Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answers on May 9th 2023

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May 9th 2023 Answers

Clue	Solution
Tailender, possibly Welsh	RABBIT
Riotous style of existence conservationists would protect	WILDLIFE
Imitation makes her weep!	MIMI
Live with a number when vanquished	BEATEN
Fight for a place	BATTLE
Figuratively, the heart of a lion?	TEN
Early change for an egg producer	LAYER
Regarded as wealthy after one short day?	EYED
Waste time on a letter to a friend	DALLY
In extremes of frugality, get in debt as a resort	FOWEY
Wherein a gladiator could become a near wreck?	ARENA
One's holiday may be in the balance!	REST
Divert with morning exercise	AMUSE
Morecambe's river?	CAM
It links up with double-barrelled names	HYPHEN
Cod lie around, quite harmless	DOCILE
A botanical angle	AXIL
They have a mean meaning for cricketers	AVERAGES
Superior, thus worthy of hire?	HIGHER
The odd bit of trouble, we hear	RUMBLE
Teased with something tempting?	BAITED
For either child, port wine is too much!	TWIN
Very well, yet casually touring part of Ealing	IDEALLY
The girl in the pool	KITTY
Trumpeter's name	PETER
You've lost, chum	MATE
Males have many points	MEN
It has its regional side	TAY
Water escaping from lakes?	LEAKS
Like an owlish lion?	TAWNY
Deliciously suitable to the poet's tummy	YUMMY
A female to cheat, notedly	DOE
Pleasant piece of grassland	LEA
Road not committed to a particular direction	FREEWAY
Tree or a bit of bush	ASH
Being competitive in a caring way	RACING
One man in three million?	EMIL
Could Bertha be called to it?	THEBAR
A leader in the forefront	AHEAD
Better bit of brogue, maybe?	UPPER
Firm kiss from the man at the helm	COX
A little line in haberdashery	DASH

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