February 18th 2022 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 18th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Not stamped “jobless”	POSTFREE
Fish for the backward kid	GAR
I need to crumble a few into the vegetable	ENDIVE
When the protege comes in, gives it to	AWARDS
The poet and I do get ruined by “6”	SPENSER
What we have is time, according to the cockney	OURS
Teasing the fellow about it continuing so boringly	DRAGGINGON
A worker sent in to get someone who's not there	ABSENTEE
Had spread out, as did the former lining	DILATED
Catch, all but overturning the boat	GRAB
Mad when “anise” is misspelled, with an extra N	INSANE
Doing everything possible - really stretching oneself	GOINGTOANYLENGTHS
Smart but gaudy?	BRIGHT
Only just pay for	MEET
The Spanish girl caught the French fever	MALARIA
No hunter - quite possibly a fugitive	ONTHERUN
Mastered - the art of remaining silent?	BUTTONEDUP
And coo, look what we’re having to pay!	BILL
Cover up, lady; the heat is off	SHEATHE
A ring, you say, and a charm	APPEAL
What an oarsman will do, if the boat capsizes?	STROKE
“It’s daylight,” the child said	SUN
On reaching journey’s end, stumble upon	TRIPOVER
Sending on: its purpose is deflective	FORWARDING
It’s turned to rain, when you waken up	STIR
With difficulty open the tin inside. It’s in perfect condition	PRISTINE
In the communication, seem worried about a gas leak	MESSAGE
What told you the girl would be going to a dance?	CRYSTALBALL
Unhappiness due to a slump	DEPRESSION
Are beside the notice urging you to enlist	ADJOIN
Managed to spoil one stanza in it	OVERSEEN
Understand a valley surrounds it	GLEAN
Too bright - that’s obvious	GLARING
Line up a whole series	RANGE
It’s a sort of tea-break and you eat too much	SATIATE
The practicality to have a park in a built-up area?	COMMONSENSE
Finish off the salad and prepare to meet your guests?	GETDRESSED
Terribly stupid about, the former would have it	STIPULATED
Meets, when one collides with in the car	RUNSINTO
Like the scent obtained in Cairo: terribly dull	AROMATIC
Ways in which the rest, perhaps, set out to	STREETS
Didn’t let go of, while one waited	HELDON
Don’t allow to poke in the stick	BATON
A story and bed	PLOT

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