December 22nd 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 22nd 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Mind, or keep an eye on, later	LOOKAFTER
Clear, once one put speed on	EXONERATE
Having ruled the novice out, wished one hadn't	RUED
In case one's ordering veal to take out	VALISE
"Egg-whisk", in the lead, does lose its footing	STAGGER
Withdrawing from the case	UNPACKING
Slackens off when the trade union gets into some trouble	MODERATES
Slept for two days, affected worse, when admitted	DROWSED
Stand, nude and shivering, before again	ENDURE
Not for the tail-wagging alsatian	ANTI
Required that one rang on behalf of	CALLEDFOR
Game with a rotten sauce on it	BADMINTON
Twice she tells you she's coming back	MIMI
I am brought in to identify the fish	PLAICE
Understanding there's a buffet and wine	RAPPORT
So far as upright people are concerned, an advantage	TOTHEGOOD
Imprisoning the aunt I caught, it's true	AUTHENTIC
Drinks accompaniments you get for very little money	PEANUTS
The communication granting permission?	LETTER
A shout of "Well said!"	HAIL
Feeling it will create a great to-do	SENSATION
Mostly finding them an excellent inn on the outskirts	INTHEMAIN
Like peas in a pod, in every way	ALLROUND
Present difficulties to the artist painting you?	POSEAPROBLEM
Got even again	STEADIED
Making the mistake of giving the cockney fish	ERRING
Having brought back, was delivered	REDEEMED
Thought to have been regarded as	CONSIDERED
Goes, when one fixes	REPAIRS
What makes the weather gloomy?	DEPRESSION
Anything you say should	AUGHT
When about to bite on the nut	CASHEW
In the other foot there's a corn	EAR
Like the junk mail the postman delivers without knocking?	NOTWORTHARAP
Unfairly implies one is lacking in, or devoid of intelligence	SIMPLE
Happen to arrive at a gap between the peaks	COMETOPASS
Tail us back to it and do the same	FOLLOWSUIT
Said it's a key factor in pollination	BEE
I don't worry about Leonard being lazy	INDOLENT
Having had a fight backs out of the engagement	RETREATS
Getting down to the problem of food - fish	TACKLING
Reading though "America (Latin)"	PERUSAL
Prepare oneself for, in the wake of	TRAIN
Reach for a tin soldier inside it	ATTAIN

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