Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 14 November 2024 Answers
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1 W
2 H
I
3 S
4 T
5 S
6 P
7 E
A
8 R
Y
O
9 W
H
A
T
N
O
T
E
10 M
O
N
E
Y
O
11 S
C
O
F
F
T
D
12 F
O
R
T
H
O
13 R
E
14 V
E
R
E
D
M
15 E
R
16 R
17 I
R
O
N
T
18 P
A
N
A
M
A
F
I
19 D
I
V
A
N
T
G
20 T
21 A
C
K
E
D
I
22 S
U
23 R
E
24 S
U
E
S
25 S
N
A
P
P
E
D
G
26 T
I
G
H
T
A
I
27 T
U
T
O
R
A
28 F
R
A
N
K
S
29 W
E
N
C
H
E
S
E
30 S
T
O
N
E
K
31 W
E
N
D
Y
Across
- 1. A quiet game (5)
- 6. Fruitful explorer? (5)
- 9. Won that new piece of furniture (7)
- 10. Bread or dough (5)
- 11. Make fun of the fare (5)
- 12. Out to produce froth (5)
- 13. Highly regarded, though always in the red (7)
- 15. Give mistaken evidence of humanity (3)
- 17. A one-man club (4)
- 18. A long way to go for a hat (6)
- 19. It comfortably supports many a Russian (5)
- 20. Manoeuvred crookedly and got nailed (6)
- 22. Bound to get a share of the treasure (4)
- 24. She dropped right out of 22 Across (3)
- 25. Though broke, still produced pictures (7)
- 26. The right rhyme for sozzled (5)
- 27. Teacher first and last, holding out for revision (5)
- 28. Nominally honest (5)
- 29. Medieval lasses showing some panache in making news (7)
- 30. Piece of rock worth a number of pounds (5)
- 31. She has her own house (5)
Down
- 2. Is both nosy and noisy (6)
- 3. We occupy obscure dens in the country (6)
- 4. Your thorny exterior (3)
- 5. Was an upright representative (5)
- 6. Being a deliverer is not a job for a boy (7)
- 7. Draw some sketches (4)
- 8. Change a character of former dishonesty (6)
- 12. Smelly new diet at the welfare centre (5)
- 13. Possibly first evidence of disagreement (5)
- 14. Speak of love in sin (5)
- 15. Consume tea, perhaps, and a bit of supper (3,2)
- 16. Expressed great displeasure at what the storm did (5)
- 18. Coat available in various colours (5)
- 19. A wanted woman (7)
- 21. A month of majesty (6)
- 22. Thin spears can break (6)
- 23. Reigned soundly, albeit under restriction (6)
- 25. Expel out of a hotel to a humbler place (5)
- 26. Populous centre of Acton, now rebuilt (4)
- 28. Only a minority have noisy ways (3)