December 5th 2022 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 5th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Tries to hush a drunken sot	SHOTS
Slightly less sly, and easy to get away with?	LIGHT
Muster everybody in the outskirts of Rugby	RALLY
To love more than reasonably	TOO
Cash drain, possibly	DINAR
He's behind the batter (but will he overtake him?)	CATCHER
Canned portion of poultry or chicken	CAPON
He's back from Nairn	IAN
Relaxed, being –not out”	ATHOME
Proverbially loud speakers!	ACTIONS
An annoying thing to do in April, especially	RILE
Leftists less than a hundred strong	REDS
He knows how to wipe a joint	PLUMBER
He produced an explosive burst going round the bend	BRUTUS
Having skill, he gets one right	ART
Simply a saint	SIMON
Point discolorations out on the map of Surrey	STAINES
Initially silent passage	AISLE
Reduced numbers	NOS
It's played in matches, sometimes	CHESS
For a redhead to be unreasonably shut out, is wounding	HURTS
More than the upper part of the leg?	THIGH
It's essential that a quarter-pint goes in a small bottle	VITAL
Even when less cold, it can still be one's choice of refreshment	CHOCICE
A show of heads?	HAIR
Religious areas of the country?	TRACTS
She possibly has within her a warm heart	SARAH
It promises fruitfulness, perhaps, with expansion just around the corner	BLOOM
Obtained leave, starting tomorrow	GOT
Contradictions in agreements about Northern Ireland	DENIALS
It's hard to provide safety on a building site	HAT
Fireside game?	POKER
Topical ways to finish a story	NEWSY
Tie a man in knots as you produce the action	ANIMATE
Complains of illegalities in exams?	CRIBS
The record book?	ALBUM
Train to be superior, surrounded by entire confusion	RETINUE
Push in so as to give pain	PUNISH
Lingerie strapped for support	BRA
All the way from Brighton	RIGHT
Food that can be drunk	TOAST
Don't be surprised if, when struck, it flares up!	VESTA
Hit that pest!	SLUG
No right to be negative!	NOR

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