August 12th 2020 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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August 12th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Cave man of Gaelic legend	FINGAL
But, when extra, it’s surprising	ORDINARY
The cry a chap makes out of love!	MOAN
Sam the belt	BROWNE
Character change for a GI	FIGARO
It can be skeletal, note	KEY
Received with thanks by a boy	TAKEN
Invariably, it can be five short	EVER
In jest, to some extent, they’re OK	JOKES
Glutted with dates?	SATED
Jack’s hat?	STRAW
Long moustaches severely trimmed	ACHE
You’ll find him in EastEnders or in Spitalfields	ALFIE
A hint to start the ball rolling	CUE
Wander around and you may get cautioned	WARNED
New rag improvised by a composer	WAGNER
Border on being a tuba composition	ABUT
Banter about BR?	RAILLERY
Biting wit can have one in tears	SATIRE
Minced beef by the pound, note, won’t make you strong	FEEBLE
An expanding producer	GROWER
Left on one’s Tod?	LONE
Restricted time, perhaps, in cover	LIMITED
It’s paddled up and down	KAYAK
Structure at the pierhead only?	PYLON
To me, a good-hearted ass!	MOKE
No particular one key part	ANY
Can it arise from smouldering ashes?	GAS
Manage to get to the far end, everyone?	REACH
All to take a kiddie for a bit of a walk	TOTAL
A female to make sweet music with?	VIOLA
Somewhat shocking piece of pottery?	JAR
Where there’s a bridge to the gardens	KEW
Highly cunning about upsetting Pete	STEEPLY
Wicked? Yes, with no love lost	SIN
Imposing for a while	AUGUST
A bit reticent where money’s concerned	CENT
Cause an egghead wild anger	ENRAGE
A drawback to Oscar, for instance	AWARD
The weak half of a bar	FRAIL
Cable car for hire, with driver?	CAB
At journey’s end, was about to give directions	WAYS

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