Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2023 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for January 5 2023. 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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Fashionable41 AcrossReveal answer → Branched horn64 AcrossReveal answer → Lout34 AcrossReveal answer → Pay respect to a South African instrument64 AcrossReveal answer → Shortage46 AcrossReveal answer → Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right87 AcrossReveal answer → Private87 AcrossReveal answer → Ready68 AcrossReveal answer → Teases68 AcrossReveal answer → Trip publicised in front of guests68 AcrossReveal answer → Passionate69 AcrossReveal answer → Outline map510 AcrossReveal answer → Girl’s310 AcrossReveal answer → This swindle, on the quiet, is rascally510 AcrossReveal answer → Animals512 AcrossReveal answer → A frantic bit of a rave?413 AcrossReveal answer → Striplings413 AcrossReveal answer → Hurried to repair all but two shoes414 AcrossReveal answer → Ring of light414 AcrossReveal answer → Cut514 AcrossReveal answer → A low place in the country415 AcrossReveal answer → Young salmon415 AcrossReveal answer → Singer515 AcrossReveal answer → United we stand - but there's no sign of Stan!316 AcrossReveal answer → Paddle316 AcrossReveal answer → Tightly stretched417 AcrossReveal answer → Run gently or backwards in a race417 AcrossReveal answer → Maintain618 AcrossReveal answer → Wading bird419 AcrossReveal answer → A loving couple having a riotous time419 AcrossReveal answer → Pressing620 AcrossReveal answer → Just what's needed by a space visitor hiding in a copse921 AcrossReveal answer → Absent-minded921 AcrossReveal answer → Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first423 AcrossReveal answer → Cultivate land423 AcrossReveal answer → Irrigate524 AcrossReveal answer → Decomposes424 AcrossReveal answer → Some deer got to their feet by the sound of it424 AcrossReveal answer → Last526 AcrossReveal answer → Droop326 AcrossReveal answer → A drink from Cupid?326 AcrossReveal answer → Scheme427 AcrossReveal answer → Familiar name for the duck427 AcrossReveal answer → Loiter528 AcrossReveal answer → Horse's gait429 AcrossReveal answer → Resorts you may need a pass for?429 AcrossReveal answer → Pig-pen330 AcrossReveal answer → Watch face432 AcrossReveal answer → Not copper, though it may well contain some432 AcrossReveal answer → Uproar632 AcrossReveal answer → A mocking letter to a relative533 AcrossReveal answer → Whole633 AcrossReveal answer → Stage whisper533 AcrossReveal answer → Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of state634 AcrossReveal answer → Stunt434 AcrossReveal answer → Swindles634 AcrossReveal answer → Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative835 AcrossReveal answer → Faucet335 AcrossReveal answer → Paint type835 AcrossReveal answer → As written of by Defoe once a week636 AcrossReveal answer → Consider436 AcrossReveal answer → Boy's name636 AcrossReveal answer →

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Era51 DownReveal answer → Raise production of boots51 DownReveal answer → Court case52 DownReveal answer → Chap in a car in the wood52 DownReveal answer → Stern52 DownReveal answer → Twelve inches43 DownReveal answer → Friends round to make a hit43 DownReveal answer → Vie73 DownReveal answer → Communion table54 DownReveal answer → Curse44 DownReveal answer → To the drinker, it means good health54 DownReveal answer → Dread45 DownReveal answer → Therefore45 DownReveal answer → Old Riga citizen in Valletta45 DownReveal answer → Embed56 DownReveal answer → Crowd actors66 DownReveal answer → Daisy, you'd look sweet sitting on one66 DownReveal answer → Trouble77 DownReveal answer → Off course69 DownReveal answer → In Luke, perhaps, it's uncharacteristic69 DownReveal answer → Dried grass311 DownReveal answer → Subdue one of the herd311 DownReveal answer → Self311 DownReveal answer → Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript512 DownReveal answer → Ocean312 DownReveal answer → Helicopter blade512 DownReveal answer → Fix313 DownReveal answer → Went back to bed713 DownReveal answer → From the side713 DownReveal answer → Dog breed315 DownReveal answer → She has a point315 DownReveal answer → Lubricate316 DownReveal answer → Novel316 DownReveal answer → We finish last when it's muddy316 DownReveal answer → Groove317 DownReveal answer → Remained to start stalking the wild deer around618 DownReveal answer → Axilla618 DownReveal answer → Relaxation719 DownReveal answer → That tax-exempt girl, remember520 DownReveal answer → Breaks520 DownReveal answer → It turned soft at the end321 DownReveal answer → Cigarette321 DownReveal answer → Colour321 DownReveal answer → A cry that has a firm ring to it322 DownReveal answer → Allowed722 DownReveal answer → Unit of weight322 DownReveal answer → Dad623 DownReveal answer → Attempt323 DownReveal answer → The subdued voice in which many speak623 DownReveal answer → Deed325 DownReveal answer → Deity325 DownReveal answer → Universal deity325 DownReveal answer → On high527 DownReveal answer → Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurry528 DownReveal answer → Beam of light528 DownReveal answer → Huge529 DownReveal answer → Stiff530 DownReveal answer → Is building work such a job?530 DownReveal answer → Chair430 DownReveal answer → Yap431 DownReveal answer → Very small531 DownReveal answer → Having a seat in it, you don't fall531 DownReveal answer → Dry area at the riverside in Poland432 DownReveal answer → Rush432 DownReveal answer → At last it's ended by specialist bowlers433 DownReveal answer → Competent433 DownReveal answer →

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