Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 28 February 2025 Answers
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1 D
2 B
3 B
4 P
5 C
6 J
7 B
8 L
9 P
E
C
U
L
I
A
R
10 T
E
A
11 U
N
U
S
E
D
T
S
N
E
E
L
S
S
T
12 S
A
L
T
E
D
13 S
I
N
G
L
E
T
14 H
E
A
D
C
W
S
E
E
F
E
L
15 C
H
E
16 C
K
E
D
O
U
T
17 D
R
O
P
S
H
O
T
M
H
E
N
R
R
N
18 D
E
M
A
N
D
S
19 M
20 A
Y
O
21 N
I
22 P
P
E
D
N
G
23 O
G
U
O
R
24 T
U
R
N
25 S
O
V
E
R
A
N
E
W
L
E
A
26 F
I
C
E
E
D
C
I
27 B
28 R
A
N
C
H
29 R
E
E
D
30 A
31 C
T
I
O
N
S
U
O
B
32 F
L
S
A
33 A
N
T
34 E
L
O
P
E
35 S
A
L
M
O
N
E
L
L
A
S
L
L
A
H
O
T
S
36 L
O
V
E
37 F
O
R
F
E
I
T
38 H
O
39 R
A
C
E
V
V
E
I
E
S
C
E
O
40 R
E
V
E
R
E
41 N
U
T
42 A
M
A
T
E
U
R
S
R
N
S
G
M
P
L
E
Across
- 9. For "odd", the usual clue, I interposed, is "strange" (8)
- 10. Elevenses, though it's not quite eleven (3)
- 11. Finding it strange to be out of a job (6)
- 12. Seasoned and put away (6)
- 13. Garment the unmarried start a trousseau with (7)
- 14. Make for the top (4)
- 15. Having taken a look at, left (7,3)
- 17. Did the tennis player fall while making it? (4,4)
- 18. Maddens with ridiculous requirements (7)
- 19. Could have run into debt, you say, in Ireland (4)
- 21. When bitten, ran (6)
- 24. Goes on to the next page of "Reforms" (5,4,1,3,4)
- 27. An offshoot of the British/American farm (6)
- 29. Grass that upsets herbivores (4)
- 30. Wrongly, is not taken to account for one's behaviour (7)
- 33. The animal will run after, you bet (8)
- 35. It's a sickness you get from fish, miss (10)
- 36. Duck, darling! (4)
- 37. Offer to repair it and you have to give it up (7)
- 38. Give an exclamation and run after him (6)
- 40. Have a very high regard for Paul (6)
- 41. Bean that may well feature in a vegetarian's diet (3)
- 42. Am sure to beat at, having entered: they're no experts (8)
Down
- 1. Unconcern about the separation (10)
- 2. Arrest in the art gallery (4)
- 3. Does it moan when you pull it up? (8)
- 4. Continue trying to get those unpacked clothes wearable? (5,2)
- 5. Having been referred to by as "plump," went to see (6,5)
- 6. Nobody opposed to at the moment, but it's only temporary (4,3,3)
- 7. On the understanding he's to get the plants (6)
- 8. Not to mention going out late and unaccompanied (3,5)
- 10. It's my belief it will be retracted, too (5)
- 16. After tea laugh at one's discomfiture (7)
- 20. About how old the facade is, be of one mind (5)
- 22. "Awful creeps", one put in, "is absolutely right" (7)
- 23. Carrying too much weight and imperious (11)
- 25. Satisfaction obtained from the imparting of knowledge (6,4)
- 26. As a result, there are no more notches after that (5,5)
- 28. Reviews when the play's no longer showing (8)
- 31. What the fool, the silly chap, has on his head? (5,3)
- 32. The wreckage floats, drifting a mile on (7)
- 34. Two hours behind one, in time (6)
- 35. Determined, he got through to the paper (5)
- 39. Whirl wind (4)