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Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 131 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#
Muscular contractionSPASM5Across3 JeerSCOFF5Across3 Make light of a broken leg one morningGLEAM5Across3 Forbid a socialite to have a hard heartDEBAR5Across8 Cabbage typeSAVOY5Across8 RealACTUAL6Across9 Link, connectionTIEUP5Across10 SmallLITTLE6Across10 She left a devious ploy outPOLLY5Across10 In truth, it's a mundane lineRUT3Across11 Narrow broochPIN3Across11 GuidePILOT5Across11 The handyman's pub?LOCAL5Across12 AssassinTHUG4Across12 PremiumBONUS5Across12 Hardly a job for a mere boyPOSTMAN7Across13 SplashSPATTER7Across13 SageWISE4Across15 YieldsCEDES5Across15 Turned up with the cash for an animalCAMEL5Across15 OdiousHATEFUL7Across17 ManagedRAN3Across18 Such humour befits a bit of a clownLOW3Across18 ProtectSCREEN6Across19 Bird disturbed by hikersSHRIKE6Across19 NothingNIL3Across20 Not veryNONETOO7Across21 KeenEAGER5Across21 World wide source of informationWEBSITE7Across21 Those starred in a movie?WARS4Across22 Precious stoneOPAL4Across22 Players, presumably all-roundersBAND4Across23 Cage for hensCOOP4Across23 StopPLUG4Across23 Locations for projected entertainmentsCINEMAS7Across24 One thousand millionBILLION7Across24 CabTAXI4Across25 Isn't able to put a girl to bedCANNOT6Across26 Swiss wooden houseCHALET6Across26 PickleSOUSE5Across26 PendulumBOB3Across28 SupporterFAN3Across29 Last of the money given to father?PAY3Across29 MoralETHICAL7Across30 Something written for this paper, for instance?ESSAY5Across31 CavitiesHOLES5Across31 Given a jolt jointlyELBOWED7Across32 African countryTUNISIA7Across32 SoonANON4Across33 EssentialVITAL5Across34 To name a wineTOKAY5Across34 No troop leader is negativeNOT3Across35 ChallengeDARE4Across35 FlipperFIN3Across35 GluttonyGREED5Across36 AppalDAUNT5Across36 Reach the broken gate at the end of the streetGETAT5Across36 WarehouseDEPOT5Across37 Topical bulletin barely finishedNEWSY5Across37 Rental contractLEASE5Across38 Where the Scots can exercise to get litheLEITH5Across38 SlaveMENIAL6Across38 SarcasticIRONIC6Across39 CompassionMERCY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not sadHAPPY5Down1 GroundEARTH5Down1 Outwardly female birdHERON5Down1 RegulateCONTROL7Down2 Struggles with mysterious tabletsBATTLES7Down2 BraceSTRUT5Down2 JuiceSAP3Down3 Not richPOOR4Down4 SetCLIQUE6Down4 Leo, 51, gets no returnLION4Down4 RunFLOW4Down5 An American in Paris?APACHE6Down5 Decorative plasterSTUCCO6Down5 AptFIT3Down6 SkinflintMISER5Down6 A big thing in dentistryMOLAR5Down6 TarnishSTAIN5Down7 Indian monetary unitRUPEE5Down7 Though well-fed, perhaps, keels over!SLEEK5Down7 GemJEWEL5Down8 By way ofVIA3Down9 One caught in an ambush?BUS3Down9 Attire for action?LAWSUIT7Down12 Advantage, sakeBENEFIT7Down12 SpearHARPOON7Down13 Gangsters' mode of operation when the bank opensMOB3Down14 ClassGENUS5Down14 BrownTAN3Down14 He was fabulously touchy about goldMIDAS5Down16 FiendDEMON5Down16 AlikeSIMILAR7Down16 Breaks suddenlySNAPS5Down17 Soundly leads a united teamLEEDS5Down17 SlipLAPSE5Down18 Showing deep feelingSOULFUL7Down19 MoistWET3Down19 How an aircraft may rise, barely avoiding a spire?STEEPLY7Down19 FlashlightTORCH5Down20 Once again!TWICE5Down20 Navy blue birds?WRENS5Down21 Of a navyNAVAL5Down21 SwiftRAPID5Down22 Cedar, sayCONIFER7Down23 One fixedly attached to a firearmBAYONET7Down23 It's wild, but only half shyCOYOTE6Down24 DeityGOD3Down24 Next toBESIDE6Down24 Mother, note, is a queenMAB3Down25 Boy's nameIAN3Down25 RacialETHNIC6Down27 Secret storeHOARD5Down27 How pale Shane turns!ASHEN5Down27 MildBALMY5Down28 HorizontalLEVEL5Down28 Upbringing of some charlatans in South AfricaNATAL5Down28 HealthyBONNY5Down29 Elizabeth, it seems, gambles her very last penny!BETSY5Down30 LesserMINOR5Down30 ShrewdCANNY5Down31 LabelsTAGS4Down32 BloodsuckerLEECH5Down32 Second piece of news, in a way?EAST4Down32 Success, yes, but the dog takes no bow!WOW3Down33 Drink gingerlySIP3Down33 AuctionSALE4Down34 BarrierDAM3Down36 AttemptTRY3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 4, 2024. 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.