Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 18 June 2026 Answers
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1 R
2 G
3 T
4 O
R
5 C
6 H
7 P
8 V
I
9 T
U
S
K
10 H
O
L
L
Y
11 G
E
N
12 F
A
C
E
T
A
13 S
H
A
P
14 E
L
Y
15 S
L
16 A
T
17 E
T
18 L
A
Y
19 S
T
Y
L
E
D
20 H
21 F
A
R
A
D
A
Y
I
G
22 I
D
L
Y
W
L
23 M
A
M
A
P
U
24 B
A
N
A
25 N
A
S
R
26 P
27 O
T
28 B
O
Y
29 D
I
G
30 I
31 O
P
E
R
A
32 M
I
L
E
33 E
N
D
T
34 A
S
H
E
N
35 N
A
N
36 R
E
A
C
T
S
37 U
T
T
E
R
D
38 E
S
S
A
Y
A
R
Across
- 3. Kind of song or light orchestral piece (5)
- 8. Saint of the dance (5)
- 10. Buddy, very good about money (5)
- 11. Information usually of service (3)
- 12. Only a small area, and that's flat! (5)
- 13. Maybe pale, shy, and easy on the eye (7)
- 15. On which to write strange tales? (5)
- 18. Rest of the song! (3)
- 19. Treated hairily, in a fashion? (6)
- 21. You can get a picture of him for £20 (7)
- 22. Knock off rapidly - lazily, in fact (4)
- 23. Mum stutters a little (4)
- 24. Fruit or nuts (7)
- 26. Young man in local service (6)
- 29. 'Grub up,' you understand (3)
- 31. Entertainment offering some hope for an artist (5)
- 32. Aptly enough, it's in East London! (4,3)
- 34. Pale as a bird (5)
- 35. Grandma's bread (3)
- 36. Answer concerning a deed (5)
- 37. Finish fast in true style, say (5)
- 38. Composition of paper? (5)
Down
- 1. Totally in agreement! (5)
- 2. Shooting a guy out with a devious plan (7)
- 4. To love a woman is good (4)
- 5. As opposed to dry, in a sense? (6)
- 6. How to deny accusations of cold feet (5)
- 7. The sort of glass for tableware? (5)
- 9. Leaves in the bottom of the cup, perhaps (3)
- 12. Leave by air, fluttering (7)
- 14. Organ used by sea rangers (3)
- 16. Name adopted by one 'Lisa,' maybe (5)
- 17. He raged madly (5)
- 19. Sultan's alas misguided racket (7)
- 20. That beastly joint over the river (5)
- 21. Loud instrument in the woodwind department (5)
- 23. Battle colour (7)
- 24. Shows pride, as some of us do in boats (6)
- 25. A clean sheet? (3)
- 27. Chose to upset the top man (5)
- 28. A couple of big-headed people (5)
- 30. Does this man need a heartier meal? (5)
- 32. Maybe the same table (4)
- 33. What, for the greater part, we need to do (3)