Evening Standard Cryptic, December 1st 2022

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December 1st 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
A very good and superior woman	ABBESS
Hires marine map-makers?	CHARTERS
Gardening suit?	SPADES
U.S. president, mad as could be	ADAMS
Due to the sunshine, you need a hat out East	HEAT
Extra piece of work accepted by me	MORE
Shoots for prizes	POTS
Letter to a police inspector from a pickpocket	DIP
A snare to race out of?	TRAP
He'll sell you a ticket - all in French!	TOUT
A contradiction in terms, but good!	WHOLESOME
In essence, a literal misstatement	GIST
What the passenger pays to get on?	FARE
Beethoven followed this vehicle	VAN
You could hit a punch-bag with one	THUD
Look as jolly as Roger	GRIN
Timber trade	DEAL
A state reached by wandering south from Amiens?	MAINE
Part of the eye containing a clear piece, one finds	LEARNS
The most runs, though only twenty at best	TOPSCORE
Discover to be sound?	RUMBLE
Buzz off and get Steve!	SCRAM
Letter to a sailor in a Gulf state	QATAR
A name in hypnotism	OTIS
Property of the fathead at the end of the street?	ASSET
Do better than thrash?	BEAT
Think it proper to check the size and shape	SEEFIT
Cleric who, being tense, gets nothing right!	PASTOR
It may do good as a guide	DOG
It's liquid, but methinks not writing fluid	METHS
Optimistic about a flight on the wrong fuel	HOPEFUL
Opalescent piece of my old china	PAL
Expected to combine with tricky lobs in the doubles	DUE
Bad ways to trot, possibly	ROTTEN
A letter from Margaret in the outskirts of Ottawa	OMEGA
Get the girl	WIN
Unhappy in serious adversity	SAD
Tea cake? Not entirely	GATEAU
It's to be discouraged in the reading room	DIN
Additionally, it's all the quicker to slow you down!	HASTE
Tear ahead somewhere	RIPON
Staircase feature; new model, but not modern	NEWEL
Not much fun for a doctor and a seaman	DRAB
Mum's hot potatoes	MASH

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