May 21st 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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May 21st 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
What the foreigner wanting airmail stationery asked for?	FLYPAPER
Said "Get me water"	SEA
Bother! That means there's a baby in the house!	RATTLE
The hard stuff is grit	SPIRIT
Laugh when her colt bolts	CHORTLE
A list is dropped round to the singer	ALTO
How to acquire a profound knowledge of your subject	READDEEPLY
Just as brief? Not these days!	NOLONGER
Make your own armed men go to the ship	POSSESS
Around one, it's going to tell you the meal is ready	GONG
She will talk about cuts	GASHES
Last attempt to borrow that really capped everything	THEFINISHINGTOUCH
Now goes out sailing with the old mariner	SEADOG
In return, try to impress with your clothes	GARB
Making one feel there's point to the cause	EMOTIVE
Leaving, as it's anything but fresh	GOINGOFF
Not a single little girl!	CHILDBRIDE
Hitch the small horse	SNAG
Understands dogs	FOLLOWS
Speak freely about what the dentist said?	OPENUP
A gambler or no longer having the bug	BETTER
A very hard worker, the letter said	BEE
Old hat only brought in to be re-blocked	OBSOLETE
Was said without thinking, as one left	SLIPPEDOUT
Fight in the yard	SPAR
Contrariwise, is much more clean	SPOTLESS
As a rule, the creep ordered a pint	PRECEPT
Double over!	PASTANDGONE
It means you can go ahead and practise putting in the dark	GREENLIGHT
Make an effort to find the ancestral line	STRAIN
The attendants, without exception, having their wits about them	ALLTHERE
At the second attempt, ring through the news report	STORY
Carrying a gun did make it bulge	DISTEND
The gold rings are different	OTHER
"It keeps the light out, mum," you say	SHUTTER
A champion golfer and a real card!	KINGOFCLUBS
Well and happy and being taught by an excellent master?	INGOODFORM
I most certainly will not!	HAVEDOUBTS
Said clearly the aim is to curb the weight	ENOUNCED
Does its roof have a slate loose?	MADHOUSE
The girl and I get on with the job	MISSION
Deny having once called about the gun	NEGATE
Saw fit to have cold water in the garden	CHOSE
He will tip off a woman	ELLA

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