Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 15 September 2025 Answers
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1 S
2 S
3 C
4 B
U
5 S
I
6 L
Y
7 C
H
I
N
A
T
E
A
O
O
R
T
D
8 S
9 N
A
T
C
H
10 A
11 G
I
12 L
E
13 P
R
O
P
K
14 M
I
N
I
15 C
R
A
B
16 W
E
T
B
17 S
18 H
O
O
19 A
20 F
A
R
21 P
L
A
Y
F
22 U
L
L
Y
23 A
L
E
C
24 I
S
L
A
25 J
26 F
R
Y
27 K
28 A
L
E
29 S
30 C
A
31 N
R
32 H
E
R
E
33 S
H
A
M
E
34 F
I
G
U
R
E
T
B
W
V
G
35 N
I
N
E
T
I
E
S
36 P
E
L
O
T
A
P
N
Y
Across
- 4. How to coach half the family? (6)
- 7. A drink with a mate? (5,3)
- 8. Wildly chants part of the refrain (6)
- 10. Nimble as a soldier taking the drink round (5)
- 13. One of the underpinnings of the stage? (4)
- 14. Sort of skirt for the car? (4)
- 15. Would you credit a sailor catching one in a boat? (4)
- 16. Under a cloud, perhaps, we finish last (3)
- 17. Frighten the ducks on the quiet? (4)
- 19. Where seafarers have to travel? (4)
- 21. Sportively go the whole ninety minutes? (9)
- 23. He's back from Iceland (4)
- 24. She remains a bit of a lady (4)
- 26. Cook a lot of little fish (3)
- 27. Something to eat at the seaside, perhaps (4)
- 29. Read a letter when you're able (4)
- 32. The present is contained in a metal box (4)
- 33. She's out for the morning - what a pity! (5)
- 34. Reckon random gunfire lacks point or direction (6)
- 35. In sport, a number of games can be nervous! (8)
- 36. To leap around in a game (6)
Down
- 1. Give the sheep a bit of a scare as you run away (5)
- 2. Participate sedentarily (3,2)
- 3. Old Jack, seen as a rogue at Mile End (4)
- 4. Port, as provided in a new bar (5)
- 5. Hiss at a pensioner on the box (4)
- 6. There's room for it where things are all boxed up (6)
- 9. Extra swell for everybody? (2,4)
- 11. Little Rock (3)
- 12. The kind of stockings I sell? (5)
- 13. For the record, a side view (7)
- 15. Copy a letter out, being backward (3)
- 16. Kings take this route in London (3)
- 18. One who gets a kick out of computers? (6)
- 20. There's a hush when Alf turns up with the news (5)
- 21. Sort of wood from Plymouth? (3)
- 22. Speak American at the Norwegian centre? (3)
- 23. Over the turbulent river, note, you'll get somewhere (6)
- 25. Sticky situation (3)
- 28. Where to fight, with heavy heart, to earn some change? (5)
- 30. Like a shed, is able to accommodate some bikes (5)
- 31. Topical recent letters (5)
- 32. Victor's first name? (4)
- 33. A measure of good taste, perhaps (4)