December 12th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 12th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Maybe it was belted	WAIST
That one-eyed couple, possibly in hand	JACKS
Person responsible for wrecking our cart	CURATOR
Resting place for many a Russian?	DIVAN
Motivate to lie terribly about a politician	IMPEL
By going round with some mariners, one sees the sea	BRINY
Domination by a schoolteacher?	MASTERY
One or two fatheaded points	FEW
Friend finally forgoing something fishy?	ALLY
With her, maybe, I'm in the clear	CLAIRE
Become eligible for divorce	MARRY
Cry on the bed, having blundered	BOOBED
Extraordinary feat, yet it's inevitable	FATE
It's poisonous, so you need less than a teaspoonful	ASP
In jest, might be termed a popular rhyme	JOCULAR
Light on something silky	RAYON
Figure advanced as a joint contribution	TENON
Being confused, I'm wrong to get cross with the editor	MIXED
Generous politician?	LIBERAL
Female crocodile's name	ODILE
Exotic siren handy for checking the horses	REINS
Creature that turns up in laminated wood	ANIMAL
Little is able to get into the pig's place	SCANTY
Large cask said to weigh a lot	TUN
Being hirsute can be dangerous	HAIRY
How Hal and Al went into the butcher's business?	JOINTLY
A lot of soldiers, including marines	ARMY
He shouldn't lose his place in the team	KEEPER
Second-class highway in Norfolk?	BROAD
Bonehead embraced by mother _ the snake!	MAMBA
Buoyant new solo for piano!	SLOOP
Last letter in some dialect	FINAL
Were meandering around the south by river	WESER
Sing of love amid the waving corn?	CROON
She sounds fruity!	MELANIE
Doesn't change, this port	OSTEND
Mixing it into the wrong fuel is useless!	FUTILE
Undertake to carry forward?	TAKEON
Another name for Indiana	JONES
One can call it bread	ROLL
Push violently the wrong way and spoil	MAR

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