Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 21st 2023) 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.

Keeps on persistently (and pluckily?)
In any case, a refusal will offend
When loaned a disc, play it slowly
Girl with a western accent?
One of no importance to a Wilde play?
Ball girl?
His land was between warring factors
Thanks for the kiss, but it'll still cost you!
A nice fruity red
A Californian giant
Look a heartless letter
As something suffered, a bit of pain's no good
A light gas, though ultimately very heavy
Cry of the shrike, when disturbed
A Russian revolutionary took him in
Quick to put hay out of the way
The seed possibly boiled
Issues in troubled times
In the sculls, is single-handed
Play a doctor and a master
Avoid shiftily?
A hunted animal, one imagines
Being upset, rang the eye centre
Supporter of the head
Initially unavailable for service
Flattened with a tool
Having a siesta, he may snore
It's bound to be of geographical interest
In less than a year, it can be discouraging
A model sort of museum
Little thanks to a dunderhead!
Where, in Italy, one gets very short measure!
What the horse said when refusing a jump?
Links up in close array
Strike causing terrible loss to a hotel?
Brings up what is right for the listeners
Game of bridge?
His vital duty may seem a piece of cake to many!
Driving place
Bewhiskered but possibly exciting!
It's holding me up, as one may read
Possibly grassy margin a river generally has
What an agitator can do in prison
Caught in possession?