Evening Standards Cryptic Crossword January 5 2023
The Evening Standards Cryptic Crossword January 5 2023 Answers:
Pay respect to a South African instrument 6 letters
SALUTE
Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right 8 letters
OVERLOOK
Trip publicised in front of guests 6 letters
OUTING
This swindle on the quiet is rascally 5 letters
SCAMP
A frantic bit of a rave? 4 letters
RANT
Hurried to repair all but two shoes 4 letters
TORE
A low place in the country 4 letters
DELL
United we stand – but there’s no sign of Stan! 3 letters
WED
Run gently or backwards in a race 4 letters
TROT
A loving couple having a riotous time 4 letters
ITEM
Just what’s needed by a space visitor hiding in a copse 9 letters
THETICKET
Briefly the state Elvis Presley was in at first 4 letters
MISS
Some deer got to their feet by the sound of it 4 letters
ROES
A drink from Cupid? 3 letters
CUP
Familiar name for the duck 4 letters
THEO
Resorts you may need a pass for? 4 letters
SPAS
Not copper though it may well contain some 4 letters
LEAD
A mocking letter to a relative 5 letters
TAUNT
Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of state 6 letters
STRADS
Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative 8 letters
TACITURN
As written of by Defoe once a week 6 letters
FRIDAY
Raise production of boots 5 letters
BOOST
Chap in a car in the wood 5 letters
CEDAR
Friends round to make a hit 4 letters
SLAP
To the drinker it means good health 5 letters
SKOAL
Old Riga citizen in Valletta 4 letters
LETT
Daisy you’d look sweet sitting on one 6 letters
TANDEM
In Luke perhaps it’s uncharacteristic 6 letters
UNLIKE
Subdue one of the herd 3 letters
COW
Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript 5 letters
METHS
Went back to bed 7 letters
RETIRED
She has a point 3 letters
DOT
We finish last when it’s muddy 3 letters
WET
Remained to start stalking the wild deer around 6 letters
RESTED
That tax-exempt girl remember 5 letters
TESSA
It turned soft at the end 3 letters
TIP
A cry that has a firm ring to it 3 letters
COO
The subdued voice in which many speak 6 letters
MUTTER
Universal deity 3 letters
PAN
Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurry 5 letters
HASTY
Is building work such a job? 5 letters
PUTUP
Having a seat in it you don’t fall 5 letters
STAND
Dry area at the riverside in Poland 4 letters
LAND
At last it’s ended by specialist bowlers 4 letters
TAIL