Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on December 3rd 2021

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December 3rd 2021 Answers

Clue	Solution
A great figure, just to put the icing on the cake!	CAPITALL
Go the fast way, being smart	FLY
A speaker or two, at the Centre	ORATOR
You put your foot on it or grab it with your hands	CLUTCH
The lady with the fringe gets the whole caboodle!	SHEBANG
Not now, in that case	THEN
Will include, you understand	COMPREHEND
Came back and gave it another whirl	RETURNED
Provided an alibi for the bloke who had left	COVERED
So to speak, one's best, best friend	PEKE
Meaning to be sheltered from the elements	INTENT
He's going to put an end to your entertainment	THEDEPARTINGGUEST
A sailor identifiable by his collar?	SEADOG
Sometime the morning after, having the test	EXAM
Soldiers, also, will be shown in the drawing	PLATOON
The dog is bound to be with the Queen	SPRINGER
A lungful of sea air?	DEEPBREATH
Bunker some go back into	TRAP
Suggesting that the doctor has got in trouble	MOOTING
One of two or, perhaps, three I brought in	EITHER
Had I gone travelling to the right area?	REGION
One dab	ACE
Though on a false trail, all round is showing sense	RATIONAL
Not a Rosy prospect for the man asleep on watch	BADLOOKOUT
Figure seen at first in a haze	MIST
Will drapers accept the ready only for it?	CASHMERE
Shone the light on a man up against the outhouse	FLASHED
Through staging an exhibition - honestly	BYFAIRMEANS
Because annoying, putting it out of one's mind	FORGETTING
He gets terribly involved in the affair	MATTER
As predicted, the free ones are rounded up	FORESEEN
Discover the point has penetrated the heart of the brute	FIEND
Give the impression of being soft and tender, completely bogus	PRETEND
From painting, standing to get more	EXTRA
It's half the battle getting the others in to give support	TRESTLE
The lady who's in occupation	CAREERWOMAN
Fight to get an appointment	ENGAGEMENT
What the cloakroom attendant did, you say: accepted blame	TOOKTHERAP
A businessman and his former wife having a drink	EXPORTER
See bitter has been spilled in the word-book	LIBRETTO
Soap and food sent in for the poor	BEGGARS
Look after the naughty child and spoil	IMPAIR
Get up and go - for a spin	DRIVE
Overtime? Blast!	TOOT

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