January 4th 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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January 4th 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
A joint close at hand	WRIST
For royal tennis?	COURT
They can also be fried by fission, it's said	CHIPS
A measure that's backward	AFT
Furnishings, etc., giving dramatic effect	DECOR
Thus cooked, caused to absorb oil?	BROILED
Tree or horse out West	ROWAN
Like Jan, he's diminutive	SEP
Discount for the new beater	REBATE
Vessel one has to steer around a lot	STEAMER
It's crazy to tear at this speed!	RATE
It's grand for a boy to be musical	SONG
Chap joining the racket as deputy	STANDIN
A big wheel in the fairground business	FERRIS
It's played centre stage	TAG
Are wrecked in the race to get something for nothing	TREAT
Quietly points to a number forming a chain	PENNINE
Street music can be used to elevating effect	STAIR
What one did after standing, perhaps	SAT
German jaunt?	SPREE
It can be played without safety precaution	NONET
Practice that's bad for a doctor	DRILL
The directors sound bored	BOARD
Entertainer serving as a sitter?	ARTISTE
A letter in red for Oliver, say	REED
He puts runs down to the chap who hit them	SCORER
Beat regularly	THROB
Cunning traps for fish	SPRAT
Heavenly, but nobody knows what it is!	UFO
Goes around a bit with Desmond	DEPARTS
In general, an eel wriggles	LEE
On which to drink water	WAGON
A horse's refusal?	NEIGH
Soldiers start to make fresh inroads	REENTER
The cunning of a drifter, perhaps	CRAFT
Look in tears, somehow?	STARE
Shows nominal willingness to make one's mark as a member	SIGNSON
An easy subject?	SITTER
He's a bit of a dancer	DAN
Explode, causing pure chaos at starting time	ERUPT
Raised, it's said, only to be demolished	RASED
Bury, playing in Milan	INTER
The soft, silly part may be somewhat sugary	PILL
Two versions of one name	IAN

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