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Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 130 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 5 2018. 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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Gust51 AcrossReveal answer → Refrain65 AcrossReveal answer → Headdress58 AcrossReveal answer → Predicted89 AcrossReveal answer → A pretty girl outside, wicked inside: diabolical89 AcrossReveal answer → He has a meal without me at lunchtime310 AcrossReveal answer → Sterile610 AcrossReveal answer → Hearing organ310 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning to bring it home to us611 AcrossReveal answer → Fete411 AcrossReveal answer → Attractive611 AcrossReveal answer → Rural612 AcrossReveal answer → Loaded and attacked612 AcrossReveal answer → Inquisitive713 AcrossReveal answer → Turns back to, in floods of tears713 AcrossReveal answer → Second-hand414 AcrossReveal answer → The late morning paper414 AcrossReveal answer → Show614 AcrossReveal answer → Publication1015 AcrossReveal answer → Unpopular for having eaten garlic?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Advantage715 AcrossReveal answer → Didn’t forget being ordered back817 AcrossReveal answer → Without worry817 AcrossReveal answer → Self318 AcrossReveal answer → Contend, when you arrive, with the favourite in it718 AcrossReveal answer → Dressed718 AcrossReveal answer → Stray319 AcrossReveal answer → Stood the wine419 AcrossReveal answer → Applaud419 AcrossReveal answer → Spot621 AcrossReveal answer → Confront with at a price, by all accounts621 AcrossReveal answer → Jealousy421 AcrossReveal answer → Garden pest523 AcrossReveal answer → Centre424 AcrossReveal answer → Having to steel oneself to taking a head-on view1724 AcrossReveal answer → Type of boxer1724 AcrossReveal answer → Gratuity327 AcrossReveal answer → Ringing a second best about a best friend627 AcrossReveal answer → Seem627 AcrossReveal answer → Hatchet329 AcrossReveal answer → Foot part429 AcrossReveal answer → Go ahead and get a connection429 AcrossReveal answer → With difficulty ring me during the performance730 AcrossReveal answer → Sad730 AcrossReveal answer → Scowled731 AcrossReveal answer → Chant632 AcrossReveal answer → Peaceful833 AcrossReveal answer → Contrary when you communicate with833 AcrossReveal answer → Whirlpool434 AcrossReveal answer → Objective635 AcrossReveal answer → A gamble that people cleaning up after fires accept1035 AcrossReveal answer → Detective1035 AcrossReveal answer → Excitement the malefactor could do without!436 AcrossReveal answer → Elevator436 AcrossReveal answer → Vindicated when the cheque was declared valid737 AcrossReveal answer → Cost737 AcrossReveal answer → Upright538 AcrossReveal answer → Marks it as potentially two points638 AcrossReveal answer → Spiritualist638 AcrossReveal answer → Deleted639 AcrossReveal answer → Material640 AcrossReveal answer → Be surrogate parents for Stephen?640 AcrossReveal answer → Larceny540 AcrossReveal answer → Slippery fish341 AcrossReveal answer → Having character, we’re told, making a stand341 AcrossReveal answer → Rake842 AcrossReveal answer → Though having cargo space, don’t give it to842 AcrossReveal answer →

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Enormous101 DownReveal answer → Detonating and leaving101 DownReveal answer → Singlet42 DownReveal answer → For the cat to use as a bed, you say42 DownReveal answer → Meadow32 DownReveal answer → Specific83 DownReveal answer → Learns, when one discovers to be mistaken83 DownReveal answer → Roadway63 DownReveal answer → Teach74 DownReveal answer → A lady-bird enveloped in smoke74 DownReveal answer → Fasten34 DownReveal answer → Confine45 DownReveal answer → Engrossed115 DownReveal answer → Acid drops?115 DownReveal answer → Require66 DownReveal answer → Punctuation mark106 DownReveal answer → Excellent start to one’s education106 DownReveal answer → Security67 DownReveal answer → Snub67 DownReveal answer → Ask for, with charm67 DownReveal answer → Exquisite88 DownReveal answer → They snap the rough sea88 DownReveal answer → Old79 DownReveal answer → Up to “a 36”510 DownReveal answer → Mistake510 DownReveal answer → Hail312 DownReveal answer → Soon413 DownReveal answer → Resound416 DownReveal answer → Views as a dreadful pest, cold-hearted716 DownReveal answer → Coarse gravel716 DownReveal answer → Track517 DownReveal answer → Shelf520 DownReveal answer → Rejoinder720 DownReveal answer → Ring with a precious stone, returned with a letter520 DownReveal answer → Lenient with him722 DownReveal answer → Urn422 DownReveal answer → Powerful person722 DownReveal answer → Anyway, even the most gadabout socialite can’t be!1123 DownReveal answer → Taciturn1123 DownReveal answer → Coterie624 DownReveal answer → Leaving it to mother to make you better1025 DownReveal answer → Disorder1025 DownReveal answer → Speed425 DownReveal answer → Reacted favourably when one photographed flatteringly?1026 DownReveal answer → Departure626 DownReveal answer → Upside down1026 DownReveal answer → The assumption is there is now a choice828 DownReveal answer → Scarcity628 DownReveal answer → One-sided828 DownReveal answer → Finish330 DownReveal answer → Narrowly-avoided accident831 DownReveal answer → Be against including it or just the reverse831 DownReveal answer → Lack of sound732 DownReveal answer → Rent decreased? That is a disappointment732 DownReveal answer → Watched433 DownReveal answer → Extremely with-it, in truth634 DownReveal answer → Essential character634 DownReveal answer → The name is material535 DownReveal answer → Jury535 DownReveal answer → Perform336 DownReveal answer → Sprite337 DownReveal answer → Yes, mum is in white439 DownReveal answer → Damp and chilly439 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 5, 2018. 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.