March 2nd 2023 - Evening Standard Cryptic

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March 2nd 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
So a cricket club has hesitation in playing it	SOCCER
A large container of herrings	ATLANTIC
Because of the party, go too far	OVERDO
A good deal of spectacle	SIGHT
The gang have their creditable points	CREW
Is she an option?	ELSE
Figures to make nets	TENS
A shot at goal?	TRY
Dramatic weather	RAIN
Bit of a brute, perhaps, but dependable	TRUE
Force prisoners to develop skills	CONSTRAIN
Yearn for years	LONG
One man's name for Diana	ROSS
Show willing	NOD
Cable a chap out East	LEAD
Weapon involving unusual risk	KRIS
Inform William	TELL
New Tokyo	KYOTO
Work out a sum	FIGURE
Insuring a customer for a piece of jewellery	COVERING
Horrified at hags being harassed!	AGHAST
The reason you finish in a legal action	CAUSE
Weakens certain standards	FLAGS
Speed at the bend, perhaps?	KNOT
With disdain, is finished with the old-fashioned stuff	SCORN
What the Apache warrior has to do with tobacco	CHEW
Put up with some men being awfully rude	ENDURE
Broken staves usable for starting the fire	VESTAS
One gets £50 for being sick	ILL
That female ahead is fond of fish	HERON
At the heart of some recent rallies	CENTRAL
It's different when you sit up	TIS
Nut container?	TUN
The compleat sportsman?	ANGLER
To ski erratically in extremes of rapidity is dangerous!	RISKY
Food to be paid for on delivery	COD
With which to catch a perch	ROD
Look sound when running easily	LOPING
Christopher's outfit	KIT
Decide, at one point, to take the French to court	ELECT
A bird of either sex	ROBIN
It's no good interrupting an SOS for musical entertainment	SONGS
Fishy state for aunt to be in	TUNA
Remain in a fortified place	KEEP

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