August 8th 2019 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 8th 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Dad's the skipper, dear fellow	OLDMAN
Two saloons I see as vulgar	BARBARIC
Many a proposition may have money in it	COFFER
Occupy or employ for half a day	AMUSE
Polish expert?	BUFF
A match of the greatest interest	TEST
Being unfree, he was among the lesser fry	SERF
Just outstanding	DUE
Regrettably mimicking a girl	ALAS
She appears in comedies	EDIE
Possibly deter pals from getting drunk	PLASTERED
Is such fiction mushy?	PULP
Bottom place for service?	BASE
The director's share of the proceeds?	CUT
It's no good being needy	POOR
It's dull for a doctor and a sailor	DRAB
Silvery sort of light?	VERY
It's dramatically different from a whisper	ASIDE
In the CIA, no gentleman might be called a 'bug'	CICADA
Records an attempt at needlework	TAPESTRY
It's gladly given by an admirer	THEEYE
Vessel about to be rebuilt	UBOAT
Watchful guardian, a warm-hearted fellow	ARGUS
Her nest, one imagines, is no great find	MARE
Happen, in our case, to be a cricket club	OCCUR
It's no good saying he can't play football	DUFF
There's even a diversion going round a bend in the road!	AVENUE
Chances of getting terrible refs!	OFFERS
People from Armenia	MEN
A stand seat	STALL
Finest fellow in film making	BESTBOY
Initially a special service	SAS
Passed up again	DID
Well overtaken by a chap possessing extraordinary pep	LAPPED
Acts of a dunderhead scattering seed	DEEDS
Place in the heart of Rajputana	PUT
In the army, it means 'attention'	EAR
Perhaps endlessly pushing to exact retribution	PUNISH
Not the gentlemanly part of Piccadilly	CAD
Give one's address	ORATE
Possibly first signs of disunity	RIFTS
She may be emerald green!	BERYL
Vessel to save from break-up?	VASE
To conclude, should this not be 'a man'?	AMEN

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