Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 4 August 2022 Answers
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1 B
2 R
E
3 A
4 K
5 I
6 M
7 I
T
8 T
Y
E
9 M
I
L
D
R
E
D
H
10 C
L
O
U
D
I
11 L
O
V
E
R
O
L
12 C
O
R
A
L
M
13 C
A
14 M
E
L
O
T
N
15 Y
E
16 S
17 E
D
I
T
R
18 A
G
H
A
S
T
N
G
19 A
G
I
L
E
H
O
20 T
21 A
H
I
T
I
L
22 P
O
23 M
P
24 S
E
T
T
25 S
E
R
I
O
U
S
R
26 C
U
B
A
N
N
S
27 D
I
V
A
N
U
28 D
U
T
C
H
A
29 K
E
T
C
H
U
P
L
30 B
L
E
E
D
E
31 O
S
I
E
R
Across
- 1. A parting word from the referee (5)
- 6. Handy name for Walter? (5)
- 9. She's not a serious revolutionary (7)
- 10. It puts you in the shade (5)
- 11. He's very keen to have a cash surplus (5)
- 12. She's in the pink (5)
- 13. Where Arthur could have a meal in bed (7)
- 15. Agreement in every essential (3)
- 17. Prepare for the turn of the tide (4)
- 18. Shocked into being, at some stage, a bit hasty? (6)
- 19. In a wild gale, I get to be active (5)
- 20. Land a blow during half time! (6)
- 22. When a politician takes office, there's ceremony (4)
- 24. Group of racehorse trainers (3)
- 25. Rosie's mad with us for being difficult (7)
- 26. Sort of heel giving a bit of trouble in prison! (5)
- 27. Where one may be lying in Div. 1 (5)
- 28. The equable way to go (5)
- 29. Tasteful way to make a vessel better (7)
- 30. Suffer a personal loss (5)
- 31. Rosie's willowy form (5)
Down
- 2. Prepare weapons with another charge in mind? (6)
- 3. Charm can be considered protective (6)
- 4. Youngster announced as captain (3)
- 5. The novel Russian fathead (5)
- 6. Mixture concocted by Meg Lane (7)
- 7. One old wreck regarded as heavenly (4)
- 8. They're notedly subject to variations (6)
- 12. A letter or two from a low-down dog (5)
- 13. They come in hundreds, as in a recent survey (5)
- 14. The power that gives an aircraft height (5)
- 15. Coarse fellow able to make hay and love repeatedly (5)
- 16. Prevents the opening of a shop for toys (5)
- 18. Key man (or boys?) (5)
- 19. Accustomed to making a date to go round a vessel? (7)
- 21. It's of signal necessity in radio (6)
- 22. Pretty girls, perhaps, but they go to the wall (3-3)
- 23. Clem may be out to get us power (6)
- 25. In an unusual case, you finish with a food additive (5)
- 26. One of those easy pieces? (4)
- 28. Arduous piece for two performers (3)