December 23rd 2021 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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December 23rd 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
The eighth musical interval?	OCTAVE
Displayed, but proven bad	SHOWNOFF
Deal with a letter as a diplomatic document	TREATY
Steer clear of a woman who's a bit rude	EVADE
A sound team will be all over the place!	TEEM
Something afoot at the fishmonger's?	SOLE
To provide money, give a chap a note	LEND
Become secure?	GET
A dietary constituent to prohibit outright?	BRAN
Being cold, the young fellow dressed	CLAD
Non-paying boarders	STOWAWAYS
On the way, mother is liable to hold things up	MAST
In which to store "17 Across"?	BARN
When there's a holdup, it's sticky	JAM
Friend given a portion of fish in the end	ALLY
A meaty piece of church music	CHOP
Cheese with maybe a bluebottle on for a moment	BRIE
Possibly a bit of crochet work?	CHORE
Capone's out of the way for ever!	ALWAYS
Margin for error in map-making?	LATITUDE
The old "one-two"? Pretty young, actually	TWELVE
A female's a trophy, in a sense	ASHES
There's a lot to be said for being ethical	MORAL
It can react jerkily	KNEE
Not infrequently, a wrong note comes out loud!	OFTEN
In mathematics, it refers to a number	THEM
Given one's pet treatment?	VETTED
The place for a revolutionary motor	REDCAR
Swear to give a cry of pain with a heavier heart	VOW
Financial matters best managed by the departmental head	DEBTS
With justification, figure to get fit	TENABLE
It's kept in Delaware, but broken in Wall Street	LAW
Talk that may have leaked out	GAS
Jack and Roy going round in a whirl?	ROTARY
Execute badly	LYNCH
The missile man	SAM
Method of getting the distance	WAY
Plant the lot and cut the grass around	MALLOW
Favouring just three selected letters	FOR
Thread one can possibly sell out of	LISLE
Nonsense that can sound just about OK	HOKUM
Name one's favourite royal	PETER
The cooperative thing to play	BALL
Singular thing to eat with a cold joint	CHIP

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