Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on January 3rd 2023

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January 3rd 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
One girl's name for a resounding defeat?	FLOSS
Something to go round wearing?	SKIRT
To humiliate correctively will make Charlie speed up	CHASTEN
Wander off - say about two fifths of a metre	STRAY
As worn with a scowl, perhaps?	COWLS
Centre of the arts	HEART
Berated, possibly, by one who's disposed to argue?	DEBATER
Far back, it had to deal with the Luftwaffe	RAF
As valued by a rider with horse sense?	ARAB
Walk or, for a short way, go by bus	STRIDE
Fellows with long underpants?	JOHNS
Stand or stumble on a piece of wood	TRIPOD
Keep exercising the dog	PEKE
In three lanes, only one swimmer	EEL
Frightened about Romeo getting visibly blemished	SCARRED
Professor of cubism?	RUBIK
A musical little number from Locarno, possibly	CAROL
Playing it can involve four hands	PIANO
A chap gets old, but copes somehow	MANAGES
Name a borough	PETER
Swell place in Somerset?	WELLS
Bubbly effect coming to a halt on a half of beer?	LATHER
Mark, a seaman, or a beetle	SCARAB
A bit pushy but easily frightened	SHY
Introduce into a famous Hall	USHER
How well kept they are, nobody knows	SECRETS
The banknote makers' union	KNOT
Get ready to have another shot	RELOAD
In the Bible, he's linked with a fishing item	HEROD
That infernal poet!	DANTE
Cook may get sweet on him!	BASIL
Shannon Tweed has more than one	RIVER
Honoured with a nosh up - though a tin opener is involved	FETED
A slightly touching letter to old Harry	SNICK
Like a humorous Scot, say?	JOCULAR
Trot out once more at the last minute	RELATE
Aspire somehow to get acclaim	PRAISE
The CO, we hear, is a bit of a nut	KERNEL
Moving stair producing musical sounds	SITAR
One of the more ruined old places?	ROME
It's occupied in religious worship	PEW

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