Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 5th 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.

Pay respect to a South African instrument
Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right
Trip publicised in front of guests
This swindle, on the quiet, is rascally
A frantic bit of a rave?
Hurried to repair all but two shoes
A low place in the country
United we stand - but there's no sign of Stan!
Run gently or backwards in a race
A loving couple having a riotous time
Just what's needed by a space visitor hiding in a copse
Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first
Some deer got to their feet by the sound of it
A drink from Cupid?
Familiar name for the duck
Resorts you may need a pass for?
Not copper, though it may well contain some
A mocking letter to a relative
Famously musical arts given backing by many a head of state
Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative
As written of by Defoe once a week
Raise production of boots
Chap in a car in the wood
Friends round to make a hit
To the drinker, it means good health
Old Riga citizen in Valletta
Daisy, you'd look sweet sitting on one
In Luke, perhaps, it's uncharacteristic
Subdue one of the herd
Spirit of the alteration in a manuscript
Went back to bed
She has a point
We finish last when it's muddy
Remained to start stalking the wild deer around
That tax-exempt girl, remember
It turned soft at the end
A cry that has a firm ring to it
The subdued voice in which many speak
Universal deity
Is obliged to wind up the party in a hurry
Is building work such a job?
Having a seat in it, you don't fall
Dry area at the riverside in Poland
At last it's ended by specialist bowlers