December 24th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 24th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
About to act by immediate response	RETURN
Vera gets nothing but the greatest affection	TRUELOVE
React like many given a terrible scare	SCREAM
What a frog will do in the end	CROAK
Is she likely to lose heart?	LILY
Jerome's knowledge was about right	KERN
What the fisherman had left in Mile End	LINE
To hide one disc in another is fishy!	COD
It can mean a shot, oddly enough	STAB
A few on the river	AVON
On TV, one speaker too many?	VOICEOVER
Having a bit of a thin time, this helps	HINT
Is sure upset at having done wrong!	RUES
Not what you'd expect from a tot	RUM
Noteworthy accommodation	FLAT
Pretty unconvincing version of "23"	THIN
Mark of a law-breaker out East	WEAL
When a girl goes to South Africa, it's steamy	SAUNA
A flight, of course, usually ends with a landing	STAIRS
In a special train, do nothing but Indian cooking	TANDOORI
They restrain big-headed libertines	BRAKES
Cling to one's walking companion?	STICK
It's in Egypt, or adjacent to Luxembourg	LUXOR
Criticism for dangerous flying?	FLAK
There's something sticky about crime	RESIN
Tyro in politics?	TORY
Why arson is wrong about the end of June	REASON
See one's furlough cut	CLEAVE
Little man short-listed?	REG
Old sailor with an heir	ANSON
One generous with his political opinions?	LIBERAL
Black-hearted varnish maker	LAC
Cockney expression of scorn?	COR
Possibly fitter bowler?	TITFER
A striking redhead	VESTA
Go with a girl, the ultimate in charm	VIM
Not allowed to reverse round the bend	OUT
Horse that can tell the time	HUNTER
Get the girl?	WIN
Endures, though finishing at one's wits' end	LASTS
Lake on which it's an hour to change course?	HURON
She'll back saintly Irishman up	NADIA
Scottish candle centre	WICK
They're all wet and soapy!	SUDS

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