Evening Standard Cryptic, December 11th 2020

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December 11th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
While gaining ground previously	INADVANCE
Before Eve came along Adam was liable to err	ONLYHUMAN
Will a great many houses be built on them?	LOTS
To satisfy, get a permanent home	SETTLE
It's black with a silver background	TARNISH
Lecture about how birds preen themselves	DRESSDOWN
How one goes to surpass by outnumbering a little?	ONEBETTER
The first few are horrid	NOISOME
Sell again at the end	RETAIL
The story is good, set in the city	EPIC
No longer blue, having made a lot of money	CLEANEDUP
By autumn, most of their leaves have gone	CALENDARS
Settles in a foreign country	PAYS
Was changing the bandage	SWATHE
Add "Inside there's a bird bone"	STERNUM
Suitable expression for the sergeant major giving an order?	RIGHTFACE
Very well, better it, chum!	CAPITALLY
Beside a bar out East	ABREAST
Continue slowly and boringly --- it's monstrous!	DRAGON
A big name in astronomy?	STAR
Teas for three at the tea dance?	CHACHACHA
They keep servants	RETAINERS
Gave all the information to while one dealt with the forms	FILLEDIN
By which the bowler's baby arrived with no complications?	FASTDELIVERY
Mount up and trot after the animal	ANTELOPE
Be taking on a number only to get vanquished	BEATEN
Is revealed when one makes one's exit	COMESOUT
A refutation issued from home?	FLATDENIAL
The cleaner the better half will hire	CHARTER
Shipwrecked and icy cold	ONTHEROCKS
I came in very damp	MOIST
Pries up with metal objects	SPOONS
Knock up as usual	RAP
Not much to look at, the fool, and he's not in uniform	PLAINCLOTHES
Where oxygen is taken, or absorbed	INTENT
Suitable accompaniment for a spring meal?	CAPERSAUCE
Early morning rush	DAWNATTACK
Those waiting to hear a signal	CUE
It's best to hide, anyhow, when coming in terribly late	THEIDEAL
Stays to have a meal and drinks after	SUPPORTS
Spring roses in a bunch for the dignitary's wife	MAYORESS
Affix a note to the case	ATTACHE
Put the dog-end out, dear girl	GERDA
Helps one in and seats are provided	CHAIRS

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