Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers October 18 2017

Clue	Solution
Stiffly have argument	TIFF
Nile made meandering course	LINE
Girl at a swimming contest	GALA
Betting on a new bridge	SPAN
Ruined boss cries	SOBS
Diabolical, as I can’t move	SATANIC
Partner’s painting	ART
Big order for lager	LARGE
Stop a student being trite	BANAL
Get beaten, having nothing vague	LOOSE
Cool about new punctuation mark	COLON
Elizabeth’s wager	BET
Saw was hardly chilled	NOTICED
Always in same version	EVER
Uncovered painting	NUDE
Language in queer sentence	ERSE
Small group, owing to time	DUET
He will find terrible place	HELL
Throw sots out	TOSS
Unexciting apartment	FLAT
Bails out chap	BASIL
Family dog returns ball endlessly	LAB
Point a set out	EAST
Left coal production in the area	LOCAL
Friend and expert in building	PALACE
Place of birth?	NATAL
Reportedly start race for ingredient	SAGO
Relaxed in desert conditions	RESTED
Batman’s bird?	ROBIN
Observe sound	NOTE
Somehow enrol hermit	LONER
Viking has right to pry about	NORSE
Bishop, elderly but brave	BOLD
Shape youngster with energy	CUBE
Trade in lead forms	DEAL
Beastly medic?	VET