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Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
FashionableCHIC4Across1 Branched hornANTLER6Across4 LoutOAF3Across4 Pay respect to a South African instrumentSALUTE6Across4 ShortageLACK4Across6 Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing rightOVERLOOK8Across7 PrivatePERSONAL8Across7 ReadyPROMPT6Across8 TeasesTAUNTS6Across8 Trip publicised in front of guestsOUTING6Across8 PassionateARDENT6Across9 Outline mapCHART5Across10 Girl’sHER3Across10 This swindle, on the quiet, is rascallySCAMP5Across10 AnimalsSHEEP5Across12 A frantic bit of a rave?RANT4Across13 StriplingsLADS4Across13 Hurried to repair all but two shoesTORE4Across14 Ring of lightHALO4Across14 CutSEVER5Across14 A low place in the countryDELL4Across15 Young salmonPARR4Across15 SingerTENOR5Across15 United we stand - but there's no sign of Stan!WED3Across16 PaddleOAR3Across16 Tightly stretchedTAUT4Across17 Run gently or backwards in a raceTROT4Across17 MaintainALLEGE6Across18 Wading birdIBIS4Across19 A loving couple having a riotous timeITEM4Across19 PressingURGENT6Across20 Just what's needed by a space visitor hiding in a copseTHETICKET9Across21 Absent-mindedFORGETFUL9Across21 Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at firstMISS4Across23 Cultivate landFARM4Across23 IrrigateWATER5Across24 DecomposesROTS4Across24 Some deer got to their feet by the sound of itROES4Across24 LastFINAL5Across26 DroopSAG3Across26 A drink from Cupid?CUP3Across26 SchemePLAN4Across27 Familiar name for the duckTHEO4Across27 LoiterDALLY5Across28 Horse's gaitTROT4Across29 Resorts you may need a pass for?SPAS4Across29 Pig-penSTY3Across30 Watch faceDIAL4Across32 Not copper, though it may well contain someLEAD4Across32 UproarFURORE6Across32 A mocking letter to a relativeTAUNT5Across33 WholeENTIRE6Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of stateSTRADS6Across34 StuntFEAT4Across34 SwindlesCHEATS6Across34 Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicativeTACITURN8Across35 FaucetTAP3Across35 Paint typeEMULSION8Across35 As written of by Defoe once a weekFRIDAY6Across36 ConsiderDEEM4Across36 Boy's nameARTHUR6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EraEPOCH5Down1 Raise production of bootsBOOST5Down1 Court caseTRIAL5Down2 Chap in a car in the woodCEDAR5Down2 SternHARSH5Down2 Twelve inchesFOOT4Down3 Friends round to make a hitSLAP4Down3 VieCOMPETE7Down3 Communion tableALTAR5Down4 CurseOATH4Down4 To the drinker, it means good healthSKOAL5Down4 DreadFEAR4Down5 ThereforeTHUS4Down5 Old Riga citizen in VallettaLETT4Down5 EmbedLODGE5Down6 Crowd actorsEXTRAS6Down6 Daisy, you'd look sweet sitting on oneTANDEM6Down6 TroubleCONCERN7Down7 Off courseADRIFT6Down9 In Luke, perhaps, it's uncharacteristicUNLIKE6Down9 Dried grassHAY3Down11 Subdue one of the herdCOW3Down11 SelfEGO3Down11 Spirit of the alteration in a manuscriptMETHS5Down12 OceanSEA3Down12 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Down12 FixPEG3Down13 Went back to bedRETIRED7Down13 From the sideLATERAL7Down13 Dog breedPUG3Down15 She has a pointDOT3Down15 LubricateOIL3Down16 NovelNEW3Down16 We finish last when it's muddyWET3Down16 GrooveRUT3Down17 Remained to start stalking the wild deer aroundRESTED6Down18 AxillaARMPIT6Down18 RelaxationLEISURE7Down19 That tax-exempt girl, rememberTESSA5Down20 BreaksBUSTS5Down20 It turned soft at the endTIP3Down21 CigaretteFAG3Down21 ColourRED3Down21 A cry that has a firm ring to itCOO3Down22 AllowedGRANTED7Down22 Unit of weightTON3Down22 DadFATHER6Down23 AttemptTRY3Down23 The subdued voice in which many speakMUTTER6Down23 DeedACT3Down25 DeityGOD3Down25 Universal deityPAN3Down25 On highALOFT5Down27 Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurryHASTY5Down28 Beam of lightLASER5Down28 HugeLARGE5Down29 StiffRIGID5Down30 Is building work such a job?PUTUP5Down30 ChairSEAT4Down30 YapYELP4Down31 Very smallTEENY5Down31 Having a seat in it, you don't fallSTAND5Down31 Dry area at the riverside in PolandLAND4Down32 RushDASH4Down32 At last it's ended by specialist bowlersTAIL4Down33 CompetentABLE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, January 5, 2023. 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.