Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on May 8th 2017

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May 8th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Whereon skiers may step out of line?	PISTE
Rod's game?	POKER
The study of Chopin, for instance	ETUDE
Tiny container?	TIN
Biblical character from whom Noah might get a letter	JONAH
Optimistic flight on unsuitable fuel	HOPEFUL
Determined to make love in a different nest	SETON
Positive denial of taint?	TIS
Just about dead, as you can tell	RELATE
Bird requiring ale, we hear, by the pint	PINTAIL
Big production, but less than the whole picture	EPIC
Plant contributing nothing as a beer ingredient	ALOE
Container for cooked cutlets	SCUTTLE
Sad misrepresentation of a sitter	TRISTE
Bit of a toerag, but finished	OER
Lustful type, apt to stray	SATYR
Melodious flute composition including a bit of fun	TUNEFUL
Iridescent part, possibly on a bike	RIDES
Music we all need	AIR
Provider of the shade of grey?	CLOUD
It's good to scatter seed around the borders	EDGES
In the cheapest seats, they make a nuisance of themselves	PESTS
Travel in the open country around central Austria	MOTOR
Such engineering seems to give a person a nervous complaint!	GENETIC
One with a heavenly figure?	IDOL
It grows prickly	TEASEL
She's in the street, helping	ETHEL
The fool takes it round the back of the studio!	IDIOT
Take a rest from skipping	KIP
In fairness, it's only something cold and hard	JUSTICE
Does it look a bit fishy on an aeroplane?	FIN
Are you hungry to get your feet under it?	TABLE
A word of infinite discouragement	NEVER
A former capital, to us, is ungovernable	RIOTOUS
The hundreds in a recent survey?	CENTS
Just beat it with a bird	PIPIT
Even now, Al Read takes a key part	ALREADY
Step taken to shift the dirt in the southeast	STRIDE
Figure often reduced	TEN
One at Monte Carlo with a red-headed friend?	RALLY
Something sweet to finish up	SYRUP
It's now better for a dog to have a name	CURED
Potentially contains shelter	TENT
In spite of ignorance, you can eat it	FIG

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