October 4th 2022 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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October 4th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
An old sailor, strangely glib and hot-headed	BLIGH
His violence will clearly have impact on some boys	RAMBO
Mr Atkinson's tree	ROWAN
Jack, on the road with Mac?	TAR
Flirt with the boy round the post office	SPOON
Goes for semi-nude roles	DEPARTS
Are there no queues for such pudding?	PEASE
As expected, a bit of a fight	DUE
Tapering pieces with pointed extremities	WEDGES
Led astray by a short-term worker named Edward?	TEMPTED
No way to play piano	LOUD
City of madrigals	RIGA
His is not one of those jobs for the boys	POSTMAN
As ports go, a poor one?	ABADAN
Hunger no longer as you swing round it, perspiring	EAT
Heavenly females with many functions	MUSES
Specious excuse to start preaching on a written subject	PRETEXT
Hard as a westerner's heart	STERN
For which to bid a high price?	LOT
The man will be round for the money all right	BLOKE
Information about an art style	GENRE
Had one's sleep disturbed by the pest round the corner!	SLEPT
The ad modified, being very unpopular	HATED
Seaman with an irrational dread of being scratched	ABRADED
The Spanish gathered around the piano for drinks	LAPS
Felt uncertain?	GROPED
I say, fellow, that's sharp!	HONED
Give a lift	RAISE
Politician concealing an article or plan	MAP
Baby found in the doorway?	STEPSON
That's funny, some people won't drink it!	RUM
Another increase?	AGAIN
A student might write one like a shot!	ESSAY
Might such culture or ideas seem strange, strewn around the East?	WESTERN
A little hope, perhaps, but not much enlightenment	GLEAM
They're big and brassy (and somewhat tubby?)	TUBAS
Makes a noise in order to startle?	RATTLES
Petals can show such shades	PASTEL
She has the master key	MAE
Bovine aggressor?	BULLY
Tables to work at	DESKS
Cross the new rate out - it's more to pay!	EXTRA
Support for the party leader	PROP
How great age changes one!	EON

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