February 5th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 5th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Keep tearing endlessly around	RETAIN
Reckon to eat poorly at various times	ESTIMATE
High ground in Vietnam	ETNA
Escape with a broken toe in a tug disaster	GETOUT
Effective ruler of the street?	REGENT
The sphere of royalty?	ORB
Trips, hopefully without falling	RIDES
Is a dashing candidate	RUNS
Anybody can sing one	HUMAN
With the bad housing, Victor’s in a terrible hole!	HOVEL
Terry taking a bath, perhaps?	TOWEL
As a concert piece, it can’t fail!	CERT
Summarise shortly	RECAP
Some legumes can take a lot of chewing	GUM
His employer being out for half an hour, he’ll give a loan	USURER
Detesting a thing being out of order	HATING
River scene of historic battle in navy service	YSER
Showed signs of wanting to communicate	GESTURED
Actors who no longer star, perhaps?	EXTRAS
The campanologist’s double?	RINGER
In movies, they may get cars to crash!	ACTORS
Clever way to mend a net	NEAT
A drink the pit worker has a name for	MINERAL
Beaten in a friendly game	MATED
Gets out for a bit of fun with the chaps	GENTS
A noted heavyweight able to teach boys	ETON
Point raised in abundance	NUB
It’s alcoholic, that’s very clear	GIN
Not even upset at the bitter end	NEVER
Figure in a duet that can help one to sleep	DUVET
Desires wild grouse, not duck	URGES
The way of a showman	HOW
Gibson in the part of Hamlet, possibly?	MEL
Optimistic of finding fresh fuel for a flight	HOPEFUL
Jack’s cunning art	TAR
Style estimated nicest	CUTEST
Top man reducing the rise in crime	EMIR
Nobody would take them for slacks	TIGHTS
Around the North Pole, warm covers for climbers	RUNGS
Cures gone wrong, dammit!	CURSE
Inflationary cause of the balloon going up?	GAS
A park with character, mister	HYDE

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