Evening Standard Cryptic – Mar 14 2018
Published in Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BIGOT, BILE, MUSIC, SPRING.
Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 14 2018
Clues | Answers |
A bird and a male one, furthermore | COCKATOO |
A growing boy in a car | CEDAR |
A line of questionable length | STRING |
A loser anyone can back | DUD |
A sort of joke, possibly up north | PUN |
A thief in the house | BURGLAR |
Also to be found in an Asian country | LAOS |
An airborne carrier | PIGEON |
Be given thanks by letter | BETA |
Close to the northeast central part | NEAR |
Club motorist? | DRIVER |
Defy gravity craftily? | HOVER |
Figure as a noted Loch | ELEVEN |
Friend giving father money | PAL |
Get over being angry | CROSS |
He comes in from another place | MAN |
Holy or not, they tend to be obeyed | ORDERS |
In Athens at the time in question | THEN |
In ballet, a name for a half pace | DANCE |
In the kitchen, it has its upside downs | EGGTIMER |
Irritability is good for your digestion! | BILE |
It can be faced with a tricky sum, I see | MUSIC |
It never really got airborne | ROC |
It’s in an arable area | LEA |
Old soldier’s singular dance | LANCER |
One sat on by Charlie with a cry of pain? | COUCH |
Possibly heard to be rushed | HARED |
Possibly warm end of September | EMBER |
Tempts one to break the rules | LURES |
The time to sing about a trouble-free April | SPRING |
The would-be expert punned the thing spoken of | PUNDIT |
Though arguably unyielding, might one go in a bit? | BIGOT |
Time for a drink | TEA |
Uncle’s legendary twin? | REMUS |
Very Scottish | UNCO |
Viola from Carshalton | ALTO |
Was he too villainous to put a cigarette out? | FAGIN |
Watch – he’s after something! | HUNTER |
What you might call rock salmon | HUSS |
When squashed, a goner? | ORANGE |
You won’t find her in Memphis, Tennessee! | HIS |
Young performer shaking rattles | STARLET |