Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on May 17th 2022

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May 17th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Move quickly past the copper!	BOBBY
Some petrol derivatives of earlier origin	OLDER
For the remainder, a fresh rise is expected	RESIDUE
The frequent practice of riding?	HABIT
Act it cleverly without a word	TACIT
They treat each other very fairly	DUTCH
They keep your feet dry, that is, in watery places	WELLIES
An engagement for Joe, at golf	GIG
Being jobless, one gets led astray	IDLE
Note the condition of the property	ESTATE
Praise boastfully in a letter to a relative	VAUNT
Playing rough, she made a mess of my boot	TOMBOY
Slow starter frequently easy to beat	SOFT
It's in Belgium, but part Spanish	SPA
Difficulties due to slight collisions?	SCRAPES
Eat like a champ?	MUNCH
A man of principle	MAXIM
A number fit to send	CABLE
Space to manoeuvre in a ship's cabin?	SEAROOM
Experiments with matches	TESTS
Sign of equilibrium?	LIBRA
Gave a zero rated performance as a spellbinder	ORATED
Show disapproval of restraint?	BRIDLE
Still the old-fashioned tin opener	YET
Saint given a new suit at the civic centre	VITUS
One thrown away by people generally?	OUTCAST
She makes a brew of ale hot!	LEAH
Obtain in notedly legal fashion	ELICIT
Wait while an eccentric lady captures the heart of men	DELAY
Weakens in one small part of the country	WILTS
Domesticated animal possibly all over its master	LLAMA
Old time dance music, quick!	GALOP
Men short of urgent supplies?	GENTS
Nominal companion to English opera	ENOCH
Books very much spoken of?	VOLUMES
Music one absorbed as a drug!	OPIATE
Alas, I'm upset by Italian sausage	SALAMI
For the price of 50 silver pieces, something sensitive	FEELER
Get the double ten	SCORE
That tearful impediment of vision due to some mistake?	MIST
Mountain pass never completely icy	COL

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