Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 27 June 2023 Answers
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1 S
E
A
2 S
O
3 N
4 F
5 E
6 C
O
P
7 O
N
C
E
O
V
E
R
M
8 B
I
9 A
S
A
E
E
10 B
R
I
D
L
E
11 P
R
12 I
N
13 C
E
R
14 T
E
E
15 B
16 F
A
T
A
L
17 E
18 W
E
R
19 B
E
20 G
U
N
U
O
21 M
U
R
A
L
S
M
22 A
U
N
T
S
23 S
24 E
E
25 K
26 B
A
27 S
I
S
H
28 B
E
D
I
29 A
N
T
R
I
M
30 M
A
D
E
U
P
R
A
C
31 I
R
A
N
P
32 E
X
T
R
A
C
T
S
T
E
D
E
L
33 S
K
E
W
E
R
Across
- 1. A nautical lad will provide that extra piquancy (6)
- 7. When finished, take a quick look (4,4)
- 8. To this, did Smollett show favouritism? (4)
- 10. Seem offended because British Rail wasn't working? (6)
- 11. He's capable of a nice contribution to public relations (6)
- 14. From here, there's a fair way to drive (3)
- 16. A podgy little chap can still have such charm! (5)
- 17. Reduced crew on a royal vessel (4)
- 19. Started to appeal for some funds (5)
- 21. It goes to the wall in a big way (5)
- 22. Females targeted along with a friend! (5)
- 23. Try to systematise some of the housekeeping (4)
- 26. A foundation, as exists at Birkenhead (5)
- 28. On which to rest the bottom? (3)
- 29. Where, in Ireland, one gets a haircut (6)
- 30. Cosmeticised inventively? (4,2)
- 31. One managed to find it on the map (4)
- 32. Quotations to scatter wildly around when you get cross? (8)
- 33. Joint holder (6)
Down
- 1. Sore about a bachelor being drab (6)
- 2. Silk producer (6)
- 3. One knows the sound of it being blown (4)
- 4. Afraid of getting a loud, lengthy rebuke (7)
- 5. A woman's not loveless, as it happens (5)
- 6. There's a sporting chance it has fishy contents (5)
- 8. The bit on the end is a mere morsel (4)
- 9. Adam's is alcohol free (3)
- 12. Is he of Caledonian extraction? (3)
- 13. Not a useless object (5)
- 15. Accommodation for a chap at a hotel (5)
- 18. Two manuals included a female (5)
- 19. Food item that can go to a woman's head? (3)
- 20. Too much talk, as at the Aldgate centre (3)
- 21. To sum up, I see a novice in a show (7)
- 22. The bairn evidently has wind (3)
- 23. Tipsily teased for being sober (6)
- 24. This lovely place even includes Land's End (4)
- 25. Did smoking make it sleepy? (6)
- 26. Revealed a matted beard (5)
- 27. Miss Del or Cal, say, or maybe Mo? (5)
- 28. Piece of music in the pub? (3)
- 30. Does it not strike you as a stately abbreviation? (4)