Evening Standard Cryptic, December 9th 2022

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December 9th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Anticipated the warning and was turning	FORESAW
How you find yourself in the bankruptcy court? Not at all!	BYNOMEANS
Call by telephone from where you’re staying	HOTEL
“Plants” one sees in the book spelled phonetically	REEDS
The old lady, you bet, will be going to the party	DOWAGER
He’s left to take back six in the vehicle	MARXIST
Gather the bread goes into it	PURSE
How many, about, will be in the case	THREE
Lay, sad and miserable	DIRGE
Get the boat to float in	OBTAIN
Piled it on when he did an impression	HEAPED
Show the lady is playing the piano inside	DISPLAY
Flavouring also, I understand, goes into it	ANISEED
The result of crossing a pig with a doe?	PIEDOG
Fill up the ward	CHARGE
Actors the second act’s revolving round	CASTS
What the payments would be, on a hundred boxes	RATES
“Plenty of drink,” the member interposed	AMPLE
Pay to have a meal with wine	SUPPORT
The coupon’s got a bit torn	SOUPCON
In real trouble the time afterwards	LATER
Yours is the one going in to be repaired, then	THINE
Pull in, you say, and put it back	REINSTATE
In following home, he’s done wrongly	VILLAIN
Mooch about while he shoots	POTTER
Sense, in a similar way, that you’re in the mood for	FEELLIKE
To take you beyond your destination is to overdo it	CARRYTOOFAR
It shows the pupils are in need of a rest	EYESTRAIN
With hooligans had a fight and doesn’t survive it	ROWDIES
Would it not be an open and shut case without him?	KEYWITNESS
Catch the sun and keep complaining about it	SNAG
Am accommodated in an outhouse and humiliated	SHAMED
Foolishly pester one during the break	RESPITE
With that the working week comes to a close, chum!	FRIEND
About to give to the newspapers, hold back	REPRESS
I myself harangue about the clothing	RAIMENT
Don’t try hard enough because stressed?	UNDERSTRAIN
Why the boxer was easily beaten?	POORSECOND
Potato (a lot, mashed) and a sausage	CHIPOLATA
Picks up where one stops	ARRESTS
Got the record back by a trick, you read	PERUSE
To put the finishing touch, having money left to	CAPITALL
It’s easy to see who’s taking the chair	SITTER
To a degree, the agent works for the tycoon	MAGNATE
The source of the outfit I put on outside	ORIGIN
Pressed into service though old	USED

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