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Evening Standard Crossword January 8 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 8 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Short sayingMOTTO5Across3 In Formula One, he was in favour of finishing fastPROST5Across3 DenSTUDY5Across4 TalentedCLEVER6Across7 In Birmingham, a street aheadASTON5Across8 Striped animalZEBRA5Across8 BecauseFOR3Across9 Golf-pegTEE3Across10 Nun's costumeHABIT5Across10 A dirty globe?EARTH5Across10 Teacher is backward at any one of the three Rs!SIR3Across11 ArrestNAB3Across11 Having half a mind service has been cut, he won't payMISER5Across12 ContractLEASE5Across12 Boy's nameJAMES5Across12 SinfulEVIL4Across13 Such clothing fits Una badlyFUSTIAN7Across13 Health-checkMEDICAL7Across13 A pie's possibly a nice warm colourSEPIA5Across15 SkinflintMISER5Across15 PaleASHEN5Across15 RoughCOARSE6Across17 Tommy's tosh?ROT3Across18 Unit of weightTON3Across18 The hard facts one may get back toBASICS6Across19 RushDART4Across19 Next toBESIDE6Across19 GiantTITAN5Across20 InfersDEDUCES7Across21 A land we reunited in Anglo-Saxon EnglandDANELAW7Across21 German manHERR4Across22 Light, first-class railwayAIRY4Across22 ConsumeEAT3Across22 Did Leander love to give her a ring?HERO4Across23 Association of countriesBLOC4Across23 BotherTROUBLE7Across24 WanderMEANDER7Across24 Fatherly musical celebrity?POPSTAR7Across24 Fish hawkOSPREY6Across26 Stake about everything in a stage productionBALLET6Across26 IntelligenceWIT3Across27 PoorNEEDY5Across28 Body of waterSEA3Across29 That woman absorbed in motherhoodHER3Across29 It makes an admissionINLET5Across31 LustreSHEEN5Across31 RosterROTA4Across31 Space for manoeuvre in a ship's cabin?SEAROOM7Across32 SportNETBALL7Across32 SlimmedDIETED6Across33 MergesFUSES5Across34 A hero, but to many a libertineDRAKE5Across34 Sick of villainy and pillageILL3Across35 OfferBID3Across35 BestCREAM5Across35 Allow to pass to leg, perhapsLETGO5Across36 PurchaserBUYER5Across36 In betting, a borderline thing?HEDGE5Across37 Asian republicYEMEN5Across37 FaceDIAL4Across37 SameDITTO5Across38 PreparedREADY5Across38 Oldster led astray by a bit of a youngster?ELDER5Across38 CoverLID3Across39 ScullOAR3Across41 BullfighterTORERO6Across42 LearntHEARD5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Children may be the outcomeISSUE5Down1 BeliefTENET5Down1 TakeACCEPT6Down1 Depict badly in ropy artPORTRAY7Down2 RefereeARBITER7Down2 PortrayDEPICT6Down2 ObtainGET3Down3 Precious stoneOPAL4Down4 OnlySOLE4Down4 I ran out in the wetRAIN4Down4 TendencyTREND5Down5 TopicsTHEMES6Down5 You'll observe, now and then, that it balancesSEESAW6Down5 AbandonedDESERTED8Down6 Plants grown by sailors out East?TARES5Down6 Fertile spotOASIS5Down6 One philosophical about the cost of straying out of line?STOIC5Down7 WearyTIRED5Down7 BreedREAR4Down8 WickedBAD3Down9 Briefly, it's positively assertiveTIS3Down9 VitalESSENTIAL9Down11 Sailor meaning a great deal to his friendMATELOT7Down12 First monthJANUARY7Down12 FishCOD3Down14 SoilLOAM4Down14 A little matter one gets ahead withION3Down14 LeaderHEAD4Down16 A paid playerPIPER5Down16 Edge alongSIDLE5Down16 First lady to be seated, in a senseASTOR5Down17 RespondREACT5Down17 AfreshANEW4Down18 Wailing woman has been confusedBANSHEE7Down19 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down19 Two bachelors, one Disney characterBAMBI5Down20 Utter confusionCHAOS5Down20 Soldiers may find it boringDRILL5Down21 RudeIMPOLITE8Down21 HangDRAPE5Down21 Canvas shelterTENT4Down23 Idle chatterBLABBER7Down23 Just the aircraft to worry the enemyHARRIER7Down23 Something filling you can get at the stationPETROL6Down24 Term of officeTENURE6Down24 AssistantAIDE4Down25 Dried leavesTEA3Down25 WagerBET3Down25 RushREED4Down26 Strong resentment of a bit of a clangerANGER5Down27 HollerSHOUT5Down27 Left on the side of a shelfLEDGE5Down28 AlludeREFER5Down28 RevisedEDITED6Down29 ColourYELLOW6Down30 SeniorELDER5Down30 Victor taking a girl on the riverVOLGA5Down30 PerformerACTOR5Down32 Where to get some whisky, etc.SKYE4Down32 RequireNEED4Down32 New oppositionOLD3Down33 IntentionAIM3Down33 DischargeEMIT4Down34 ThoroughfareROAD4Down36 CurDOG3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. 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.