Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 29 April 2025 Answers
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1 F
2 M
3 S
4 A
R
5 M
O
6 U
R
7 A
T
A
N
C
H
O
R
A
N
U
J
A
8 S
9 T
I
C
K
Y
10 S
11 P
O
12 R
T
13 S
O
O
N
I
14 T
O
R
E
15 L
E
N
A
16 G
N
U
P
17 F
18 O
O
T
19 S
20 P
U
D
21 V
I
N
G
T
22 E
T
U
N
23 N
O
T
E
24 L
A
S
T
25 T
26 S
A
W
27 W
28 H
E
T
29 T
30 R
O
31 Y
I
32 S
A
A
R
33 A
S
I
D
E
34 A
L
L
A
Y
S
M
G
A
E
R
35 T
W
O
P
A
I
R
S
36 O
D
D
I
T
Y
S
D
T
Across
- 4. Protection for Romeo in love (6)
- 7. In a fixed position, like a tanker (2,6)
- 8. Has rhubarb such stalks? (6)
- 10. In which one's position was outside right? (5)
- 13. Ways to get out for a duck twice, and quickly! (4)
- 14. Charged rent (4)
- 15. Crooked lane to the river (4)
- 16. The animal hung back, breathless (3)
- 17. A down to earth measure (4)
- 19. Murphy's portion of Xmas pudding (4)
- 21. Pontoon, but no bridge (5-2-2)
- 23. Observe that a broken net catches nothing (4)
- 24. Keep going behind everybody's back (4)
- 26. Was wrong, one noticed (3)
- 27. Point the new way to sharpen up (4)
- 29. Ancient essay about love (4)
- 32. River, a South African farm centre (4)
- 33. Shift Sadie out of the way (5)
- 34. Alleviates everything on some days (6)
- 35. Those playing bridge with a poker hand? (3,5)
- 36. A strange unevenness (6)
Down
- 1. Character devilish quick to go out of turn? (5)
- 2. Study specially to be an officer (5)
- 3. Cast adrift for singing without words (4)
- 4. Crime of a hard hearted young fellow (5)
- 5. Prime Minister hiding a heavy heart (4)
- 6. Harsh, but in a genteel way considerate! (6)
- 9. Warms up the drinks? (6)
- 11. Dad's kind of music? (3)
- 12. Repair the treatment centre after a bad fire (5)
- 13. Immigrant's dog round the corner (7)
- 15. Record timber production? (3)
- 16. Weapon, a key French one (3)
- 18. Sole means of avoiding oncoming traffic? (3,3)
- 20. Three may well be one two many (5)
- 21. Swear to be a nun, perhaps (3)
- 22. One must do so or die in the attempt (3)
- 23. How Daniel got caught (6)
- 25. Slaughter or death in Berlin, say (3)
- 28. Needs to finish pretty quick! (5)
- 30. The formal outfit I had (5)
- 31. As yet, may be working at the bakery (5)
- 32. In which a woman, may give herself airs? (4)
- 33. A current abbreviation (4)