Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 13 April 2026 Answers
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1 P
2 M
3 M
4 B
R
5 A
N
6 D
Y
7 A
T
A
L
A
N
T
A
W
O
R
R
I
8 S
9 C
A
N
T
Y
10 T
11 R
I
12 A
D
13 T
R
E
Y
T
14 S
O
A
P
15 D
E
A
N
16 D
E
N
D
17 A
18 R
E
A
19 S
20 P
U
D
21 C
R
O
S
S
22 W
O
R
D
23 R
U
T
S
24 H
E
R
O
25 C
26 P
U
P
27 T
28 R
O
Y
29 S
30 T
O
31 P
P
32 H
E
A
P
33 P
E
A
R
L
34 R
E
T
O
R
T
I
R
A
R
U
35 T
R
I
C
K
E
R
Y
36 S
T
O
R
E
Y
K
S
S
Across
- 4. The spirit with which a snap may be taken (6)
- 7. Loser of a classic race (8)
- 8. Read a bit of typing, but not much (6)
- 10. In jazz, briefly, I form a trio (5)
- 13. The three shot out of the way (4)
- 14. Direction taken by an elderly character in EastEnders? (4)
- 15. Chaldean churchman? (4)
- 16. Little boy's room (3)
- 17. That of a square, always? (4)
- 19. Starchy ingredient of Xmas pudding (4)
- 21. Peevish remark I made (9)
- 23. Surface damage caused by bad rust? (4)
- 24. Leander got her love (4)
- 26. You shouldn't be sold one, pet (3)
- 27. Play about a redhead in Helen's place (4)
- 29. Remain second best (4)
- 32. Pile on to the jalopy? (4)
- 33. She has a certain lustre (5)
- 34. Answer about an offence (6)
- 35. By which to win at whist? (8)
- 36. Report heard at a certain level (6)
Down
- 1. Bits of broken strap (5)
- 2. She has many a song in West Side Story (5)
- 3. A girl's crazy about one (4)
- 4. A bar's wrecked in port (5)
- 5. Visiting a club? (4)
- 6. Girl and boy forming a sort of line (6)
- 9. Examiner of dissipated crones? (6)
- 11. Stick an article out of the way (3)
- 12. An actor's "aside"? (5)
- 13. Where they serve refreshments on the flight? (7)
- 15. Desire without passion, nominally (3)
- 16. One also raised not to work? (3)
- 18. In which one's enrolled as a matter of duty (6)
- 20. There's nothing poetic about tangled ropes (5)
- 21. A drink to help recuperate (3)
- 22. River bridged in Surrey (3)
- 23. Name a Rugby Union forward (6)
- 25. Informal exclamation in a business letter (3)
- 28. Resentful as the chap who's out of the race? (5)
- 30. Variety of aster eaten by animals (5)
- 31. Performs songs at the piano (5)
- 32. Time for a glass? (4)
- 33. Choice of an epic kind (4)