Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 13 January 2026 Answers
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1 S
2 M
3 H
4 M
O
5 P
E
6 D
S
7 A
R
A
B
E
L
L
A
U
E
L
X
R
8 T
9 H
R
U
S
H
10 A
11 L
I
12 V
E
13 C
H
A
R
E
14 D
E
M
I
15 M
A
S
S
16 P
R
O
G
17 S
18 O
A
P
19 T
20 A
R
T
21 R
O
U
T
I
22 N
E
L
Y
23 P
E
R
T
24 T
O
N
I
25 P
26 S
I
X
27 S
28 C
A
T
29 C
30 A
I
31 N
R
32 D
E
A
L
33 V
E
R
N
E
34 D
A
V
I
T
S
E
S
W
T
M
35 T
O
M
A
T
O
E
S
36 R
E
V
E
L
S
L
N
Y
Across
- 4. Composed poems about Land's End that may transport us (6)
- 7. Good name for a horsewoman? (8)
- 8. Flier hurt in a crash on the quiet (6)
- 10. Surviving a terrible evil (5)
- 13. A cuppa with the cleaner (4)
- 14. She appears in comedies (4)
- 15. Mum's letter means a lot (4)
- 16. In favour of getting paid (3)
- 17. Is it helping to clean up TV? (4)
- 19. Tartaric acid? (4)
- 21. Usually getting right away somewhere in Cambridgeshire (9)
- 23. Jaunty bit of counterpoint, possibly (4)
- 24. Translate into a little Italian (4)
- 26. Rather young? Yes, ten (3)
- 27. Cats find it frightfully disturbing (4)
- 29. He gave Abel stick, we hear (4)
- 32. Timber town? (4)
- 33. Author never edited (5)
- 34. The couple holding the boat up? (6)
- 35. Vine fruits (8)
- 36. Has fun manipulating levers (6)
Down
- 1. Food for certain days (5)
- 2. Masterly mix-up, this motto? (5)
- 3. Come and get it! (4)
- 4. Figures as a short subject (5)
- 5. Sound happy turning up with a posh car (4)
- 6. Leave many trees devastated! (6)
- 9. Accelerate out of Athens (6)
- 11. Left, for example, on one side (3)
- 12. Face-saving provision ~n for vision! (5)
- 13. London, it seems, has a mining centre (7)
- 15. In formation, it may be welcoming (3)
- 16. Seek to discover where to apply leverage? (3)
- 18. At the start, determined to get TV? (6)
- 20. Springs to mind she's in town, in Australia (5)
- 21. King of the canine kind? (3)
- 22. Nothing's held in trust if there's denial (3)
- 23. Would he plagiarise a tripe recipe? (6)
- 25. On the table, is this number a mere bagtelle? (3)
- 28. Slings one's hook, so to speak (5)
- 30. Bad ignition (5)
- 31. Interesting in various ways to a Yankee (5)
- 32. Rudimentary amount of money? (4)
- 33. Is a fondness for it calf love? (4)