Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 6 July 2026 Answers
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1 O
2 R
3 S
4 B
E
5 F
O
6 R
E
7 S
T
O
C
K
C
A
R
O
O
C
A
I
8 A
9 B
A
C
U
S
10 A
11 S
S
12 A
M
13 H
E
E
L
T
14 R
U
T
S
15 B
U
S
H
16 H
E
N
N
17 C
18 O
I
N
19 A
20 B
E
D
21 B
O
U
N
D
22 O
V
E
R
23 M
A
T
S
24 R
E
E
L
25 G
26 F
I
G
27 T
28 I
E
R
29 C
30 R
A
31 B
R
32 S
E
N
D
33 L
H
A
S
A
34 B
R
E
N
D
A
O
I
L
O
I
35 P
E
R
S
O
N
A
L
36 D
R
O
P
I
T
T
Y
S
Across
- 4. Sooner than be at the front (6)
- 7. Racing vehicle kept for sale? (5,3)
- 8. You can count on a taxi returning for us (6)
- 10. State of an Anglo Saxon uncle (5)
- 13. What a dog may do, the cur! (4)
- 14. Form of rust associated with wheels (4)
- 15. George took public transport to the hotel (4)
- 16. A bird in the news (3)
- 17. All round, it's a bit of a coincidence (4)
- 19. Resting, as possibly bade (4)
- 21. Legally obliged to jump across (5,4)
- 23. Small coasters, perhaps (4)
- 24. One holding the line? (4)
- 26. Small illustration of fruit (3)
- 27. One binder in a row? (4)
- 29. But catching one is no credit to a sailor! (4)
- 32. Post a letter at last (4)
- 33. Oriental part of Galashiels, possibly (5)
- 34. She keeps an object in her bra! (6)
- 35. What it is to call anybody a bit of a loon (8)
- 36. Don't continue to drip so! (4,2)
Down
- 1. Is he too scared of being kicked out? (5)
- 2. Cook nothing for stray rats to consume (5)
- 3. Use ice skates among the Eskimos (4)
- 4. Wild bears found in Scotland (5)
- 5. Young animal or duck in the river (4)
- 6. Embarrassed about being dismissed, or beaten (6)
- 9. The mannerly thing to do oneself (6)
- 11. A red setter, perhaps (3)
- 12. A Caledonian royal (5)
- 13. German dog, red, with a round figure (7)
- 15. Receptacle that's been mispronounced (3)
- 16. That girl who goes to bat in a bikini? (3)
- 18. Ed's out, upset, dismissed (6)
- 20. Sir Toby has the making of a big noise (5)
- 21. Shoot a bachelor at midnight! (3)
- 22. Over-poetical? (3)
- 23. In it, what's left looks right (6)
- 25. It's good as a source of heat (3)
- 28. However unsuitable, it's about to take a rest (5)
- 30. Such weather may keep you in, for there's little sunshine about (5)
- 31. Lord's deliveries? (5)
- 32. Cut pins up! (4)
- 33. Light-headed drunken sot - simply gone! (4)