Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers December 16 2017

Clue	Solution
Drape around cleric	PADRE
Affection right for Romeo	LOVER
Wander out of terror	ERR
Permission to chop veal with energy	LEAVE
Ridicule golf pegs, say	TEASE
He’s good at karate	DAN
Knock a style of music	RAP
Pass out of recollection	COL
Healthy colour in Istanbul	TAN
Part of meal on salver, say	ENTREE
New role for knowledge	LORE
Now Arsenal has struggles	WARS
Searches for tiny amounts	TRACES
Guided by a small light	LED
Honest about quantity	ONE
Same level within department	PAR
Unprepared in drawer	RAW
Force to use the car	DRIVE
Moving near a venue	ARENA
Free of gridlock	RID
OK bloke	ROGER
Rushes and scans broadcasts	REEDS
Gas from terribly pert old student	PETROL
Part of Far East	AREA
Suspend Republican dealer	DRAPER
Choose from selection	ELECT
All Ed ordered was serving utensil	LADLE
Removal includes eggs	OVA
Air of invention	VENT
Endlessly regretting destruction	RUIN
Body part generating argon	ORGAN
Atmosphere in Cairo	AIR
Catch in one trap	NET
Fewer of animal	EWE
Nobel’s prize	OBE
Wish for a steeple	ASPIRE
Tears into quiet socialists	SHREDS
Argumentative sportsman?	ROWER
Raced around tree	CEDAR
Look for shelter by river	LEER
Haul giving doctor silver	DRAG
Keen sort of diva	AVID
Is more than one?	ARE