January 9th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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January 9th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Saint who took only half an hour to convert Saul	URSULA
Where life reaches the height of toughness?	ATTHETOP
One joins a rogue for something to eat	SCAMPI
Cleaning lady with a lot of appeal	CHARM
Somewhat undervalued fuel?	DERV
To give Henry a ring is a saintly thing	HALO
Lavish affection	DOTE
You may use a little in a letter	INK
A win for Constable’s hay cart	WAIN
Hounds could follow it back in the garden	DRAG
A blooming motor race!	CARNATION
The side to triumph at midnight	WING
So long, and thanks again	TATA
Support in diametric opposition!	AID
Employer of house rules	USER
Arrest a skinhead, at best	STOP
Detained, he’d get out of jail in the end	HELD
Robbed a drunken sot to a justifiable end	STOLE
What to do when offered rubbish	REFUSE
Was bowled, yet continued the innings?	PLAYEDON
Turning one out of Trieste, possibly	STREET
Mind – it may be a gold one!	WATCH
A bargain obtained for the least possible!	STEAL
At school, among one’s bitter memories?	TERM
Annoy an elevated clique?	UPSET
Foreigner turning up in the intervals	SLAV
Using an easy style that’s good in the long run?	LOPING
Cider brewed for a short time, would you believe	CREDIT
One with a taste for melodrama?	HAM
Tree or horse out West	ROWAN
Gave one article between two boys	DONATED
The sound of thudding and pounding	DIN
A giant is bigger than he	IAN
Disputes with some unpopular guests	ARGUES
Criticise heatedly	ROAST
Numbers of detectives	CID
It looks black for Jack	TAR
Superlatively comprehensive	WIDEST
In the mountains it’s most cold	COL
Took the rest to be badly spelt	SLEPT
A friend just for today, perhaps?	TOADY
She comes from heaven with very little money	PENNY
Big squeeze at the end	HUGE
River a bit nasty to cross?	STYX

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