August 19th 2022 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 19th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
A clothier? Wrong. A garage mechanic	OUTFITTER
Flushes when one exacts revenge	GETSEVEN
Quantity of liquid a fish needs to stay alive	GILL
Right through, struggle against the fear	FRIGHT
Become aware you can make it come true	REALISE
There’s no doubt about it, you’re off key there!	THATSFLAT
Thought a lot of, is certain to have a walk-about	TREASURED
Chose about fifty to have preserved	PICKLED
From the fish, back to the bird	PARROT
Astound by contriving, without ado, to knock out	STUN
A great pass, turning, catch	COLOSSAL
Interrupted by an objection, I tend to go wrong	BUTTEDIN
Announced I would be kept under observation	EYED
Having become cooler, going out, clad myself in	CALMED
Smash that’s somehow returned	SHATTER
Yes, it’s a mere forgery the spy got hold of	AGREEMENT
“Spring having sprung”, omits	LEAVESOUT
A lean-to the Frenchman built	ANATOLE
Join forces with again? How could you!	REALLY
Are turning right back	REAR
Heavens, is that why you were never smacked as a child?	GOODNESS
Easily avoiding teacher’s attention	HANDSDOWN
Yearns to do better than, as a fielder	LONGSTOP
She’ll let you know when to turn round	STELLA
Frightened to open, went ahead	STARTLED
For the clever, propitious	BRIGHT
Does he shake people to rouse them?	AGITATOR
Made to leave the fast way	STARVEDOUT
Why answer?	BECAUSE
Checked up to find it’s a unit of weight	DENIER
Be very eager to get hold of the last item of jewellery	PENDANT
Small, you grant, and pasty-faced	SALLOW
A quiet road near you	CLOSE
Standing a round for a crony	PAL
Sprain, when you turn round	TWIST
To soldiers, one source of danger	MENACE
Sickness cured when the patient is put in a cast	STAGEFEVER
It’s awful when the ace turns up	BAD
Are not caught? I don’t believe you!	GETAWAY
Does sleeping on it tangle the hair?	MATTRESS
Smart, concealing everything and playing for time	STALLING
Withdrawing again before it turns round	RETIRING
Taking moments to get you another helping	SECONDS
So terribly near to catching and that’s why	REASON
See “hate” is misspelled, yes, “hate”	LOATHE
Again go on about some state in America	OREGON

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