Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 28 November 2024 Answers
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1 F
2 R
E
3 S
4 H
5 C
6 A
7 S
I
8 D
E
A
9 P
A
T
I
E
N
T
R
10 E
N
T
R
Y
V
11 N
A
D
I
A
D
I
12 T
E
N
O
R
V
13 T
O
14 R
N
O
U
T
Y
15 K
E
16 W
17 O
M
I
T
T
18 G
E
N
E
R
A
O
V
19 H
O
A
R
D
B
S
20 T
21 R
A
D
E
R
E
22 F
A
23 S
T
24 H
A
L
A
25 T
E
N
A
B
L
E
D
26 F
R
E
U
D
C
O
27 M
I
N
U
S
T
28 R
I
N
G
S
S
29 N
A
T
U
R
A
L
A
30 S
H
A
D
Y
S
31 M
E
A
N
S
Across
- 1. Saucy in a novel way? (5)
- 6. New ideas to which actors are deaf (5)
- 9. One at the doctor's but without a complaint? (7)
- 10. Two ways to try for admission (5)
- 11. She's a setback for Aidan (5)
- 12. Singer given heart by English National Opera (5)
- 13. Removed from the rent book? (4,3)
- 15. Gardens by the river (3)
- 17. Neglect to order it (4)
- 18. Possibly green article to be found in groups (6)
- 19. It's tough with nothing in store (5)
- 20. Merchant doing a swap? (6)
- 22. Unable to move quickly (4)
- 24. Bluff ruler of Westphalia (3)
- 25. Less than presentable as an anagram, but sound (7)
- 26. Sigmund, an informal fellow out of uniform (5)
- 27. Is of negative nature and shows little dash (5)
- 28. Grins stupidly at a pair of spectacles (5)
- 29. It's quite normal that Mr Gore might take a turn (7)
- 30. One cannot take a light view of such practices (5)
- 31. Intends me to join a couple of Poles (5)
Down
- 2. Would irregular soldiers fire at it? (6)
- 3. Rush to arrange out-of-the-way trips (6)
- 4. It's a sort of fever! (3)
- 5. Beast bringing wicked vice to the East End (5)
- 6. Irked at having done any wrong (7)
- 7. Sunny sort of celebrity? (4)
- 8. Motoring club? (6)
- 12. Teacher makes that impatient noise, a bit out of sorts (5)
- 13. Is such a brush one of a set? (5)
- 14. One competitor of several in a rail system (5)
- 15. Food to bake fresh, note (5)
- 16. Cook a stew that is never eaten (5)
- 18. Cupidity, it seems, is the desire for more than just a cup (5)
- 19. Naturally enough, the ears play a part in it (7)
- 21. Vegetable served in the gunners' mess? (6)
- 22. It's easy for one to get fifty in front (6)
- 23. It may strike one as a neat motto (6)
- 25. In which dancers express disapproval to us? (5)
- 26. Finance sport to a good end (4)
- 28. Its violent impact puts heart into drama (3)