Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on January 5th 2023

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January 5th 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
Pay respect to a South African instrument	SALUTE
Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right	OVERLOOK
Trip publicised in front of guests	OUTING
This swindle, on the quiet, is rascally	SCAMP
A frantic bit of a rave?	RANT
Hurried to repair all but two shoes	TORE
A low place in the country	DELL
United we stand - but there's no sign of Stan!	WED
Run gently or backwards in a race	TROT
A loving couple having a riotous time	ITEM
Just what's needed by a space visitor hiding in a copse	THETICKET
Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first	MISS
Some deer got to their feet by the sound of it	ROES
A drink from Cupid?	CUP
Familiar name for the duck	THEO
Resorts you may need a pass for?	SPAS
Not copper, though it may well contain some	LEAD
A mocking letter to a relative	TAUNT
Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of state	STRADS
Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative	TACITURN
As written of by Defoe once a week	FRIDAY
Raise production of boots	BOOST
Chap in a car in the wood	CEDAR
Friends round to make a hit	SLAP
To the drinker, it means good health	SKOAL
Old Riga citizen in Valletta	LETT
Daisy, you'd look sweet sitting on one	TANDEM
In Luke, perhaps, it's uncharacteristic	UNLIKE
Subdue one of the herd	COW
Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript	METHS
Went back to bed	RETIRED
She has a point	DOT
We finish last when it's muddy	WET
Remained to start stalking the wild deer around	RESTED
That tax-exempt girl, remember	TESSA
It turned soft at the end	TIP
A cry that has a firm ring to it	COO
The subdued voice in which many speak	MUTTER
Universal deity	PAN
Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurry	HASTY
Is building work such a job?	PUTUP
Having a seat in it, you don't fall	STAND
Dry area at the riverside in Poland	LAND
At last it's ended by specialist bowlers	TAIL

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