August 8th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 8th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Asparagus, for instance, can kill you!	SPEAR
Condemn complicated cures	CURSE
A game of wits	MARBLES
Be to the forefront as a Labour leader	BEVAN
They help people to hold their head high	NECKS
Many get sent astray, hence the damage	DENTS
Though having his own lift, he could slide down a pole	FIREMAN
It's sharp, like a bent pin	NIP
Dispensed with by a cross editor?	AXED
Dad gets a man back from somewhere abroad	PANAMA
Burglars do so and go quietly	STEAL
Some trifles one consumes as special delights	TREATS
Gold, maybe, from Hindustan	DUST
He's so late starting!	SOL
Large area of southern Spain and Portugal	SIBERIA
Half finished food can be seen as exceptional	FEATS
Where a taxi back is costlier, maybe?	BACUP
Thought of the many getting exploited	MUSED
Given a nudge jointly	ELBOWED
Bellerophon's girl?	BELLE
A wealthy JP	GETTY
Sub, maybe, or a pigheaded ref getting the team upset	PREFIX
Confounded when a puzzle comes to a dead end!	AMAZED
Managed to get an extract of uranium	RAN
Writer due to finish surrounded by broken nibs!	IBSEN
Principal tube line?	CENTRAL
American ways have their advantages	USES
Where, in India, a Kipling character took some wild risks?	SIKKIM
Strad possibly played locally	DARTS
Goes hungry, being tied up and so loveless	FASTS
Cleric needing a bit of help to have fun	REVEL
Man turning up for half an hour in town	NAMUR
What to eat when it's later than midday?	PASTA
Where Continental capitalists take much soluble aspirin?	PARIS
Jack's opportunity to be a high churchman?	STEEPLE
Go round arranging a treat out of love	ROTATE
Deceive a dandy about the Spanish	DELUDE
Enlist, possibly (in naval service?)	SILENT
Leather article used by Rostropovich	STROP
It's used in tanks	FUEL
Girl in a million?	MEG

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