May 26th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 26th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Is he nothing but a blemish?	OSCAR
Figure a measure to be a sure thing	CINCH
Sort out a sick pup to help	SUPPORT
After finishing first, a ceremony is commonplace	TRITE
A clever word, really sharp!	ACUTE
Sit and fish	PERCH
Athletic bird?	HARRIER
A local house	PUB
Is one wrong about there being ten such beasts?	OXEN
Decline to let us in free, possibly	REFUSE
As a result of our going round the club?	OCCUR
Can handling roses be such a problem?	THORNY
An informal drink	VINO
Do a bit of close work	SEW
A name for balsam prepared out of love	ABSALOM
Figure to snoop around for what’s secret	PRIVY
Manuscript that can make a fool out of one	FOLIO
Being a bird, it’s after seed	PIPIT
To give a low fellow promises of money, seems strange	CURIOUS
Canny controllers of costs?	SCOTS
His friends may deprive him of his ultimate right	PETER
It’s never been a burden to the poor	SURTAX
Pasternak’s position, afloat	ASTERN
Plant raised in Europe	RUE
Being superior, a higher price for each?	UPPER
A biscuit for Xmas?	CRACKER
I get a bit tetchy when it irritates	ITCH
A fruity description	CITRUS
After losing some hope, he gives a wild cry	PERCY
Armies of entertainers?	HOSTS
Repeat broadcast?	RESOW
An opening in optics	PUPIL
Twigs handled in the garden	BESOM
Where to play the game?	RUGBY
Demanding individual, possibly sour	ONEROUS
Like Leander’s efforts swimming the Hellespont?	HEROIC
I waltz around with a bag	VALISE
Seemingly faultless learner	NOVICE
The usefulness of a veil?	AVAIL
Just one ancient associate of the “30 Across”	PICT
Young of the coypu, perhaps	PUP

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