Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 22 October 2025 Answers
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1 G
2 E
3 E
4 L
E
5 C
6 T
7 B
8 H
A
9 R
S
H
A
10 H
E
M
A
N
11 M
A
C
12 S
T
E
I
N
N
13 P
I
N
O
14 C
L
E
15 M
E
16 A
T
17 Y
N
18 R
U
E
19 S
E
T
S
U
P
20 F
21 S
T
R
E
A
K
S
T
R
22 I
S
I
S
P
I
23 R
E
N
E
N
L
24 F
E
A
T
25 H
E
R
S
26 A
27 S
K
28 F
O
R
29 T
U
G
30 A
31 L
A
Y
E
R
32 A
L
B
E
33 R
T
A
S
34 T
E
N
S
E
35 N
O
T
36 A
S
H
E
S
T
37 O
C
E
A
N
Y
38 S
T
R
I
P
Y
R
Across
- 3. Choose possibly to take Lee to court (5)
- 8. It's rough being right in a mess! (5)
- 10. Tough master embraced by a female (2-3)
- 11. Bit of a grimace from a Scot (3)
- 12. Was Gertrude a mug? (5)
- 13. Clip one unfairly in a game (7)
- 15. Full of pith, yet not vegetable (5)
- 18. Continental street of sadness (3)
- 19. Goes into business to create upsets (4,2)
- 21. Barely runs on narrow lines (7)
- 22. Goddess who lives again? (4)
- 23. French name for a bit of a renegade (4)
- 24. The fear possibly associated with a white one? (7)
- 26. Try to get free perhaps? (3,3)
- 29. Strain a gut? (3)
- 31. Possibly early bird at the egg farm (5)
- 32. Canada's ratable system (7)
- 34. Worried about the future? (5)
- 35. It doesn't agree with the number on a tin opener (3)
- 36. Something a woman's burnt? (5)
- 37. A canoe could be lost in it (5)
- 38. A long piece can still be comic (5)
Down
- 1. Urchin who hasn't finished playing (5)
- 2. Costers' companions? (7)
- 4. Galatea's keeping us waiting (4)
- 5. Rings you can get from most chemists (6)
- 6. Doctrine you can read up (5)
- 7. Language usable for a letter to an aunt (5)
- 9. Managed to participate in athletics? (3)
- 12. Possibly restless peelers? (7)
- 14. Charlie has half an hour with the dog (3)
- 16. Eastern floral centre (5)
- 17. Where some Belgians are in the money, presumably (5)
- 19. Quickly get out in the alley! (7)
- 20. Latest thing in ties (5)
- 21. One corner in heaven that's just like velvet (5)
- 23. In historical times, wonderfully green outskirts of the City (7)
- 24. Woody ways into a well-defended place (6)
- 25. Centre of revolution (3)
- 27. Impertinent, say, about saints (5)
- 28. Good times for cash payments around Tuesday (5)
- 30. It's essentially oily and flowery (5)
- 32. A fantastic wine? (4)
- 33. A bit fishy, but heroes use it (3)