Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 26 May 2022 Answers
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1 S
2 F
3 M
4 A
L
5 L
E
6 G
E
7 T
E
R
M
I
N
U
S
I
R
I
U
T
8 T
9 O
R
P
I
D
10 C
11 H
I
12 D
E
13 T
O
N
E
L
14 K
I
T
E
15 C
O
N
E
16 E
L
M
M
17 B
18 O
O
B
19 G
20 I
G
S
21 F
A
I
R
Y
22 R
I
N
G
23 K
A
R
L
24 J
A
N
E
25 B
26 B
I
N
27 C
28 H
U
M
29 P
30 L
U
31 S
M
32 H
A
I
G
33 S
T
A
R
T
34 S
O
L
E
N
T
O
R
R
N
A
35 U
N
I
C
Y
C
L
E
36 H
O
T
T
I
P
K
H
W
Across
- 4. Say everybody, for instance, gets an early start (6)
- 7. Where, if the train doesn't stop, it's only by accident (8)
- 8. To drip in slow fashion (6)
- 10. Reprove for having a lot to hide (5)
- 13. Tow-headed person, in a manner of speaking (4)
- 14. Bird with a long fluttery tail? (4)
- 15. A cornet, or parts of one (4)
- 16. Left them out of the wood (3)
- 17. It's a mistake to shout discouragement at a bonehead! (4)
- 19. Short engagements (4)
- 21. It's of all-round interest to mushroom gatherers (5,4)
- 23. Marxist lark maybe (4)
- 24. She's a month at a loose end (4)
- 26. It's been mispronounced (3)
- 27. Someone to make much of? (4)
- 29. An extra bit of lustre on the piano (4)
- 32. Douglas, imitated by William? (4)
- 33. Be a novice making tarts (5)
- 34. Sea area with fish, not without duck (6)
- 35. Basis for a uniquely balanced performance (8)
- 36. Advice given to a very good end (3,3)
Down
- 1. Rod's selection of bus tickets (5)
- 2. Often eaten, it may have fur on (5)
- 3. Widow's little one? (4)
- 4. Where university education is a street ahead (5)
- 5. lb1, once more, is foreign money! (4)
- 6. Questions various girls about cash (6)
- 9. Pushkin's 'Eugene' shows singular spirit (6)
- 11. That chap making a chimney piece (3)
- 12. Forbid the breaking of bread (5)
- 13. Vessel taking a showman's dog to jail (4,3)
- 15. Indecorous utterance? (3)
- 16. Bootlegger's breakfast? (3)
- 18. What can lubricate? (3,3)
- 20. To keep a broken pen in it, is absurd (5)
- 21. Supporter getting the wind up? (3)
- 22. He's of paramount importance in sheep farming (3)
- 23. Might some kid be over the moon, possibly, wearing it? (6)
- 25. One sticking to the drill? (3)
- 28. Score with lofted shots? (3,2)
- 30. Timber of popular choice (5)
- 31. Distribute by right in the wild west (5)
- 32. Anger at the upset about a bad heart (4)
- 33. Worn on the foot, it can knock you down! (4)