Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on May 12th 2022

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May 12th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Bring about one of those special illusions?	EFFECT
Something to wash down with nectar?	AMBROSIA
Person simply fuming?	SMOKER
If Dick's clever, who's smart?	ALECK
Variety of pear, we gather, on the farm	REAP
Thus, on some days, it's used for washing	SODA
Llanelli girl?	NELL
The young are in her clutches	HEN
Regretted looking angry about the socially uppish	RUED
A good distance for a reduced fare	AFAR
Depiction of the boys on the left	PORTRAYAL
Instrument in the form of a tub	TUBA
He's in both the Bible and the thesaurus	ESAU
Encountered force in London	MET
Bearing taken by a ship on a loch	NESS
Christopher Columbus's port of call	STOP
Very pious, but they don't take orders	NUNS
Heavy rock?	STONE
Legal expert just going round part of the prison	JURIST
Regard a vessel as an aid to beauty	EYELINER
That skin-deep beauty	VENEER
Grand opening, unfortunately, of festive occasions	GALAS
Retreated in tidy fashion?	EBBED
Literary work that gets thrown at people?	BOOK
In school, could it simplify things for the pupil?	EASEL
Collapse, not being hit	FLOP
Skilful century and a half, always	CLEVER
Where, abroad, Alma got upset by some Yanks?	MALAYA
Student work to cut short	LOP
It's long and blackish, containing much carbon, maybe	CAROB
Compensation concerning attire	REDRESS
As used for one's Barnet?	NET
I get out of the downpour with him	HAL
Half of us fled to the States, where it's heavenly	URANUS
Character quick to go out of turn	FAUST
Place in disrepute	PUT
Animal giving a hiss	ASS
The tenant's occupation	TENURE
Assume the end of the road's ahead	DON
Make a start in bookkeeping	ENTER
Weight not possibly over two-fifths of a stone?	TONNE
Masonic drink?	PERRY
Good and accurate	NICE
QC possibly shot?	SILK

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