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Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
TattySHABBY6Across1 YapBARK4Across5 DelayDEFER5Across8 FruitAPRICOT7Across8 Top and tail for cooking - that’s fineCAPITAL7Across8 TatterRAG3Across9 PlaywrightDRAMATIST9Across9 Rebuking for putting the brakes onPULLINGUP9Across9 Non-clericLAIC4Across10 ExistLIVE4Across11 WandererNOMAD5Across12 CloserNEARER6Across13 It starts hereAITCH5Across13 DueOWING5Across13 The animal, with some difficulty, skirts the voidMOOSE5Across14 Female relativeNIECE5Across14 ConventNUNNERY7Across15 Will make a splash, he contendsSPATTER7Across15 Shade of redMAGENTA7Across16 Followed the advice given and didn’t quit the stageACTEDON7Across16 InformTELL4Across16 Glaring when I take out the blueprintPLAIN5Across17 OutingJAUNT5Across17 MightPOWER5Across18 Figure you’ll enjoy the articleDIGIT5Across18 ParadiseEDEN4Across18 PeakALP3Across20 Fight wasteSCRAP5Across20 Punctuation markCOMMA5Across20 ObserveSEE3Across22 Upset, shakeRATTLE6Across22 UsualNORMAL6Across22 The father dog didn’t go hungryCURATE6Across23 DelveDIG3Across23 BoundariesLIMITS6Across23 RowTIER4Across24 Outer coveringWRAPPER7Across25 TreatyPACT4Across25 Conceited, like the girl in the advertising posterSTUCKUP7Across25 ErrorMISTAKE7Across27 Humble, gives the tea bags back toCHASTEN7Across27 PageantTATTOO6Across28 Establishes one is clearly surprisedSTARTS6Across30 DemonFIEND5Across30 HaphazardRANDOM6Across30 InaneSTUPID6Across31 It indicates unsettled weatherSHOWER6Across31 ImpudenceCHEEK5Across32 Goes along with on the second dateSIDES5Across32 TeemPOUR4Across32 NapDOZE4Across33 BowNOD3Across34 SwellSURGE5Across35 Equal in the gameMATCH5Across35 CompareLIKEN5Across35 IrritateRILE4Across36 Middle-distance runnerMILER5Across36 Incline towards being a little over-generousVERGE5Across36 BullfighterMATADOR7Across37 Encourage the near desperateHEARTEN7Across37 TogetherUNITED6Across37 Found one gravitated towards the right, on getting inLEARNED7Across39 Doown paymentDEPOSIT7Across39 SayingMOTTO5Across41 Note you rely on completelyCLEAN5Across41 BlunderGAFFE5Across42 Leave on time, from the draper’sTWILL5Across42 Poverty-strickenDESTITUTE9Across43 Says the girl’s smuggled in a catANNOUNCES9Across43 EverlastingETERNAL7Across44 Went on to add a grass borderRESUMED7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Dope making a comeback: a singer who’s over the topPASTIT6Down1 SeasonSPRING6Down1 SpaSPRING6Down1 Meted out while she decorated the exteriorDISHEDUP8Down2 US stateVIRGINIA8Down2 DebatableARGUABLE8Down2 One or two items on the fishmonger’s slabSALMONTROUT11Down3 ClimberMOUNTAINEER11Down3 TicketBILLET6Down3 RememberRECOLLECT9Down4 UnevenIRREGULAR9Down4 Ultra efficient, but could be betteredSUPERABLE9Down4 LateBELATED7Down5 Public facilityAMENITY7Down5 With “Stop harbouring evil,” winding upCLOSING7Down5 Point of viewSTANDPOINT10Down6 DryARID4Down6 The finer points of rowing?INSANDOUTS10Down6 EagerKEEN4Down7 EyotISLE4Down7 Said only he’s a laughing-stockBUTT4Down7 ClamourDIN3Down8 Of the universeCOSMIC6Down10 A number swam back to protect the birdsMACAWS6Down10 Violation of an oathPERJURY7Down11 Take the father back-stage to the little dearsPOPPETS7Down11 Mediterranean islandCYPRUS6Down12 Over their going out West, seem very painedWRITHE6Down12 ReactedRESPONDED9Down14 PinPEG3Down15 MeadowLEA3Down17 CreaseWRINKLE7Down19 ClearDISTINCT8Down19 Carry on being ambitiousGOAHEAD7Down19 TuneAIR3Down20 SeafarerMARINER7Down21 PlainPRAIRIE7Down21 Were we to leave the land, would take it backRETRACT7Down21 In brief, given to being low on staffSHORTHANDED11Down24 Third molarWISDOMTOOTH11Down24 Understanding it’s taking the public’s fancyCATCHINGON10Down26 InclinationPROPENSITY10Down26 InnTAVERN6Down26 MaskedHOODED6Down27 DeadlockSTALEMATE9Down28 Role one’s playing in “The Card”CHARACTER9Down28 BoxSPAR4Down29 Carrying a little gun does improve one’s dispositionSWEETEN7Down29 Alcoholic drinksSPIRITS7Down29 Though small, plenty just to try it outSAMPLE6Down30 RepleteFULL4Down30 LiveRESIDE6Down30 University teacherDON3Down31 Get going when the fat man entersSTARTOUT8Down32 ClassificationCATEGORY8Down32 One way, missSINGLE6Down33 CoreKERNEL6Down33 Clear from the race I had taken part inEVIDENT7Down34 ApeIMITATE7Down34 Worked until I had got aheadTOILED6Down38 BeatDEFEAT6Down38 Reflective girlANNA4Down40 QuarryPREY4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, January 5, 2024. 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.