July 26th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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July 26th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Garment to pull towards one	JERKIN
Absent for a little rest, one turns in	OFFBREAK
A drink we take in	WINE
To cry like this may seem evil to the Poles	SNIVEL
Girl's name for a car (Scandinavian?)	CAROLE
Lay some mousetraps	SET
Lavishes affection on a girl, two ways	DOTES
Cries when a spy is discovered	YAPS
Fooled a failure into holding some hope?	DUPED
Cunning of the French going to the West Indies	WILES
A duck, but you may see one among the wild deer	EIDER
It's potentially electrifying	VOLT
Twisted rails can be deceptive	LIARS
Bad actor given a clap somewhere in London	HAM
The boys can name a great king	ALFRED
When it comes to the crunch, is edible	CELERY
Soon, one gets ahead	ANON
Stops a serpent coiling itself around Victor!	PREVENTS
He doesn't exactly need a permit to live alone	HERMIT
New in America, it's a top garment	JERSEY
Cutters, initially silent	KNIVES
Coward's name	NOEL
Scrapes or scratches, possibly causing bad ears	ABRADES
Storehouse or department containing nothing	DEPOT
Heavens above!	SKIES
A little smoke is not exactly wise	WISP
Fishy, perhaps, it's simply full of holes!	NET
Boy given the stick?	ROD
Is flat, but maybe spirited	LEVEL
Animals that go on two feet	MULES
Time for a shower?	APRIL
Passed up again	DID
By taking a chance as a matter of luck	PER
They'll do nothing hasty when the swine are milling around them	WISEMEN
Be wrong in giving a growl going to earth	ERR
A familiar name for our courage	VALOUR
Sign of women losing their head	OMEN
Test taken by a swimmer around the end of May	TRYOUT
Lights taking 50 current amps	LAMPS
Trying to get a foot on the bottom of the ladder	AFTER
Feminist sort of party?	HEN
What a cheque meant, as you'll have realised	CASH

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