Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 25 August 2020 Answers
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1 W
2 A
I
3 S
4 T
5 A
6 B
7 E
R
8 T
H
P
9 H
A
N
D
O
U
T
A
10 J
A
P
A
N
O
11 R
O
A
R
S
C
N
12 S
P
U
R
N
M
13 W
H
14 A
T
S
I
T
O
15 S
A
16 T
17 R
E
L
Y
T
18 S
W
I
T
C
H
E
L
19 W
A
I
T
S
O
A
20 S
21 C
O
R
E
R
A
22 B
R
23 E
W
24 T
O
Y
D
25 A
M
U
L
E
T
S
L
26 S
L
U
M
P
O
H
27 R
O
M
E
O
O
28 S
N
A
I
L
U
29 A
C
C
U
S
E
D
C
30 C
R
A
N
K
R
31 T
E
S
S
A
Across
- 1. It was deviously waspish, perhaps (5)
- 6. Accommodation for a chap at a hotel (5)
- 9. What you may put for what you’re given (4-3)
- 10. Land of lacquer (5)
- 11. Beastly noises from the spectators (5)
- 12. Disdain to put a price on a vessel (5)
- 13. A nameless question (7)
- 15. Was supported in conversation (3)
- 17. Squarely halved, you can depend on it (4)
- 18. Change and collect one’s wits before church (6)
- 19. Patiently serves at table (5)
- 20. Sportingly, he’s not troubled by ducks (6)
- 22. Railways tea? (4)
- 24. To a youth leader, a childish thing (3)
- 25. Charms can be protective, one imagines (7)
- 26. Recession can be a small piece of luck for politician (5)
- 27. Evidently he makes capital love (5)
- 28. Poles having trouble with garden pest (5)
- 29. A measure employed by the chap in the dock (7)
- 30. Charlie, downright eccentric! (5)
- 31. Name for a liquid asset (5)
Down
- 2. Native American chap working in A and E (6)
- 3. Singing one could be nasty when breathless (6)
- 4. Colour of titanium? (3)
- 5. Appropriate when likely to hold a party (5)
- 6. Holes made where one possibly rubs out a line? (7)
- 7. A school place (4)
- 8. Thanks, jock, for surfacing the road soundly (6)
- 12. There is art is playing one (5)
- 13. Wrench, necessitating whiskey and recuperation! (5)
- 14. Loyal, possibly, to certain union (5)
- 15. Keep shop (5)
- 16. Becomes friendly because it’s spring? (5)
- 18. Impressive character? (5)
- 19. The marriage union can be cold, in Kew (7)
- 21. A shade cool, perhaps, for half an hour (6)
- 22. Gentleman’s preference? (6)
- 23. There’s nothing immoral about them (6)
- 25. There’s not much blame on our love! (5)
- 26. Name for a large area at central Greenford (4)
- 28. Determined to make a contribution to the match (3)