Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 11 March 2025 Answers
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1 G
2 S
3 I
4 M
I
5 S
E
6 R
E
7 L
A
C
E
R
A
T
E
T
E
A
A
M
8 T
9 R
A
I
T
S
10 S
11 A
L
12 S
A
13 G
R
E
Y
O
14 S
L
E
W
15 F
E
E
S
16 F
R
Y
L
17 O
18 P
E
N
19 U
20 N
I
T
21 W
O
O
D
E
22 N
L
E
G
23 S
E
N
T
24 R
I
T
A
25 C
26 T
H
E
27 T
28 R
A
P
29 T
30 R
A
31 Y
O
32 R
E
E
L
33 S
H
I
N
E
34 F
U
T
U
R
E
O
G
A
L
S
35 D
R
A
U
G
H
T
S
36 I
D
L
E
R
S
L
T
T
Across
- 4. In a game, this call is in, just (6)
- 7. Fabric to tear asunder or scratch (8)
- 8. Characteristics of the eccentric artist (6)
- 10. Music makes Sarah endlessly sad (5)
- 13. Colour of eminence (4)
- 14. Dispatched in Isleworth (4)
- 15. Prices oft wrongly removed from toffees (4)
- 16. Cook for the junior school! (3)
- 17. Round enclosure, fully accessible (4)
- 19. Military group misguided in mutiny (4)
- 21. One-time supporter in the case of there being a member short (6,3)
- 23. Posted on the way to the theatre (4)
- 24. She's in Britain (4)
- 26. An article, that's definite (3)
- 27. Catch with a right and knock out (4)
- 29. Salver of arty design (4)
- 32. The fisherman's dance? (4)
- 33. He's in form to do well (5)
- 34. Something to look forward to (6)
- 35. In this game, a man can become king (8)
- 36. Being badly led, sir, they do nothing (6)
Down
- 1. A drink with a Gateshead girl (5)
- 2. Climb noteworthily? (5)
- 3. Forename of the Fair Mind of Perth (4)
- 4. Only about half of it is over a yard (5)
- 5. Keep in a sty (4)
- 6. The answer may be found in the lab (6)
- 9. The effect is an unusual lustre (6)
- 11. Everything in the show is superficial (3)
- 12. Pass out with utmost enthusiasm (5)
- 13. Is his military career all over? (7)
- 15. Supplied with a spoon, perhaps (3)
- 16. Its leaf serves a modest purpose (3)
- 18. Harry him, boy! (6)
- 20. Welsh anthem in endless arrangement (5)
- 21. When we go to earth, it means little (3)
- 22. Go for a quick one? (3)
- 23. Ought to be a good rhyme (6)
- 25. The African-American shows twice the ability! (3)
- 28. Plants a central agent amid the revolutionaries (5)
- 30. The correct girth, maybe (5)
- 31. As yet, works in winemaking (5)
- 32. A trick with never-ending application (4)
- 33. With little money left, you need spirit (4)