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Evening Standard Crossword January 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 8 2026 answers. The Thursday 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FindLOCATE6Across1 PleasedGLAD4Across1 Clever bighead, never wrongBRIGHT6Across1 ObscureDIM3Across4 ShovePUSH4Across6 Gambling gameROULETTE8Across7 Ancient people with successful record it set out forHITTITES8Across7 Part of cow I fed partnerWIFE4Across8 AdoFUSS4Across8 EnquireASK3Across9 Sourly referring to a department duly halvedACIDLY6Across10 AteCONSUMED8Across10 GoalkeeperGOALIE6Across10 Smart new purse made out of cowhide, initiallySPRUCE6Across11 SideTEAM4Across11 Boy's nameROBERT6Across11 MoistenWET3Across14 InsectANT3Across14 Like something new into which one can changeNEO3Across14 Pass onRELAY5Across16 SoarTOWER5Across16 He needs a tin opener and a new suitTITUS5Across16 BombastRANT4Across17 Look pronouncedly like a king of the theatreLEER4Across17 IntroducedINSERTED8Across19 WandererNOMAD5Across19 Forbidden style for a bootTABOO5Across19 SingerTENOR5Across21 Rod's out to back it, darlingCUTIE5Across21 A shelterHAVEN5Across21 MatureRIPEN5Across22 Chap born to be boozy around April 4thROBIN5Across22 End partTAIL4Across23 They may amuse you to the end of your daysTOYS4Across23 ClaimedDEMANDED8Across23 SubsequentlyLATER5Across24 Player of a soft and ripe interpretationPIPER5Across26 French capitalPARIS5Across26 CanTIN3Across27 TransgressionSIN3Across28 An incipient bloomerBUD3Across28 Be first to get to the fore with heavy metalLEADON6Across29 Takes onADOPTS6Across29 Main circus tentBIGTOP6Across30 Is it altogether bound to be a large sum?BUNDLE6Across30 To us, points of advantageUSES4Across31 CudgelCOSH4Across31 Fencing swordEPEE4Across31 Mary lets loose just like a chess expertMASTERLY8Across32 RemorsefulCONTRITE8Across32 ApedIMITATED8Across33 Breathless, she can show poiseSOPHIE6Across33 Star signPISCES6Across33 RegretRUE3Across34 AleBEER4Across35 FamilyKIN3Across36 PeriodTERM4Across37

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Accounts bookLEDGER6Down1 Bawl, i.e., in miserable styleBEWAIL6Down1 AppearLOOK4Down2 A leading lady and good Scots queenGUIDER6Down2 A charmAMULET6Down2 GaelicERSE4Down3 HyphenDASH4Down3 The ones to take a little money from a Poet LaureateTHEY4Down3 Funnily, he and his son found fame on TVSTEPTOE7Down4 InsaneDEMENTED8Down4 Unplaced horseALSORAN7Down4 ManufacturedMADE4Down5 Iron alloySTEEL5Down5 A proud walk in support of somethingSTRUT5Down5 CourtyardPATIO5Down6 Pieces of land, possibly one lessISLES5Down6 TrivialPETTY5Down6 EmployUSE3Down7 FishSKATE5Down8 Young deerFAWN4Down8 Points out half of it is alcoholic!WINE4Down8 Take a seatSIT3Down9 She gave Ziegfeld a startFLO3Down9 Sleeping placeBED3Down12 CourteousCIVIL5Down12 Ferdinand has the right figure for a footballerRIO3Down12 AdvantageASSET5Down13 Synagogue ministerRABBI5Down13 Soft, a bit cute and bashfulCUSHY5Down13 SkillART3Down14 Group of witchesCOVEN5Down15 PrincipleTENET5Down15 Suitable proportion for a lion-hearted rodent!RATIO5Down15 ThinWEEDY5Down17 PromptREADY5Down18 In frontAHEAD5Down18 She can only play one note on the fifeEFFIE5Down18 A vessel (among the last U-boats?)TUB3Down19 DozeNAP3Down19 Has it a disturbing content?BIN3Down20 RealmDOMINION8Down20 BlokesMEN3Down20 Past eventsHISTORY7Down21 A fine headdress means nothing, covered in ice-cream!CORONET7Down21 ManagedRAN3Down22 RendRIP3Down22 Bright colour means a lot to soldiersRED3Down22 Big catsTIGERS6Down23 Prepare to play a melody better?TUNEUP6Down23 But they may be evenODDS4Down24 Poker stakeANTE4Down24 Momentarily, you may have a hand in itSLEEVE6Down25 WorshipADORE5Down25 Leprosy victimsLEPERS6Down25 AnaestheticETHER5Down26 Fat, soft piecePLUMP5Down26 Protective eye coveringPATCH5Down26 Dad's way is old-fashionedPASSE5Down27 CircularROUND5Down27 Drink gingerlySIP3Down28 It can be stopped by requestBUS3Down28 JoinLINK4Down28 DividePART4Down29 Sound of a car hornBEEP4Down30 Purchases made by usBUYS4Down30 CloseNEAR4Down30 ProsecuteSUE3Down32

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