Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 29 May 2025 Answers
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1 L
2 A
3 L
4 E
A
5 P
6 T
7 N
8 C
U
9 R
R
Y
A
10 A
I
R
E
D
11 N
A
T
12 B
R
I
L
L
S
13 C
A
P
I
14 T
A
L
15 T
E
16 S
T
17 S
R
18 S
A
L
19 O
R
D
E
A
L
20 G
21 S
T
R
O
P
P
Y
V
I
22 L
A
P
S
N
T
23 F
E
R
N
A
R
24 S
E
M
I
25 N
A
R
K
26 S
27 L
I
28 P
P
Y
29 C
A
L
30 H
31 S
U
G
A
R
32 P
A
Y
L
33 O
A
D
R
34 N
I
G
E
L
35 F
A
R
36 O
C
T
E
T
N
37 P
O
P
S
Y
H
38 L
E
A
S
T
R
H
Across
- 3. Jumped when taking PT on the meadow (5)
- 8. Food for a dog going by railway (5)
- 10. Made one's views known to a top communist (5)
- 11. Man of imagination (3)
- 12. Fish a stream at Birkenhead (5)
- 13. Head of finance (7)
- 15. Games of the greatest status (5)
- 18. Sarah from Salford (3)
- 19. New loader on trial (6)
- 21. What the barber will get if you nick his razor? (7)
- 22. All rounders in track athletics? (4)
- 23. Does it grow infernally? (4)
- 24. Remains to be seen as something educational (7)
- 26. Quick look round for a mouthpiece (6)
- 29. See Mr Gore's resemblance to president Coolidge (3)
- 31. Return from Ragusa with something sweet (5)
- 32. A rewarding burden (7)
- 34. In breaking a leg, maybe, make a name (5)
- 35. Much reduced fare (3)
- 36. An under-nine play group (5)
- 37. One's wartime girlfriend? (5)
- 38. Smallest article enclosed just in case (5)
Down
- 1. Moon's associate space-probe at the centre of the earth! (5)
- 2. Studio workers in dire straits? (7)
- 4. A noble forename (4)
- 5. To get a mate shot is mean (6)
- 6. Covered with slabs (5)
- 7. She'll make a home for one (5)
- 9. A burglar beating it would be a blow (3)
- 12. Rubbish obtained by going out unaccompanied? (7)
- 14. Black salt? (3)
- 16. Disunite with some perseverance (5)
- 17. Go furtively forming links (5)
- 19. Kind of glass used for measuring drinks? (7)
- 20. Clearly it may be the 19 Down type (5)
- 21. Shoot the pedant to the bottom of the class! (5)
- 23. Be deceived by a person's charms? (4,3)
- 24. Tripe's processed by an elflike creature (6)
- 25. Any upset can be discouraging (3)
- 27. Move like a drunken churl (5)
- 28. Flat area involved in games? (5)
- 30. It's tough, making a hash outright! (5)
- 32. As used in writing pointed articles? (4)
- 33. Initially a senior citizen (3)