Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 12th 2019) clues of Evening Standard Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 44 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Drift aloft like an airship
Author who created the term 'adsum'?
Basket with a hole in it
Good as can be for cooking
Just the horse to nip around with?
Suitable surname for a sailor boy
It's about them forming partnerships
Invariably five short
By such means, send a letter
The drunken sot possibly sent out for a hat
Work in a shop usually
Think to charge a pound
Better - yet so inferior!
To half starve the chaps is a bit of a bloomer
Leaves in hot water?
The wrong thing to be found in
Payment of very little substance for writers
He may have a special suit for work
Volunteers a kiss as tribute
She helped Jason to fleece her dad
A refreshing thing to do
Beast of burden all over its master?
To tease us up can be sweet!
As egg containers they should share the load
Had been lying to a chap - the padre!
In a west London town, I make a case
Runs only slowly, having a bad heart
She's a treasure to the master
Would a tartan lining suit it?
Share option arranged outright
Make sure your eyes are open
Three could put you to sleep
Cunningly, in a silly way!
A show dog?
Think about nothing but a rodent
In this puzzle, the second lump!
Sumptuously provided with food around the Orient
A broken romance
The little boy's room
He keeps attempting to name a German city
Beautiful girl, if undersized
Deceived G-man interrupted by a beefy brute
Betting system that may go to one's head
Valiant fellow?