Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 18 September 2024 Answers
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1 A
2 A
3 G
4 V
A
5 L
U
6 E
S
7 M
A
C
A
R
O
N
I
E
Y
I
T
I
8 S
9 N
A
K
E
S
10 S
11 T
O
12 R
M
13 T
O
O
K
L
14 S
I
R
E
15 B
E
R
G
16 J
I
M
P
17 G
18 A
I
N
19 G
20 L
A
D
21 C
A
R
N
A
22 T
I
O
N
23 L
O
N
G
24 B
O
N
D
25 P
26 J
O
B
27 U
28 G
L
Y
29 G
30 N
A
31 T
C
32 M
E
R
E
33 H
E
A
T
H
34 P
A
R
A
D
E
O
N
I
L
I
35 E
X
A
M
I
N
E
R
36 L
E
A
D
E
N
E
Y
D
Across
- 4. Appraises depressed areas around Uruguay's capital (6)
- 7. Tubes of paste (8)
- 8. Low creatures on board for a game (6)
- 10. Being most upset about the ringleader, rage wildly (5)
- 13. Accepted as being to the good (4)
- 14. Royal stallion? (4)
- 15. A big thing in rubber gloves (4)
- 16. Lucky fellow? (3)
- 17. Get one in a trap (4)
- 19. Happy, light-hearted youth (4)
- 21. To automobile people, it means something like "pink" (9)
- 23. Yearn to be like John Silver (4)
- 24. James's contribution to carbon dating (4)
- 26. Jo Brand's occupation? (3)
- 27. Hardly looked upon with pleasure (4)
- 29. Might one bite out of indignation? (4)
- 32. Just me again (4)
- 33. Open country to warm the heart! (5)
- 34. Military assembly, as for a padre (6)
- 35. He seeks to find out what the students know (8)
- 36. Next to a cable, a couple of letters can seem heavy (6)
Down
- 1. A failure as a schoolteacher? (5)
- 2. He'll do (5)
- 3. Ghastly grimace, not having a single good card! (4)
- 4. It helps one to see how some provisions are distributed (5)
- 5. Water getting out of the lake (4)
- 6. The blinking thing can shut the light out! (6)
- 9. A drink for the head (6)
- 11. For advice, it's up to the party leader (3)
- 12. The dramatic character of wild anger (5)
- 13. Figure fit to be possibly justified (7)
- 15. Laden rubbish container? (3)
- 16. Girl of the month (3)
- 18. Discussed the toss? (6)
- 20. Place a complaint about the accommodation? (5)
- 21. Broncobuster's horse (3)
- 22. To the Yankee, it's not the real thing (3)
- 23. Where lace is woven on to a piece of cloth (6)
- 25. Diminutive person always ready (3)
- 28. Where the villagers practise putting? (5)
- 30. Billy's favourite nurse (5)
- 31. Proportion of bronze in a medal? (5)
- 32. She's in diametric opposition! (4)
- 33. A little house outside Margate (4)