Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2024 Answers

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Below are all 131 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 4 2024. 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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Muscular contraction53 AcrossReveal answer → Jeer53 AcrossReveal answer → Make light of a broken leg one morning53 AcrossReveal answer → Forbid a socialite to have a hard heart58 AcrossReveal answer → Cabbage type58 AcrossReveal answer → Real69 AcrossReveal answer → Link, connection510 AcrossReveal answer → Small610 AcrossReveal answer → She left a devious ploy out510 AcrossReveal answer → In truth, it's a mundane line311 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow brooch311 AcrossReveal answer → Guide511 AcrossReveal answer → The handyman's pub?512 AcrossReveal answer → Assassin412 AcrossReveal answer → Premium512 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly a job for a mere boy713 AcrossReveal answer → Splash713 AcrossReveal answer → Sage415 AcrossReveal answer → Yields515 AcrossReveal answer → Turned up with the cash for an animal515 AcrossReveal answer → Odious717 AcrossReveal answer → Managed318 AcrossReveal answer → Such humour befits a bit of a clown318 AcrossReveal answer → Protect619 AcrossReveal answer → Bird disturbed by hikers619 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing320 AcrossReveal answer → Not very721 AcrossReveal answer → Keen521 AcrossReveal answer → World wide source of information721 AcrossReveal answer → Those starred in a movie?422 AcrossReveal answer → Precious stone422 AcrossReveal answer → Players, presumably all-rounders423 AcrossReveal answer → Cage for hens423 AcrossReveal answer → Stop423 AcrossReveal answer → Locations for projected entertainments724 AcrossReveal answer → One thousand million724 AcrossReveal answer → Cab425 AcrossReveal answer → Isn't able to put a girl to bed626 AcrossReveal answer → Swiss wooden house626 AcrossReveal answer → Pickle526 AcrossReveal answer → Pendulum328 AcrossReveal answer → Supporter329 AcrossReveal answer → Last of the money given to father?329 AcrossReveal answer → Moral730 AcrossReveal answer → Something written for this paper, for instance?531 AcrossReveal answer → Cavities531 AcrossReveal answer → Given a jolt jointly732 AcrossReveal answer → African country732 AcrossReveal answer → Soon433 AcrossReveal answer → Essential534 AcrossReveal answer → To name a wine534 AcrossReveal answer → No troop leader is negative335 AcrossReveal answer → Challenge435 AcrossReveal answer → Flipper335 AcrossReveal answer → Gluttony536 AcrossReveal answer → Appal536 AcrossReveal answer → Reach the broken gate at the end of the street536 AcrossReveal answer → Warehouse537 AcrossReveal answer → Topical bulletin barely finished537 AcrossReveal answer → Rental contract538 AcrossReveal answer → Where the Scots can exercise to get lithe538 AcrossReveal answer → Slave638 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcastic639 AcrossReveal answer → Compassion540 AcrossReveal answer →

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Not sad51 DownReveal answer → Ground51 DownReveal answer → Outwardly female bird51 DownReveal answer → Regulate72 DownReveal answer → Struggles with mysterious tablets72 DownReveal answer → Brace52 DownReveal answer → Juice33 DownReveal answer → Not rich44 DownReveal answer → Set64 DownReveal answer → Leo, 51, gets no return44 DownReveal answer → Run45 DownReveal answer → An American in Paris?65 DownReveal answer → Decorative plaster65 DownReveal answer → Apt36 DownReveal answer → Skinflint56 DownReveal answer → A big thing in dentistry56 DownReveal answer → Tarnish57 DownReveal answer → Indian monetary unit57 DownReveal answer → Though well-fed, perhaps, keels over!57 DownReveal answer → Gem58 DownReveal answer → By way of39 DownReveal answer → One caught in an ambush?39 DownReveal answer → Attire for action?712 DownReveal answer → Advantage, sake712 DownReveal answer → Spear713 DownReveal answer → Gangsters' mode of operation when the bank opens314 DownReveal answer → Class514 DownReveal answer → Brown314 DownReveal answer → He was fabulously touchy about gold516 DownReveal answer → Fiend516 DownReveal answer → Alike716 DownReveal answer → Breaks suddenly517 DownReveal answer → Soundly leads a united team517 DownReveal answer → Slip518 DownReveal answer → Showing deep feeling719 DownReveal answer → Moist319 DownReveal answer → How an aircraft may rise, barely avoiding a spire?719 DownReveal answer → Flashlight520 DownReveal answer → Once again!520 DownReveal answer → Navy blue birds?521 DownReveal answer → Of a navy521 DownReveal answer → Swift522 DownReveal answer → Cedar, say723 DownReveal answer → One fixedly attached to a firearm723 DownReveal answer → It's wild, but only half shy624 DownReveal answer → Deity324 DownReveal answer → Next to624 DownReveal answer → Mother, note, is a queen325 DownReveal answer → Boy's name325 DownReveal answer → Racial627 DownReveal answer → Secret store527 DownReveal answer → How pale Shane turns!527 DownReveal answer → Mild528 DownReveal answer → Horizontal528 DownReveal answer → Upbringing of some charlatans in South Africa528 DownReveal answer → Healthy529 DownReveal answer → Elizabeth, it seems, gambles her very last penny!530 DownReveal answer → Lesser530 DownReveal answer → Shrewd531 DownReveal answer → Labels432 DownReveal answer → Bloodsucker532 DownReveal answer → Second piece of news, in a way?432 DownReveal answer → Success, yes, but the dog takes no bow!333 DownReveal answer → Drink gingerly333 DownReveal answer → Auction434 DownReveal answer → Barrier336 DownReveal answer → Attempt337 DownReveal answer →

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