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Evening Standard Crossword January 9 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 9 2026 answers. The Friday 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#
CabTAXI4Across1 FixPEG3Across4 IntenseDEEP4Across6 LightIGNITE6Across8 VentOUTLET6Across9 Nero chased the two inside: it was easyNOBOTHER8Across9 Presumed to be trueSUPPOSED8Across9 LineROW3Across10 Over the figure quotedTOO3Across10 Sturdy African antelopeGNU3Across10 She is also in troubleALISON6Across11 Doing somethingACTIVE6Across11 Goes round to get the garmentsSKIRTS6Across12 LoafBREAD5Across12 Public roadSTREET6Across12 Wasn't silent when examined by the doctorSOUNDED7Across13 EnticedTEMPTED7Across13 Shy, for actorsCAST4Across14 ComplainWHINE5Across14 Collective traditional knowledgeLORE4Across14 How the kisses were deleted?CROSSEDOUT10Across15 SoarTOWER5Across15 Non-elite party membersGRASSROOTS10Across15 Animal with large antlersREINDEER8Across17 Good-looking and generousHANDSOME8Across17 CalmSERENE6Across18 Basic principlesBEDROCK7Across18 Rub in the preparation, mum, to make it shineBURNISH7Across18 DaybreakDAWN4Across19 He's up to it, by all accountsABEL4Across19 CountlessUNTOLD6Across20 WarningTIPOFF6Across21 Went off thoroughly confusedADDLED6Across21 "Resigning" in service terminology?DESERTINGONESPOST17Across24 DissuadeDETER5Across24 Port in NE EnglandNEWCASTLEUPONTYNE17Across24 TallyAGREE5Across26 We'll have no more of that! Plug up the holeSTOPIT6Across27 Feeling of disgustNAUSEA6Across27 LorryWAGON5Across28 Louse's eggsNITS4Across29 Tell you just how old the fruit isDATE4Across29 Of crucial importancePIVOTAL7Across30 ObtainGET3Across30 Get ready to cut and stuff insidePREPARE7Across30 DisregardIGNORE6Across32 BureauOFFICE6Across33 Be holding the group of aliens, or foreignersBALINESE8Across33 Assisting in crimeABETTING8Across33 InactiveIDLE4Across34 Land, having arrived for some peace and quietCOMETOREST10Across35 ManageRUN3Across35 AstoundingSTUPENDOUS10Across35 StringCORD4Across36 Locking barBOLT4Across36 I went inside and snooped - lost no timeSPED4Across36 Descriptive languageIMAGERY7Across37 Subdue the child that has a gunCHASTEN7Across37 FicklenessLEVITY6Across38 What taught one to have smaller bets?LESSON6Across38 SurroundingsMILIEU6Across40 It's terribly sore, doctor, swallowing: worse than beforeMORESO6Across40 Jump on one footHOP3Across41 A fellow manDON3Across41 Opposite of somethingNEGATION8Across42 Gobbledygook? Of course it's not!NONSENSE8Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Edible seedBUTTERBEAN10Down1 Appears to be a rotunda when one views itLOOKSROUND10Down1 Recess in churchAPSE4Down2 WrathANGER5Down2 French for "rain cats and dogs"POUR4Down2 Difficult to understandESOTERIC8Down3 Kitchen gadgets with which barbers are familiarWHISKERS8Down3 CopyIMITATE7Down3 NoblemanPEER4Down4 Single copy of newspaperEDITION7Down4 Continue working as a valet?PRESSON7Down4 IncreaseGROW4Down5 Street urchinGUTTERSNIPE11Down5 Don't go away to do some fishing?HOLDTHELINE11Down5 TrenchDITCH5Down6 Tough and realisticHARDBITTEN10Down6 Rains and is most upsetting to foreignersSARDINIANS10Down6 EverlastingETERNAL7Down7 Showing little emotionSTOLID6Down7 In the Olympics, does the record go to America for it?DISCUS6Down7 Soup, cold, to take on the riverCONSOMME8Down8 Over the pageOVERLEAF8Down8 Hope you can rely onTRUST5Down10 PastimesGAMES5Down10 PoemODE3Down11 CoachBUS3Down12 FellowDON3Down13 Makes fun of the frantic puss with the tail caught in itSENDSUP7Down16 Writes carelesslySCRAWLS7Down16 MarryWED3Down16 GrooveRUT3Down17 BetrothedENGAGED7Down19 Vigilantly attentiveALERT5Down20 Bay in which the fish take the bait, you sayBIGHT5Down20 NovelNEW3Down21 TradeTRAFFIC7Down22 Structural boardPLYWOOD7Down22 Dispenser that's always slipping out of one's hand?DROPPER7Down22 With the "Best wishes" go loving looksKINDREGARDS11Down23 NoiseDIN3Down23 Branch of anthropologyETHNOGRAPHY11Down23 Not very friendly and a bit cheekyRATHERCOOL10Down25 SheepEWE3Down25 Extremely greedyAVARICIOUS10Down25 Unscrews and freesTURNSLOOSE10Down26 Withdrawal to safetyEVACUATION10Down26 ElicitEVOKE5Down27 Food of the godsAMBROSIA8Down28 What got the char all mixed up?TEASPOON8Down28 HappenOCCUR5Down29 EquipmentGEAR4Down30 BoroughTOWN4Down31 Set of beliefsIDEOLOGY8Down31 Talking on and on and frightening oneRATTLING8Down31 Able to floatBUOYANT7Down32 Among the ten runners, mine is leadingEMINENT7Down32 Choice morselTITBIT6Down34 Certainly it's the smart thing to doINDEED6Down34 Soak in liquidSTEEP5Down35 Interrupt with "Copper and another metal"CUTIN5Down35 Weep tears as you cast off?SHED4Down39 Large containersVATS4Down39

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