Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 6 September 2021 Answers
Stuck on a clue? Reveal the whole grid in one tap, click View answer on any single clue to fill in just that word, or click the clue itself to open its standalone answer page.
1 B
2 K
3 S
4 L
I
5 P
6 S
7 A
8 M
A
9 N
I
A
I
10 R
H
I
N
O
11 T
I
N
12 M
A
N
O
R
T
13 C
O
L
D
14 W
A
R
15 P
U
16 T
O
17 N
N
18 R
E
X
19 B
E
G
O
N
E
20 S
21 G
E
T
W
E
L
L
W
A
22 L
O
U
D
E
U
23 P
E
R
T
O
E
24 P
L
A
S
25 T
E
R
H
26 P
27 I
S
28 T
I
L
29 T
O
R
30 S
31 E
N
T
E
R
32 K
E
T
C
33 H
U
P
G
34 N
A
M
U
R
35 H
O
P
36 G
O
D
O
T
R
37 M
E
T
E
R
T
38 R
E
N
T
S
D
R
Across
- 3. Moves quietly behind the wicket (5)
- 8. Wild desire of a fellow to get a first-class return (5)
- 10. Animal somewhat shortened, having no tail! (5)
- 11. Less than a tiny container (3)
- 12. Possibly Roman police district? (5)
- 13. No heated hostility (4,3)
- 15. Place a number back to front, let's assume (3,2)
- 18. Chap about to get cross (3)
- 19. Plead with a person to depart (6)
- 21. It's on the cards as a patient thing to do (3,4)
- 22. Noisy old wreck going round the bend (4)
- 23. Saucy during supper time (4)
- 24. Form of stapler a builder may use (7)
- 26. A bit of a bloomer (6)
- 29. The height of rhetoric (3)
- 31. Be an outsider no longer (5)
- 32. Vessel raised at the dining table, perhaps (7)
- 34. Town to which a man returns for half an hour (5)
- 35. A jumpy flight? (3)
- 36. Character dramatically awaited (5)
- 37. Whereat parking causes mere chaos around a road junction? (5)
- 38. As paid by tenants in tears? (5)
Down
- 1. Stick no tab incorrectly (5)
- 2. Related to a charitable cardinal, perhaps (7)
- 4. Though dishonest, he'll give £1 with a warm heart (4)
- 5. Drive to support a noted Labour leader (6)
- 6. Shoulder no responsibility? (5)
- 7. Name the six-footer in front (5)
- 9. Nothing but national insurance money (3)
- 12. Most properly, a well-known name (7)
- 14. In the rain, we finish last (3)
- 16. We enter a high place or tall building (5)
- 17. Inferior to a thane, possibly (5)
- 19. Such bombast will get a bighead a bad result (7)
- 20. Inclination to buzz off? (5)
- 21. A stayer gets out of position going round a bend (5)
- 23. Rested between flights (7)
- 24. A tripe product not endorsed by law (6)
- 25. Rum kid? (3)
- 27. Form into which you can make tin go (5)
- 28. Performer of quite normal songs (5)
- 30. Extra brilliant! (5)
- 32. Russell, possibly seen as Elvis (4)
- 33. Piping can be jazzy! (3)