Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 27 February 2025 Answers
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1 M
2 Y
R
3 R
4 H
5 S
6 L
7 L
A
8 M
A
E
9 A
U
S
T
R
I
A
A
10 A
S
T
I
R
E
11 B
I
N
G
O
S
S
12 P
A
T
E
R
G
13 D
I
14 G
I
T
A
L
R
15 C
O
16 W
17 I
R
A
N
N
18 S
T
R
A
T
A
R
V
19 F
I
F
T
Y
D
L
20 G
21 A
E
L
I
C
A
22 M
E
23 A
L
24 E
L
L
N
25 G
R
E
A
T
L
Y
L
26 D
E
B
U
T
N
B
27 H
E
R
O
D
L
28 E
A
G
E
R
G
29 W
A
I
L
I
N
G
R
30 P
E
N
N
Y
S
31 D
E
L
T
A
Across
- 1. An original Christmas present (5)
- 6. Animal left to a Tibetan priest (5)
- 9. The land of Oz whence Al departed (7)
- 10. Moving around in a jug (5)
- 11. No big game? (5)
- 12. Out-of-the-way part played by father (5)
- 13. Are such watches not handy? (7)
- 15. Female from the San Francisco waterfront (3)
- 17. The piranha's native country? (4)
- 18. With which to make a start in geology (6)
- 19. An L of an age? (5)
- 20. Irish as football! (6)
- 22. It's nourishing, me boy! (4)
- 24. It's not far from Clovelly (3)
- 25. Much to alter, perhaps, in a heartless guy (7)
- 26. Start returning by tube, maybe, to World's End (5)
- 27. Ancient ruler of a wild horde (5)
- 28. Quick to agree? (5)
- 29. Moaning when the workers' leader is causing trouble (7)
- 30. Small price thoughtfully offered? (5)
- 31. Letter from Derek to some of the staff (5)
Down
- 2. Agreeable thing to say? Emphatically! (3,3)
- 3. Most elevating thing you can eat? (6)
- 4. Bookish Ben (3)
- 5. At a pinch, go quietly (5)
- 6. Freedom of the Island (7)
- 7. Den helps put the aerial up (4)
- 8. Gentle little thing (6)
- 12. All I see is unreasonable fear (5)
- 13. Wild ride around Gateshead, but it's slow! (5)
- 14. Paid a pound for a hammer (5)
- 15. Not a little bounder, but a potential officer (5)
- 16. He'll go the distance for about fifty quid (5)
- 18. Initial jump? (5)
- 19. Good weather, but could it mean a thin time? (4,3)
- 21. Claim a member to be in drink (6)
- 22. Succeed in getting me to hold a horse (6)
- 23. Boy's name for a London bridge (6)
- 25. Deceives the birds (5)
- 26. Many possess what the eider contributed (4)
- 28. It's simply the last word! (3)