Evening Standards Cryptic Crossword January 17 2023

The Evening Standards Cryptic Crossword January 17 2023 Answers:
Imitative in cheapish style 5 letters
APISH
Like a chap getting a bit of a kiss in a girl’s embrace 5 letters
LUCKY
Sportsman’s assistant taken in hand for instruction 7 letters
POINTER
Oh dash – the piano’s covered in terrible rust! 5 letters
SPURT
Returning from Niagara as before 5 letters
AGAIN
Oscar sounds angry! 5 letters
WILDE
London’s thin red line (under ground) 7 letters
CENTRAL
For each childless person 3 letters
PER
So it varies this name 4 letters
OTIS
Cook a rib perhaps with a little seasoning 6 letters
BRAISE
The cricket trophy but not to be seen 5 letters
ASHES
More than a company of soldiers? 6 letters
COHORT
It’s only water 4 letters
MERE
Hurt without right you need shelter 3 letters
HUT
Nude in an exotic act just for show 7 letters
CABARET
She points to the polish 5 letters
SHEEN
Can a cricket team fade out? 5 letters
DIXIE
It’s not clear that Victor has a complaint 5 letters
VAGUE
Having informed the police brought down to earth 7 letters
GRASSED
Go in some pain 5 letters
AGONY
They’re of pretty resilient rubber 5 letters
TYRES
Is such a government a little theatrical? 6 letters
PUPPET
Swimmers having a bit of sport with a rising star 6 letters
SPRATS
Not all photos are steamy 3 letters
HOT
Nail bent round an angle used by the smith 5 letters
ANVIL
Advanced pieces of editorial writing 7 letters
LEADERS
The desire to upset socially superior Reg 4 letters
URGE
Kitchen things you finally shove in the sink perhaps 6 letters
KNIVES
Waits around to get the measurement 5 letters
WAIST
Comfortable no doubt but it makes Charlie cry! 5 letters
COUCH
Time the thing wrong 5 letters
NIGHT
As a musician a good cake decorator? 5 letters
PIPER
Again allowed to have a tenant 5 letters
RELET
Started to appeal to one 5 letters
BEGAN
The skill of roguish old soldiers? 7 letters
ARCHERY
On which excursionists are clamorous after a hush? 6 letters
OUTING
The trouble mum has with another woman? 6 letters
MALADY
Some rubbish about a safety device 6 letters
REFUSE
Stop putting the earth into a box 5 letters
CEASE
A hint of resignation? 4 letters
SIGN
Can handle kittens but civet cats would be too much for him 3 letters
VET