Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 12 August 2024 Answers
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1 S
2 B
3 F
4 L
O
5 A
6 T
7 G
8 D
U
9 M
A
S
A
10 C
R
E
E
L
11 G
A
S
12 P
I
N
T
O
M
13 J
A
C
K
14 S
O
N
15 I
T
16 E
M
17 S
R
18 E
E
R
19 P
O
S
T
A
L
20 M
21 S
T
E
T
S
O
N
H
I
22 O
P
U
S
I
I
23 F
E
E
L
U
G
24 S
O
U
N
25 D
E
R
Y
26 S
27 T
A
28 M
E
N
29 T
E
A
30 F
31 E
R
R
O
R
32 P
E
N
S
33 I
O
N
I
34 D
I
V
E
R
35 T
A
X
36 M
E
D
E
A
R
37 R
E
N
E
W
R
38 L
L
A
M
A
D
D
Across
- 3. Drift aloft like an airship (5)
- 8. Author who created the term 'adsum'? (5)
- 10. Basket with a hole in it (5)
- 11. Good as can be for cooking (3)
- 12. Just the horse to nip around with? (5)
- 13. Suitable surname for a sailor boy (7)
- 15. It's about them forming partnerships (5)
- 18. Invariably five short (3)
- 19. By such means, send a letter (6)
- 21. The drunken sot possibly sent out for a hat (7)
- 22. Work in a shop usually (4)
- 23. Think to charge a pound (4)
- 24. Better - yet so inferior! (7)
- 26. To half starve the chaps is a bit of a bloomer (6)
- 29. Leaves in hot water? (3)
- 31. The wrong thing to be found in (5)
- 32. Payment of very little substance for writers (7)
- 34. He may have a special suit for work (5)
- 35. Volunteers a kiss as tribute (3)
- 36. She helped Jason to fleece her dad (5)
- 37. A refreshing thing to do (5)
- 38. Beast of burden all over its master? (5)
Down
- 1. To tease us up can be sweet! (5)
- 2. As egg containers they should share the load (7)
- 4. Had been lying to a chap - the padre! (4)
- 5. In a west London town, I make a case (6)
- 6. Runs only slowly, having a bad heart (5)
- 7. She's a treasure to the master (5)
- 9. Would a tartan lining suit it? (3)
- 12. Share option arranged outright (7)
- 14. Make sure your eyes are open (3)
- 16. Three could put you to sleep (5)
- 17. Cunningly, in a silly way! (5)
- 19. A show dog? (7)
- 20. Think about nothing but a rodent (5)
- 21. In this puzzle, the second lump! (5)
- 23. Sumptuously provided with food around the Orient (7)
- 24. A broken romance (6)
- 25. The little boy's room (3)
- 27. He keeps attempting to name a German city (5)
- 28. Beautiful girl, if undersized (5)
- 30. Deceived G-man interrupted by a beefy brute (5)
- 32. Betting system that may go to one's head (4)
- 33. Valiant fellow? (3)