February 8th 2022 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 8th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
An attack by the RE, roughly speaking?	ABOUT
Like a goal at rugby, it's often dropped	AITCH
Spotted a pastry without a topping	PIEBALD
In ordinary terms, a teasing poser	PROSE
Food taken quietly, at leisure	PEASE
Means of communication used by intermediaries	MEDIA
Fondled or shot on the 1st of December	STROKED
Therefore finish up making a peace offering	SOP
Many consume it	MEAT
Check out the name of a savoury seed	SESAME
Where, at leisure, sailors can make sport	PORTS
Frederic never had something to eat out	CHOPIN
Venerable writer of a noted plot	BEDE
One man's name for a bird lacking 'chic'	KEN
Baker's blunder?	BLOOMER
Something suitably said as Sarah consumed the excellent punch	SKOAL
O lord, what a mess - simply drivel!	DROOL
Cold and dismal, finish the job and get out	BLEAK
Is she capable of a fruity suggestion?	MELANIE
Cremated cricket	ASHES
Persisted in one's efforts, though terribly tired	TRIED
Scold a worker for hiding a traitor	BERATE
Prepared to push for a result	UPSHOT
Link it up with an ear-piece	TIE
Ran away to sea	EBBED
Edelweiss, etc., a fellow longs for	ALPINES
Thought I had to start early	IDEA
Cool-headed American male, as a rule	CUSTOM
People accept half a loaf as something to eat	MELON
Out fishing, perhaps, there can be quite a blow	SMACK
He may be Spanish or possibly Roman	RAMON
Where alleged witches cooked meals	SALEM
Run out and look around for a tin opener	PETER
It's possibly left on the corner like a parked car	STILL
Show preference for the French savoury products	PICKLES
Club cards	HEARTS
Player who needs to get his broken elbow right	BOWLER
Discuss going up to bed before tea, perhaps	DEBATE
Commonplace boycott on an inexperienced driver	BANAL
Equally, at half time, it's not a hundred per cent	SOME
The part that makes the hole	BIT

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