Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2022 Answers

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Below are all 126 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 5 2022. 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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The old fool jeers stupidly about a shirt tail61 AcrossReveal answer → Igneous rock61 AcrossReveal answer → Each61 AcrossReveal answer → Competent45 AcrossReveal answer → Cause, for a time87 AcrossReveal answer → Estrange87 AcrossReveal answer → A silly fellow, but with taste?48 AcrossReveal answer → Frolic48 AcrossReveal answer → Structure58 AcrossReveal answer → Weaken39 AcrossReveal answer → Counting frame610 AcrossReveal answer → Where Hobson's choice would not be Shanks's pony!610 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear410 AcrossReveal answer → Light motorcycles611 AcrossReveal answer → On board, it's not a friendly thing to break611 AcrossReveal answer → Relax411 AcrossReveal answer → Happening512 AcrossReveal answer → Warder613 AcrossReveal answer → Dowel314 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of good advice from father314 AcrossReveal answer → Gull416 AcrossReveal answer → It goes round and round and back and forth516 AcrossReveal answer → Manservant516 AcrossReveal answer → Thick end417 AcrossReveal answer → Can it still slide around after one gets out?417 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese418 AcrossReveal answer → Townswoman in Oliver Twist519 AcrossReveal answer → Jockey519 AcrossReveal answer → Clairvoyant320 AcrossReveal answer → A classic charmer who, for me, is less than ideal521 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name521 AcrossReveal answer → Place322 AcrossReveal answer → Being festively honoured, interrupt a meal for a tango522 AcrossReveal answer → Note value522 AcrossReveal answer → One possibly plastered in an Eilat hotel423 AcrossReveal answer → Obscure323 AcrossReveal answer → Fronded plant423 AcrossReveal answer → Manufactured424 AcrossReveal answer → Stagger425 AcrossReveal answer → Of the nose526 AcrossReveal answer → Make a special study of a former premier526 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle328 AcrossReveal answer → Harm628 AcrossReveal answer → Swimmer with a bad back328 AcrossReveal answer → Waterproof629 AcrossReveal answer → A regretful remark about the marines causes some fear629 AcrossReveal answer → Gossip630 AcrossReveal answer → Annual fall630 AcrossReveal answer → Showy530 AcrossReveal answer → Live on a half diet of vegetables431 AcrossReveal answer → Eye part431 AcrossReveal answer → Be totally persuasive so as to trick a fellow832 AcrossReveal answer → Widespread disease832 AcrossReveal answer → Family432 AcrossReveal answer → Pip433 AcrossReveal answer → Happenings633 AcrossReveal answer → Untidy little pigs!633 AcrossReveal answer → Illuminated334 AcrossReveal answer → Number535 AcrossReveal answer → Expired436 AcrossReveal answer → Span637 AcrossReveal answer →

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Attribute61 DownReveal answer → Smear61 DownReveal answer → Makes notes about American tournament clashes61 DownReveal answer → Shore bird62 DownReveal answer → Pity it's also rotten62 DownReveal answer → Begged82 DownReveal answer → Pats43 DownReveal answer → Tyrolean part?43 DownReveal answer → Chest63 DownReveal answer → Dear74 DownReveal answer → Stopped94 DownReveal answer → Island where the chief needs a bit of cash74 DownReveal answer → Speed restriction on an externally lit road55 DownReveal answer → Humped animal55 DownReveal answer → Corrected75 DownReveal answer → Defeat46 DownReveal answer → The man who came to dinner56 DownReveal answer → Banquet56 DownReveal answer → Flat47 DownReveal answer → A mere craze due to finish and pass away48 DownReveal answer → Enemy38 DownReveal answer → Engrossed48 DownReveal answer → Drinking vessel39 DownReveal answer → Former ingredient in wool dyeing39 DownReveal answer → Standard312 DownReveal answer → Something to start young with312 DownReveal answer → Discourage513 DownReveal answer → Get into trouble with the police513 DownReveal answer → Subdued914 DownReveal answer → Furious515 DownReveal answer → Wedge315 DownReveal answer → Bird having a paddle?515 DownReveal answer → Regret317 DownReveal answer → Of a town518 DownReveal answer → Where to drink 'near-beer'?518 DownReveal answer → Not gross, but there's a bar on it in Barnet319 DownReveal answer → Managed319 DownReveal answer → Neutralised819 DownReveal answer → Having been given encouragement, he's spurned!320 DownReveal answer → Dark320 DownReveal answer → Obese320 DownReveal answer → Incredible woman of the theatre721 DownReveal answer → Expands721 DownReveal answer → Longed721 DownReveal answer → In favour of backing a poor finisher322 DownReveal answer → Spoil322 DownReveal answer → Food shortage623 DownReveal answer → News of some lads on trial623 DownReveal answer → Be very close to an objection?424 DownReveal answer → Cupid424 DownReveal answer → Proverbially hungry, could he eat a horse?625 DownReveal answer → Tends625 DownReveal answer → Pantry626 DownReveal answer → Umbilicus526 DownReveal answer → A contest to be equal to526 DownReveal answer → Subside627 DownReveal answer → Of sound527 DownReveal answer → An outing with Juliet and Sally, perhaps527 DownReveal answer → Outstanding, as expected328 DownReveal answer → Tyke328 DownReveal answer → Tart429 DownReveal answer → Abraham Lincoln, initially, was a murder victim430 DownReveal answer → Foundation430 DownReveal answer → Food grain430 DownReveal answer → Chicken331 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. 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.