Cryptic Crossword
The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword 9 April 2026 Answers
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1 M
2 W
3 W
4 H
I
5 S
6 K
7 L
8 S
A
9 T
I
N
O
10 P
U
T
I
N
11 Y
I
N
12 N
O
M
A
D
B
13 T
O
P
K
14 N
O
T
15 R
O
16 B
E
17 S
R
18 L
O
T
19 R
E
S
U
L
T
20 B
21 S
E
R
I
O
U
S
S
O
22 A
L
A
S
C
S
23 S
T
I
R
M
T
24 D
E
S
T
25 R
O
Y
K
26 B
27 L
A
28 D
E
S
29 L
E
D
30 M
31 I
O
N
I
A
32 H
E
X
A
33 G
O
N
C
34 T
R
I
E
R
35 P
A
D
36 W
A
S
T
E
A
37 D
O
G
E
S
L
38 O
R
A
T
E
P
M
Across
- 3. Move fast, causing confusion in the kitchen (5)
- 8. Bad stain in cloth (5)
- 10. Make an application, or joke about it, possibly (3,2)
- 11. Every country inn has a Scottish one (3)
- 12. Traveller abroad very keen on Japanese theatre (5)
- 13. In hairdressing, the best union (7)
- 15. It's an honour to enter the Royal Society in such garments (5)
- 18. Much, to the Left, is retrograde (3)
- 19. The outcome in Ulster? (6)
- 21. The way to town, for us, is difficult (7)
- 22. Sad remark by a girl at a hearing (4)
- 23. Jug of porridge (4)
- 24. Finish getting toes dry somehow (7)
- 26. Dashing young fellows from Sheffield? (6)
- 29. Shown the way out of troubled waters (3)
- 31. Where the ancient Greeks got ten in a mess? (5)
- 32. No ex-hag could possibly have such a figure! (7)
- 34. German essayist? (5)
- 35. On which to write home? (3)
- 36. Due to loss, was short of tea (5)
- 37. As magistrates, they had their pet points (5)
- 38. Speak of how some toreador got tossed! (5)
Down
- 1. Official of county Roscommon, initially (5)
- 2. Coming out of their shell, they give the French a saucy look! (7)
- 4. A funny noise? (4)
- 5. Replacements may be sparse (6)
- 6. The glory that was Greek (5)
- 7. Be ill disposed to commit an offence (5)
- 9. Show an inclination to be generous (3)
- 12. Not refreshments, one observes (7)
- 14. Neither number's right! (3)
- 16. Outstandingly ladylike, a bit statuesque? (5)
- 17. One bringing new arrivals by air? (5)
- 19. One who steals, but not silently (7)
- 20. Disney character half the time in a new bib (5)
- 21. Old Harry was enthroned on one (5)
- 23. Figure in timeless soap operas as an American drink (4,3)
- 24. Are in red, possibly, when costlier (6)
- 25. He's about to get cross (3)
- 27. Movie hero's favourite pub? (5)
- 28. Do fully, just the same (5)
- 30. It's in fashion, a lot, for linking computers (5)
- 32. In Panama, say, the east gets hot weather (4)
- 33. As a joke, it's less than engaging (3)