Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 1 December 2021 Answers
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1 H
O
T
2 B
E
3 D
4 S
5 M
6 F
A
L
7 E
A
S
T
S
I
D
E
N
8 S
A
9 F
E
A
M
T
10 G
R
A
Z
E
D
11 I
N
12 S
I
13 D
E
U
14 G
E
E
15 R
16 D
I
C
E
D
17 P
18 O
O
R
19 C
A
20 B
I
N
G
D
21 W
O
V
E
N
A
I
22 T
I
R
E
D
23 M
24 A
S
25 H
26 L
U
27 C
I
D
L
28 C
O
L
A
29 I
M
O
G
E
N
30 B
A
D
G
E
R
T
U
B
31 A
R
E
A
D
32 H
A
N
D
O
V
E
R
N
L
E
T
Y
33 D
E
A
R
L
Y
Across
- 1. A cause of growing heatedness (6)
- 7. New York's Oriental team? (4,4)
- 8. Possibly cracked container (4)
- 10. Slightly damaged the pasture? (6)
- 11. Heart of the Indies, possibly (6)
- 14. What to exclaim when some jeers are heard? (3)
- 16. The sort of meat one took a chance with? (5)
- 17. Being indigent is not good (4)
- 19. Don't take a taxi out to Uncle Tom's! (5)
- 21. Fabricated now, strangely enough, about a day of victory (5)
- 22. Being fed up, tried a change (5)
- 23. You may eat it during the Christmas holiday (4)
- 26. For detectives to be after a bit of lunch is very understandable (5)
- 28. Senior officer in company with a learner (3)
- 29. After half time, she's gone wrong (6)
- 30. Beast causing a nasty turn for Reg! (6)
- 31. In this region, there's a reason to be childless (4)
- 32. Give a worker too much (4,4)
- 33. How one loves to get a letter sooner than expected! (6)
Down
- 1. Finish phoning with some difficulty (4,2)
- 2. You can wear it right next to the fire (6)
- 3. Denoted "not out", in fact (4)
- 4. A substitute also found in tins, possibly (5-2)
- 5. Copy Roman numerals (5)
- 6. Honoured with a meal, going round the West End (5)
- 8. Was finished, in the past, as a pudding ingredient (4)
- 9. Medical charge for cut feet? (3)
- 12. Wicked piece of gross incompetence (3)
- 13. Artist, for instance, in sad disarray (5)
- 15. Maurice and Eva turned in opposite directions (5)
- 18. Quietly leaves the podium in great unpopularity (5)
- 19. A common exclamation when some crockery's broken! (3)
- 20. Three notes, usually nice and soft (3)
- 21. Shrewd fellow (but wasn't Billy Bunter one?) (4,3)
- 22. Tight game? (3)
- 23. City of the modern miss? (6)
- 24. Unusually singular plant in Trafalgar Square (4)
- 25. Softly denied? Not really! (6)
- 26. Many an article is supple (5)
- 27. A titled person will matter, of course (5)
- 28. One driven with some lack of care? (3)
- 30. Shakespeare, it seems, was wrong about Romeo! (4)