Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers September 2 2017

Clue	Solution
City for cavorting pairs	PARIS
Insurance is about finished	COVER
Time of pageantry	AGE
Long to be right inside grotto	CRAVE
Rule out getting married to primate	LEMUR
He’s good at karate	DAN
Fuss at a party	ADO
Talented with drink	ALE
Healthy colour in Istanbul	TAN
Cat takes to a new food	TOMATO
Always in same version	EVER
Point to tree that’s clean	WASH
Cricket team’s legs	ELEVEN
Member of whole group	LEG
Is more than one?	ARE
Definitely an article	THE
Charming around branch	ARM
Right deli, wrong to be annoyed	RILED
Walks poles around	LOPES
Previously used in poetry?	ERE
School devours benches	SEATS
Socialist, after hesitation, made a mistake	ERRED
Dish has a flavour	PALATE
Four keys get old	AGED
Distant handset	REMOTE
Go away to get small stuff	SCRAM
Rookie acted strangely	CADET
Removal includes eggs	OVA
Air of invention	VENT
Endlessly regretting destruction	RUIN
Alter form afterwards	LATER
Animal in glasses	ASS
Bored with raw material	ORE
Now employees have to be obliged	OWE
Compete with luvvies	VIE
Learnt to play horn?	ANTLER
Chap arranged deed and listened	HEEDED
Palms off bulbs	LAMPS
Conversed about poetry	VERSE
Records terrible slog	LOGS
Girl at a celebration	GALA
Present during the recording	HERE
Rubbish in grotto	ROT