Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 24 May 2025 Answers
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1 C
2 U
P
3 I
4 D
5 C
6 W
7 H
I
8 C
H
N
9 G
R
O
U
P
I
E
O
10 S
T
O
N
Y
T
11 T
R
A
M
P
I
O
12 A
I
S
L
E
B
13 R
E
14 P
R
I
S
E
E
15 P
A
16 L
17 I
D
L
E
C
18 A
S
T
U
T
E
N
O
19 H
O
R
U
S
T
A
20 G
21 E
T
O
U
T
G
22 S
I
23 G
N
24 S
U
S
N
25 W
H
A
T
N
O
T
S
26 A
D
M
I
T
R
D
27 S
T
A
I
R
N
28 M
I
M
I
C
O
29 D
E
I
G
N
E
D
V
30 E
N
D
E
D
S
31 T
E
X
A
S
Across
- 1. Cherubic little chap raised among police (5)
- 6. A question of selectivity (5)
- 9. Ardent admirer, but not of individualism (7)
- 10. Rocky, it seems, is broke (5)
- 11. Walk some metres with a politician (5)
- 12. Passage to a place like Capri (5)
- 13. Thematically, it lacks originality (7)
- 15. One giving dad money? (3)
- 17. Out of work, I had a certain amount of dole (4)
- 18. Being crafty, you finish in a terrible state (6)
- 19. Flexible hours for an ancient god (5)
- 20. Escape and maybe you'll be caught (3,3)
- 22. Hire a player to sing, maybe (4)
- 24. Have doubts about the last of the Mohicans being American (3)
- 25. Now that could be almost anything! (7)
- 26. Agree to confess (5)
- 27. Does one move around when you step on it? (5)
- 28. Girl to see do impressions (5)
- 29. Condescended to consume doubtful gin, indeed! (7)
- 30. Concluded many are in terrible need (5)
- 31. Where Americans get cross in the mysterious East (5)
Down
- 2. A free transfer from United? (6)
- 3. Maybe Goering lost his head, but take no notice (6)
- 4. Is such humour a bit tawdry? (3)
- 5. Ignored, that is, by an attractive girl (5)
- 6. Being stupid, know a smaller amount (7)
- 7. In this case, the woman close to men's heart (4)
- 8. Oppose a refractory mob act (6)
- 12. Where to go racing instead of to bed (5)
- 13. Phones endlessly? (5)
- 14. Plans initially for peace and plenty (5)
- 15. Asked for the part of Rasputin (3,2)
- 16. Was inclined to show need of support (5)
- 18. Anything that upsets a thug (5)
- 19. A centurion's lot (7)
- 21. Turn into stone, imaginably, at the station (6)
- 22. Walk about a yard, perhaps (6)
- 23. She rode out of habit! (6)
- 25. Sides that succeed at golf, son (5)
- 26. One who gives help to an unmentionable end? (4)
- 28. Joined me for the tango (3)