Evening Standard Cryptic, August 16th 2022

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August 16th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Jam, maybe, but not much butter	SCRAPE
Erroneous investment in some mines	MISTAKEN
Discourage an insincere attitude to work	OPPOSE
Rugged peaks, say	SPEAK
Sound excessively thick-headed	TOOT
Mother Shipton's?	HERS
It's in extremes of feverishness that one has outbursts	FITS
Piece of ideology in a book	LOG
Speed past	SPED
The end of a cricket team?	TAIL
Prepared to be persuaded not to measure	READYMADE
Jeff's canine companion?	MUTT
The provision, for money, of a small drink	SALE
Usually brilliant bit of management	GEM
It's said to be our time	HOUR
Sign of augmentation	PLUS
A duck and a sheep out to go astray	ROAM
Something hard for the butcher to take in hand?	STEEL
Most mature priest, possibly	RIPEST
A dishy worker, and that's not all	HANDSOME
The two known for their thickness?	PLANKS
An accident on court?	SMASH
Schoolmaster's bloomer?	ASTER
Worth robbing? You can depend on it!	BANK
Nose not so broken	SNOOT
Transported or carried away	RAPT
Shakespeare character, terribly spoilt	PISTOL
Sort of order sent to pals?	POSTAL
As used in writing a pointed article?	PEN
Seats arranged to advantage	ASSET
What a neat mathematical problem is worth?	TIDYSUM
Finally stuffed with food?	FED
But evidently it does merit some belief	LIE
The sadness of a way that's so crooked	PATHOS
Taped in expert style	ADEPT
Not that favourite trumpet piece? How odd!	RUM
Annual share of the market, in short	MAR
Melina's new servant	MENIAL
Growing regret?	RUE
Minced or not, they aren't particularly nice	OATHS
Bitter variety of melon	LEMON
At bedtime, go to it!	SLEEP
Restraint gets Irene no end upset!	REIN
Des and I make a team	SIDE

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