Evening Standard Cryptic, October 21st 2022

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October 21st 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Dejected and depressed when given the chuck	DOWNCAST
It hums a note for us to hear	BEE
The agreement is, one takes the child	UNISON
For the records, there are about fifty old coins	ANNALS
The clear round I would contest	EVIDENT
Only one of the denizens of the deep	SOLE
A yellow jacket you slipped on?	BANANASKIN
Resign or take a demotion	STEPDOWN
Apart from the team that's finished batting	OUTSIDE
Due to ring the day after	OWED
Going ahead with the draw? No; backtracking	ONWARD
Thwarting the nail's desire not to be hammered home?	KNOCKINGONTHEHEAD
Contract, perhaps, that engineers might find lucrative	BRIDGE
Sharpen the damaged point first	WHET
Wasn't fast in the water either and was not among the winners	ALSORAN
Negotiates terms to achieve local profits	BARGAINS
Look you give the bank statement showing you're broke?	STONYSTARE
Mix in a jug	STIR
By way of the tube, getting to the bridge	VIADUCT
The song is totally dreadful, all round	BALLAD
How quietly a cat will spring on its prey	POUNCE
Close, aim	END
Seemed ill at ease and got all mixed up	SHUFFLED
Working as a stewardess and jumping ship?	DOINGABUNK
She's retracted, too	ANNA
Item of furniture that's to be repaired as well	HATSTAND
Is unsuited for running fast	STREAKS
When the film "The Prisoner" will be on show?	RELEASEDATE
Result of crossing a reptile with a bird?	TURTLEDOVE
That's not fair, I like being in bed	BIASED
One's successor as a swain?	FOLLOWER
Refuse to put one through to him	BRIAN
The graduate joined the firm and is about to take flight	ABSCOND
All there for the opening, we're told	WHOLE
We have, due to trouble, to get rid of	WEEDOUT
How quickly one prepares to roll both dice?	INTWOSHAKES
Remember you mustn't take cover?	KEEPINVIEW
You being a highly paid member of the publisher's staff	DEARREADER
Response to what the soldiers did?	REACTION
Attack and knock the sailor unconscious	LAYABOUT
A competition, as opposed to an exam	CONTEST
Attacking in an attempt to get a piece of jewellery	GORING
Pronounce fit	SOUND
That boost kleptomaniacs get when they steal?	LIFT

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