Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 17 September 2025 Answers
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1 S
2 P
R
3 I
4 G
5 S
6 S
7 E
C
8 T
S
A
9 D
I
C
T
I
O
N
A
10 A
S
H
E
N
O
11 M
I
A
M
I
T
A
12 C
U
R
E
D
T
13 S
E
14 L
L
O
U
T
D
15 M
A
16 T
17 P
L
U
S
T
18 S
A
L
A
M
I
R
R
19 S
I
L
L
Y
D
T
20 A
21 C
C
E
P
T
A
22 S
A
23 G
A
24 Y
A
H
A
25 M
I
L
K
M
A
N
N
26 T
R
O
O
N
I
M
27 S
T
O
A
T
U
28 C
L
U
B
S
E
29 P
A
I
N
F
U
L
L
30 G
R
E
E
N
T
31 R
Y
D
E
R
Across
- 1. Minor branch organised by prigs (5)
- 6. Little creatures are found in such groups (5)
- 9. Language learnable from a lexicon? (7)
- 10. Shane, looking pale? (5)
- 11. Where a Bohemian girl receives a letter? (5)
- 12. Having benefited from crude treatment? (5)
- 13. Betray Les wickedly to a boor (4,3)
- 15. A welcome piece of material? (3)
- 17. Furthermore, a cross word? (4)
- 18. Sausages shared by a girl with a friend (6)
- 19. Like a fielder's foolish point? (5)
- 20. Be agreeable, we take it (6)
- 22. Something long told (4)
- 24. Haymaking cry? (3)
- 25. It's unlike him to be late at work (7)
- 26. Where nothing may be torn out (5)
- 27. The beast upsets tots around the day centre (5)
- 28. Left youngsters out of societies (5)
- 29. Like that half broken finger Paul has! (7)
- 30. Like a gardener's fingers (5)
- 31. Cup from Derry? (5)
Down
- 2. Petals possess such shades (6)
- 3. Of reformed ladies? (6)
- 4. The snare of strong drink? (3)
- 5. Refreshment is but a street away (5)
- 6. Speak about a new mode eventually (4,3)
- 7. She rebuilt part of Seven Dials (4)
- 8. One is beaten resoundingly (and repeatedly?) (3-3)
- 12. Be successful in shortening the thing? (3,2)
- 13. Moisten a few flowers? (5)
- 14. What a rotten churl may leave you in? (5)
- 15. She turns up with a title (5)
- 16. The great man; look it up with Nat, perhaps (5)
- 18. Dead snail? (5)
- 19. Ancient skill in bridge-building (7)
- 21. In American terminology, an easy pace (6)
- 22. It has been consumed in the nick of time (6)
- 23. Place one's shirt at risk? (6)
- 25. What a climber may do for a bit of fun during a test (5)
- 26. A pet source of music? (4)
- 28. The miserable dog is insecure (3)