Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers December 2 2017

Clue	Solution
Take off costume	STRIP
Brandished small barb	SHOOK
Come in from barren terrain	ENTER
A profit once more	AGAIN
Quantity of honesty	ONE
Father took daughter home	PAD
Firm with new prisoner	CON
Noticed a blade	SAW
Cure using shade	ECRU
Merit of learning	EARN
Look deranged without editor, flailing	GANDER
Supporter of golf?	TEE
Shelter from sleet	LEE
Stunning barrel inside	TUN
Fastening in wet conditions	TWINE
Scandinavian food	SWEDE
Woman finds the queen transparent	SHEER
Principal design for plates	STAPLE
Got a new gown	TOGA
Bookworm hesitates back and forth over poster	READER
Writer joins church for money	PENCE
Weight of a boulder	STONE
Bird in the nest	HEN
Bores with raw material	ORES
Realise negative answer, say	KNOW
Sheepish round wine producer	OVINE
Atmosphere in Cairo	AIR
Plugs have to pull	LUG
Originally called in one engineer	NEE
Copper gets point of signal	CUE
Painter of unusual traits	ARTIST
Number have tiny problem round Newcastle area	NINETY
Lead off to right shrub	ALDER
Put off animal, with time	DETER
Throw sots out	TOSS
Language in another sentence	ERSE
Part of community	UNIT
Now employees have to be obliged	OWE