October 23rd 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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October 23rd 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
They tell, at length, how epicures do without water	EPICS
Len has consumed some more fruit!	LEMON
Pest that can ruin a ship	APHIS
In Gujarati, a wide-mouthed vessel	JAR
Insular contribution to formal talks	MALTA
What a defender is past earning?	BACKPAY
For which low gear is highly reasonable	HILLS
Mother meets her end in ruin!	MAR
Foreign, rather like Dan?	DANISH
Name the city to lay waste!	DESTROY
The horse trotted round the ring	ROAN
Copied out of a cheap edition	APED
Glaswegian park keepers?	RANGERS
Drive to support with a bit of help	PROPEL
Champagne ingredient unsuitable for vegetarians	HAM
The flat stones shone weirdly	HONES
Lengthen a sentence?	STRETCH
Delectable turning in a river	TASTY
Like the price of certain stockings?	NET
An animal Biggles could have used?	CAMEL
Many an iron worker, apparently, is under age!	MINOR
Brings up half an army in reserves!	REARS
In Saudi Arabia, he gets endless music	HEJAZ
Worn out, some go round the King's Head with me	WORKMEN
Take part for fun	PLAY
A yacht wrecked in the Orient	CATHAY
Land in a spin!	SPAIN
Women of the future	GIRLS
Scot holding the master key?	MAC
Involved in marital conflict?	MARTIAL
Father's not French!	PAS
Goes slowly, like a number of politicians	LIMPS
Considered capable of dark deeds?	SHADY
Being resolute, many should finish strongly	DOUGHTY
Diagram, but it could be part of a diaphragm	GRAPH
Name a wandering nomad	DAMON
Song about men in the country	ARMENIA
Not the first transaction concerning a northern town	RESALE
Something shell-like from the sea, really	EAR
Something to make war on, it's growing	ROWAN
He'll take a squint round the road junction	PETER
Continue working in west London	ACTON
Make the tea go round in jug	STIR
A double quintet of lutenists	TEN

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