Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on May 9th 2022

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May 9th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
They sound dull, but are hardly without impact	THUDS
An officer gets to see us sharpen up	FOCUS
Extract of sweet herbs with characteristic odour	ETHER
He or she is always ready	PAT
Character of the wild coast	TOSCA
When discarded, died out	DITCHED
Out-of-the-way area used for contests	ARENA
Backing out of rehearsals is wrong for him	HER
When the odds are not level, it's rough!	UNEVEN
An unoriginal arrangement for the printer	REPRINT
I leave the air terminal with a Russian	IGOR
If chewed, sole can taste very astringent!	SLOE
Marginal discounts?	REBATES
Something pointed it's possible to read about a horse	DAGGER
Our chap in Panama is evidently backward	MAN
White, like a layer of eggs	ASHEN
At the front, in disarray, we get attacked	WENTFOR
Wrote a number for a boy	NOTED
It's pulled on	OAR
We're wrong about a certain point, so start again	RENEW
Only a companion, yet apt to be aggressive	BUTCH
Shoot out of sight	SNIPE
Plant the thing and make yourself scarce	HOPIT
His stuff is nourishing, but expensive in France	BUTCHER
When there's a house to do up, you need cover	HOOD
To do so, the bottle is suitably canted	DECANT
Look to fiddle the rates	STARE
Does it look about half an inch on the map?	SEINE
Short listed Siamese, say	CAT
As a part-time soldier, be wrong in rank	TERRIER
The chap on piano was 'with it'	HEP
They can shatter lives	EVILS
Heat you don't want to feel	ANGER
Wild enough to daunt me?	UNTAMED
Girl from Colindale	LINDA
Bit of a ruffian, we hear	ROUGH
Arrange tunes to broadcast	SENTOUT
Some men, possibly worn out, get fame	RENOWN
Treat hide by beating?	TAN
The boaster's bloomer	ASTER
One's personal inheritance	GENES
Power of the police?	FORCE
Seem sad, having very little cash	WEEP
Plump for something schmaltzy!	FAT

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