Evening Standard Cryptic, December 16th 2019

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December 16th 2019 Answers

Clue	Solution
Modify a name for physical training	ADAPT
What Ian needs to become a noted player	MUSIC
Not one's left sock!	RIGHT
A musical time for gunners at Gateshead	RAG
A quick blow to avoid finally	RAPID
Neither flattened nor sharpened!	NATURAL
Designed average central heating	MEANT
A traveller in company?	REP
Tickets for the donkeys at the pierhead	PASSES
Tricky side for a batsman's stroke	LEGPULL
The flag lady?	IRIS
I can't afford it, darling	DEAR
With his skill, he makes an impression	PRINTER
Solitary hothead with unusual merit	HERMIT
There's nothing in turning left	NIL
Handle the outing	TREAT
Dispersed remains of a student group	SEMINAR
Let out, say	UTTER
He could be mistaken for his motherless partner	GOG
Loves an anagram to unravel	SOLVE
There could be more than two	THREE
Being wined makes him drunk	EDWIN
Rum spilt by a learner on the wall!	MURAL
Works out that fruits contain water	FIGURES
Wooden town?	DEAL
Prissy little chap, but original	PRIMAL
New diets bring their ups and downs	TIDES
Amid fluttering hens, I do well	SHINE
Rested on the bottom	SAT
A good understanding of French, originally	RAPPORT
Is he a regular guy?	REG
It blooms in a monastery garden	ASTER
The Russians ruined half Strasbourg	TSARS
One who is accident free?	PLANNER
Trite rhyme not taken seriously	LIGHT
Quantity helping to raise fertility	LITRE
Great fun (but keep it dark?)	DELIGHT
No longer stony-hearted regarding dates	PITTED
He needs a bit of time	TIM
Flynn got right to the heart of the tricky role	ERROL
Colour very unusual in a tame vulture	MAUVE
The boys turning up for the beer	LAGER
Is it only half habitable?	SEMI
Neither direction is a short cut	NOR

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