December 23rd 2019 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 23rd 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Legendary character quick to get out of uniform	FAUST
He's useful in the kitchen	BASIL
Payment is for transportation	TAXIS
In the reading room, it's not wanted	DIN
A tree elaborately cared for?	CEDAR
Mother's the greatest!	MAXIMUM
In opera, she makes love between acts, madly!	TOSCA
Ted gets carried away by it	CAR
Shares out, that is, between the girls	CUTIES
At the dining place, each is esculent	EATABLE
Wad of banknotes or maybe fifty pounds	ROLL
Frighten out of Soho?	SHOO
To do so legally is so legitimate!	SOLICIT
When arches collapse, you need a drink	CHASER
Rob of a vessel?	MUG
Try a test, perhaps	TASTE
Sapper out of breath, maybe!	PERHAPS
Ready to fight for a dream?	ARMED
With a little patience, you'll find the link	TIE
I step shakily on the slippery slope	PISTE
Rents adjusted for fliers	TERNS
They're of marginal significance	EDGES
A two-way source of detective information	RADAR
In the end, I see, bit too fussy	FINICAL
A little cough when one is on edge	AHEM
One erected, say, outside the community centre	STATUE
One of a pack taking a trot	TAROT
Something to do with words (anagrammatically?)	MINCE
For a big hit, yes, you get a kiss!	SIX
The person responsible for upsetting our cart	CURATOR
The basis of judo, etc.	MAT
Being out of key, this makes sense	SIGHT
Where the role of '15 Across' was created?	ASCOT
Meant to get a hundred pounds by stated right	CLAIMED
Reading, so to speak, is a certain area	TRACT
Nominally he may be less than pleasing	ELIAS
Observed not to need Braille	SIGHTED
Lose one's rag	SEERED
Dog needing a cure for a lost tail?	CUR
What one has done when all is lost	HADIT
Condition of the nation?	STATE
Passed from one's grasp entirely	SPENT
Keep disturbing the dog	PEKE
It's free at the garage	AIR

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