May 22nd 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 22nd 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Issue more than the others – the maximum	UTTERMOST
The answer is to have a liquid mixture	SOLUTION
Achieve the correct balance with the ornamentation	TRIM
No mere mortal, I guess	DIVINE
Will lay on drink, you think	SUPPOSE
Commits an error in writing the clue for “odes”	DOESWRONG
Was a welsher – a shortcoming, indeed	DEFAULTED
Spots an insect crawling round the hole	NOTICES
Very keen to get the other flighty daughter into	REDHOT
He’s come back with a fresh egg	OWEN
Hasn’t it yet learned to steer clear of insect spray?	GREENFLY
Bought back and restored oneself to favour	REDEEMED
So after all is left unfinished, too	ALSO
Going back, see the trainee’s mistake	SLIPUP
Is fast finding what all the study was for	CAREERS
Very sad he ruined the roast again	HEARTSORE
A dash just before take-off	MINUSSIGN
“Lacks stability,” they add	TOTTERS
With which to pay the minder?	TENDER
Story Sally was given specially to break	EPIC
Only commenting on briefly, but it’s poignant	TOUCHING
A difficult task for High Command	TALLORDER
Interrupted only when I tend to digress	BUTTEDIN
Go out when you light up	STRIKE
Do get involved in some game	DOMINOES
Pearls are round, by the way	STRING
Went up and roughly cased all round, you conclude	ASCENDED
Heavy rain accompanied by lightning?	FLASHFLOOD
Doesn’t retire and creates a logjam	STOPSUP
Managed to leave when it became known	GOTOUT
First the raging gale drowned the noise	LEADING
Like a really bad oil lamp?	WICKED
Spoils the acts	TURNS
He’s a catch	RAY
Question the female we apprehended	WHERE
Finds out that money constitutes a snare	LEARNS
Show yourself to have a heart, perhaps, and emulate	FOLLOWSUIT
Knock back the usual	RAP
Carrying the spray (mace) and a knife	MACHETE
Standing outside “The Goat’s Head,” Peter is worried	PRESTIGE
Keeps it a secret from the firm and freelances	CONCEALS
A job you are safe and at home in?	SINECURE
Eke out the bit of porridge	STRETCH
Fighting to get something done	ACTION
A little flash	MINUTE
To hinder from grasping power, I deem wrong	IMPEDE

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