October 20th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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October 20th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
I catch them entering on their way to you	INTHEMAIL
From curiosity, return	INTEREST
Seizing a sharp object does hurt	PAIN
Various competitors in the Olympics	DIVERS
Bringing back the cooler air to the planet	NEPTUNE
So is in the front again	THEREFORE
What distinguishes a fox’s brush? It’s hard and firm to grasp	BUSHINESS
He was captured and shot escaping a time after	HOSTAGE
Think you should look healthy	SEEFIT
Run in the race or jump	TROT
A watch for the arm	REPEATER
It doesn’t sound at all interesting!	DULLTHUD
Nonsense! They’ll be frightened of the terrier	RATS
Bringing round a large crate to unpack - wine	CLARET
The dog, dear, doesn’t have a dish	CHOWDER
Letting mice loose among the fruit reduces the quantity greatly!	DECIMATES
Find what makes a commodity sell well? That’s a tall order!	BIGDEMAND
He loads up the dish	CHARGER
Studies Latin and profits from it	LEARNS
Has to have a mould	MUST
As jumpers, they’re no good	BOUNDERS
Said to tear the paper off and vamoose	DISAPPEAR
Send off with an expedition	DISPATCH
Bump into as you go out	STRIKE
Singer who’s into performing in the nude	BARITONE
Claim the woman returned the two keys	ALLEGE
No dolly girl who won the efficiency competition?	MISSABLE
Doesn’t sit until there’s no movement at all	STANDSTILL
Calls on to abandon one’s wicked ways	DROPSIN
“Suppose,” you add, “it’s in a rough sea”	ASSUME
To refuse to sit in it would be sheer stupidity	DENSITY
Wouldn’t allow anybody to read the letters	ERASED
He lay covered in ice	SHEET
The gentleman wanted the deed brought round	SIR
Plump for sandwiches	ROUND
A bit of luck for the oarsman?	STROKE
Get down to brass tacks in a discussion with a foreign country	TALKTURKEY
What I had when I was little	DOT
Bring out and stick in a coloured envelope	PRODUCE
Work more, being unable to relax	RESTLESS
What makes a captive animal wary?	CAGINESS
The bird is angry, to begin with	REDSTART
In picture frames, you think	IMAGINE
Look closely at the name written in pencil	CRAYON
Make the young drink	BRANDY
Think the notice outside made you laugh	AMUSED

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