Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 27 August 2025 Answers
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1 T
2 R
3 M
4 I
N
5 U
6 S
7 D
8 L
U
9 N
I
K
T
10 S
K
I
R
L
11 R
U
N
12 R
E
V
U
E
I
13 K
I
N
G
14 D
O
M
15 R
E
16 A
L
17 M
N
18 L
A
M
19 S
E
T
T
L
E
20 S
21 S
E
N
A
T
O
R
H
T
22 P
I
T
T
N
L
23 B
O
S
H
O
E
24 A
C
C
U
25 S
E
S
S
26 U
27 S
A
28 B
L
E
29 B
E
E
30 T
31 T
I
M
E
S
32 G
L
A
S
33 S
E
S
F
34 G
A
B
L
E
35 W
I
N
36 S
T
O
I
C
U
37 S
A
X
O
N
S
38 N
E
S
T
S
X
N
Across
- 3. A takeaway sign (5)
- 8. It took a turn in forming a link with the Moon (5)
- 10. Sound that may come from the pipes (5)
- 11. Be quick to change ends (3)
- 12. A show to see again, we hear (5)
- 13. The realm of Isambard Brunel (7)
- 15. State the actual figure (5)
- 18. Beat in some small disturbance (3)
- 19. Stop arguing and pay the bill (6)
- 21. Treason would ruin this politician (7)
- 22. Brad, said to take a theatrical part (4)
- 23. Nonsense, but it keeps some boys quiet! (4)
- 24. Blames for using a club for certain ends (7)
- 26. Superior fur is always worth having (6)
- 29. After honey, perhaps, be at the back of the queue (3)
- 31. Occasions when some semitones echo back (5)
- 32. Better looking spectacles (7)
- 34. Part of the building where one gets fit for golf (5)
- 35. Get the girl (3)
- 36. Drunken sot, I see, showing no emotion (5)
- 37. Historically, did he perform cleverly on sax? (5)
- 38. Homes in the finest surroundings (5)
Down
- 1. Run it around town (5)
- 2. A hairy turn (7)
- 4. As a report, it takes me aback (4)
- 5. He takes too much interest (6)
- 6. Shooting at flying saucers! (5)
- 7. It can be boring for the soldiers (5)
- 9. She makes not a single sound! (3)
- 12. Love in Cremona (7)
- 14. Could you sing to him when dancing? (3)
- 16. A novel musketeer (or a Tommy?) (5)
- 17. An ill-tasting drink makes them hiss! (5)
- 19. This clue is not impossible (7)
- 20. Speak volubly in some place out of turn (5)
- 21. What dissipated mates may run out of? (5)
- 23. Polish making the Brentford team get stronger! (7)
- 24. Are its wines on a scale that's unusual? (6)
- 25. It's very wet in southeast central Spain (3)
- 27. Riddles concerning broken fists (5)
- 28. Being wrong is only the first thing to do! (5)
- 30. It fits in jointly (5)
- 32. Too much left in the intestine (4)
- 33. Several? Yes, ten! (3)