Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 27 March 2019 Answers
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1 J
O
C
2 K
E
3 Y
4 I
5 W
6 P
U
E
7 E
V
E
N
T
I
M
E
N
8 B
E
9 L
L
N
L
N
10 K
E
R
N
E
L
11 B
I
12 D
D
13 E
N
E
14 A
L
E
15 B
16 N
E
E
D
Y
17 T
18 I
N
Y
19 B
U
20 L
G
E
I
D
21 M
A
T
E
S
C
L
22 A
O
R
T
A
23 B
24 A
T
25 S
26 D
E
27 A
L
S
S
28 C
A
M
P
29 A
D
D
L
E
D
30 S
U
R
E
L
Y
I
D
L
31 A
D
E
N
I
32 S
W
E
L
L
I
N
G
L
N
Y
R
E
33 S
A
Y
I
N
G
Across
- 1. Outwardly a joy-rider? (6)
- 7. Still, father was pretty good at sprinting (4,4)
- 8. Be left again at the church (4)
- 10. A bit of a nut (6)
- 11. Asked to bundle up some bedding (6)
- 14. It comes in a sealed bottle (3)
- 16. Born a bit moody and hard up (5)
- 17. Little less than mutiny (4)
- 19. The expanded part of a bugle, maybe (5)
- 21. Friends forming teams (5)
- 22. Where circulation's concerned, it's from the heart (5)
- 23. Willowy fliers? (4)
- 26. Hands out to one's schoolmates (5)
- 28. Flowing contribution to civic amenities (3)
- 29. Append a number of notes about a bad egg (6)
- 30. Certainly you can depend on us going wrong! (6)
- 31. A degree of decadence in port (4)
- 32. Coming up with an excellent distillation of gin (8)
- 33. Mentioning an old saw (6)
Down
- 1. A sweet and festive occasion (6)
- 2. How one is disappointed when cut (6)
- 3. The old fellow's heart cry! (4)
- 4. Sing badly at the pub and you'll get knocks (7)
- 5. Semi-wilderness in the world of drama (5)
- 6. Any rhyme for a copper (5)
- 8. Will eating it make you husky? (4)
- 9. As a soldier, he wasn't windy (3)
- 12. Might you see a jay beside this river? (3)
- 13. It's proclaimed somewhat predictably (5)
- 15. They're there to be shot at (5)
- 18. What the work-shy did, possibly receiving some dole (5)
- 19. Where drinks were sold in prohibition? (3)
- 20. The field is less than clear! (3)
- 21. River of wine! (7)
- 22. Everything in the show could be superficial (3)
- 23. A bachelor has to bank on being just (6)
- 24. The last word in devoutness? (4)
- 25. Secretly viewing a 'Carry On' (6)
- 26. She is in time (5)
- 27. A snake in that 'ladders' game (5)
- 28. Subject of much rumination (3)
- 30. Seems wearied by much stupid gassing (4)