December 25th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 25th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
The fate of Desmond Little	DESTINY
High but not squeaky?	WELLOILED
Letter from a hothead	AITCH
The racket is in a different one	NOISE
There's mischief in the air when this little imp becomes active!	GREMLIN
Posted earlier now	PRESENT
Flush and show you've been taken unawares	START
The beer is put inside in the passage	AISLE
Scolded, a tear-drop starts to form	RATED
Partaking of, being forced to	HAVING
A cursory hug on entering, not from love	NOUGHT
Take in only to give solace to	CONSOLE
The close relations, as usual, sent out	PARENTS
The word "frightfully," over and over again	TOOTOO
Free water	SPRING
In addition to the contract, get a spin-drier	RIDER
Sound of water we hear	CREAK
Get on and go along with you	AGREE
Tapes the best performance of all time	RECORDS
They allow one to keep in touch with people	LETTERS
What he said as he battered down the door?	INIGO
Not being polite to a bird!	CAPON
Awful trouble you'll have getting the infernal money?	HELLTOPAY
Trying to get an interview with the top man	SEEKING
Put the stand by the seat	SETTEE
When it's finished, need that break	ATTHEEND
To put it concisely, confined to a lunatic's inferno	INANUTSHELL
No singles: none at all	NEVERAONE
Like the flibbertigibbet Miss Bird?	FLIGHTY
Would a moored houseboat be one?	FIXEDABODE
Having taken the water cure successfully?	WELL
If the lady's put the wrong map in, it won't help	HAMPER
Don't notice that I have added to the letter	MISSIVE
As yet wearing only underclothes, dress	INVEST
Having spotted, quoted aloud	SIGHTED
The couple returned the animal to me outside	TWOSOME
What the thief didn't find in the safe?	DANGERMONEY
Usual answer to "Why are you simmering that bone?"	STOCKREPLY
Given an estimate for a new sari, going into shock!	APPRAISAL
Such a face as the wrinkled Enid has at fifty-four?	LIVEDIN
Undertake, having the equipment	TACKLE
Food for the sweet-toothed Lorelei?	ROCKCAKE
In the world of boxing, is increasing	RISING
Is this fruit all the rage?	PASSION
Securing work in the syndicate	ROPING
Even at the end, was bound to	TIED

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