Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on August 31st 2021

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August 31st 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
It's usually belted	WAIST
Vessel used by a runner with much noise	SKIFF
Get information from people on a food item	PUMPKIN
Dog you could call "Rocky"?	CAIRN
Fathead's pub in New York	NINNY
Area in which to turn a car during a race	TRACT
A bulwark in boats, perhaps	BASTION
Little girl sent back to bed	DEB
Poker players do so in the canteen	ANTE
Uplift, on the quiet, with encouraging words	PRAISE
Send a taxi half a mile	CABLE
Wild bird a student associated with a wedding	BRIDAL
Use the gas for nothing but pudding	SAGO
An early riser	SUN
Grabs a bargain when pictures get more expensive	SNAPSUP
Something resembling a pepper pot that contains beer	DALEK
In the best position to suppress opposition	ONTOP
Prepare a formal note	PRIME
Fed back, I see it as a shortage	DEFICIT
They're played in groups of three	TRIOS
Some pretty ingenious binding	TYING
As ports go, not a good one?	ABADAN
The spirit a priest could show	SPRITE
You could quote a weight for this vessel	TUN
Incentive, with no love lost, to treat disdainfully	SPURN
It may be nicer, in certain ways, to be honest	SINCERE
Unite in providing something warm	KNIT
Duels with criminals	FENCES
It's a lot different on Tuesday, that's all	TOTAL
Minor points	BARBS
It can spoil satin	STAIN
Wrongly said to be about five singers	DIVAS
Form of jazz that doesn't need be!	BEBOP
The wood where once one walked!	PLANK
Variety of pea put in tins, very tasty	CANAPES
Athlete and climber	RUNNER
Stylish, maybe, but look out for a bad case of rot!	SPORTY
Some terrifying, unmentionable fellows	GUNMEN
Maybe a pie's a pleasant shade of brown	SEPIA
A very encouraging old bird?	DODO
Coppers take it to be a low place	PIT

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