December 24th 2019 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 24th 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Accept no authority from a fatheaded oaf	FLOUT
A slim assortment of postal packages	MAILS
In the wild, they don't contrive to save gas	SAVAGES
Gigantic source of taint	TITAN
The ones belonging to Thomas East	THOSE
Short and interesting, at heart	PITHY
Given something to burn	FUELLED
This is breathlessly assertive!	TIS
Part of a church in a state of collapse	APSE
There's a national one for these people	ANTHEM
Communicate by taxi with the French	CABLE
As emperor, he had his own column	TRAJAN
Price of sheet music, ostensibly	COST
Perhaps a lofty Haydn piece?	HAY
Famously lacking ability?	NOTABLE
Strong drink	STOUT
We go in to the left (by rail, maybe?)	TOWEL
Occasions of upsetting '16 Down'	TIMES
Where, afresh, one went off to be a proprietor	NEWTOWN
Females dim as can be?	MAIDS
Looked to perambulate the dog about half a mile?	OGLED
Sick of being kept in reserve?	LAIDUP
Valid way for us to get fit	USABLE
Instant healthy-looking colour?	TAN
Singular thing to shoot on the river!	RAPID
Somehow name the gas	METHANE
Like a backward, pale appearance?	ASHY
Would she fib about a fathead?	LASSIE
Growing need to change pace at one point	PECAN
A woman with both hope and charity?	FAITH
Piece of writing for the Standard, say?	ESSAY
Beat both possibly outright	THROB
Strike as being old-fashioned?	SMITE
Give everything not to be decapitated!	ALLOT
Strong places to chuck a chap into	CASTLES
She's Spanish, but there's a Roman version	RAMONA
Preparing to rob of cover?	CASING
You may well have a hand in it, albeit briefly	SLEEVE
Not so much heady as potty!	NUTTY
Post a letter to finish with	SEND
Figure of a magnificent woman	TWO

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