Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on August 31st 2018

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August 31st 2018 Answers

Clue	Solution
Like the tired old cassette?	PLAYEDOUT
Hint that makes clear one should follow	OVERTONE
Much the same as “Care to?”	LIKE
It’s a bad start getting one caught in the drawer	ARTIST
Having a smell that, from the door, wafts round to us	ODOROUS
So one is bent, then, on entering, to win	ONTHENOSE
Stick around, mind in a whirl, for the game	BADMINTON
With a claret concoction, adding the final note: it’s sweet	TREACLE
Then embraced the half-back: a Greek	THEBAN
Undecided, to begin with	OPEN
Dig in the cold, having on an Aran woolly	CARDIGAN
Netted more than, when renovated	MADEOVER
Regards as characters, we’re told	EYES
Looked, for best end, terribly dear	STARED
When the cat turning tail gets caught, makes fun of	SENDSUP
Plan to get a coloured picture of	BLUEPRINT
Doesn’t include, since one doesn’t garage the car	LEAVESOUT
How effusive the oil man is?	GUSHING
Reserve and you occupy	ENGAGE
If prepared to cook for the dog	FIDO
Spray against corrosion you have no confidence in	MISTRUST
Warns of earthquakes, giving the figures too	THREATENS
To put it plainly, is a while unconscious	SPELLOUT
Does it cost a fortune to post?	PACKET
In the game of ours, is beaten by me	FOURSOME
Do nothing to give you the impression	STRIKE
The brat broke, with a stick, the outside light	PORTABLE
Another member of the crew - old	SECONDHAND
Took my place so I don’t get into trouble	STOODIN
Open with a blunt corkscrew, to find nothing inside	UNBOLT
Is a wrong number, silly!	ASININE
The coin possibly does contain copper	ESCUDO
Delete the time - a third of a second	ERASE
Make up the number	TEN
Notices the cupboard	PRESS
How quietly a cat will swoop on prey	POUNCE
Extracting the information from and leaving	GETTINGOUT
Cross mother up	MAD
Net here will protect the plants	HERBAGE
Backs out of the engagement	RETREATS
Seeing “Breakfast Food” up in lights surprises one	STAGGERS
In the old days, would have to root around for food	POTROAST
Runs, leaving small foot-marks?	SPRINTS
Implied the sun being out would help?	UNSAID
Gets blazing when one comes upon?	LIGHTS
He’ll have meat - nothing to start with	OLIVER

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