March 22nd 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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March 22nd 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
Polo's historic name	MARCO
He is back on Monday	SIMON
The snag with a hot-headed desire	HITCH
There's nothing left after half nine	NIL
Royal persons	REGAL
The sole doubt relates to being unavailable	SOLDOUT
Respite that will allow you to rise	LETUP
Something to wear for a pound	ALB
Seated awkwardly, but dignified	SEDATE
Handy dexterity!	SLEIGHT
Swim in three lanes	REEL
The craze for cash in the case of a minor injury	CULT
Links with courting	COUPLES
Sea monster you know conceals a wrecked ark	KRAKEN
Write soft letters	PEN
Fly around central Ireland - it's sunny!	SOLAR
Dispatched with a brightly coloured card?	SENTOFF
Better way to hearten the princes	NICER
Villain in the opera "Tosca"	RAT
Being above the lower forms of life, they have no tails	HEADS
Grabbed wildly at a boy	TAKEN
Long for agreement on service	YEARN
Though young, possibly of some prominence	MINOR
Capacious container (or ancient outbuilding?)	HOLDALL
A wager can encourage crime!	ABET
Talk about the French occupying a Swiss cottage	CHALET
Helped to run a new lido out East	OILED
Sneer at a good fellow	SCOUT
Short measure	MIL
Point of (ultimately) no return	RUBICON
Foreign fellow's enthusiastic utterance	OLE
River one could label American?	TAGUS
Such an officer is no major	PETTY
Posh make-up for each customer	SHOPPER
Star journeys?	TREKS
In close up, a poor start is a bit of a bloomer	SEPAL
In the position to mediate?	CENTRAL
Colourful contribution to price rises	CERISE
He's cut short, so there's some silence	LEN
Show a broken door has a key in it	RODEO
It sounds sweet in Sri Lanka	KANDY
Succeeding in chasing?	AFTER
One way to make ears burn!	SEAR
An article in sound timber	OAK

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