Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on February 14th 2020

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February 14th 2020 Answers

Clue	Solution
Taking the sun in a Scottish island – perfect	ABSOLUTE
He takes an age to get things under control	MAN
Are falsely taken by the child as grounds for	REASON
Leave just a wisp	STRAND
Gets a dog, one notices, to guard it	SECURES
Having to turn ourselves in and get rid of	OUST
Making a fuss about one’s flirting?	CARRYINGON
Two items for the toolbox obtained at the chemist’s	NAILFILE
He’s an expert on the smart set	STYLIST
Measure the crack the rain is coming through	ACRE
Remove, I see, roughly about ninety	EXCISE
Those taken by the tailor who’s in dire straits?	DESPERATEMEASURES
Continue to maintain you remain informed on	KEEPUP
For America, of course, is inevitable	SURE
Name the gentleman that sent back the dish	RISOTTO
The reels are tangled up and he frees them	RELEASER
Taking place in Hollywood	STANDINGIN
Drill for gold and be about to get it	BORE
The glass with the wobbly base?	TUMBLER
A thrill for the protégé	CHARGE
One room and most of the outside had been demolished	STUDIO
One Biblical character of many	LOT
Once having ordered one back inside, proceed	CONTINUE
Having stolen, wrapped up in something	ABSTRACTED
Standing over the pupil, a girl	NOLA
In summer it does, the odds and ends on the line	SUNDRIES
News it would seem wrong to drop in with	MESSAGE
Money you admitted having received	ENTRANCEFEE
The irritability of the sandwich man?	CRUSTINESS
Stop and fire	LAYOFF
Makes up for it, catching the fish does	CONSOLES
Am turning against wine	MACON
Prepares the stuffed pancakes when one arrives?	ROLLSUP
Absolve, being fair	CLEAR
In the drawing, there’s nothing in the box	CARTOON
In an awful rush, mother gets up to cook eggs	MADSCRAMBLE
Show to be out of place	EXPOSITION
Aiming to, on starting the journey	SETTINGOUT
Does it help you watch your tongue?	EYETOOTH
Dine out, having money, and blue	INDECENT
Pick out Art in it, as the boy	PATRICK
Stops me going in for changes	EMENDS
Squeal “Break!”	SPLIT
Keen to help a number trapped inside	AVID

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