December 6th 2019 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 6th 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Mostly, then, I’m bewildered and in a stew	INTHEMAIN
OK for practising on	TREATABLE
Has three points after the first round	OWNS
Walk to the West End to get the list	STROLL
Too much foam: a drawback	SURFEIT
Make clear you’ll get back under your own steam	DRIVEHOME
Don’t have to look for the keys when you need them	TOUCHTYPE
Observes one’s wishes	REGARDS
Stops to get some things from the builder’s yard	BLOCKS
In this case, the lady’s got a point	HERE
Having been set down close to, called on	DROPPEDBY
In my opinion, it’s rather mawkish	SENTIMENT
The music was deceptive	LIED
Home from sea, has been playing round again	ASHORE
I’m returning the box sent round by the shopkeeper	CHEMIST
So at three goes off: a warning	THEREFORE
Start out with a cracker of a plan	STRATAGEM
Also bet on, but it’s slow	ANDANTE
A sharp point covered by fabric	TARTAN
Run back to devour hungrily	FLOW
“Nonsense!” returned the advisor, “He’s a pest”	TORMENTOR
He wonders if there is, perhaps, gold inside	THEORISER
Result of being so untidy it’s a sickness?	DISORDER
The one about the fellow who always footed the drinks bill?	STANDINGJOKE
Cards with warnings	CAUTIONS
Returns and is at home before you arrive	INCOME
Weapon I let the tots play about with	STILETTO
Knuckle down to, but find you can get no further with	GETSTUCKIN
Such food as one gets at formal dinners?	STARCHY
A colonisation that gives satisfaction	SETTLEMENT
By concealing a standing charge that’s hefty	BEEFY
Very interested, as a parent, in the recreation	ENRAPT
Some cove with a horse	BAY
Goes to prove it’s never too late to learn	EVENINGCLASS
Turn away when you make them laugh?	DIVERT
Mistitled before “The Dabbler”	DILETTANTE
Through fraud, getting a stone cut and in a beautiful setting	DISHONESTY
It’s a book, lady	SHE
Upset when, after a clear run, there’s trouble with	OVERTURN
The hearts sink, going in to get the flowers!	CORSAGES
Like the convicts’ old clothes?	TIMEWORN
Wander, get the name wrong and colour up	MEANDER
The cockney embraced her in the wood	ELDER
Supports and is clearly proud of oneself	STRUTS

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