Evening Standard Cryptic, December 20th 2022

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December 20th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
How stuck-up a fool can be!	ALOOF
Only one seat between two men	SEDAN
Old soldiers' home	BLIGHTY
As played in some Cuban joint?	BANJO
All this generally means drinks	ROUND
Reach via a rickety gate that's about finished	GETAT
Stony-hearted beauties	PEACHES
Had a session, but not all day	SAT
One is arranged in less than a minute	UNIT
Goliath, for instance, was no stag!	BEETLE
Sphere of activity offering a new life to hundreds	FIELD
The coal miner's dog?	COLLIE
Leander had her love	HERO
Get cracking, ages ago	HIE
Give a mandate to the MEP, or we are wrong!	EMPOWER
They may safely graze to a well-known tune	SHEEP
Look around for what's uniform in cost, perhaps	SCOUT
Nearly a very small insect?	MIDGE
Professional examination of the decimal system	MEDICAL
Where the witch had to finish a piece of work	ENDOR
All round, they offer some doughty resistance	TYRES
A cable, at certain points, is heavy	LEADEN
Take exception to almost anything	OBJECT
The young girl tries to stay afloat	FLO
Looks round at exceptional legs?	OGLES
Ted's upset about the RAF being attacked	STRAFED
Rowing crew said to be in the river!	EYOT
Botanical book?	ANNUAL
Eugenie's part in Aladdin	GENIE
Fruity drink is a hit	PUNCH
The one piece of dry land down which to pass	AISLE
Scatter or start trotting in various directions	STREW
Baronet, no bachelor, rising as a singer	TENOR
As a colonel, he rose to a certain height	BLIMP
Spitfire, perhaps	FIGHTER
What can lubricate?	OILCAN
Sermon given by many in pious fashion	HOMILY
There's something rhythmic, for example, in changing gear	REGGAE
The weird effect of beer I enjoy	EERIE
Wrestling for love as well as money	SUMO
Coaster, maybe, with a bit out of the mast?	MAT

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