Evening Standard Cryptic, May 24th 2023

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May 24th 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
Official whose duty is to go round with a key and close the shop	DEPUTY
Demure girl's bloomer	PRIMROSE
Way to address the man who obscures things	MISTER
Revise notes from the very beginning	ONSET
A winning position?	POST
Charge pounds to handle something?	FEEL
Holds back a bargain!	PINS
Extremely useful suggestion?	TIP
Derogatory term for a big-headed dirty dog?	BRAT
Preposition used in pools coupons	UPON
Bit of a hog at the pub	BOARSHEAD
Depressed, as many have to confess	DOWN
Ordered to finish breakfast before messing about with DIY	TIDY
Little room to work in	LAB
Duck into bed, being bald?	COOT
Wearer of baggy trousers	USER
Walk in slow, floppy style?	LIMP
Tool with unusual pads on the end of the handle	SPADE
Share out as a go-between might do?	DIVIDE
Where Americans get hot at football	GRIDIRON
Mountaineers' turn of phrase	SHERPA
Start spending money just for a lark	SPOOF
Wash right, in a way	RINSE
On icy roads, courage can help	GRIT
The devil makes men do wrong	DEMON
Dad's mid-century history	PAST
Something pointed to type in, say	TIEPIN
Is prosecuted for having published	ISSUED
Original points?	NEW
Joint the Spanish have to bend	ELBOW
An arresting incident during the race	PITSTOP
Apparent standard?	PAR
The solitary Mr Sloan	TOD
Organised a police department in a bad way	RANCID
What employers do who can't keep wages down	PAYUP
He may well be suspended	BOB
It's at Crouch End that one has success	HIT
Europeans making a dash out of Northern Ireland	DANISH
Went ahead in terrible danger	LED
Last letter from Greece	OMEGA
A rattling good weapon?	SABRE
Checks on the horses	REINS
At 51, hard-hearted deceiver	LIAR
The whole team sighed audibly	SIDE

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