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Evening Standard Crossword January 6 2023 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 6 2023 answers. The Friday puzzle has 132 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#
DecentPROPER6Across1 ShrivelWITHER6Across5 ConfessedADMITTED8Across8 MulishOBSTINATE9Across9 TemperRAGE4Across9 Packed theirs in the one that’s going upONTHERISE9Across9 CharmingADORABLE8Across10 CrowdMOB3Across10 A box with a purplish red cover: metalPLATINUM8Across10 ResponsibilityONUS4Across12 StaidSOBER5Across12 Once I got time for leaveEXIT4Across12 RelyDEPEND6Across13 Go out with a bangSTRIKE6Across13 HobbyPASTIME7Across14 Climber's soft shoeCREEPER7Across14 PlantSPEEDWELL9Across15 Wrongly give the Latin translation in it as “watchman”VIGILANTE9Across15 StrayERR3Across15 TreeASH3Across17 CustomersCLIENTELE9Across17 Due to the clamp, being, indeed, unhappyDEPRESSED9Across17 SphereORB3Across18 Book you save for a rainy dayRESERVE7Across18 UncontrolledLAWLESS7Across18 ChildTOT3Across19 Take the ring-road in: a new decreeORDAIN6Across20 TestASSAY5Across20 CondimentPEPPER6Across20 ProhibitBAN3Across21 Spend a lot on powder?BLUE4Across21 SoTHUS4Across21 ScullOAR3Across22 ExpertACE3Across23 Find it difficult, though you are in employmentHAVEAJOB8Across24 ForefatherANCESTOR8Across24 ManageRUN3Across24 LeafPETAL5Across26 Being there, with the said offeringsPRESENCE8Across26 StarASTERISK8Across26 Spy something the make-up is trying to conceal?MOLE4Across28 FlatEVEN4Across28 Give an indication that you hearASSIGN6Across29 ChestCOFFER6Across29 OwingDUE3Across29 RefugeRETREAT7Across31 Arrive roughly about lunchtime at the holiday destinationRIVIERA7Across31 JettyPIER4Across33 When, without doubt, you’ll discoverASCERTAIN9Across34 HeraldHARBINGER9Across34 IntenseTERRIFIC8Across34 RiflemanSNIPER6Across35 RoamWANDER6Across36 Be given an opportunity to become as acerbic asGETASTART9Across36 SingerCONTRALTO9Across36 Believe you’ll get the birdSWALLOW7Across38 Elaborate displayPAGEANT7Across38 In dire trouble, about to see the bossEDITOR6Across39 ArouseAWAKEN6Across39 Note punctured tyreFLAT4Across40 DaybreakDAWN4Across40 Leave, terribly angry about being exposedREVEALED8Across41 BewilderCONFOUND8Across41 What the building worker did when drunk?PLASTERED9Across42 VegetableCOURGETTE9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EnormousCOLOSSAL8Down1 Besides, it’s further acrossMOREOVER8Down1 ShrewdASTUTE6Down2 WirelessRADIO5Down2 On the way, call for the pearlsSTRING6Down2 NegligentCARELESS8Down3 Tip a cent? That’s ridiculous. It’s very little moneyPITTANCE8Down3 BucketPAIL4Down3 ProportionRATIO5Down4 ShowREVEAL6Down4 Next day the bee is buzzing aboutBESIDE6Down4 JamWEDGE5Down5 DrawbackHANDICAP8Down5 Added a couple of pages, which finished itAPPENDED8Down5 RippedTORN4Down6 TributeCOMPLIMENT10Down6 What the greedy sellers imagine they’ll get?FANCYPRICE10Down6 LiftingRAISING7Down7 KeenEAGER5Down7 Even changing the cover round brightened things upLIVENED7Down7 Food fishPLAICE6Down8 A strange tailless cat making a rowRUMPUS6Down8 EngineMOTOR5Down10 Did she get the bird when performing first?BRIDGET7Down11 ClubBATON5Down11 OppositeREVERSE7Down11 AcuteSHARP5Down12 BeleaguerBESET5Down13 RegalROYAL5Down14 RecededEBBED5Down15 ScopeRANGE5Down16 ConsideredDEEMED6Down16 Beer on right is biggerLARGER6Down16 FlinchWINCE5Down19 Evade the issue of accommodation for the animalSTALL5Down19 Alternatively, black ballORB3Down20 AveragePAR3Down20 HurryHASTE5Down22 Strange clue about the right to have moneyLUCRE5Down22 AuthorWRITER6Down23 Goes for the lettuce?LEAVES6Down23 PensiveTHOUGHTFUL10Down25 Fair, also, which is to the goodJUSTASWELL10Down25 AllianceUNION5Down25 Pop back to fixPIN3Down26 LookAIR3Down26 Go inENTER5Down27 I myself hold the ticket, so it’s a deadlockIMPASSE7Down27 MaybePERHAPS7Down27 PointerARROW5Down28 AheadFORWARDS8Down30 Had got in and somehow undone, is the insinuationINNUENDO8Down30 CombineUNITE5Down30 It’s sensible to have the animal, a lion, tied upRATIONAL8Down31 SecondRUNNERUP8Down31 ExcursionTRIP4Down31 It will show just how big a rise you’ve hadALTITUDE8Down32 BeatenTROUNCED8Down32 SymbolSIGN4Down32 AnimalGIRAFFE7Down33 Went through the exercises, boredDRILLED7Down33 AreaREGION6Down35 Very much afraid the cavern will collapseCRAVEN6Down35 An old-fashioned case, we’re told, of fluGRIPPE6Down36 OpportunityCHANCE6Down36 ShedLEANTO6Down37 Charm a number to break a rule with baitALLURE6Down37

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