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Evening Standard Crossword January 9 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 9 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 128 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#
AgitateSTIR4Across1 Gain access toGETAT5Across3 The swimmer sat around quietly at the far endSPRAT5Across3 EqualityPAR3Across4 RidiculeMOCK4Across6 Where the islanders are a bit capricious?CAPRI5Across8 WildFERAL5Across8 Boring-toolAWL3Across9 Indian dishBALTI5Across10 EntireCOMPLETE8Across10 Running across country makes her no differentRHONE5Across10 Scot with a bit of stomach ache?MAC3Across11 ChafeRUB3Across11 SmackSLAP4Across11 12 and 15 Form of soap barrel seen in the far northPOLAR5Across12 Iraqi currencyDINAR5Across12 FundamentalORGANIC7Across13 African transport workers getting out of breath?BUSHMEN7Across13 LumpWAD3Across14 ManagesCOPES5Across15 See "12"BEARS5Across15 UnsuitableINAPT5Across16 Conflict warily startedWAR3Across18 Manipulate fraudulentlyRIG3Across18 What the poor don't have to be lent in extremes of povertyPLENTY6Across19 SeemedAPPEARED8Across19 Surgeon's stitchSUTURE6Across19 PortraysDEPICTS7Across21 When I leave the cab without paying, there's just no accounting!TAXFREE7Across21 SpreeREVEL5Across21 Plant partROOT4Across22 What Jack might say to a bit of a hoyden?AHOY4Across22 DressedCLAD4Across23 Used to be very little around the tourist centreWERE4Across23 DeactivatedDISABLED8Across23 One who loves to read, perhaps about an old space stationADMIRER7Across24 SpecimensSAMPLES7Across24 StratumLAYER5Across24 It's good to dally foolishly, if happilyGLADLY6Across26 ThriftyFRUGAL6Across26 CoverLID3Across27 Deceive a fish?COD3Across29 Narrow broochPIN3Across29 Thus the French are involved in shoe repairsSOLES5Across31 TrialTEST4Across31 SumTOTAL5Across31 Wherein to see horses or possibly odd wolves aroundPADDOCK7Across32 ColonistSETTLER7Across32 SuppliedPROVIDED8Across33 Stick at the crease, being not out?BATON5Across34 BornNEE3Across34 SkinflintMISER5Across34 She's backward in readingIDA3Across35 ParadiseEDEN4Across35 UncookedRAW3Across35 Wonderful trio by Chopin, initiallyMAGIC5Across36 AyeYES3Across36 SongbirdROBIN5Across36 Ring Eleanor at the week-endKNELL5Across37 OtherwiseELSE4Across37 Thin candleTAPER5Across37 At the close of play, the match is ill-humouredTESTY5Across38 ApproachesNEARS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
JocundMERRY5Down1 Full scaleGAMUT5Down1 Nightclub showCABARET7Down2 Roguish style in which to make an entranceARCHWAY7Down2 ImplementTOOL4Down2 MatureRIPE4Down3 HeroicEPIC4Down4 Worker of a type only found abroadPEON4Down4 ReadyPREPARED8Down4 Counting frameABACUS6Down5 StaggerREEL4Down5 Forty per cent of farms fit to be termed fertileARABLE6Down5 Stone-workerMASON5Down6 Fortune-telling cardsTAROT5Down6 Fiddlers possibly get drunk in thereTHREE5Down6 BirdOWL3Down7 GuideSTEER5Down7 Powerless to move during a wild winter!INERT5Down7 ClutchCLASP5Down8 MatRUG3Down9 Not French fathers!PAS3Down9 WaterwayCANAL5Down12 To incompletely perform bad D.I.Y. would imply deceitPERFIDY7Down12 Of the fingersDIGITAL7Down12 SprigSPRAY5Down13 FightingWAR3Down14 He makes mum crossMAX3Down14 PinchNIP3Down14 SatanDEVIL5Down15 Displeasure with a bad half of beerANGER5Down16 TowsPULLS5Down16 FishANGLE5Down17 In a funny way, Eric imitates BillSYKES5Down17 ShabbySEEDY5Down17 DealTESDR5Down18 Bird with a big bill for fishPELICAN7Down19 PlugSTOPPER7Down19 Lots of workmen make jokes, out for a bit of funGANGS5Down20 SketchDRAFT5Down20 WishfulDESIROUS8Down20 The result of adding to an endless story!TOTAL5Down21 RedecorateDOOUT5Down21 YouthLAD3Down22 MiddleCENTRAL7Down23 Maybe Gwen did make a dress for itWEDDING7Down23 SaltySALINE6Down24 Lorraine's regional associateALSACE6Down24 IlluminatedLIT3Down25 He may be bent on catching a big fishROD3Down25 CorrectAMEND5Down25 ConsumedEATEN5Down26 Might it get only a half allocation of beer?LOCAL5Down27 AutomatonROBOT5Down27 Charge up to bed with it!DEBIT5Down28 Street urchinGAMIN5Down28 NimbleSPRY4Down28 BlazeFIRE4Down29 Fishy series of notes?SCALE5Down30 GemJEWEL5Down30 MinusLESS4Down30 ScorchSEAR4Down32 ObserveSEE3Down32 A drink taken to heart by football fans?PORT4Down32 Modest part of a poet's productionODE3Down33 CircuitLAP3Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, January 9, 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.