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Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 5 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 130 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#
HandwritingSCRIPT6Across1 Where to shoot duck in the W. IndiesTOBAGO6Across4 ComediansCOMICS6Across4 MoistDAMP4Across5 Final defeat in a pool game, possibly?WATERLOO8Across7 SanctionAPPROVAL8Across7 Song belter maybe?TREBLE6Across8 At a canterEASILY6Across8 ParamourLOVER5Across8 DonkeyASS3Across9 Assumed nameALIAS5Across10 QuarryPREY4Across10 Meat that comes in pots?FLESH5Across10 LocationSITE4Across11 PerformedACTED5Across12 ImpetuousRASH4Across13 Possible barrier to free movement?REEF4Across13 MenaceTHREAT6Across13 HollowDENT4Across14 Try to finish fast after a setbackTEST4Across14 Be slow to give lb1 to a politicianLIMP4Across15 Writing toolsPENS4Across15 DistantFAR3Across16 Age of enlightenment?TEN3Across16 ReposeREST4Across16 In the pictures, a great storyEPIC4Across17 Cooking fatLARD4Across17 ValleyVALE4Across18 Muslim rulerEMIR4Across19 Possibly one contains a bit of vealOVEN4Across19 AyeYES3Across20 GasholderGASOMETER9Across21 Birds can be such friends!FEATHERED9Across21 GrooveRUT3Across22 Money, slangDOSH4Across23 Drop in and see the lotCALL4Across23 FinishEND3Across23 Skills in heart surgeryARTS4Across24 PaddleWADE4Across24 Compass pointEAST4Across24 StaggerREEL4Across25 It's a reasonable questionWHY3Across26 Four-poster, for exampleBED3Across26 An area to care about?ACRE4Across27 NaggingONAT4Across27 BuckDOLLAR6Across28 Car mart maybeTRAM4Across29 Sudden surprise attackRAID4Across29 EmployeesSTAFF5Across30 Move fast to get a small something to chew!SCUD4Across32 Unruly childBRAT4Across32 RepastMEAL4Across32 In song, it's for ordinary peopleLAITY5Across33 JotIOTA4Across33 SmithyFORGE5Across33 Unconscious of needing a restASLEEP6Across34 DrunkardSOT3Across34 RueREGRET6Across34 Enlightenment may come so quickly!INAFLASH8Across35 SkirmishMELEE5Across35 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across35 Made for the top, as editorHEADED6Across36 FastenedTIED4Across36 DivulgeREVEAL6Across36 OfferTENDER6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cold dishSALAD5Down1 ScarceSCANTY6Down1 Quick way to get fit by exerciseSWIFT5Down1 KeptRESERVED8Down2 European countrySPAIN5Down2 A bit of a pig maybe sets out to live in themSTIES5Down2 Dear Charles has that roguish qualityARCH4Down3 ChuckTOSS4Down3 TreePOPLAR6Down3 Of tribal significance, it can carry a lotTOTEM5Down4 Free from dirtCLEAN5Down4 BlackedBOYCOTTED9Down4 EarnDESERVE7Down5 NetMESH4Down5 To make a buzzer loud, takes powerBEEF4Down5 ParchedARID4Down6 In general, like the past?GOLDEN6Down6 Shirt partCOLLAR6Down6 LordPEER4Down7 MeadowLEA3Down8 Valuable commoditiesASSETS6Down9 News story about the Left?REPORT6Down9 Boy's nameLEN3Down11 Member of the sideLEG3Down11 An iron containerSTEEL5Down12 Book of mapsATLAS5Down12 Would he mend a chair when on the road?RICHARD7Down13 Beef, for exampleREDMEAT7Down13 PetrifiedTERRIFIED9Down14 In favour ofPRO3Down15 ElderlyOLD3Down15 Left it blazing?LIT3Down15 Tree typeFIR3Down16 Was he wasted?TED3Down16 ProsecuteSUE3Down17 Building a place for demolitionPALACE6Down18 Onto land from waterASHORE6Down18 InspectedANALYSED8Down19 At some stage, she needs a bit of loveVESTA5Down20 YelpYAP3Down20 Paris undergroundMETRO5Down20 Female fairy abandoned by the tax peopleFAY3Down21 DeityGOD3Down21 SubsidedSETTLED7Down21 Sooner than be a bit different?ERE3Down22 ConsumeEAT3Down22 Being virginal, mistakenly chased?CHASTE6Down23 ExpungeDELETE6Down23 LargeBIG3Down25 Something to pay in privateVAT3Down25 FindLOCATE6Down26 Bomb-holeCRATER6Down27 Of birthNATAL5Down28 Cherubic type highly placed in the CIDCUPID5Down28 ExcludeOMIT4Down29 Competitor who figured in a rail crash?RIVAL5Down30 IdenticalSAME4Down30 QuarrelARGUE5Down30 DiscourageDETER5Down31 EnemyFOE3Down31 Fanciful stories about Smyth?MYTHS5Down31 Dispatch to the southern extremitySEND4Down32 French cheeseBRIE4Down32 Money frequently means a high situationLOFT4Down33 Twelve inchesFOOT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 5, 2026. 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.