August 24th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 24th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
In Shakespeare, did he get fired?	PISTOL
Deliver a letter to a town in Hants	HANDOVER
Lay on too much because of the party	OVERDO
It can be of all-round educational value	GLOBE
Look knowingly at a heartless letter	LEER
Thus, for half an hour, is bitter	SOUR
The pet dogs of visitors to Australia?	POMS
Could it make the moustaches grow stronger?	WAX
Town with less than two banks	OBAN
A beastly end	TAIL
A difficult operation means toil	HARDGRAFT
Girl on a motorway in the south of France	MIDI
Latest model afoot?	LAST
Not left in the dark	LIT
Attracted to one of the Barrymores?	DREW
Three miles would be too much for him!	EMIL
Weaken the standard	FLAG
Complain at having to hold the key?	GRIPE
Friendly name for a German song	ALLIED
One with lofty thought to enumerate?	IDEALIST
Hey - that's quick!	PRESTO
They're past being politicians	WHIGS
In France, historically, did it see some Norman jousting?	ANJOU
Bird jointly tailed	DOVE
Introductory poem about a Roundhead	PROEM
View Romeo as a prophet!	SEER
Outwardly oral test	ORDEAL
Matches made from staves?	VESTAS
Plenty of clothing	LOT
One of those Norfolk girls?	BROAD
Not a short member of the fielding side	LONGLEG
Cushy place to live?	PAD
In comedy, it has point	WIT
Restraint of British Rail on strike!	BRIDLE
Later, in a relatively stern position	AFTER
Badly affected by success?	HIT
Such recruits would be new to war	RAW
His is a grinding job	MILLER
Gratuitous guidance	TIP
Set one in the road somehow	RADIO
It's only a small figure, note	MINIM
Port can make you lithe!	LEITH
Appendages of elfin size?	FINS
Weight unit usable in margarine making	GRAM

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