December 17th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 17th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Where the Mafia originated Cicely said	SICILY
Bloodstained missile in spectacular flight!	REDARROW
Where it's possible to go far, one notes	AFRICA
Weeps about the mistaken conclusion of pretentious persons	SNOBS
Left a youngster out of the group	CLUB
Unlike chalk and cheese	SAME
Skirting Carmarthen, we find this city	CAEN
Girl in a hole?	PEG
Short piece of brass tubing	STUB
Way of moving around in some agitation	GAIT
What soldiers defending a garrison need?	FORTITUDE
Renown in association with yours truly	FAME
Led by it, you can't win by it	NOSE
Workplace short of labour	LAB
Went away airily with a blue copy	BLEW
Go soft and old, somehow	PLOD
Premises of note?	FLAT
Sharon's weight?	STONE
Cry of outraged hikers?	SHRIEK
Moment of enlightenment, in camera	EXPOSURE
One bent on hitting a target?	ARCHER
But Diana Ross would have no use for it!	DROSS
I'm out to get a radio part, speaking with style	IDIOM
She may well be blue	IRIS
It runs wild in Wales!	SWALE
Restriction gets Bruce no end upset!	CURB
The case of a keepsake	LOCKET
Mushrooms may be amusing, man!	FUNGUS
To reform some gangs, you need to lecture a lot	NAG
Handled twigs	BESOM
Ministerial furniture	CABINET
Removed or taken out of court	CUT
It's soft, that is, to eat	PIE
Song belter, possibly?	TREBLE
Taped in expert style	ADEPT
Much admired, albeit briefly	FAB
Pull out of town	TOW
Dad's not heavy on him!	FATHER
Mislead in a firm way	CON
For the record, he was particularly dismissive of Australians	LAKER
Deputy for some columnist, perhaps	LOCUM
Many may have been a star!	DENEB
Poor victim of sport	FISH
Posh emporium?	SHOP

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