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The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 5 January 2022 Answers

Please find below all the The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 5 January 2022 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (5 January 2022) has a total of 42 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

The old fool jeers stupidly about a shirt tail
J
E
S
T
E
R
Cause for a time
O
C
C
A
S
I
O
N
A silly fellow but with taste?
F
O
O
L
Where Hobson's choice would not be Shanks's pony!
S
T
A
B
L
E
On board it's not a friendly thing to break
N
O
T
I
C
E
Piece of good advice from father
D
A
D
It goes round and round and back and forth
R
O
T
O
R
Can it still slide around after one gets out?
S
L
E
D
Townswoman in Oliver Twist
N
A
N
C
Y
A classic charmer who for me is less than ideal
M
E
D
E
A
Being festively honoured interrupt a meal for a tango
F
E
T
E
D
One possibly plastered in an Eilat hotel
L
A
T
H
Make a special study of a former premier
M
A
J
O
R
Swimmer with a bad back
D
A
B
A regretful remark about the marines causes some fear
A
L
A
R
M
S
Annual fall
A
U
T
U
M
N
Live on a half diet of vegetables
B
E
E
T
Be totally persuasive so as to trick a fellow
C
O
N
V
I
N
C
E
Untidy little pigs!
L
I
T
T
E
R
Makes notes about American tournament clashes
J
O
U
S
T
S
Pity it's also rotten
T
O
O
B
A
D
Tyrolean part?
R
O
L
E
Island where the chief needs a bit of cash
M
A
J
O
R
C
A
Speed restriction on an externally lit road
L
I
M
I
T
The man who came to dinner
I
N
N
E
R
A mere craze due to finish and pass away
F
A
D
E
Former ingredient in wool dyeing
O
L
D
Something to start young with
T
O
Y
Get into trouble with the police
C
O
P
I
T
Bird having a paddle?
W
A
D
E
R
Where to drink 'near-beer'?
L
O
C
A
L
Not gross but there's a bar on it in Barnet
N
E
T
Having been given encouragement he's spurned!
N
E
D
Incredible woman of the theatre
M
E
R
M
A
I
D
In favour of backing a poor finisher
F
O
R
News of some lads on trial
L
A
T
E
S
T
Be very close to an objection?
A
B
U
T
Proverbially hungry could he eat a horse?
H
U
N
T
E
R
A contest to be equal to
M
A
T
C
H
An outing with Juliet and Sally perhaps
J
A
U
N
T
Outstanding as expected
D
U
E
Abraham Lincoln initially was a murder victim
A
B
E
L

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 42 clues in the 5 January 2022 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is DAD which contains 3 Characters.
  • Piece of good advice from father is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is OCCASION which contains 8 Characters.
  • Cause for a time is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 5 January 2022 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword puzzle are G,K,Q,X,Z