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On this page you will find all the solutions to Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle from December 28th 2022.

December 28th 2022 Answers

Clue	Solution
Furnish with flexibility	SUPPLY
Organ stops	EARPLUGS
It's a long story	SAGA
Weapon for which gunners need a landing-place	RAPIER
Quietly step up the laudations	PRAISE
Only pretend to work?	ACT
They aren't all that colourful	TINTS
Sound a thick-headed person	TONE
Maxim, maybe, of many an American	HIRAM
Old Nick was enthroned on one	SATAN
Food the teetotaller has to pay out for	PATTY
Junior boys apt to get lit up?	FAGS
Flare in wild fashion	FERAL
Figure in the late news	TEN
Of the type to give a twist to the tail, I see	ITALIC
Chiefly macho when getting out of line	MAINLY
An afterthought, note, in church	APSE
Might they possibly restrain racehorses?	TRAINERS
Doing one's best to be irksome	TRYING
Erects constructively under cover	SECRET
Sound position for a swimmer	PLAICE
We need a new one annually	YEAR
Ancient skill in bridge building	SPARTAN
I go round the city	TURIN
It's foolish of them to cut classes	ASSES
Cover for a spell	SPAN
Become a bit fidgety	GET
Mark has the article I'm after	AIM
One injected acidly?	STING
Dot it as aforementioned	DITTO
Two quartets don't necessarily make one	OCTET
Heady reward for a tricky trio?	HAT
He's sunny, but not Jim	RAY
Outstanding stranger in the street	SALIENT
Drink up, chum	PAL
It's fey, perhaps, that such an excitable woman might be called	FEISTY
Daughter of the woman next door?	ANNE
Mentioning an old saw	SAYING
Half a ton	FIFTY
Ruler sometimes breathless	RAJAH
Obtain a supply with a word of thanks, softly	TAP
The upright part of a Christmas tree	MAST

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