Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 20 August 2025 Answers
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1 P
2 L
A
3 N
4 E
5 P
6 S
7 K
E
8 I
N
A
9 E
X
P
L
A
I
N
N
10 O
N
I
C
E
A
11 G
O
U
R
D
D
T
12 R
I
G
H
T
O
13 D
E
14 L
A
Y
E
D
T
15 M
A
16 C
17 O
D
E
R
E
18 N
E
V
A
D
A
D
M
19 B
L
O
O
D
G
D
20 G
21 L
O
V
E
S
T
22 N
O
23 S
E
24 E
O
N
R
25 D
E
L
I
G
H
T
W
26 L
A
I
R
D
P
R
27 D
I
V
O
T
U
28 A
P
R
I
L
S
29 V
E
H
I
C
L
E
K
30 S
H
O
E
S
D
31 P
R
I
E
D
Across
- 1. Fast transport for a quiet country road (5)
- 6. Geese to look up to? (5)
- 9. Tell how the axle pin broke (7)
- 10. Kept cool (2,3)
- 11. A vegetable vessel (5)
- 12. The correct direction (5)
- 13. Put off by the song during an act (7)
- 15. A worn machine part (3)
- 17. Rode around the river (4)
- 18. And Eva managed to sort out where Reno was (6)
- 19. Dashing young man known as a Red? (5)
- 20. Grand amours understood to be fitting (6)
- 22. Organ one's broken (4)
- 24. One has the makings of a great time (3)
- 25. To glide freely at height can be a joy! (7)
- 26. Lordly lad capturing the heart of a girl (5)
- 27. It's strikingly misplaced in a down to earth way (5)
- 28. Time for a shower (5)
- 29. A great day to go to Chile, possibly in a carrier (7)
- 30. Two? Goody! (5)
- 31. Showed interest when priced a hundred less (5)
Down
- 2. Sort of proprietor who got the job? (6)
- 3. It tastes heavenly with ambrosia (6)
- 4. No longer noted as a river? (3)
- 5. Material authority I had (5)
- 6. Observed to be soundly located (7)
- 7. One tied at speed? (4)
- 8. The incursion Dorian made (6)
- 12. Anglers' films? (5)
- 13. A trick to avoid (5)
- 14. No elm can yield fruit! (5)
- 15. His associate makes him motherless! (5)
- 16. Is he young to be in uniform? (5)
- 18. Number with a name that's well known (5)
- 19. Are best corrected by scolds (7)
- 21. Look with desire, being fairly poor (6)
- 22. Pin-up by a youngster (6)
- 23. Bird giving a shriek? (6)
- 25. Though priestly, he did hide some of the rules (5)
- 26. Nothing but the deepest affection (4)
- 28. A record height? (3)