December 15th 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 15th 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
Officer alternatively taking prisoners	CAPTOR
At the very commencement of trouble, get away for a rest	OUTBREAK
Where the S. Americans sort letters from Europe?	PERU
Certain vessels used at leisure in a non-alcoholic context	TEASET
Don't accept people's discards	REFUSE
Invalidated cover?	LID
Said to be spotted and mentioned	CITED
Females in sheepskin coats	EWES
Whereon sportsmen can possibly step out of line?	PISTE
Is taken at mid-afternoon on certain days	RIDES
Started with a bang, perhaps, around mid-September	BEGAN
Something discovered during the War of Independence	FIND
Was told it was tough out East	HEARD
Left a gang leader a prisoner	LAG
Diminutive, he lacks a means of protection	EDWARD
Make it plain that there are fish in the river	DECODE
Employer requiring superior, faultless service	USER
In foolish pride, she died	PERISHED
One nursing a relative?	SISTER
Fine home for a rook?	CASTLE
A scholarly document points this out	THESIS
Defeat right away	ROUT
Is resentful of things	OBJECTS
For a start, half of us are in debt!	DEBUT
Hit up by a batsman	SKIED
Whitewashed part of the fence?	PALE
Maroon maybe about 500	RED
Fierce word of reproof?	FIE
The house vendor's figure	SEVEN
Central Anglo Saxon king?	MIDAS
Connected with electricity	WIRED
Animal in the middle?	PIG
Money sent endlessly abroad	SEN
Soldiers' uniform compensation?	REDRESS
Every brazen hussy has one	BRA
A note with facts about the superficial aspects	FACETS
Fellow the Inland Revenue are about to have shot	IGOR
Farther in the forest, say, where there's some hope of deer being around	DEEPER
Plenty are an awkward shape	HEAPS
Knowing a place in Herts	AWARE
He offers no choice of pickles	LES
Useless clobber?	DUDS

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