Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 19 April 2022 Answers
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1 H
2 A
R
3 S
4 H
5 S
6 S
7 T
A
8 R
E
R
9 C
E
N
T
A
U
R
O
10 B
A
C
O
N
E
11 M
U
N
C
H
B
T
12 P
R
I
M
E
K
13 D
I
14 S
C
E
R
N
E
15 S
E
16 T
17 O
A
T
H
I
18 A
R
C
A
D
E
U
I
19 S
C
O
T
S
L
N
20 G
21 O
L
D
I
E
L
22 S
A
23 G
O
24 H
I
T
L
25 P
A
L
A
D
I
N
L
26 O
V
E
R
S
L
N
27 S
M
I
T
E
O
28 P
U
T
O
N
A
29 T
R
U
M
P
E
T
L
30 A
N
N
O
Y
S
31 T
E
X
A
S
Across
- 1. Spartan hothead, unreasonably rash (5)
- 6. Look in tears, perhaps? (5)
- 9. Legendary horseman! (7)
- 10. As brought home by Francis? (5)
- 11. Eat like a champ? (5)
- 12. First empire almost to be destroyed (5)
- 13. See cinders sifted (7)
- 15. Ready to go out of the house, temporarily (3)
- 17. A hot concoction to swear by? (4)
- 18. Wherein to shop for games? (6)
- 19. Canny managers of costs (5)
- 20. Ms Hawn's grand early movie? (6)
- 22. To cook it, do you need a gas ring? (4)
- 24. Badly affected by success! (3)
- 25. Chivalrous champion of a person in pain (7)
- 26. On top of being small, they may be limited (5)
- 27. Strike in troubled times (5)
- 28. Assume to be a hoax? (3,2)
- 29. It's true about a politician taking time to proclaim loudly (7)
- 30. Vex a girl and some boys (5)
- 31. Where statesmen get cross when meals are interrupted (5)
Down
- 2. Land of fabulously entertaining nights (6)
- 3. Does such mist have an alcoholic content? (6)
- 4. She sits in the nest (3)
- 5. During Easter, normally, it's tough (5)
- 6. When users get upset about short measure, they can be hot! (7)
- 7. A letter to regret, being the unvarnished facts (4)
- 8. Was visibly unsteady when stoned! (6)
- 12. What it costs to get Richard started in the school's gym (5)
- 13. Bread? Yes and no (5)
- 14. Bird with a wooden leg? (5)
- 15. Sorry about a student getting no hot food (5)
- 16. Maybe you saw it making a joint entry (5)
- 18. Traditionally, a heavenly supporter (5)
- 19. Such locks are non-ferrous (7)
- 21. Expert drilling may get him strikingly rich (6)
- 22. Greet a person getting something to eat round the corner (6)
- 23. David, presumably, could play in goal (6)
- 25. Short concerts (5)
- 26. German, perhaps, but this man's Turkish! (4)
- 28. Favourite ingredient of pipe tobacco (3)