Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 20 April 2023 Answers
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1 P
2 B
3 S
4 T
E
5 A
6 L
7 H
8 A
R
9 R
A
Y
U
10 N
A
H
U
M
11 O
I
L
12 C
R
A
I
G
M
13 E
X
P
L
14 A
I
N
15 M
E
16 T
A
17 L
Y
18 B
I
T
19 M
A
R
I
N
A
20 D
21 C
O
D
I
C
I
L
R
I
22 A
I
R
Y
Z
N
23 C
E
R
T
I
E
24 M
E
R
I
25 T
E
D
Y
26 S
27 T
A
28 M
E
N
29 M
E
N
30 P
31 Y
U
K
O
N
32 P
A
N
T
33 I
E
S
R
34 R
A
T
E
L
35 R
A
G
36 L
I
L
A
C
K
37 T
A
N
G
O
N
38 L
E
V
E
L
L
Y
Across
- 3. Quietly take tea in central Bisley (5)
- 8. Set out with a warm-hearted bright fellow (5)
- 10. Human possibility of being a prophet (5)
- 11. It helps the wheels go round (3)
- 12. White rock? (5)
- 13. Clarify what is no longer easily understood (7)
- 15. It makes me talk endlessly - usually a hard thing (5)
- 18. Not much of a part (3)
- 19. Alias Marian (6)
- 21. An extra fish, I see, for one pound (7)
- 22. Having good ventilation, like a first-class railway (4)
- 23. Concert piece that never fails (4)
- 24. Made me tired, but was worth it! (7)
- 26. A bit of a bloomer (6)
- 29. Many points are adult (3)
- 31. Canadian territory bigger than the UK (5)
- 32. Suitable rhyme for scanties (7)
- 34. Later form of the honey badger (5)
- 35. Outrageous bit of behaviour? (3)
- 36. Growing evidence that I'm within call, perhaps (5)
- 37. A tune with 'beat' and energy (5)
- 38. To be honest, it's flat (5)
Down
- 1. Be inquisitive about love and a kiss with a deputy (5)
- 2. An all-round collector of sports equipment (4,3)
- 4. Change one's act (4)
- 5. Form of life at large in Manila? (6)
- 6. Intoxicating Elgar composition (5)
- 7. Anybody can answer this clue! (5)
- 9. Peripheral damage? (3)
- 12. Person with the key, it is said, to some enigma (7)
- 14. Help to get a first-class figure (3)
- 16. It turns red when nearly exhausted (5)
- 17. The ordinary people of Italy (5)
- 19. The least you can get from little Malcolm (7)
- 20. She's a Welshman's to the very end! (5)
- 21. Sound of the wild corncrake deprived of food (5)
- 23. London's heart line (7)
- 24. Points a weapon out as a threat (6)
- 25. Group of listeners (3)
- 27. Place one in "4 Down" (5)
- 28. Many have spoken of such a victory (5)
- 30. She has the heart to urge people on (5)
- 32. Mountain dog, we're told? (4)
- 33. Valiant Scot, perhaps (3)