Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 August 2025 Answers
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1 P
I
P
2 I
N
3 G
4 B
5 S
6 S
A
D
7 A
M
E
R
I
C
A
N
R
8 R
E
9 S
T
A
O
O
10 O
P
I
A
T
E
11 B
I
12 S
T
13 R
O
L
14 F
L
Y
15 M
16 S
E
T
U
P
17 E
18 Y
E
S
19 C
O
20 M
E
T
D
A
21 N
O
T
E
D
G
C
22 H
E
R
O
N
23 P
24 L
E
25 A
26 T
H
27 R
E
W
R
28 V
I
A
R
29 A
T
O
N
C
E
30 F
I
R
M
E
R
S
W
O
31 L
E
A
P
I
32 T
H
E
H
A
G
U
E
T
V
E
R
T
33 A
V
E
N
U
E
Across
- 1. Hot music? (6)
- 7. A man hiding his forename (maybe Hiram or Elmer?) (8)
- 8. One's holiday in the balance? (4)
- 10. In a mad poet, one sees a first-class back - the dope! (6)
- 11. A refreshingly Continental little place (6)
- 14. Clever style of fishing? (3)
- 16. Maybe step out for a quarter hour, by arrangement (5)
- 17. Regards as a key agreement (4)
- 19. To come to the right conclusion can be heavenly! (5)
- 21. Recognised to end in chaos (5)
- 22. As a flier, he takes part in aeronautics (5)
- 23. An excuse to leap wildly? (4)
- 26. Projected through simulation? (5)
- 28. By way of the Roman road (3)
- 29. When to redevelop Acton East? (2,4)
- 30. In random fire, the marines are not so soft (6)
- 31. Skip a year? (4)
- 32. Geographical location of huge heat dispersal (3,5)
- 33. The way to a meeting-place (6)
Down
- 1. The word for freedom (6)
- 2. Ladies may have high ones (6)
- 3. An entrance one can get out of (4)
- 4. The way bread is cooked (7)
- 5. Peter the painter? (5)
- 6. Look around for a spoon? (5)
- 8. Like fire spreading all over the place (4)
- 9. Not a nice place to stay around mid-day (3)
- 12. Group on TV? (3)
- 13. Barnaby's rude about golf (5)
- 15. Powerful central heating in the back room (5)
- 18. Aboard which to have chat with a Yankee? (5)
- 19. Less than rancorous exclamation (3)
- 20. Join me at the Nag's Head, chaps! (3)
- 21. Fresh paint can help give a smart appearance (3,4)
- 22. She may finish up in the kitchen (3)
- 23. Plagiarist one has to chatter about (6)
- 24. Enlightenment for a Los Angeles politician? (4)
- 25. To get there, I have to follow a car (6)
- 26. Try moving east to the West End! (5)
- 27. Seemingly quarrelsome oarsman? (5)
- 28. Be competitive in life on the Continent (3)
- 30. A puce jumper (4)