Evening Standard Cryptic, August 12th 2021

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August 12th 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
Fixing the south-east extension	SEWING
Something useful to an angler with a dinghy?	BOATHOOK
It takes a blow to make the little devil work!	IMPACT
Quiet, rearward part of a mine?	SHAFT
Clever way to scoff	NEAT
In a courtly way, he's like a London Baron	EARL
Gentlemen possibly held dear	SIRS
Market of free commerce, initially	EEC
Rainstorm country!	IRAN
Drop in to see a hand?	CALL
Forestalled being guillotined?	HEADEDOFF
Place one on the counter	BARI
Try to hit the ball out of sight!	PUTT
Would he give pounds for a hardback?	LAD
Ride maybe involving a sharp turn	SPIN
What a poacher may cook for breakfast	EGGS
Celebrity, a man of pride	LION
Weapon for pointing, perhaps	ARROW
Flexible or moulded piece of platinum	PLIANT
American reluctant to pay for a bun?	TIGHTWAD
On such a fine night, keep out of the car	STARRY
A coach has a way of cursing!	ABUSE
SW English cross-country runner	TAMAR
Wounded in the arm?	SHOT
Lofty sportsman?	SKIER
Sobbed quietly in the rain	WEPT
Coin to steal self-centredly?	NICKEL
Lucky Sam, going back to bed	MASCOT
Witch in a Sacha Guitry classic	HAG
Too-early start for an airman	FLIER
Figure to secure something often knocked down	NINEPIN
Sorry Sadie's lost, that is	SAD
Spirit of Michael Faraday	ELF
It's sweet and most elevating	RAISIN
As successor to a stern monarch	AFTER
Was bound to be caught	HAD
Being a debt-collector is dull	DUN
Dancing and having a good time on a reduced diet	BALLET
In the past, when an air gunner needed a bit of oxygen	AGO
Silly but not exactly dotty	POTTY
Produced with an audible groan	GROWN
Vegetable entangled with weeds	SWEDE
Where to lie in a level-headed manner!	LAIR
Pain in each ear	ACHE

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