Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 6 March 2025 Answers
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1 B
2 R
A
3 S
4 S
5 O
6 S
7 P
I
8 V
S
E
9 C
O
U
R
I
E
R
E
10 O
N
I
O
N
I
11 L
O
O
S
E
O
T
12 W
O
R
L
D
T
13 D
I
14 S
C
E
R
N
E
15 D
A
16 D
17 A
R
C
H
I
18 C
R
U
I
S
E
R
A
19 S
T
I
R
S
V
L
20 T
21 O
R
Q
U
E
E
22 F
A
23 I
L
24 S
P
Y
M
25 B
E
L
I
N
D
A
I
26 S
M
A
L
L
L
E
27 M
A
L
T
A
E
28 F
I
N
A
L
T
29 A
R
M
E
N
I
A
L
30 T
E
R
R
Y
D
31 B
L
U
S
H
Across
- 1. There's money in women's underwear, son (5)
- 6. Wide boys who quietly figure among the saints? (5)
- 9. Carrier of a letter from a courtier (7)
- 10. Spanish style of dome? (5)
- 11. Sort of woman to lose out on love? (5)
- 12. There's a new one across the ocean (5)
- 13. See in order to rescind (7)
- 15. Pop back again (3)
- 17. Roguish as a bishop could be? (4)
- 18. Wildly I curse the chance of getting seasick (6)
- 19. Removes an article from the stairs (5)
- 20. Player of a part in rotation (6)
- 22. To flunk upsets Alfie no end! (4)
- 24. I do so playfully (3)
- 25. Has she to be in front of another girl? (7)
- 26. There's little in a dismal life (5)
- 27. Once highly decorated island (5)
- 28. Last portion of fish - a small piece (5)
- 29. Where more than one man could appear in an operatic part (7)
- 30. A chap to try out with hesitation? (5)
- 31. Look embarrassed when the president gets out of a corner (5)
Down
- 2. Did he finish a picture with black, being French? (6)
- 3. Spoil a drink (6)
- 4. He's always on key for vocal music (3)
- 5. A giant among the stars (5)
- 6. Men of vision holding £50 for the vendors (7)
- 7. Goad for a dunderhead (4)
- 8. Figure to fiddle seats for the matches (6)
- 12. Put down as a Western ceremony (5)
- 13. A game involving sets (5)
- 14. Alarming vehicle in outer Surrey (5)
- 15. Restful letter to a Russian (5)
- 16. The Handel Largo is too much for her (5)
- 18. Basket with a hole in it (5)
- 19. In brief, all girl (7)
- 21. Dope can make a difference to a pie! (6)
- 22. Suitable to a child of either sex (6)
- 23. How ladies can set high standards (6)
- 25. Wounded, show some of what you're made of (5)
- 26. One of those seen on a striking occasion? (4)
- 28. Could one mislead the FBI? (3)