May 22nd 2020 Evening Standard Cryptic crossword answers

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Achieve the correct balance with the ornamentation
No mere mortal, I guess
Will lay on drink, you think
Commits an error in writing the clue for “odes”
Was a welsher – a shortcoming, indeed
Spots an insect crawling round the hole
Very keen to get the other flighty daughter into
He’s come back with a fresh egg
Hasn’t it yet learned to steer clear of insect spray?
Bought back and restored oneself to favour
So after all is left unfinished, too
Going back, see the trainee’s mistake
Is fast finding what all the study was for
Very sad he ruined the roast again
A dash just before take-off
“Lacks stability,” they add
With which to pay the minder?
Story Sally was given specially to break
Only commenting on briefly, but it’s poignant
A difficult task for High Command
Interrupted only when I tend to digress
Go out when you light up
Do get involved in some game
Pearls are round, by the way
Went up and roughly cased all round, you conclude
Heavy rain accompanied by lightning?
Doesn’t retire and creates a logjam
Managed to leave when it became known
First the raging gale drowned the noise
Like a really bad oil lamp?
Spoils the acts
He’s a catch
Question the female we apprehended
Finds out that money constitutes a snare
Show yourself to have a heart, perhaps, and emulate
Knock back the usual
Carrying the spray (mace) and a knife
Standing outside “The Goat’s Head,” Peter is worried
Keeps it a secret from the firm and freelances
A job you are safe and at home in?
Eke out the bit of porridge
Fighting to get something done
A little flash
To hinder from grasping power, I deem wrong
Issue more than the others – the maximum
The answer is to have a liquid mixture

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