Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 4 June 2025 Answers
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1 W
I
N
2 G
E
3 R
4 F
5 V
6 P
I
R
7 O
F
F
I
C
I
A
L
M
8 M
O
9 N
A
L
R
A
10 P
E
A
P
O
D
11 I
M
12 P
A
13 C
T
L
14 N
E
W
15 C
16 F
I
L
L
Y
17 E
18 Y
E
D
19 R
O
20 W
A
N
A
O
21 S
E
V
E
N
S
U
22 C
A
D
E
T
23 S
24 A
P
25 S
26 S
T
27 R
A
W
R
28 P
A
L
I
29 T
H
E
L
M
A
30 T
O
T
A
L
S
A
E
I
31 O
P
U
S
L
32 C
A
V
A
L
I
E
R
R
E
K
E
L
33 N
I
N
E
T
Y
Across
- 1. Flying footballer (6)
- 7. Authorised by the ref? (8)
- 8. She's said to be a moaner (4)
- 10. One case of vegetables (3,3)
- 11. It's a blow when the little devil has to work (6)
- 14. Latest from Pinewood? (3)
- 16. Horsy girl? (5)
- 17. Regarded as having vision (4)
- 19. A tree to make war on? (5)
- 21. Time when a football coach is out for an early start (5)
- 22. A young person of service (5)
- 23. Mugs to pass around? (4)
- 26. Jack's treatment for warts (5)
- 28. Quiet chap, this friend? (3)
- 29. Bad hat going round the wood with a girl (6)
- 30. Sums for kiddies, outwardly? (6)
- 31. Music means nothing to a Manx cat (4)
- 32. A clavier composition unpopular with the Roundheads (8)
- 33. But, in New York, it's one plus ten, maybe! (6)
Down
- 1. Does wearing it help make a woman look good? (6)
- 2. Felt uncertain (6)
- 3. Broadland highway? (4)
- 4. Seeing in the dark is often fun for one (4,3)
- 5. Such in infection can ruin a rival (5)
- 6. One aptly swimming around in the aquarium? (5)
- 8. New name for neck hair (4)
- 9. At present knowing no king (3)
- 12. One stuck quietly in? (3)
- 13. Many a snake may seize you! (5)
- 15. Protector in the field of sport (5)
- 18. He's got it! (5)
- 19. Looking angry and a bit scared (3)
- 20. We just finished getting soaked (3)
- 21. The place for neatly cut trunks (7)
- 22. Little chap slimmers may count as worth watching (3)
- 23. Planet with some makings of a start turn! (6)
- 24. A girl's not finished, unfortunately (4)
- 25. Artist's piece of land in the outskirts of Surrey (6)
- 26. A lot of cats turning up for the weekend (5)
- 27. Christopher as a historic official (5)
- 28. The sound of music (3)
- 30. Rent to sailors (4)