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 |