Evening Standard Cryptic, January 23rd 2020

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January 23rd 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Bit of a spectacular appearance	ASPECT
The force to pump up tyres?	AIRPOWER
The sort of solution if aliens are awkward?	SALINE
He almost sailed back	ELIAS
Right honourable thing to wear?	ROBE
Managed to get the gang leader on the phone	RANG
In quiet ways, they’re used by writers	PENS
Even the best can be whipped!	TOP
Abraham Lincoln, initially, was among the first	ABEL
School of Suetonius	ETON
Work in the theatre	OPERATION
Worry about the guitar part?	FRET
To cheat at bagatelle is not on the level	TILT
A canvas sheet could make you hesitate!	JIB
After that, the first of November	THEN
Ariadne’s song?	ARIA
Pay attention when heartlessly heckled	HEED
Could it make the parker see the light?	CLAMP
Say it’s a sure thing	ASSERT
Exhortation to be unflagging?	TIRELESS
Corporal punishment could hardly be thus missed	SORELY
Scholarly mum?	MATER
Seedy article to smile about	GRAIN
They have their own Isle, pets	DOGS
Nora’s terrible torching	ARSON
An upright European	POLE
A weapon in playing billiards	CANNON
Make a ropy descent	ABSEIL
That poetic Shropshire fellow?	LAD
Open to accusation of looking stupid?	AGAPE
Associated with altered appearance	RELATED
By depriving a camper of water	PER
Not over high speed	TON
More successful punter?	BETTER
Kid a fellow, that’s all	TOTAL
The sailor boys’ ball	ORB
An element of procrastination	TIN
If backed at Ascot almost a complete failure	FIASCO
Mean to acquire a first-class figure	AIM
The wrong party piece for a girl	HETTY
Judged to tread incautiously	RATED
His pa maybe like a primate	APISH
In ancient Thebes, a goddess	HEBE
Fish out a key to the school, girl!	COED

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