May 8th 2018 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 8th 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
Was, if misconstrued, associated with strays	WAIFS
Contest that can lead to a flare-up	MATCH
Nothing but a metal product, yet of vegetable origin	OATMEAL
Boastful, being above the general level	PROUD
Owlish yet colourful	TAWNY
She's mean, keeping hold of a fag-end	MEGAN
One less heavy on petrol?	LIGHTER
Go out of shape, perhaps	PEP
Tied in a knot. (That's 'correct')	EDIT
Part of one's costume for a dance	BOLERO
The terrorist's blunder	ERROR
Many can be urged to work hard	DRUDGE
Defeat the greatest!	BEST
Not really short for Consuela!	SUE
As produced by porters and journalists	REPORTS
Invention endlessly contributive to transportation	WHEEL
When she got her gun, did she have one and nine change?	ANNIE
For a great man, it's wrong to upset Nat	TITAN
Fatheaded deed by a minority group	FACTION
When released, Fred circumnavigates the Earth	FREED
No, you needn't ask again	NEVER
Scared to wander far for help	AFRAID
The false start should be contested	FOUGHT
Sorry to separate father and daughter in California	SAD
Forever a novel character	AMBER
A killer in the ring	MATADOR
A Catalan name?	ALAN
Run as one simply cannot do, on a half of beer	CANTER
Joined the regiment in time	METRE
This team is in front, you say?	LEEDS
Old-time dance for which Joe joins some guests	GIGUE
Blue boy?	PETER
They've cornered a part of Westminster Abbey	POETS
Breaking an elbow can help with you digestion	BOWEL
Noted horse for a master intellectual	EGGHEAD
One possibly scarlet, going up the pole?	RUNNER
Being stupid or stolid is more than sheepish	BOVINE
Smartly set about the boys in blue, as punishment	STRAFE
Opening payments?	RENTS
She's the one few are wrong about	WIFE
Not up to weight?	TON

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