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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 22 January 2026 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 22 January 2026 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (22 January 2026) has a total of 44 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Abrade the cuffs?
S
C
U
F
F
Navigational aid both ways
R
A
D
A
R
Squashed melon?
L
E
M
O
N
The natural breaking down of proteins?
R
O
T
The team to win about 40% of games?
W
I
G
A
N
Old-fashioned chair in current use
A
R
C
H
A
I
C
Payment for motley crews
S
C
R
E
W
It's been mispronounced
B
I
N
Like luck it can be hard
C
H
E
E
S
E
Held up by a railway in the country
H
U
N
G
A
R
Y
Little Ronald has a horse
R
O
A
N
Steal from the station
N
I
C
K
It's not this that's unfair
C
R
I
C
K
E
T
Cuts I see in less pieces
S
L
I
C
E
S
Rest during ski practice
K
I
P
Anti-tank giant?
T
I
T
A
N
Backers it seems are our superiors
B
E
T
T
E
R
S
How to maintain a career on the road
S
T
E
E
R
Vessel needed twice for the return journey
U
R
N
At church always it may have a leader
C
H
E
E
R
It's slow to glide round the end of the garden
S
N
A
I
L
Many possibly seen as stupid
D
E
N
S
E
He's in port
B
A
R
R
Y
City hairstyle of consuming interest
B
A
T
H
B
U
N
Fashionable part of Chicago
C
H
I
C
Briefly brilliant shrewd but just about burnt out
F
L
A
S
H
Y
Fight with chestnut stakes?
F
E
N
C
E
Customers having a change of heart in Cowes
C
O
V
E
S
Practitioner needing to perform with a clear head
D
O
C
They may play football on the side
W
I
N
G
E
R
S
Ian's own?
A
I
N
Pay some more money for it
R
E
M
I
T
Times when only small letters will do
W
E
E
K
S
A really good reminder that Christmas is coming
C
R
A
C
K
E
R
Credit us with a fast finish though it's hard
C
R
U
S
T
That of always wearing one hat out of two?
H
A
B
I
T
Presumably the wettest of the planets?
N
E
P
T
U
N
E
Focal point of recent agitation
C
E
N
T
R
E
Not in itself the whole caboodle?
K
I
T
Extremely long sort of year!
L
I
G
H
T
Inspected without good reason
C
A
S
E
D
He's randomly concerned with lucky numbers
E
R
N
I
E
Brentford players all six-footers
B
E
E
S
Period of sinister activity
E
R
A

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 44 clues in the 22 January 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is ROT which contains 3 Characters.
  • The natural breaking down of proteins? is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is ARCHAIC which contains 7 Characters.
  • Old-fashioned chair in current use is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 22 January 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are J,Q,X,Z