December 21st 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 21st 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
In patches, some game!	CHESS
Payments for rings	TOLLS
Writer who spilt his ink when given a shove	PUSHKIN
Used bad language, maybe worse	SWORE
Composer, poet and peasant?	SUPPE
An excessive number?	GROSS
Greeted, in soldierly style, a couple out of uniform	SALUTED
An uncle to many	TOM
Talk, spreading malicious gossip about a fashion centre	CHAT
It was long ago, but not quite antediluvian	DELUGE
Yes, ten points scored with big hits	SIXES
In a woolly coat, run at only half pace	FLEECE
In addition, a man's love	ALSO
If upset and cross, all you need is some dope!	FIX
Be still in lodgings	BILLETS
To exclude a novice is commonplace	BANAL
Show unwelcome interest in giving an orchestra work	SNOOP
Proverbially filthy bit of luck again!	LUCRE
Get back about 100 too many	RECOVER
Lose some of what you need in person	BLEED
She's a Darling	WENDY
A back seat that may put you in the shade	HOWDAH
A growing involvement with Proust	SPROUT
She can give us new heart	SUE
It grows in orchards	CHARD
Starting tomorrow, comes out in the papers	TISSUES
The burden on the United States	ONUS
Wash Fido and he can sit on you madam	LAPDOG
A servant of magical appearance	GENIE
Jeer at the score that's curtailed and played very loud	SCOFF
Like milk, it's a natural product	LATEX
It's pretty thin stuff	TULLE
Where the Venus statue was raised in some solemnity	MELOS
Rascal who may care to be reckless?	DEVIL
Saved from being damaged?	SCRAPED
He can make one ill	LIONEL
Charm everybody, yet finish a failure	ALLURE
Looked hard	STARED
Beef with extra decoration added	BARON
Put up with a dull fellow	BORE
Half a mile west, nominally	LEW

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