May 17th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 17th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
A screen, maybe, but you can see through it	GRILLE
The shame of a police inspector's girl	DISGRACE
Unfit due to a bad meal	LAME
Harmful substance one gets in a spoon, possibly	POISON
Give a fellow tea, maybe	DONATE
Something fishy that won't hold water	NET
Potentate with only one foot?	RULER
An act possibly reciprocated	DEED
Rogue extraterrestrial who may become an officer!	CADET
Bachelor boy's bundles	BALES
Taken into a big corporation, perhaps	EATEN
He can cook a bit of lunch, effectively	CHEF
Some of their familiar stories may not be believed	LIARS
Weed killer!	HOE
He may be merry and wander drunkenly	ANDREW
Immediate availability of credit	DIRECT
I had nothing left but an image	IDOL
Person not making modest progress, but barely moving!	STREAKER
On paper, it's useful for small removal jobs	ERASER
Having rushed for half the game, seemed out of breath	GASPED
Let by a middle-man in Leeds, possibly	LEASED
River in the garden	EDEN
Passes over wild regions	IGNORES
It's long, wet, and not natural	CANAL
Frenzied excitement of a figure in free motion	FEVER
To cast one can be a job	LINE
Mother doesn't need her for a test	MOT
A screwy character?	NUT
Possibly past getting excited	TENSE
Retail business, evidently small beer	SALES
Marble town?	ELGIN
Tom, short-listed?	CAT
The gardener's boy?	DEN
Low fellow in the field of American sport	BASEMAN
Prove one's humanity?	ERR
Heavenly cigar?	CORONA
What a dog may do, the rotter!	HEEL
He's said to be a more distant relative	FATHER
Wild pleas uttered by Lapps	LAPSE
Improve the look of a rugged road north	ADORN
Made invisible!	HID
To fade away outright is terrible!	DIRE

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