August 31st 2017 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 31st 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Expeditions in which are official inquiries?	QUESTS
Progressive encouragement from a would-be follower	AFTERYOU
Suitably prepares to show a girl points	ADAPTS
Mineral on board?	EMERY
One at a hen party?	BIRD
Anciently, he appeared in fine robes	NERO
Can be ridden, though one may go on foot	MULE
We go to central Acton in the rain	WET
Defeat for a bet?	BEAT
A vessel not properly closed	AJAR
PC I. Malone?	POLICEMAN
Clever way to cut a key	CUTE
A metal fastening possibly coming in various shapes	HASP
A name to assume	DON
Swing round in ever varying direction	VEER
Vitriolic article on a police department	ACID
Possibly prickly fruit?	PEAR
Unwisely nears a trap	SNARE
The only theatre frequented by yachtsmen?	SOLENT
Evening Standard journalists love coffee!	ESPRESSO
Motion to advance	BECKON
Accepted with thanks by Mr Livingstone	TAKEN
Animal that can use a wheel?	STEER
Tory disarray in the city	TROY
Just the bird to have cold feet?	QUAIL
For instance, nowadays, this exclamation seems old-fashioned	EGAD
Chuckle when there's a row about a race	TITTER
Hundreds of quantities of paper, one imagines	DREAMS
Got together in force	MET
Automaton able to root out a bighead?	ROBOT
England batsman with plenty of beef?	BUTCHER
Continental woman of the month?	MAI
Seemingly sickly, seen from a new angle	WAN
Those playing a match in two legs?	ELEVEN
Land of laquer	JAPAN
As wit, may seem endlessly puny	PUN
You have more than one, dear heart!	EAR
Beast retiring with a broken toe	COYOTE
His pupils wouldn't miss him	SIR
Consumed a bit of meat with some greens	EATEN
Reason for many a practice	CAUSE
Ted, turning up outside the Post Office HQ	DEPOT
Height of a cap?	PEAK
Bad user, for certain	SURE

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