February 12th 2018 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 12th 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
Container capable of expansion	CHEST
They tell people when to be dutiful	ROTAS
Strong development in the west and south	THEWS
The master, a college head, is a Scot	MAC
She's short of Bordeaux rouge	CLARE
As held up by a shady individual?	PARASOL
Don't rush to apportion blame!	AMBLE
The burden on part of the front axle	TAX
Goes carefully with wild snakes	SNEAKS
Went for!	FETCHED
Goodness, an aristocrat!	LORD
The lemonade lady	MONA
Great writer, but he makes me snore	EMERSON
Can bat, maybe, and get his blue	CANTAB
Listener with a noted warm heart	EAR
Dogs with connections around central Barking!	TIKES
This pencil's not for writing	STYPTIC
Thirty-nine of them could be novel	STEPS
Sing a Schumann piece	HUM
Brief contribution to better service	TERSE
Dance associated with a low bar	LIMBO
Sandy area around the pole	ARENA
Has she almost won a husband?	WOMAN
What the empties have been	VACATED
Initially a hospital for the sick (at Harrow?)	HILL
Waterside London thoroughfare	STRAND
Subject of an article by me	THEME
Shut up in a nice way, initially	SWALK
Jack's a bit of a star	TAR
An old-fashioned fop	COXCOMB
Not being fully up to the task, had a rest	SAT
Was he cured?	BACON
The writing of letters, for instance	ESSAY
Once more, in religious groups, they're hush-hush	SECRETS
Chosen, though less than delectable	ELECT
Nominally honest	FRANK
Roam around having a broken hip, and you need a pain-killer!	MORPHIA
Initially English flower (an annual)	EASTER
Think aloud?	SAY
Dried an excellent colour	AIRED
Name a countess always has	TESSA
Quartet used in climbs	LIMBS
Go round to the doctor?	SPIN
Childish place to put food and drink	TUM

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