April 23rd 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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April 23rd 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Pay for the loud music Dora’s upset about	AFFORD
A machine on hire, perhaps, or inherited	HEIRLOOM
Garments for professional people?	BRIEFS
In one short month, we do a clean job	SWEEP
Might it taste better in the absence of a teetotaller?	BEER
Sort of cat a chap gets cross with?	MANX
There’s little point in removing it from rabbit stew	BARB
It’s a very good seat	PEW
Make an issue of something	EMIT
Is this river in some way mountainous?	URAL
Shocking, though seemingly quite proper to a fathead	FRIGHTFUL
Pilots have plenty	LOTS
Connoisseur of colour?	BUFF
She joins me at golf	MEG
Remnant of brass tubing	STUB
Harsh criticism dangerous to airmen	FLAK
Has he a chapter to himself?	DEAN
Eleven on the shelf?	ASIDE
A gentle kiss from Mercedes?	CARESS
One not easy to knock the stuffing out of	TOUGHGUY
Foolish mixture to wear?	MOTLEY
At Minehead, Charles is in a terrible hole	CHASM
She figures ways to be foxy	VIXEN
When there’s a panic, Alf turns quiet	FLAP
Bream colour?	AMBER
A noisy tune is reasonable	FAIR
Stagger round for a bit of fun and get some more juice	REFUEL
About to polish one’s rude answer	REBUFF
Soft, but it will get stronger	WAX
Put forth effort and figure to get up in a tree	EXERT
Something to eat after a clean-up?	BATHBUN
It’s great to be back from Gibraltar!	BIG
Wash up, mate	PAL
Girls one notices being absent	MISSES
As once worn by roughs, we hear?	RUFFS
It doesn’t make for good viewing	FOG
Vessel returning with some halibut	TUB
Played smoothly to leg out of the middle of the bat	LEGATO
Caught in a shady deal	HAD
Thanks for the pen, it’s very nice	TASTY
Language I long to learn?	LINGO
In Africa, get to know some Yanks	KENYA
A handy transaction	DEAL
Ship with only half a yard to move?	ARGO

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