedDESIRED7Down11 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Down12 Goes around a bit with DesmondDEPARTS7Down12 HorrifyAPPAL5Down13 InflexibleRIGID5Down14 In general, an eel wrigglesLEE3Down14 BitTAD3Down14 On which to drink waterWAGON5Down16 DoshMONEY5Down16 CushionPAD3Down16 A horse's refusal?NEIGH5Down17 ShabbySEEDY5Down17 SatanicDEMONIC7Down18 Soldiers start to make fresh inroadsREENTER7Down19 ReliefRESPITE7Down19 The cunning of a drifter, perhapsCRAFT5Down20 BucketsPAILS5Down20 ShabbyDOWDY5Down21 Look in tears, somehow?STARE5Down21 InjureWOUND5Down21 SeraphANGEL5Down22 Shows nominal willingness to make one's mark as a memberSIGNSON7Down23 FlavourVANILLA7Down23 Make bareDENUDE6Down24 DiscussedDEBATED7Down24 An easy subject?SITTER6Down24 He's a bit of a dancerDAN3Down25 LavatoryLOO3Down25 Greek authorAESOP5Down27 TankVAT3Down27 Explode, causing pure chaos at starting timeERUPT5Down27 AudaciousDARING6Down28 BeamCABER5Down28 Raised, it's said, only to be demolishedRASED5Down28 MistakeERROR5Down29 RollBAGEL5Down30 Bury, playing in MilanINTER5Down30 SlenderSLIM4Down32 FemaleWOMAN5Down32 The soft, silly part may be somewhat sugaryPILL4Down32 Two versions of one nameIAN3Down33 SubsequentlyLATER5Down33 SignalCUE3Down33 KnockRAP3Down35 HintCLUE4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 4, 2021. 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.