December 25th 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 25th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Looks happy in the sunshine	BEAMS
Figures out nothing's funny	COMIC
It's wrong maybe to put the cat out of the room	ATTIC
Fled out of range	RAN
A plethora is too much for her	THORA
The prize a sailor has to shoot for	JACKPOT
It's quite a distance by motorway, boy!	MILES
The sticking point in an argument?	GUM
Did Beethoven write one by moonlight?	SONATA
It adds colour to things	PIGMENT
As a hero, he has his pride	LION
Tool used in a daze?	ADZE
Very quietly looks around for fruits	PEPPERS
Very old place, not quite the best	THEBES
She gets in shape gradually	PEG
Wild creatures in the rushes?	HARES
A country girl (in Reading?)	PERUSAL
Essentially, it has rosy associations	ATTAR
Al sat with him, the dog!	IAN
Steer the short way	TERSE
Bury, a team familiar to soccer fans	INTER
Letter to a girl, in fact	TRUTH
She and Charlie will take a test	CORAL
A coloured drink	PINKGIN
Borrowed from the Germans, it's true	ECHT
Rodent that turns up with a cat and a sheep	MARMOT
Mark and Ian may be on the street	STAIN
A plate holder	RIVET
By many an account, it's a short garment	MAC
Are they all named Atkins?	TOMMIES
Dog turning up at Gateshead	PUG
Arrives with a couple of letters	LANDS
Business of putting beer into a vessel	SALES
Does it show irritation at having been caught?	SNAPPER
Animal with plenty to keep quiet about?	SLOTH
Rod's game?	POKER
Quarrelling, possibly raging about an upstart	ARGUING
Trouble a nobleman with a saintly heart?	PESTER
Always shows hesitation going to the back of the queue	EER
Terrible death regarded as very nasty	HATED
The swine put Birkenhead right on the map!	BEAST
Foreigners from Sedan	DANES
The dramatic bit	PART
On form, maybe; nevertheless rested	SAT

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