The Evening Standards Cryptic Crossword January 5 2023 Answers:
| Pay respect to a South African instrument 6 letters | SALUTE |
| Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right 8 letters | OVERLOOK |
| Trip publicised in front of guests 6 letters | OUTING |
| This swindle on the quiet is rascally 5 letters | SCAMP |
| A frantic bit of a rave? 4 letters | RANT |
| Hurried to repair all but two shoes 4 letters | TORE |
| A low place in the country 4 letters | DELL |
| United we stand – but there’s no sign of Stan! 3 letters | WED |
| Run gently or backwards in a race 4 letters | TROT |
| A loving couple having a riotous time 4 letters | ITEM |
| Just what’s needed by a space visitor hiding in a copse 9 letters | THETICKET |
| Briefly the state Elvis Presley was in at first 4 letters | MISS |
| Some deer got to their feet by the sound of it 4 letters | ROES |
| A drink from Cupid? 3 letters | CUP |
| Familiar name for the duck 4 letters | THEO |
| Resorts you may need a pass for? 4 letters | SPAS |
| Not copper though it may well contain some 4 letters | LEAD |
| A mocking letter to a relative 5 letters | TAUNT |
| Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of state 6 letters | STRADS |
| Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative 8 letters | TACITURN |
| As written of by Defoe once a week 6 letters | FRIDAY |
| Raise production of boots 5 letters | BOOST |
| Chap in a car in the wood 5 letters | CEDAR |
| Friends round to make a hit 4 letters | SLAP |
| To the drinker it means good health 5 letters | SKOAL |
| Old Riga citizen in Valletta 4 letters | LETT |
| Daisy you’d look sweet sitting on one 6 letters | TANDEM |
| In Luke perhaps it’s uncharacteristic 6 letters | UNLIKE |
| Subdue one of the herd 3 letters | COW |
| Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript 5 letters | METHS |
| Went back to bed 7 letters | RETIRED |
| She has a point 3 letters | DOT |
| We finish last when it’s muddy 3 letters | WET |
| Remained to start stalking the wild deer around 6 letters | RESTED |
| That tax-exempt girl remember 5 letters | TESSA |
| It turned soft at the end 3 letters | TIP |
| A cry that has a firm ring to it 3 letters | COO |
| The subdued voice in which many speak 6 letters | MUTTER |
| Universal deity 3 letters | PAN |
| Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurry 5 letters | HASTY |
| Is building work such a job? 5 letters | PUTUP |
| Having a seat in it you don’t fall 5 letters | STAND |
| Dry area at the riverside in Poland 4 letters | LAND |
| At last it’s ended by specialist bowlers 4 letters | TAIL |
