Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 21 June 2026 Answers
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1 V
I
C
2 T
O
3 R
4 A
5 B
6 C
A
H
7 U
N
I
V
E
R
S
E
M
8 M
A
9 S
S
E
U
D
10 P
E
A
N
U
T
11 O
N
12 T
I
13 M
E
E
14 D
E
N
15 H
16 G
E
N
U
S
17 D
18 U
E
T
19 G
I
20 V
E
N
S
S
21 P
O
K
E
R
I
U
22 M
O
T
E
T
23 S
24 E
C
25 T
26 S
A
27 G
E
S
R
28 S
E
C
R
29 P
L
I
N
T
H
30 M
I
N
U
T
E
I
L
M
31 I
R
I
S
B
32 C
O
L
L
A
G
E
S
O
L
E
S
N
33 S
P
R
U
C
E
Across
- 1. He's defeated Ivor, perhaps, out of court (6)
- 7. Just one poem, it seems, is all there is (8)
- 8. It means a lot to many a fathead (4)
- 10. A seed head you can eat (6)
- 11. Mention endlessly, maybe, how trains should run (2,4)
- 14. Study ways to get to Land's End (3)
- 16. A group; in general, American (5)
- 17. Expected to finish an act with a song (4)
- 19. Passed drink round for a day of celebration (5)
- 21. A stiff game (5)
- 22. Singing test with a quiet ending (5)
- 23. Religious group a church head set out to form (4)
- 26. They're wise, but only small time (5)
- 28. Dry in next to no time (3)
- 29. Piece of plywood, possibly thin, as support (6)
- 30. Waltz time? (6)
- 31. She may open up when the lights are low (4)
- 32. Depictions of wild gales on a mountain pass (8)
- 33. Pine to be like a dandy? (6)
Down
- 1. Dave's upset about a politician being treated seductively (6)
- 2. Isle where there's a bad hat to catch (6)
- 3. Rotten shade of red? (4)
- 4. One taking satisfaction in making an avenue green, perhaps (7)
- 5. The bear in Swinburne's puzzling piece (5)
- 6. Yields seeds, it's said (5)
- 8. Produced noted bananas (4)
- 9. Early riser (3)
- 12. To some extent young (3)
- 13. That soothing charmer (5)
- 15. Person with pedestrian ideas (5)
- 18. Expected to make us superior to a novice (5)
- 19. Obtained leave at the end of August (3)
- 20. Surgeon in the slave trade (3)
- 21. Pat, children's entertainer (7)
- 22. They're masculine in many ways (3)
- 23. The gaffer may get no rise! (6)
- 24. Money held by the Customs? (4)
- 25. Being only three, his voice hasn't broken! (6)
- 26. Variety in life (for girls?) (5)
- 27. Underwater breathing apparatus! (5)
- 28. His pupils wouldn't miss him (3)
- 30. Is she a bit permissive? (4)