Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 6 March 2024 Answers
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1 H
2 D
3 S
4 M
U
5 T
6 S
7 F
8 H
E
9 R
O
D
A
10 R
A
L
L
Y
11 F
U
N
12 F
R
A
I
L
A
13 U
T
T
E
14 R
L
Y
15 P
A
16 R
T
17 S
Y
18 G
U
Y
19 E
L
D
E
S
T
20 W
21 M
A
N
A
C
L
E
V
U
22 H
A
I
L
W
E
23 H
E
A
D
I
N
24 S
A
T
C
25 H
E
L
Y
26 C
27 R
U
28 S
T
Y
29 T
E
A
30 F
31 H
A
S
T
Y
32 T
E
N
D
33 R
I
L
P
34 A
L
O
U
D
35 W
A
R
36 P
I
S
T
E
N
37 P
A
N
S
Y
D
38 E
S
S
A
Y
Y
T
Across
- 3. In general, black marks (5)
- 8. Cruel king, but a hero to many (5)
- 10. Really pointless meeting? (5)
- 11. Fair game? (3)
- 12. Weedy fathead at the bar (5)
- 13. Very much so, but not unspeakably (7)
- 15. The dramatic bits (5)
- 18. A supportive fellow? (3)
- 19. First in the world! (6)
- 21. It's singularly useful when you want to hold hands (7)
- 22. Call for some pieces of ice (4)
- 23. He gets publicity as top man (4)
- 24. A bag of broken latches (7)
- 26. Charlie, neglected, gets surly (6)
- 29. A drink to enable you to eat? (3)
- 31. Being rash has to bring the ultimate penalty (5)
- 32. A climbing aid, naturally (7)
- 34. Not a soft word (5)
- 35. Cowards at heart showing great fight (3)
- 36. Where I step out wearing skis (5)
- 37. Pay out the Poles at the plant (5)
- 38. Shot for writing? (5)
Down
- 1. Big and strong, he gets a bit crafty (5)
- 2. Irish lad gone wrong (7)
- 4. Army manoeuvres get her agitated (4)
- 5. But just one athlete can make this jump! (6)
- 6. Food's not all the same, young man! (5)
- 7. Wherein life has no ups and downs? (5)
- 9. In truth, it's monotonous (3)
- 12. To travel a distance by air makes you giddy (7)
- 14. Organise with dash? (3)
- 16. A priest, self-centred, has fun (5)
- 17. A little room to look into (5)
- 19. Picked at the polls (7)
- 20. The question of who sounds a sorceress? (5)
- 21. Without taking minutes to get round a bend? (5)
- 23. Chief method of movement? (7)
- 24. Fashions that seem a bit nasty to the French? (6)
- 25. A layer of rich enamel (3)
- 27. One's right to be paid, perhaps, without delay (5)
- 28. Rigging a test, say (5)
- 30. Starting no end of terrible strife (5)
- 32. Swimmer's eccentric aunt (4)
- 33. Run past! (3)