Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on December 5th 2017

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December 5th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
It could be hell!	ABYSS
Little bloomers	DAFFS
Inca apt to upset an officer	CAPTAIN
Surrey town, for example, associable with York?	EGHAM
Line of approach for one with a broken leg	ANGLE
Make an edgy sort of movement	SIDLE
Vessel unsuitable for batter!	PITCHER
At Beachy Head, I had an offer	BID
Retrogressive character in fairy tales?	OGRE
Abrasive activity can mean trouble	SCRAPE
Gave one's playmates a hand	DEALT
If sent off, he finishes up early, perhaps	PLAYER
Letter misdirected in Matabeleland	BETA
As extracted from yeast, still?	YET
Minor source of faultless service around the shopping centre	SMALLER
Could she meet a need for a pony tail?	FILLY
It's apt to arise on the south side	STEAM
Junior's deliverer!	STORK
Appropriate gear for action?	LAWSUIT
Shaky bit of singing	TRILL
Travels indirectly when the Stour changes course	TOURS
VIP with a swollen head, presumably	BIGWIG
Hardly uncommon?	SCARCE
Sample piece, nominally	SAM
Step an artist can never quite finish?	STAIR
Lingo seeming strange to Alice in outer Detroit	DIALECT
She has a course to steer	ANNE
Philip, heard making a sharp movement	FILLIP
Cut in editing verse	SEVER
Like father, she has her day	POPPY
Deal with as an act of generosity	TREAT
In a confused uproar, the youngster left	BABEL
Forbid going back to bed to get a bit warm	DEBAR
In being cunning, I'm seemingly servile	SLIMY
Like a point dishonestly claimed?	DECIMAL
You could write one to the landlord	LETTER
Intoxicated with a noted game of chance	BLOTTO
Fear of getting a letter by mistake?	TERROR
Cut at the right angle in a frame?	SLASH
Annual drop	FALL
Keep the eggs warm, perhaps	SIT

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