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Evening Standard Crossword January 6 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 6 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
LikingPALATE6Across1 Population countCENSUS6Across1 Athlete's garment?JUMPER6Across1 ForgivePARDON6Across5 Does such a book give fitness advice?EXERCISE8Across7 AlienateESTRANGE8Across7 QuarrelDISAGREE8Across8 Permit for a girl to go to South Africa?VISA4Across8 BlastGUST4Across8 RosterROTA4Across9 Union man?JOINER6Across10 SilentMUM3Across10 Kitchen itemTEAPOT6Across10 Character, I note, interrupting a gameFIGARO6Across11 Clinging molluscLIMPET6Across11 FightCLASH5Across12 ThrowLOB3Across14 Something fishy that won't hold waterNET3Across14 CurDOG3Across15 The French start Monday with something juicyLEMON5Across16 IrritableTESTY5Across16 DisfigurementSCAR4Across17 Was sorry to have sounded rudeRUED4Across17 ScullOAR3Across17 PoemODE3Across18 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across19 She has a broken heel, by the wayHELEN5Across19 HillTOR3Across19 HappeningEVENT5Across20 DrinkCIDER5Across21 ChargeFEE3Across21 Hang around too much with a hotheadHOVER5Across21 WandererNOMAD5Across22 Something afoot that may wreck boatsSABOT5Across22 HatchetAXE3Across22 Federation's abundant shareBUND4Across23 RotateTURN4Across23 SheepEWE3Across23 LubricateOIL3Across24 James Bond's boss is royal, but a cheapskateMISER5Across26 ThemeTOPIC5Across26 LeafPETAL5Across26 Contractor's confirmation?TIS3Across28 MarshFEN3Across28 Popular cricketer, nicknamed, but he has his irrational hatersATHERS6Across29 GunWEAPON6Across29 WandROD3Across29 Find out by investigating Ted, etc.DETECT6Across30 ElementSODIUM6Across30 Food of love for the Auxiliary Territorial Service?OATS4Across31 EgressEXIT4Across31 Observes what may be seen, you'll agreeSEESENSE8Across32 AssessEVALUATE8Across32 Lecture given by moaners, who've somehow lost an articleSERMON6Across33 ShoutYELL4Across33 HarmDAMAGE6Across33 SubmarineUNDERSEA8Across34 FixedSTABLE6Across35 TurnROTATE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Prickly plantCACTUS6Down1 Container causing a traffic problem and a shockJAMJAR6Down1 FarewellADIEU5Down2 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Down2 Far from pleased when paid only about a quarterPAINED6Down2 AbsentAWAY4Down3 Badger's burrowSETT4Down3 Behind the right-hand auricleREAR4Down3 RefereeARBITER7Down4 Short film of a misdirected retrialTRAILER7Down4 EnlistENROL5Down4 BreaksSNAPS5Down5 SqueezePRESS5Down5 Historic title of the governor of Mainz?NIZAM5Down5 UnusualRARE4Down6 GodDEITY5Down6 Devilish Donald has got me wrong!DEMON5Down6 SurpassOUTDO5Down7 It bears fruit in a number of waysVINE4Down8 FestivalGALA4Down8 Ancient god of TV?SET3Down9 WeepSOB3Down9 SayingMOTTO5Down10 EthicalMORAL5Down11 Short for MelvinMEL3Down12 Diminutive insurgent leaderGEN3Down12 CrawlCREEP5Down12 AnaestheticETHER5Down13 Norma's terrible ItalianROMAN5Down13 DeflectAVERT5Down13 InnHOTEL5Down14 Figure to have done wrong outside the areaDEVON5Down15 NowTODAY5Down15 PostponeDEFER5Down15 AvariceGREED5Down16 If struggling in cracking a nut, one must be so weak!UNFIT5Down18 Light boatCANOE5Down18 DarkDIM3Down19 Where a goblin can keep warmHOB3Down19 Suffer in terrible troubleLET3Down20 MarryWED3Down20 Worries due to some risk of a faulty share-outHARRIES7Down21 TreeCOCONUT7Down21 View from the bishop's windowSEE3Down22 PinchNIP3Down22 Not happy with the beerBITTER6Down23 MonotonyTEDIUM6Down23 Operates buses that won't startUSES4Down24 Single entityUNIT4Down24 UnsuitableINEPT5Down25 Keep in date, possiblyDETAIN6Down25 SpryNIMBLE6Down25 A country area to spoil, on the quiet!MARSH5Down26 ClothTWEED5Down26 OozeEXUDE5Down27 Are such shanks legs of mutton?SHEEP5Down27 HeathenPAGAN5Down27 ViperADDER5Down28 Leaves on the clipper, perhaps?TEA3Down28 MammalFOX3Down28 Females are not soft-hearted dopes!DOES4Down30 OpenOVERT5Down30 PipSEED4Down30 AssociationCLUB4Down31 CourageGRIT4Down32

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. 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.