Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 18 March 2024 Answers
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1 M
A
S
2 C
O
3 T
4 C
5 T
6 B
O
R
7 H
A
B
I
T
U
A
L
P
8 H
A
9 L
O
V
B
O
10 P
R
A
Y
E
R
11 D
I
12 G
E
13 S
T
E
14 H
O
T
15 P
16 L
U
R
E
S
17 D
18 E
A
N
19 D
E
20 A
L
S
A
N
21 J
E
T
T
Y
T
R
22 H
A
S
T
E
23 L
24 E
S
25 T
26 R
O
27 S
E
S
Y
28 W
O
W
I
29 A
L
A
R
M
S
30 D
I
V
E
R
T
N
L
I
31 O
N
E
R
I
32 C
L
O
W
N
I
N
G
R
A
H
N
E
33 E
N
S
I
G
N
Across
- 1. The charm of a masterly Caledonian (6)
- 7. It's usual to find a bit in a mixed haul (8)
- 8. All-round evidence of saintliness (4)
- 10. Supplication of one on his knees (6)
- 11. Something to read and take in (6)
- 14. Good and angry! (3)
- 16. Break the rules relating to baits (5)
- 17. Seen from a wide angle, he's a good man (4)
- 19. They'd be crooked ones in Slade prison (5)
- 21. Blackish seaside structure? (5)
- 22. Cause of flying starts in the heats? (5)
- 23. Just in case you need cholesterol reduction (4)
- 26. Standard bloomers? (5)
- 28. Audio fault that comes back again (3)
- 29. Marines are taken in, alas, by possibly false ones (6)
- 30. Amuse the titular head with a Verdi composition (6)
- 31. Something of singular impact (4)
- 32. A number confessing to playing the fool (8)
- 33. Flag officer (6)
Down
- 1. In demolishing the dome, very quietly cleaned up (6)
- 2. See artificial silk as something colourful (6)
- 3. Among gods, he was in authority (4)
- 4. Diplomatically bringing a political end to folly? (7)
- 5. Murphy, maybe? (5)
- 6. They stain the character of initially bad lots (5)
- 8. It's a funny sort of fence (2-2)
- 9. Admitted being a bit of a blether (3)
- 12. Grand American name (3)
- 13. Stately homes can be an asset (5)
- 15. Can such larceny befit an officer? (5)
- 18. Enter the lists! (5)
- 19. Mr Lynam makes many points (3)
- 20. Blend of tea that corroded? (3)
- 21. She has half a mind to appear in jeans, perhaps (7)
- 22. The female is heartening for fishermen (3)
- 23. They simply adore left-overs! (6)
- 24. Were in jug (4)
- 25. Painter in red? (6)
- 26. Where cowboys can be disorderly in extremes of rashness? (5)
- 27. Where Sarah gets ahead in hairdressing? (5)
- 28. Gain a bit of a following (3)
- 30. The old magistrate could follow a point (4)