Easy Crossword
The Evening Standard's Easy Crossword 9 January 2026 Answers
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1 B
2 A
3 E
4 E
5 G
6 H
7 S
8 O
9 S
U
P
P
O
S
E
D
10 G
N
U
11 A
C
T
I
V
E
T
S
O
I
A
T
R
O
E
12 S
T
R
E
E
T
13 T
E
M
P
T
E
D
14 L
O
R
E
E
E
I
E
E
B
I
L
15 G
R
A
16 S
S
R
O
O
T
S
17 R
E
I
N
D
E
E
R
B
C
I
N
S
T
A
18 B
E
D
R
O
C
K
19 D
20 A
W
N
21 T
I
22 P
O
F
F
A
A
23 E
L
I
E
L
24 N
E
W
C
25 A
S
T
L
E
U
P
O
N
T
Y
N
26 E
L
V
H
R
E
W
V
27 N
28 A
U
S
E
A
29 N
I
T
S
30 P
31 I
V
O
T
A
L
M
R
O
32 B
D
O
C
33 A
B
E
34 T
T
I
N
G
35 S
T
U
P
E
N
D
O
U
S
R
I
C
R
T
O
O
A
36 B
O
L
T
37 I
M
A
G
E
R
Y
38 L
E
39 V
I
T
Y
S
B
O
P
E
A
O
A
I
40 M
I
L
I
E
U
41 H
O
P
42 N
E
G
A
T
I
O
N
A
T
S
Y
T
Y
S
N
Across
- 9. Presumed to be true (8)
- 10. Sturdy African antelope (3)
- 11. Doing something (6)
- 12. Public road (6)
- 13. Enticed (7)
- 14. Collective traditional knowledge (4)
- 15. Non-elite party members (5,5)
- 17. Animal with large antlers (8)
- 18. Basic principles (7)
- 19. Daybreak (4)
- 21. Warning (3-3)
- 24. Port in NE England (9-4-4)
- 27. Feeling of disgust (6)
- 29. Louse's eggs (4)
- 30. Of crucial importance (7)
- 33. Assisting in crime (8)
- 35. Astounding (10)
- 36. Locking bar (4)
- 37. Descriptive language (7)
- 38. Fickleness (6)
- 40. Surroundings (6)
- 41. Jump on one foot (3)
- 42. Opposite of something (8)
Down
- 1. Edible seed (6,4)
- 2. Recess in church (4)
- 3. Difficult to understand (8)
- 4. Single copy of newspaper (7)
- 5. Street urchin (11)
- 6. Tough and realistic (4-6)
- 7. Showing little emotion (6)
- 8. Over the page (8)
- 10. Pastimes (5)
- 16. Writes carelessly (7)
- 20. Vigilantly attentive (5)
- 22. Structural board (7)
- 23. Branch of anthropology (11)
- 25. Extremely greedy (10)
- 26. Withdrawal to safety (10)
- 28. Food of the gods (8)
- 31. Set of beliefs (8)
- 32. Able to float (7)
- 34. Choice morsel (6)
- 35. Soak in liquid (5)
- 39. Large containers (4)