August 17th 2018 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 17th 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
Think it’s in the main true, but garbled	RUMINATE
To love excessively	TOO
Do the man in - a writer	CRAYON
Stress it runs in the family	STRAIN
Nonsense! The twit must relinquish it and go off	TWADDLE
A belt is something you wear	SOCK
Not inclined to be honest	ONTHELEVEL
No reaction from the gagged and blindfolded person?	NOTAPEEP
Show the harbour has fish	PORTRAY
Either sell, or give, the cat to	FLOG
Cheered when it tried to get rid of its rider	BUCKED
You’ll be sorry when it comes!	THEDAYOFATONEMENT
Excellent advice - the best	TIPTOP
Would one be a cross between various kinds of goat?	IBEX
Is acting in, it seems	APPEARS
How the confounded light is going on and off?	BLINKING
The one with the nest in which there were chicks?	FAMILYTREE
Pound, at first, on the table	LIST
Loving having a room, for a change, to ourselves	AMOROUS
Call out “Mum! There’s a child outside”	SUMMON
Disclose, about meat	REVEAL
Catch and stuff	NET
Aim to annoy, which does make things dicey	ENDANGER
Inconveniencing by extinguishing	PUTTINGOUT
Grasping we’ve upset the well-known singer	DIVA
Taking mother along, I go off to get a plant	MAGNOLIA
Uneasy as ever about its being returned	RESTIVE
Still remaining in force when detaining the righteous	HOLDINGGOOD
You can take it it’s satisfactory	ACCEPTABLE
When the idiot stands a drink, don’t accept it	PASSUP
Such evidence as it is that there’s building going on?	CONCRETE
Follow, when he leaves the bar	TRAIL
Most keen to play with the tots	HOTTEST
Don’t take, when you hand down to	LEAVE
Not harsh with him	CLEMENT
Calling on one and changing one’s mind about?	COMINGROUND
That can be put on if it’s fitting	APPLICABLE
Having made a profit from, transferred to	TURNEDOVER
Like the invitation that came when you had flu?	ILLTIMED
Its purpose is defensive, the palace aide said	PALISADE
It’s probably hearts she breaks!	SMASHER
Point at which the anaesthetic gets you under	NETHER
Audacity that’s just a facade?	FRONT
From a large number, might a quarter get through?	MANY

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