February 12th 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 12th 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
Henry takes flight, which is not very bright	HALFLIGHT
Fly round and give to	HANDOVER
Ranks as one of the favourite flowers, you say	ROWS
Bets they belong to the gardener	STAKES
To an astronomer, does it look like Pluto?	DOGSTAR
The fish will come in with the chips	CARPENTER
The lionesses, though disturbed, are not growling	NOISELESS
Agreed to have everything drawn out	TALLIED
Sell again at the end	RETAIL
Cold and miserable	BLUE
Struck one forcibly such food is fattening	BATTERED
Deduce it's close	CONCLUDE
Put A Hill back on the list	ROTA
Make up for the bad hairdo	OFFSET
Fiddles with the tools	CHISELS
Hurried up the friend as he'd gone in to dress	MADEHASTE
Why question the warning?	WHEREFORE
Sent round prepackaged to exhibit at the zoo	SERPENT
Carrying the box in, got worried	TOTING
Yesterday started badly, with a sore eye	STYE
Snarl up the net, going out to fish	ENTANGLE
Meet on the trip over	RUNACROSS
The quick way to get a little drunk	SHORTCUT
Buttonhole the fellow further down	FLOWER
Shook it at the old guard	AGITATED
It's his job to feed the flaming thing!	STOKER
The tree in the paddock	CHESTNUT
Also while putting two and two together	INADDITION
Looks surprisedly at the protective wear	GOGGLES
Alight on the bench	SETTLE
Bet there's a risk in having beef	BRISKET
Is first to go through a sex change	EXISTS
Concluding the key to enter it is the smallest	LEAST
The man with the stick	ROD
Bank on getting a home	LODGE
Spot one going in to get something to eat	PLAICE
Insist on staying with the rubbish due for collection	REFUSETOGO
Reduce one's commission	CUT
My word, that does show potential!	PROMISE
A pest crawling round the little flower	SWEETPEA
Many have a proclivity for working as chars	CLEANING
Understand the meaning of "Be reasonable"	SEESENSE
He prepared tea, the child went outside with the cat	CHEETAH
Being brave, is now returning to the arena	DARING
Means the half of bitter sent in is weak and insipid	WATERY
Had I not gone out to work from choice?	OPTION

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