December 5th 2018 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 5th 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
He shouldn't have had a haircut	SAMSON
Kind of coffee Standard journalists love?	ESPRESSO
Girl's name for a metal article	TINA
Club motorist?	DRIVER
It's natural to brew tea at the tavern	INNATE
She anticipates	EVE
Made a mockery of Mr Fawkes?	GUYED
Ruddy promising!	ROSY
For me to be in bed is something heavenly	COMET
Trimmed suitably to drape?	PARED
Meant me to help out	AIMED
Just what you want in central Lewisham	WISH
Royal role for a motherless man, we find	LEARN
Little chap with a degree of combatant expertise	DAN
In a terrible rut, information is important	URGENT
Roman god of heat treatment	VULCAN
'Dame', or possibly Dane	EDNA
Colourful little pieces for festive occasions	CONFETTI
Martin would never quite break the rule	LUTHER
Something to do with a hot iron	SOLDER
Figures in heaven as a mere drudge	SKIVVY
When out of nectar, there's always the local	NEAR
Being sinned against can get Reg down	WRONGED
Where one could murder a whisky?	ISLAY
Packed up devising a plot about a beast	BOXED
In sport, knotty fixtures?	TIES
Born in Nine Elms	NEE
Something cracked up as a bit of a stunt!	NUT
State there may be ten in an adjustable seat	TEXAS
Not amused by that which is full of holes?	BORED
Book for a series?	ORDER
Tragic end to a morning on the river	CAM
The sea where sunshine is only average?	MED
As worn when going round the pub for something to eat?	PINNIES
Live in apparent concealment!	ARE
It's figured to be a fine feature of furniture	WALNUT
In certain cases, an old ruler	INCA
Yearn to make Henry (an American) a monarch	HANKER
Move like a drunken churl	LURCH
An operative with news, perhaps	AGENT
Backed up, he's still no good	DUD
It may conceal an evil manoeuvre	VEIL

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