Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 8 June 2026 Answers
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1 S
2 P
3 N
4 C
O
5 P
P
6 E
R
7 T
E
E
T
O
T
A
L
A
L
I
T
S
8 E
9 T
U
D
E
S
10 C
11 L
A
12 S
H
13 S
A
I
L
V
14 K
I
L
T
15 F
I
N
N
16 B
E
G
E
17 A
18 G
O
G
19 S
20 C
A
N
21 G
R
E
E
N
22 B
E
L
T
23 K
E
E
N
24 S
O
L
O
25 S
26 W
I
T
27 T
28 R
O
Y
29 T
30 R
I
31 M
M
32 P
L
A
N
33 S
H
A
R
E
34 P
O
N
I
E
S
H
T
T
N
E
35 P
E
N
E
L
O
P
E
36 B
O
A
R
D
S
D
N
R
Across
- 4. An element of law enforcement (6)
- 7. At the driving place, all alcohol free (8)
- 8. Studies noted duets, possibly (6)
- 10. Figure a hush to be something you can hear! (5)
- 13. Said to be a sale of cloth (4)
- 14. A Scot may have one hanging around (4)
- 15. Mickey's companion, an alien (4)
- 16. Ask earnestly to be good (3)
- 17. Full of excitement like, in the past, Gateshead (4)
- 19. Read a bit of scandal (4)
- 21. Colourful thing to wear around town (5,4)
- 23. Ardent, even after a weekend (4)
- 24. The flying game? (4)
- 26. A clever chap takes whiskey with it (3)
- 27. City with a Tory disaster (4)
- 29. Timothy has the right to be tidy (4)
- 32. Tailless aircraft still on the drawing board? (4)
- 33. The part one hears amiss? (5)
- 34. Animals possibly a long time in espionage (6)
- 35. Fabulous wife, but she just had to run away with a writer! (8)
- 36. Provides meals as support for actors (6)
Down
- 1. Keep at it and your dog will fetch it! (5)
- 2. Rose's favourite boy? (5)
- 3. There's no silence while you're eating it (4)
- 4. Washed down with a bit of ale in a can? (5)
- 5. Name a friend out of turn (4)
- 6. One with twenty-two legs? (6)
- 9. May be silent, but it looks good (6)
- 11. Say the wrong thing (3)
- 12. Are on the street, if you look (5)
- 13. Makes one's mark as a newcomer (5,2)
- 15. Someone to fight for the key to the office (3)
- 16. Flier possibly hung up (3)
- 18. Has it a slow wriggle? (6)
- 20. Stuff that means a lot in church? (5)
- 21. Some strange things to come down with (3)
- 22. He's young to go around being bossy! (3)
- 23. As worn by some Eskimo? No! (6)
- 25. Yes, right, guv! (3)
- 28. Speaks harshly of making a pass at a redhead (5)
- 30. To get ahead, the dirty fellow will betray! (3,2)
- 31. It measures nothing less than a shooting star! (5)
- 32. Seaside structure ripe for redevelopment (4)
- 33. The ship would cast off (4)