August 12th 2019 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 12th 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Drift aloft like an airship	FLOAT
Author who created the term 'adsum'?	DUMAS
Basket with a hole in it	CREEL
Good as can be for cooking	GAS
Just the horse to nip around with?	PINTO
Suitable surname for a sailor boy	JACKSON
It's about them forming partnerships	ITEMS
Invariably five short	EER
By such means, send a letter	POSTAL
The drunken sot possibly sent out for a hat	STETSON
Work in a shop usually	OPUS
Think to charge a pound	FEEL
Better - yet so inferior!	SOUNDER
To half starve the chaps is a bit of a bloomer	STAMEN
Leaves in hot water?	TEA
The wrong thing to be found in	ERROR
Payment of very little substance for writers	PENSION
He may have a special suit for work	DIVER
Volunteers a kiss as tribute	TAX
She helped Jason to fleece her dad	MEDEA
A refreshing thing to do	RENEW
Beast of burden all over its master?	LLAMA
To tease us up can be sweet!	SUGAR
As egg containers they should share the load	BASKETS
Had been lying to a chap - the padre!	LAIN
In a west London town, I make a case	ACTION
Runs only slowly, having a bad heart	TROTS
She's a treasure to the master	GEMMA
Would a tartan lining suit it?	MAC
Share option arranged outright	PORTION
Make sure your eyes are open	SEE
Three could put you to sleep	ETHER
Cunningly, in a silly way!	SLILY
A show dog?	POINTER
Think about nothing but a rodent	MOUSE
In this puzzle, the second lump!	SUGAR
Sumptuously provided with food around the Orient	FEASTED
A broken romance	SERIAL
The little boy's room	DEN
He keeps attempting to name a German city	TRIER
Beautiful girl, if undersized	MODEL
Deceived G-man interrupted by a beefy brute	FOXED
Betting system that may go to one's head	PERM
Valiant fellow?	IAN

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