December 29th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 29th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Don joins him somewhere in Essex	BASIL
A special talent for playing loud?	FORTE
Become fashionable, you understand	CATCHON
Without a cry, this bird keeps mum	MACAW
No elm can provide the answer	LEMON
Targeted animals?	BULLS
Diminutive relative of Don or Lena	RIVULET
Frothy talk from Gazza?	GAS
The ancient goddess lives again	ISIS
Oppose one's eccentric sister	RESIST
Essays in perseverance?	TRIES
Stopped Edward pursuing Henry	HALTED
A table some say is too long!	MESA
Dried leaves used by the wheatear	TEA
It's upsetting to get nil in the game, obviously	PLAINLY
Hector, you can bribe for about fifty quid	BULLY
Dodgy dive, nothing more, on American TV	VIDEO
Afraid to refer to the city of Chicago!	WINDY
He may swiftly go ahead and operate	SURGEON
Schemes for growing vegetables, perhaps?	PLOTS
One flying, for instance, on a return half?	EGRET
A sheep is in The Three Musketeers	ARAMIS
Failed flier with a sea named after him	ICARUS
If it's action you want, go to it!	LAW
Mock a doer of good deeds	SCOUT
Show ill disposition, beset by enemies	FOLLIES
Single people	ONES
His funny hats are out of order!	THOMAS
Bread crumbling down a chap's chest?	BEARD
Of suitable girth, perhaps	RIGHT
The home team	VILLA
In general, I figure to be passed over	GIVEN
Saintly name for the wanderer	STRAY
Come back with an answer	REPLY
It's fine to pass half an hour in composing tunes	TENUOUS
It's needed for the reception	AERIAL
Digging up, if not blowing up	MINING
Soft deposit possibly dug in part of Isleworth	SLUDGE
Adverts for electrical accessories	PLUGS
Finest ever to play for N. Ireland?	BEST
The trouble is me, it might be said!	WOE

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