Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 20 April 2022 Answers
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1 D
I
S
2 M
A
3 Y
4 S
5 S
6 D
O
A
7 E
A
S
T
S
I
D
E
U
8 R
I
9 G
A
A
L
L
10 S
A
I
L
O
R
11 A
N
12 G
O
13 R
A
E
14 T
E
A
15 S
16 D
I
S
H
Y
17 S
18 A
A
R
19 S
H
20 R
U
G
I
C
21 S
T
R
I
P
N
T
22 P
A
Y
U
P
23 G
24 O
O
25 F
26 S
O
27 N
I
C
B
28 N
O
R
U
29 P
R
A
N
K
S
30 B
I
G
G
E
R
O
S
I
31 A
L
G
Y
R
32 T
R
A
I
N
S
E
T
L
O
S
L
G
33 S
E
E
S
A
W
Across
- 1. A girl's time of sorrow (6)
- 7. Where American citizens may have set ideas (4,4)
- 8. City of brigands? (4)
- 10. Jack gets Rosalie no end upset! (6)
- 11. Animal possibly giving a groan (6)
- 14. Time to be sort of cosy? (3)
- 16. Very nice police inspector, retiring (5)
- 17. Water casing of a samovar (4)
- 19. Seem indifferent to being hot, wrapped up in rugs (5)
- 21. To be both saint and reprobate can seem comic! (5)
- 22. To settle, one needs income increased (3,2)
- 23. One foolish enough to go away without finishing? (4)
- 26. Sound young fellow, I see (5)
- 28. It's of negative significance when number four's finished (3)
- 29. On the quiet, soldiers' rows can be thought funny! (6)
- 30. Having a more momentous relationship? (6)
- 31. Mental gymnastics are too much for him (4)
- 32. Transport group of juvenile interest (5,3)
- 33. You'll notice, now and then, that it teeters (6)
Down
- 1. Puts out for party purposes (6)
- 2. A Norman poster? (6)
- 3. To finish a voluntary on the organ, takes time (4)
- 4. But such comedians can flop (5-2)
- 5. Yes, the Spanish make storage places (5)
- 6. Hold up a new deal with a Yankee (5)
- 8. She contributes to one's irritation (4)
- 9. Indian tailless goat (3)
- 12. Possibly a return engagement (3)
- 13. Animal disheartened, perhaps, when its horn is broken? (5)
- 15. That straggly bush right in the middle? (5)
- 18. He'll do, in part (5)
- 19. Tasty? No thanks! (3)
- 20. Not all trippers travel fast (3)
- 21. Coarse material bringing dismissal? (7)
- 22. Does it make a little hole in the green? (3)
- 23. Stare at a legendary giant with a broken leg (6)
- 24. Too much of a good thing? (4)
- 25. A line in the field of agriculture (6)
- 26. Catches sight of marks (5)
- 27. Do nosy types have such accents? (5)
- 28. Torn piece of linen that can mean a clean sheet (3)
- 30. Clubs brandished at air pilots? (4)