Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 28 December 2022 Answers
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1 S
U
P
2 P
L
3 Y
4 S
5 T
6 A
E
L
7 E
A
R
P
L
U
G
S
C
8 S
A
9 G
A
A
R
S
10 R
A
P
I
E
R
11 P
R
12 A
I
13 S
E
E
14 A
C
T
15 D
16 T
I
N
T
S
17 T
18 O
N
E
19 H
I
20 R
A
M
I
C
21 S
A
T
A
N
N
T
22 P
A
T
T
Y
23 F
24 A
G
25 S
26 F
E
27 R
A
L
O
28 T
E
N
A
29 I
T
A
L
I
C
30 M
A
I
N
L
Y
F
J
E
31 A
P
S
E
I
32 T
R
A
I
N
E
R
S
T
N
Y
H
T
33 T
R
Y
I
N
G
Across
- 1. Furnish with flexibility (6)
- 7. Organ stops (8)
- 8. It's a long story (4)
- 10. Weapon for which gunners need a landing-place (6)
- 11. Quietly step up the laudations (6)
- 14. Only pretend to work? (3)
- 16. They aren't all that colourful (5)
- 17. Sound a thick-headed person (4)
- 19. Maxim, maybe, of many an American (5)
- 21. Old Nick was enthroned on one (5)
- 22. Food the teetotaller has to pay out for (5)
- 23. Junior boys apt to get lit up? (4)
- 26. Flare in wild fashion (5)
- 28. Figure in the late news (3)
- 29. Of the type to give a twist to the tail, I see (6)
- 30. Chiefly macho when getting out of line (6)
- 31. An afterthought, note, in church (4)
- 32. Might they possibly restrain racehorses? (8)
- 33. Doing one's best to be irksome (6)
Down
- 1. Erects constructively under cover (6)
- 2. Sound position for a swimmer (6)
- 3. We need a new one annually (4)
- 4. Ancient skill in bridge building (7)
- 5. I go round the city (5)
- 6. It's foolish of them to cut classes (5)
- 8. Cover for a spell (4)
- 9. Become a bit fidgety (3)
- 12. Mark has the article I'm after (3)
- 13. One injected acidly? (5)
- 15. Dot it as aforementioned (5)
- 18. Two quartets don't necessarily make one (5)
- 19. Heady reward for a tricky trio? (3)
- 20. He's sunny, but not Jim (3)
- 21. Outstanding stranger in the street (7)
- 22. Drink up, chum (3)
- 23. It's fey, perhaps, that such an excitable woman might be called (6)
- 24. Daughter of the woman next door? (4)
- 25. Mentioning an old saw (6)
- 26. Half a ton (5)
- 27. Ruler sometimes breathless (5)
- 28. Obtain a supply with a word of thanks, softly (3)
- 30. The upright part of a Christmas tree (4)