Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on August 7th 2017

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August 7th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Deride the fact that it's very noisy at the back of the disco	SCOFF
For a man, a nominal award?	OSCAR
I call for a change of colour	LILAC
Possibly not a high speed?	TON
Turn and leave the rail terminus with a writer	GOGOL
Pay for a knockout finish to the bout	FORKOUT
Flogs with strips of leather?	WELTS
Silliest deception?	LIE
Pretty average TV, for instance	MEDIUM
Communications satellite that had the power to startle?	TELSTAR
Would sound like a xylophone, presumably	WOOD
A little kiss for Gregory?	PECK
He joins a publicity specialist as chief	HEADMAN
Was frugal with the arrangement for a spread	SPARED
Listener's noted warm heart	EAR
Thanks to the French, they're associated with Canterbury	TALES
Angered by an anagram	ENRAGED
Moves the wrists with no initial point	STIRS
Mining union's weapon?	GUN
A plot cooked up by an ancient Greek	PLATO
Formal positions in fencing?	POSTS
Investigate two failures in the Scottish National Party	SNOOP
A villa in Birmingham	ASTON
Caused resentment when one's status was advanced	RANKLED
Flier making love in bed	COOT
Best of the bunch?	FLOWER
Given a suitable place in the cabinet	FILED
Language in which to proscribe a trade union?	BANTU
Gosh - a French horn!	COR
Speculated as to what the guest said	GUESSED
Being well drilled can make men rich	OIL
Rouse some mixed-up juveniles	LIVEN
It obscures some chaos around the weekend	SMOKE
Man dies, senselessly, for young women	MAIDENS
Don't stick at pontoon!	TWIST
All to give a child a name	TOTAL
Ideal, but it can make Pa groan!	PARAGON
On the map of Greater London, is it next to Charlton?	HESTON
Ruin in one short month	MAR
Friendly, soft-headed associate	PALLY
Lies in a forest stream	RESTS
A certain amount of decimation	TENTH
Therefore contributing to the greater good	ERGO
Grand American name	GUS

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