October 5th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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October 5th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Perhaps the best is in the west	WISEST
Means of escape for a railway line meeting a difficult situation?	LOOPHOLE
Kidnapped and taken deviously to Lens?	STOLEN
One Briton termed Royal	ASCOT
The man in Number Ten	BERT
Remain in a key post, say	KEEP
It's known for its bed (and for crockery?)	WARE
Ink manufacturing family	KIN
It's wrong to finish lower in rank	TIER
Should this not be 'a man'?	AMEN
It's given in passing	TIMEOFDAY
With or without motive, it's used in drawing	LOCO
Cosy little place in Vine Street	NEST
Drink with an American at the Nag's Head	GIN
Looking old and very Scottish around mid-April	GREY
See part of the race and applaud	CLAP
Team possibly with beef?	MEAT
It may pay dividends	SHARE
Could he not give a duellist first aid?	SECOND
Does he think it perfect just to sit around?	IDEALIST
Electrifying foreign football team?	DYNAMO
Cold, raw fish	BLEAK
Say nothing is held in a strong grip	VOICE
Disparaging term for a girl, note	CHIT
We get faultless service where water's concerned	WESER
Bullet that possibly commences hostilities?	SHOT
Intercede, putting a quarter pint into a mug	STEPIN
Puts one's foot down	TREADS
Form an attachment, or so we say	SEW
An eye for a drink?	OPTIC
He's entitled to make love in Barnet	BARONET
Little like a drappie?	WEE
A minor, perhaps	KEY
I'm hopelessly gone on her!	IMOGEN
Be equal to a sporting occasion	MATCH
Sue returns from Euston at high speed	TON
Fay, said to be whimsical	FEY
Brownish attire?	LIVERY
In which there'll always be some cowards?	WAR
Broadcast publicity in a Brazilian city	RADIO
Language used in slating old people	LATIN
Steps may be taken to destroy them	PESTS
Nominal lemonade centre	MONA
Help in cleaning up TV?	SOAP

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