August 4th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 4th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Going off, then, to tie up the vessel	ONTHETURN
Outside, you think, meant to create a diversion	AMUSEMENT
A little sense hard to instil into	WHIT
"It's a cinch", you say, and say categorically	ASSERT
The plant is within my dominion	MASTERY
Teach the others about self-control	RESTRAINT
On one's way, though the train isn't moving	INTRANSIT
You didn't break it, mum	SILENCE
Attack the chump with an excellent left	ASSAIL
Say nothing, nothing, nothing. Just go away!	SHOO
The same gin cocktail, if imbibed, makes everything seem great	MAGNIFIES
A bell has broken outside the entrance, but that's unimportant	BAGATELLE
See that half are disinclined to	LOTH
Rick is right in the country	SPRAIN
Alleged to have been taken from the lost property office?	CLAIMED
Heavens, it's stiff and meant to be fluid!	FIRMAMENT
He got her a cat to dispel the sorrow	HEARTACHE
Holes in boxes the rain gets through	CRATERS
Follows right back when given the sack, to set upon	TRACKS
Without Leslie's	LESS
Travelling, he got into a violent tornado	ONTHEROAD
A club for officers	TRUNCHEON
In order to, charges ahead	FORWARDS
To begin with, land very early	ATFIRSTLIGHT
Surpass and be more polished than	OUTSHINE
Bent on getting a goal	INTENT
The twit goes back and samples the cakes	PASTRIES
Giving in and presenting to for consideration	SUBMITTING
Somehow she's got in a mess with the material	HESSIAN
He's unlikely to be found out	STAYATHOME
The vessels were travelling south	EWERS
Can break free to get out and that's bad	RANCID
A four-legged goose!	ASS
Gracious! Are they related to monkfish?	HOLYMACKEREL
Just said it's a passage	STRAIT
The baddie with the flame-thrower, he performs the part of	MALEFACTOR
The effect produced on one by the take-off	IMPRESSION
Don't allow to catch up	BAN
That will tell us what you've got up to!	ALTITUDE
Says it's excellent: a really good drink	CRACKSUP
Lining for the bandage	DRESSING
Hesitated to greet, embarrassed	WAVERED
Go off about, when you write the review?	ROAST
Well, that's good!	HEALTH

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