February 24th 2023 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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February 24th 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
Accepted the position, as it happened	TOOKPLACE
Has a flirtation - and doesn't stop at that	CARRIESON
A teeny bit upset by the facts	DATA
In its stead, I have fish	PLAICE
What will it do if it catches a fly?	SWALLOW
Slight possibility that you won't be working?	OFFCHANCE
So is on the spot with the van	THEREFORE
Allows that one is in pain	SUFFERS
Are these trainees little bounders?	CADETS
In English and French says "Revise it"	EDIT
Submitted to the current editor	PRESENTED
The meter he can do without	DISPENSER
It's not turning the key that makes the sound	TONE
Briefed on the first day	PRIMED
They warn us the lady's also backed into it	HOOTERS
Neither do we gain by changing nationality	NORWEGIAN
Drive in France	BOULEVARD
Like the girl who's coming first in the charm competition?	WINNING
Moves quickly and tries to catch the ball	SHOOTS
Flash a smile	BEAM
Make a copy for and make it smaller all round	REPRODUCE
Assume Daniel is working in the plant	DANDELION
Working hard at the workshop ourselves	STUDIOUS
Ages of the tennis-playing mother and daughter?	FORTYFIFTEEN
Faults responsible for one's being ploughed in the exam?	FAILINGS
Give up work again: get fed up with it	RETIRE
Taken to be the done thing	ACCEPTED
"Be a Gold-digger": an American brochure	PROSPECTUS
The awful pair returned, determined on becoming thieves	PIRATES
Have more sense than to become further acquainted with	KNOWBETTER
A number also being worried about multiple firings	SALVO
Having leant over, he had grabbed the fish	HEELED
Fish caught do wriggle	COD
Frantic attempt made when a lot is hanging in the balance?	DESPERATEBID
Again forcing me to be aloof	REMOTE
Very briefly, help with the compilation of the lexicon	PUTINAWORD
Proving, by the expulsion of	TURNINGOUT
He's no good at reversing, either	DUD
At home when the gentleman comes round: a politician	MINISTER
Having passed over, going back to again	HAUNTING
It ends stirringly, with me captured in the grounds	SEDIMENT
By five one's in, cooking the meat	VENISON
For the trip north, fly	RUNUP
Light left on, get into the unmade bed	BLONDE

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