May 29th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 29th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
In brief, soon	SHORTLY
Having clean escaped from one’s pursuers immediately	RIGHTAWAY
Are with the former spouse – the first	EXIST
Swim right into the awful claw	CRAWL
A stick for the dog	POINTER
Everything in this garbled version is rather far-fetched	TALLISH
Can not quite get the shade	TINGE
Found time for, when one arrived home	GOTIN
Feeling remorseful, I step outside	RUING
The bird, within half a minute, catches the fleeing rat	MARTIN
Spirits are about a pound extra	MORALE
Leave en masse from the tearoom?	POUROUT
As first one, I get on and look around	PIONEER
It’s slipshod and over-sentimental	SLOPPY
“Mother,” you enquire. “What is that material?”	DAMASK
Settle with, having had a rise	PAYUP
Does it require many, to play it?	LOTTO
With “They’re not paste,” astonishes one	ROCKS
In return, gets information about savings	NESTEGG
Comes by and fixes	SECURES
Catches, when it alights	LANDS
Say you’ll go over for the show	REVUE
No good if it’s in need of sharpening	POINTLESS
Having taken the coat off, got soaked	FLEECED
A raucous “Shut up and put the water on!”	SHRILL
Clearly in pain when composing the piece about hospital	WRITHING
Jokes that are anything but clean?	BLACKHUMOUR
Cavity dealt with, is briefing	FILLINGIN
What the informer did when paid the money?	SHOPPED
Being dogmatic about the relinquishing of arms?	LAYINGDOWN
Role for a gentleman	PART
“Enhanced” would be preferable	BETTER
The usual behaviour of the male bird	PATTERN
Pointless row at the greengrocer’s	ORANGE
Sad attempt to accommodate the old	TRAGEDY
While preparing to play the shot, solve the problem	IRONOUT
Be really sorry for getting a thrill from, personally	KICKONESELF
Hurtle, screaming – it’s very exciting	RIPROARING
Really good, but odd	MATCHLESS
“Stopping the pain ourselves,” I put in	PAUSING
Use banner headlines to create excitement	SPLASH
Putting back the mug, samples the cakes	PASTRIES
Plugged away at and managed to stabilise prices?	PEGGED
Bridle in which there’s an animal hair	BRISTLE
Having grudgingly admired, in the end be pitted against	ENVIED
Being cheeky is considered great in America	COOL

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