Evening Standard Cryptic, April 2nd 2021

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April 2nd 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
An ending to a meal - or it could be a preamble	PEARMELBA
Mostly hit-men organised in a group	INTHEMAIN
Lift the can	NICK
The doctor did the same - just hung about	DRAPED
A severe crack on the face	GRIMACE
Arresting for importing contraband	RUNNINGIN
In putting the last tenders out, they do the wrong thing	OFFENDERS
Didn't admit to the shack, leaving us to wander about	SHUTOUT
Why shift it back inside?	MOTIVE
Flag to which there is a long story	SAGA
A blooming prize for the Dairy Queen?	BUTTERCUP
Punished, as is right	CORRECTED
Are at the far end, which is not customary	RARE
Cello I play for dog	COLLIE
The doctor had put too much water in the whisky	DROWNED
Then forced into doing what is right	DONETHING
At work, he has to subdue his pride	LIONTAMER
Putting two and two together and looking in the dustbin	TOTTING
Will have it that sins are absolved in it	INSIST
Found a ring was missing from the collection	FUND
Coming out and scowling at the fellow	FLOWERING
Away three months when business is slack	OFFSEASON
Well versed in guns, is peeved	UPINARMS
Why the players don't give an electrifying performance?	BADCONDUCTOR
Totally one-sided, but that's OK	ALLRIGHT
Uncle had a sleep coming back in the boat	SAMPAN
Discovers, when one comes upon unconscious	FINDSOUT
Sickness you have to act quickly to cure?	STAGEFEVER
The rain is gone, having moved from the areas	REGIONS
Don't pay for enough rounds, if you get me	UNDERSTAND
Knowing there will be a fight to gain the point	AWARE
The end of the third round - one is flattened	IRONED
The hair of the dog is coming up!	MOP
Go on stage because you have a sudden desire to?	ACTONIMPULSE
Again left after the news	REPORT
Fed up with the rheumatism?	BOREDSTIFF
If you've made it, that's your lot!	CLOSINGBID
People waiting, we're told, for a signal	CUE
A fish's egg found in the protective wear	LEGGINGS
Takes one to one's destination or declines	DROPSOFF
Making fun of Ingrid and Ed unfairly	DERIDING
He refuses to work and becomes violent	STRIKER
To a lesser degree, you're wrong	NOTSO
That will teach you to have a smaller wager!	LESSON

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