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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 23 January 2026 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 23 January 2026 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (23 January 2026) has a total of 46 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Angry I meant somehow to get through
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P
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Didn't take seriously a delay apt to cause havoc
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L
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Y
E
D
A
T
Realised it had a novel sound
K
N
E
W
It takes time to get to know one well
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R
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S
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N
If you really want to know about it ask cook!
K
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T
C
H
E
N
Having been parachuted down visited
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R
O
P
P
E
D
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N
Soon at nine about mother will enter
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N
A
M
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E
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T
So retirement in Capri turned out to be dull
P
R
O
S
A
I
C
Stops talking in the intervals
B
R
E
A
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S
Figure it's a bald patch in the animal's coat
F
O
U
R
A refusal to reply is not the solution
N
O
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N
S
W
E
R
Justifies a fight one storms
W
A
R
R
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N
T
S
Do the same and put a kiss on the top
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P
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X
Jokes with the chaps
C
R
A
C
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S
In the shade of the tree felt discontented
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E
P
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D
Needed was paged
C
A
L
L
E
D
F
O
R
Only one side is quite as it should be
J
U
S
T
R
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G
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T
With Bother! ran off to shelter inside from the storm
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O
R
N
A
D
O
Will have it one's exterior isn't to be renovated
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S
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S
T
Are no longer as you and I are
W
E
R
E
A memo about the tender
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E
M
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N
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R
With Leo I had built myself a lovely abode
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D
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A
L
H
O
M
E
Got better when given a lift
P
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C
K
E
D
U
P
Develop a liking for when you accompany there
T
A
K
E
T
O
The occasional cop's raid eradicates it
S
P
O
R
A
D
I
C
Had cropped up when an increment came through
A
R
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S
E
N
Attack the old-fashioned means of heating
O
P
E
N
F
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R
E
Brand is the tail-ender
B
A
C
K
M
A
R
K
E
R
Say the soldiers got into trouble
M
E
N
T
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O
N
The tree I myself planted outside the club
M
A
S
H
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E
Is not wrong about its being yet to come
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N
S
T
O
R
E
Intends to take one through the steppes
P
L
A
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N
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Circle the area with the bracing air
O
Z
O
N
E
Save soap
B
A
R
How decimal is frequently defined in a dictionary
O
F
T
E
N
Mum the agent has turned up the draught regulator
D
A
M
P
E
R
Fight that won't stop you talking to someone
W
A
R
O
F
W
O
R
D
S
Had been the cutter-up
W
A
S
Charms to a degree the northerners
M
A
S
C
O
T
S
Are they spreading disease among cyclists?
C
A
R
R
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E
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S
Fought back at first trapped by the tangled reeds
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E
S
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S
T
E
D
Did come round at that point but was indecisive
D
I
T
H
E
R
E
D
Figure Elaine could be her name
M
E
L
A
N
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E
Read Running from one side to the other is a pantry
L
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R
D
E
R
He's come home only this minute
J
U
S
T
I
N
Continues as it happens
G
O
E
S
O
N

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 46 clues in the 23 January 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is BAR which contains 3 Characters.
  • Save soap is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is BACKMARKER which contains 10 Characters.
  • Brand is the tail-ender is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 23 January 2026 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are Q,V