Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers October 6 2017

Clue	Solution
Tim’s one order, to add water	MOISTEN
Excavate channel backwards, being pompous	TURGID
Pen new melody for deity	NEPTUNE
Work into soup recipe	OPUS
Copies of tapestry	APES
A flat turned out to be deadly	FATAL
Be anxious about line found on neck	FRET
Recording a pet playing	TAPE
Engineers manage to get programme repeated	RERUN
The others relax	REST
Friends shoot at school	BUDS
Makes boxes to contain energy	CREATES
Stands and delays	STALLS
Groups set step out	SEPTETS
Most arguments are about celebrity	STAR
Time to use poorer soldier	TROOPER
Without a mathematical sign	MINUS
Does translate some poetry	ODES
Aides tut about being found	SITUATED
Irritate with a hypodermic	NEEDLE
Nut leapt about, sulking	PETULANT
Is more than one?	ARE
Sat, less worried about decorations	TASSELS
Captain has fitting	APT
Scuffle about a scarf	FRACAS
Corrodes truss badly	RUSTS
Top bets are lost	BEST
Stop sending letters	POST