Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers December 6 2017

Clue	Solution
Friend working on ship	MATE
Scheme to get some land	PLOT
Except broken vase	SAVE
Betting journalist was rushed	SPED
Openings give Georgia an afterthought	GAPS
Land seen worked by girl	SENEGAL
Charming involves branch	ARM
Slide off and move round	SIDLE
Reportedly remained respectable	STAID
The same two dots	DITTO
Come in from barren terrain	ENTER
Run off to get receptacle	URN
Aunt is travelling around one country	TUNISIA
Need to rearrange garden	EDEN
Colour of most interest	TINT
Part of Near East	AREA
Calm in areas yet	EASY
Grooms have space	ROOM
Officers’ room in confusion	MESS
Afterwards from both ends	THEN
Stories used as oxygen, say	SAGAS
Energy savings scheme	PEP
Some time in Outer Mongolia	TERM
Virginia finds cover reasonable	VALID
Aristocrat has way to annoy	PESTER
Remove broken bidet	DEBIT
Last order for sailor	SALT
Keep alien in bad conditions	RETAIN
A number enjoy something	DIGIT
Queen in banner	ANNE
Put off animal, with time	DETER
Nurse translated symbols	RUNES
Surgeon’s desire	URGE
Lois ran store	SILO
Tiny part of a cat	ATOM
Confused a year with shorter period	DAY