Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 28 April 2020 Answers
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1 B
2 U
R
3 S
4 T
5 A
6 J
7 I
M
8 M
Y
N
9 W
E
E
D
O
U
T
A
10 A
S
P
I
C
I
11 S
C
A
R
E
E
T
12 B
O
O
T
H
K
13 C
A
14 T
C
H
E
S
I
15 P
U
16 B
17 U
T
A
H
L
18 S
C
R
A
P
E
P
S
19 A
L
I
C
E
C
G
20 I
21 N
T
I
M
E
A
22 M
E
23 S
A
24 D
A
Y
E
25 T
R
E
A
S
O
N
T
26 A
R
I
A
S
N
R
27 V
I
C
K
I
B
28 P
A
R
R
Y
V
29 I
C
E
B
E
R
G
E
30 S
E
N
N
A
Y
31 Y
E
L
L
S
Across
- 1. Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame (5)
- 6. Name a bar used by American burglars (5)
- 9. Get rid of the things we doubt? (4,3)
- 10. Tasteful feature of Goya’s pictures (5)
- 11. Mark East gives us a fright (5)
- 12. Stall the couple who have nothing (5)
- 13. They’re held to mean dismissal (7)
- 15. It’s fully licenced, folks! (3)
- 17. In N. America, a hut that’s ramshackle (4)
- 18. Not much butter or jam (6)
- 19. An all-girl sort of band (5)
- 20. Eventually, not too late (2,4)
- 22. Same form of table (4)
- 24. Daisy is missing for a time (3)
- 25. Perfect ending and motive for a crime (7)
- 26. Can be sung in a sari (5)
- 27. She always gives a boy a bit of a kiss (5)
- 28. Standard railway guard! (5)
- 29. Its tip, you see, is not a hot one! (7)
- 30. A growing reason to remember Ayrton (5)
- 31. Cries “Yes!” receiving fifty quid (5)
Down
- 2. Get squatters out of the house? (6)
- 3. Rod will make a change (6)
- 4. Not the complete sleuth (3)
- 5. Upon parting, it may be said out of love (5)
- 6. In all fairness, nothing but hard water (7)
- 7. It’s at church, this irritation (4)
- 8. It’s a profitable difference (4-2)
- 12. Has she beautiful French? (5)
- 13. A trophy I had, being a divine archer! (5)
- 14. Nice soldiers with a bit of style (5)
- 15. Walks erratically in space (5)
- 16. Started with a bang, perhaps, out East (5)
- 18. Bad marks for being crass? (5)
- 19. Bush country (7)
- 21. “Indigenous”, a word you can alter as an option (6)
- 22. Run, if only just? (6)
- 23. Brown will maybe lose out with a growl! (6)
- 25. Catty name for a tow-headed baby, perhaps? (5)
- 26. Taking heart as a family (4)
- 28. Use leverage to obtain information (3)