Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers October 21 2017

Clue	Solution
Growth at factory	PLANT
Strength and pressure wore away	POWER
Wooden record	LOG
Alert to a battle to the east	AWARE
Use a shroud, say	AVAIL
Study of cadences	DEN
Catch in one trap	NET
Learnt about organ	EAR
Knock Pat over	TAP
Festival involving a steer	EASTER
Cricket match can be trial	TEST
Changes as to fodder	OATS
Ages getting queen a bit of stationery	ERASER
Appearing to have food	PEA
Roused about employment	USE
Started with sailor	TAR
Appalling to have friend	PAL
Woman will ail, sadly, at church	ALICE
Curse faulty wares	SWEAR
That lady from Esher	SHE
Remove fleece, say – it’s steep	SHEER
Places for spectacles, say	SITES
Surface temperature of Mars, say	PLANET
Nothing but affection	LOVE
A portal’s made of stones	AGATES
Terribly stale stories	TALES
Drape around clergyman	PADRE
Bored with raw material	ORE
Left newt out	WENT
Ask hoarsely for file	RASP
Finally doesn’t finish book	ATLAS
A pensive time initially is suitable	APT
Devoured more than seven, say	ATE
About to have nothing but eggs	ROE
Fewer around animal	EWE
Painter has odd traits	ARTIST
Peers off on small binges	SPREES
It makes a straight line for monarch	RULER
Burns prophets, we hear	SEARS
Don’t answer, just overtake	PASS
Collapsed around part of church	APSE
Bachelor’s pain	ACHE
Wonder inside drawer	AWE