December 19th 2018 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 19th 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
A London tree	POPLAR
A few clever lines causing riots, perhaps, in a cricket club	ACROSTIC
Tar with taste	SALT
Indian pledged to stay with uncle?	PAWNEE
Get a damaged boat in	OBTAIN
Taken for tea?	ATE
Major Elgar composition	LARGE
To leave the land	TOGO
Stormed wildly, upsetting Edgar	RAGED
Within the law, but run away all the same	LEGIT
But for his sad heart, he would get ten out of ten!	TEXAN
Shortly the lad will possess nothing	SOON
When surrounded, best get out of the way!	BESET
It takes a mere trice to complete her name	BEA
Wherein to shop for amusement?	ARCADE
See, having an eye for language	COPTIC
Six-footers, like some Russian tsars	ANTS
To his credit, he took an order conscientiously	CROMWELL
Servant with a bit of a black eye	LACKEY
Figure the little beast has a tantrum	PUPPET
Was inclined to duck into shelter	LEANTO
Estimate the speed	RATE
Clearly not a singlet	DOUBLET
In essence, a tart can be something fragrant	ATTAR
In Scotland, it's noted for stone	SCONE
Ill-gotten gains of a swollen headed humorist	SWAG
In general, the French descend on England's capital	LEE
It's only a little, but thanks a lot!	TAD
One needs sound glue to make a house	IGLOO
Heathen cause of a pang, possibly	PAGAN
A KO shot?	OUTER
Nominally, would he rule doggedly?	REX
As drunk by Joe at the Nag's Head	GIN
Fail to keep up, thus disappoint	LETDOWN
Leaves in a paper bag, perhaps	TEA
Rotten month, I see	SEPTIC
The bosun's porridge ingredient	OATS
Very pleasantly? Exactly!	NICELY
That lot at the bakery	BATCH
Move fast like Oscar, taking Jock out	SCOOT
Good, perhaps singularly sweet	BON
Drop in demand!	CALL

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