Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on December 14th 2022

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December 14th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
The tall grass	BAMBOO
To revere, yet maybe even to rebuke!	VENERATE
Being cute, we replace the centre part in time	TWEE
A coat (but not a topcoat) for resale, possibly	SEALER
Scrupulously within the rules, but not totally restrictive	STRICT
By luck, perchance?	PER
Biblical name for a plant out East	MOSES
Faded, we hear, yet not without colour	DYED
What a sailor could do with a pin	BELAY
Nomad's new name?	DAMON
What the toast may do when dad gets out of bed	POPUP
An absolute necessity in winemaking	MUST
Chuck from Heathrow	THROW
A thudding noise?	DIN
Hasten to make capital	ATHENS
Dig out an obscure inn for eating	DINING
In a funny way, I'm to skip	OMIT
Got into the papers for having fabricated information?	MADENEWS
Not all greengages will be found charming	ENGAGE
Partial to one, as in bed	BIASED
and 3 In cricket terms, pleasantly surprised	BOWLED
See "2"	OVER
May he win a bride for himself also!	BESTMAN
A standard spare part is simply capital	PARIS
Bells across the meadow, perhaps?	TENTS
Record in a specially apt key	TAPE
Always five short	EER
Regally, he's a match for Reg!	ROY
Yields seeds, it's said	CEDES
Not Romulus's uncle	REMUS
As in the Royal Squadron?	YACHT
It's soft to eat, though not exactly pap	BAP
Cut short (as when you run after a gal?)	LOP
Is there much boozing in this street?	DOWNING
There's a letter at the post office for Edgar Allan	POE
Digging in during a bygone dynasty	MINING
One turns up in continuity	UNIT
Switch to a horse for half a mile!	TOGGLE
Little girl's hat	TAMMY
If nothing else, she's hard to upset	RHODA
Barely discernible number between 500 and 1000	DIM
Just what the doctor ordered	DOSE

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