The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,538 - Aug 31 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,538 - Aug 31 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A couple of characters put over edge about orator's tirade	PHILIPPIC
An annoying summer visitor's back in minimalist garment	TANGA
Art patron beset by defeats in final trials	BETATESTS
As expressed in Greek, unlimited fame	REPUTE
As specially ordered, make scarce culinary treats	CREAMCAKES
Awful ninnies holding power __ they fall dramatically	NINEPINS
Bit of Greek text about a number of Brazilians	LAMBADA
Core point rejected in half of Greece	ESSENCE
Didn't accept immature setter, say, since second editor intervenes	PASSEDUP
Draw representation of Athens in strange hue	UNSHEATHE
Eagle seen in sky holding, for instance, one flower	AQUILEGIA
Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially?	ALPHAMALES
Exhaust on one vehicle	TAXI
Expert in fix, under threat	MENACED
Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third	PSI
Grave situation as doc sees it	TOMB
Having cut off tails, has to dispose of shellfish	MUSSEL
Investigated and turned up modern colour, then old	WENTINTO
Kind of school mark covering reading and writing, perhaps	GRAMMAR
Lassie named in second paper or in short periodical	MORAG
Letter containing a kind of tea	CHAI
Mature medic returned for last in series	OMEGA
Name held by tragic hero __ it ends with delta	RHONE
Old merchant ship making ancient city before day's end	ARGOSY
Part of speech in dialect, old language	HINDI
Point in old article showing hidden motivation?	AGENDA
Recluse's side-splitting joke	LONER
Say OK __ conclusion drawn from one such as Plato	AGREE
Source of shots being set up in part of pub	SNUG
Tense, as is pupil in audition	TAUT
The speaker arranged time before last in series is listed	ITEMIZED
Timeless part of flower as symbol of summer?	SIGMA
Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps __ it's very small	IOTA