January 2nd 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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January 2nd 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Roughly treated by a gang with a plot	MOBBED
She wove a hair mat	MATAHARI
Hardly bags to drink	SHORTS
Stamp a letter, we understand	TREAD
In a close atmosphere, support is needed	SEAT
Near Scotland, perhaps, but not far	YARD
Forward and backward in trepidation	PERT
Could it be hailed as first in rank?	CAB
Spread out and work two ways	OPEN
A bit abrasive, but women still wear them	BRAS
Excellent cover for a soldier, say	GREATCOAT
Food to fight for?	BUNS
Like a vixen?	FOXY
Money dad gets on the fourth of July	PAY
Where the besiegers gained a hollow victory?	TROY
It’s just uncommonly conclusive	ONLY
Maybe a real king?	LEAR
A possibly dangerous glider	SNAKE
Shut up in winter, normally	INTERN
A bookish traveller	GULLIVER
Possibly finger one’s hair	FRINGE
A girl accepts it as friendship	AMITY
Absolute, say	UTTER
Fish in a London well!	SHAD
His niggardliness upsets me sir!	MISER
There’s nothing in a half bottle to give you a kick	BOOT
Runs without running	EXTRAS
Container of something topping	HATBOX
Can be chewed and tattered	RAG
Grace making a fuss over the sailors	ADORN
Summoned often, perhaps, in surroundings of squalor	SENTFOR
Rather like tea, it can be green	PEA
She’s spiteful though less than scathing	CAT
Trouble to take a squint around the street	PESTER
Art silk or any variant	RAYON
You can knock the stuffing out of him	GUY
Being bashful, little company for a soldier	COY
Prohibitive placard?	BANNER
Nigel Kennedy doesn’t really possess such an animal	ELK
Roam around in anger?	RANGE
Figure in service as a hard worker	NAVVY
Long to get the amount of pay you deserve	YEARN
What some have a slim chance of getting	LEAN
Counsel possibly slick, getting Charlie off	SILK

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