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Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2022 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2022 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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#
The old fool jeers stupidly about a shirt tailJESTER6Across1 Igneous rockBASALT6Across1 EachAPIECE6Across1 CompetentABLE4Across5 Cause, for a timeOCCASION8Across7 EstrangeALIENATE8Across7 A silly fellow, but with taste?FOOL4Across8 FrolicROMP4Across8 StructureFRAME5Across8 WeakenSAP3Across9 Counting frameABACUS6Across10 Where Hobson's choice would not be Shanks's pony!STABLE6Across10 FootwearSHOE4Across10 Light motorcyclesMOPEDS6Across11 On board, it's not a friendly thing to breakNOTICE6Across11 RelaxEASE4Across11 HappeningEVENT5Across12 WarderGAOLER6Across13 DowelPEG3Across14 Piece of good advice from fatherDAD3Across14 GullTERN4Across16 It goes round and round and back and forthROTOR5Across16 ManservantVALET5Across16 Thick endBUTT4Across17 Can it still slide around after one gets out?SLED4Across17 CheeseEDAM4Across18 Townswoman in Oliver TwistNANCY5Across19 JockeyRIDER5Across19 ClairvoyantFEY3Across20 A classic charmer who, for me, is less than idealMEDEA5Across21 Boy's nameDAVID5Across21 PlacePUT3Across22 Being festively honoured, interrupt a meal for a tangoFETED5Across22 Note valueMINIM5Across22 One possibly plastered in an Eilat hotelLATH4Across23 ObscureDIM3Across23 Fronded plantFERN4Across23 ManufacturedMADE4Across24 StaggerREEL4Across25 Of the noseNASAL5Across26 Make a special study of a former premierMAJOR5Across26 VehicleCAR3Across28 HarmDAMAGE6Across28 Swimmer with a bad backDAB3Across28 WaterproofANORAK6Across29 A regretful remark about the marines causes some fearALARMS6Across29 GossipRUMOUR6Across30 Annual fallAUTUMN6Across30 ShowyBRASH5Across30 Live on a half diet of vegetablesBEET4Across31 Eye partIRIS4Across31 Be totally persuasive so as to trick a fellowCONVINCE8Across32 Widespread diseaseEPIDEMIC8Across32 FamilyCLAN4Across32 PipSEED4Across33 HappeningsEVENTS6Across33 Untidy little pigs!LITTER6Across33 IlluminatedLIT3Across34 NumberSEVEN5Across35 ExpiredDIED4Across36 SpanBRIDGE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
AttributeASSIGN6Down1 SmearBEDAUB6Down1 Makes notes about American tournament clashesJOUSTS6Down1 Shore birdAVOCET6Down2 Pity it's also rottenTOOBAD6Down2 BeggedIMPLORED8Down2 PatsTAPS4Down3 Tyrolean part?ROLE4Down3 ChestCASKET6Down3 DearBELOVED7Down4 StoppedPREVENTED9Down4 Island where the chief needs a bit of cashMAJORCA7Down4 Speed restriction on an externally lit roadLIMIT5Down5 Humped animalCAMEL5Down5 CorrectedAMENDED7Down5 DefeatBEAT4Down6 The man who came to dinnerINNER5Down6 BanquetFEAST5Down6 FlatEVEN4Down7 A mere craze due to finish and pass awayFADE4Down8 EnemyFOE3Down8 EngrossedRAPT4Down8 Drinking vesselMUG3Down9 Former ingredient in wool dyeingOLD3Down9 StandardPAR3Down12 Something to start young withTOY3Down12 DiscourageDETER5Down13 Get into trouble with the policeCOPIT5Down13 SubduedREPRESSED9Down14 FuriousLIVID5Down15 WedgeJAM3Down15 Bird having a paddle?WADER5Down15 RegretRUE3Down17 Of a townURBAN5Down18 Where to drink 'near-beer'?LOCAL5Down18 Not gross, but there's a bar on it in BarnetNET3Down19 ManagedRAN3Down19 NeutralisedDISABLED8Down19 Having been given encouragement, he's spurned!NED3Down20 DarkDIM3Down20 ObeseFAT3Down20 Incredible woman of the theatreMERMAID7Down21 ExpandsDILATES7Down21 LongedYEARNED7Down21 In favour of backing a poor finisherFOR3Down22 SpoilMAR3Down22 Food shortageFAMINE6Down23 News of some lads on trialLATEST6Down23 Be very close to an objection?ABUT4Down24 CupidEROS4Down24 Proverbially hungry, could he eat a horse?HUNTER6Down25 TendsNURSES6Down25 PantryLARDER6Down26 UmbilicusNAVEL5Down26 A contest to be equal toMATCH5Down26 SubsideSETTLE6Down27 Of soundSONIC5Down27 An outing with Juliet and Sally, perhapsJAUNT5Down27 Outstanding, as expectedDUE3Down28 TykeCUR3Down28 TartACID4Down29 Abraham Lincoln, initially, was a murder victimABEL4Down30 FoundationBASE4Down30 Food grainRICE4Down30 ChickenHEN3Down31

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