Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 August 2023 Answers
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1 A
2 B
3 H
4 A
R
5 P
6 S
7 A
8 A
N
9 N
O
Y
W
10 L
E
N
T
O
11 G
A
L
12 W
O
M
A
N
L
13 C
R
Y
S
14 T
A
L
15 N
O
16 M
A
17 N
Y
18 T
A
X
19 C
E
R
I
S
E
20 S
21 R
E
D
W
O
O
D
L
I
22 L
E
E
R
O
U
23 P
A
N
G
O
A
24 K
R
Y
P
25 T
O
N
H
26 S
27 H
R
28 I
E
K
29 L
E
N
30 V
31 H
A
S
T
Y
32 S
E
E
T
33 H
E
D
I
34 E
M
I
T
S
35 O
A
R
36 D
R
A
M
A
I
37 D
O
D
G
E
Y
38 S
N
A
R
K
N
E
Across
- 3. Keeps on persistently (and pluckily?) (5)
- 8. In any case, a refusal will offend (5)
- 10. When loaned a disc, play it slowly (5)
- 11. Girl with a western accent? (3)
- 12. One of no importance to a Wilde play? (5)
- 13. Ball girl? (7)
- 15. His land was between warring factors (3,2)
- 18. Thanks for the kiss, but it'll still cost you! (3)
- 19. A nice fruity red (6)
- 21. A Californian giant (7)
- 22. Look a heartless letter (4)
- 23. As something suffered, a bit of pain's no good (4)
- 24. A light gas, though ultimately very heavy (7)
- 26. Cry of the shrike, when disturbed (6)
- 29. A Russian revolutionary took him in (3)
- 31. Quick to put hay out of the way (5)
- 32. The seed possibly boiled (7)
- 34. Issues in troubled times (5)
- 35. In the sculls, is single-handed (3)
- 36. Play a doctor and a master (5)
- 37. Avoid shiftily? (5)
- 38. A hunted animal, one imagines (5)
Down
- 1. Being upset, rang the eye centre (5)
- 2. Supporter of the head (7)
- 4. Initially unavailable for service (4)
- 5. Flattened with a tool (6)
- 6. Having a siesta, he may snore (5)
- 7. It's bound to be of geographical interest (5)
- 9. In less than a year, it can be discouraging (3)
- 12. A model sort of museum (7)
- 14. Little thanks to a dunderhead! (3)
- 16. Where, in Italy, one gets very short measure! (5)
- 17. What the horse said when refusing a jump? (5)
- 19. Links up in close array (7)
- 20. Strike causing terrible loss to a hotel? (5)
- 21. Brings up what is right for the listeners (5)
- 23. Game of bridge? (7)
- 24. His vital duty may seem a piece of cake to many! (3,3)
- 25. Driving place (3)
- 27. Bewhiskered but possibly exciting! (5)
- 28. It's holding me up, as one may read (5)
- 30. Possibly grassy margin a river generally has (5)
- 32. What an agitator can do in prison (4)
- 33. Caught in possession? (3)