Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 4 March 2026 Answers
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1 S
2 C
R
3 A
4 P
5 B
6 P
7 E
A
8 C
H
U
9 G
E
T
O
V
E
R
O
10 G
R
E
E
N
N
11 N
I
P
P
Y
T
N
12 P
U
R
S
E
P
13 W
I
14 T
C
H
E
S
I
15 B
E
16 A
17 A
S
H
Y
C
18 D
O
N
O
R
S
L
R
19 P
A
G
A
N
R
H
20 E
21 L
E
V
E
N
N
22 R
O
23 S
E
24 S
O
W
R
25 A
C
C
E
N
T
S
C
26 S
H
A
M
E
P
R
27 M
A
R
I
A
B
28 P
U
T
O
N
T
29 A
P
R
I
C
O
T
N
30 T
E
R
M
S
T
31 P
E
G
G
Y
Across
- 1. Fight to get rid of (5)
- 6. Beauty with a heart of stone (5)
- 9. As 'master', receive too much (3,4)
- 10. It's for putting on, e.g. at Lincoln (5)
- 11. Like a quick bite? (5)
- 12. Bag a cash prize! (5)
- 13. Can they magically charm humour, as out of cash points? (7)
- 15. Live with a girl (3)
- 17. Have a shot with the grey (4)
- 18. Generous fellows who compose rondos (6)
- 19. Heathen who'll never quite make page one (5)
- 20. The Spanish still have a cricket team! (6)
- 22. A flower grew (4)
- 24. Use seeds to hearten a cassowary (3)
- 25. Stresses the need for cash on account? (7)
- 26. Pity there's a false note (5)
- 27. Girl in many a song (5)
- 28. Don, let's assume (3,2)
- 29. For fruit, it may go to Capri (7)
- 30. Calls one's better half 'Ms' (5)
- 31. Mostly, she may be in a hole! (5)
Down
- 2. Make a dog sit up with a cup (6)
- 3. Means of getting a fancy piece, after a time (6)
- 4. A writer with quiet ways (3)
- 5. Something extra good, American (5)
- 6. Income from a boarding house (7)
- 7. Piece of water that is between the U.S. and Canada (4)
- 8. Policeman's description of jug? (6)
- 12. Only a nut would give money for a broken cane! (5)
- 13. Land, bearing drinks (5)
- 14. Had a fling (5)
- 15. An outright blessing, this element! (5)
- 16. A woman's possible reminder of an old flame (5)
- 18. Waltz with a fellow at half pace (5)
- 19. Possibly soft turn of phrase (7)
- 21. Find and fix (6)
- 22. Celebrity turning up in a tree, possibly (6)
- 23. Tough strapping! (6)
- 25. Scope or extent of limited ambition (5)
- 26. The old cat's country (4)
- 28. Go something like bang (3)