February 19th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 19th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
A bonehead, more experienced but less cautious	BOLDER
A swimming exhibition?	AQUARIUM
Had no success casting lots	LOST
Best suit?	TRUMPS
Even the finest can be overrun!	INFEST
The solution, note	KEY
Fight to guard one’s territory?	FENCE
One growing in greediness?	REED
It may precipitate a drenching	CLOUD
Not the nicest place for a hothead to make love	HOVEL
Blue boy of flagging significance?	PETER
Performs with animals	DOES
Is of a different city	SOFIA
Part of an amusing turn, that’s all	SUM
It may hold up a sculptor’s work	PLINTH
An affectionate touch from Mercedes?	CARESS
Frank is the one staggering round the piano	OPEN
Musical sort of party, nothing else	CONCERTO
Seaman who made his mark at Los Angeles?	LASCAR
Just the blockhead to say something soft	BUTTER
Do demolish the dome, it’s condemned!	DOOMED
Deserters from the innovative arts?	RATS
Not fully in form, Paul gets out and it hurts!	PAINFUL
To reach perfection gives a writer a bit of a thrill	RIPEN
Some of Bach’s motets had a striking impact	SMOTE
With him, a fast start would be a sheer accident	LUKE
Look shy, except for being soft hearted!	SPY
Supplied with notes	FED
Alarmingly, it brings insecure cares	SCARE
A slippery customer, albeit young?	ELVER
Praise one’s former partner up a lot	EXTOL
Where a kiddy can take the rest	COT
Over poetic?	OER
He gets new heart from a girl	HEATHER
A number to remember	PIN
The pressure to be uniform in attire	DURESS
Does it mean women get no whiskey?	OMEN
In hospital, she may have a ward to herself	SISTER
Roomy sort of suit?	SPACE
Foreigners’ bit of fun at pubs	FINNS
Juice of various apples	SAP
Not very hot, but nevertheless approved of	COOL

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