August 17th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 17th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
A choice question	WHICH
Lager for the boys!	REGAL
Leave mine at the back of the house	HOPIT
An exclusive joint?	BAR
Pieces of land there’s a reason not to be on	AREAS
Does it make you storm more wildly than the other chap?	OUTRAGE
A warm tone	SEPIA
An abbreviated moniker	IKE
Cut out part of a rude passage	DEDUCT
Can they arrange resale at the trading centre?	DEALERS
Inferior piece of work by the post office	POOR
Nips back for the ride	SPIN
Undertakes to go east to the Ganges, possibly	ENGAGES
Gather mistakenly it’s something to chew	THERAG
Master Charlie’s little coat	MAC
As taken to show favouritism?	SIDES
Pull back in the rear as usual	REGULAR
River tours by arrangement	STOUR
Some ladies kiss sloppily	LAX
A fun time for drunken peers	SPREE
Silk cotton always gives a good finish	KAPOK
Stray carriers?	TRAYS
For a start, is it socially acceptable to be in debt?	DEBUT
Not exactly a carrier plane?	HARRIER
A fast runner – or does one hear different?	HARE
Rushes boxes of wine round for the hotel	CHASES
Washed down a suitable dose at the hospital	HOSED
Copy a key for a girl	MIMIC
An old-fashioned gangster’s gun?	GAT
Lo, an egg may be a thousand years old!	AGELONG
Initials used as an “alias”	AKA
Footwear for emergency use at sea?	PUMPS
Make restitution at lunchtime	ATONE
One possibly rearmed with fancy ideas	DREAMER
Places notices	SPOTS
Could a great ball be held under such a roof?	DOMED
Profane clause rewritten right	SECULAR
Feast on an egg!	EASTER
A less than engaging witticism	GAG
Free-living type broad in the beam?	HIPPY
Replaced damaged trees	RESET
Historically, a son upset about a kiss	SAXON
Girl from Bury?	RUBY
Bit of a race, but it gets you nowhere!	LAP

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