Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 11 November 2025 Answers
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1 A
2 L
3 T
4 W
I
5 S
6 T
7 S
8 M
I
9 T
E
S
O
10 P
I
L
O
T
11 D
I
G
12 F
R
A
I
L
N
13 V
E
N
I
14 S
O
N
15 D
E
16 N
I
17 S
S
18 B
O
X
19 S
E
R
I
A
L
20 C
21 C
L
U
T
T
E
R
P
I
22 R
A
R
E
R
T
23 S
P
I
N
A
A
24 S
O
U
T
25 H
E
Y
G
26 S
27 L
I
28 G
H
T
29 L
I
L
30 I
31 S
U
G
A
R
32 D
E
M
E
33 A
N
S
C
34 L
I
V
E
R
35 C
I
D
36 S
K
U
L
K
R
37 S
T
R
E
W
Y
38 S
E
R
V
E
S
X
Across
- 3. Cheat twits cleverly (5)
- 8. Funny items, albeit little ones (5)
- 10. Airman in an awfully good bunch (5)
- 11. Enjoy archaeological work (3)
- 12. Weak enough to fail outright (5)
- 13. Something edible no vines can produce (7)
- 15. He is at the back of the room (5)
- 18. Container of the best seats (3)
- 19. Sort of killer in a thriller? (6)
- 21. Many say it's untidy (7)
- 22. Unusually little done (4)
- 23. A dizzy ride? (4)
- 24. Thus they went out of turn with a poet (7)
- 26. Not a serious affront? (6)
- 29. Girl in a million, albeit eccentric (3)
- 31. Sweet, warm hearted, silly Gus (5)
- 32. Humbles me, being surrounded by clerics (7)
- 34. Survivor of butchering? (5)
- 35. One in the record, as at the Yard (3)
- 36. Slink and sulk around for the weekend (5)
- 37. As you broadcast, there's some just reward (5)
- 38. Pass as clever verse (5)
Down
- 1. Helpful soldiers transform Sadie! (5)
- 2. The French bilge is possibly quite readable (7)
- 4. Gold in different ways spent (4)
- 5. This man is a steel erector (6)
- 6. He does cover-up work in futile rage (5)
- 7. She can't quite manage to make a noise (5)
- 9. An element of continued centralisation (3)
- 12. In communications code, the `iF^i word (7)
- 14. So superior, yet of little cash value (3)
- 16. What it is when there's a bite in the air (5)
- 17. Armed support? Chuck it! (5)
- 19. Colonist keeping out of debt (7)
- 20. Credit a mug with being stupid (5)
- 21. Stony he may be, but can still manage a cigar (5)
- 23. Chooses to go to Spithead? (7)
- 24. Bird giving a shriek? (6)
- 25. British imperialism absorbs the fellow (3)
- 27. Fortunate girl about to finish work (5)
- 28. Oak apples, for instance, contain the lot (5)
- 30. The pointing finger (5)
- 32. Fuel used in older vehicles (4)
- 33. The tune you need if you want to inspire (3)