Mirror Cryptic Crossword Answers May 18 2017

Clue	Solution
Tidings of lightning?	NEWSFLASH
Cheerful pit ponies initially found in hay	HAPPY
Land is a small nuisance	SPAIN
Talented with drink	ALE
Fashionable joint	HIP
Metropolis is only half the truth	CITY
Proper to put notes before coin	DECENT
Rush to get a beater	WHISK
The French henchman gets some water	LAGOON
Incline to be thin	LEAN
Wrong about him	RON
That woman’s in the right	HER
Shovel for one in suit?	SPADE
Nowadays have time for a proverb	ADAGE
Orders yet carried out by ship	DESTROYER
Old Irishman living abroad	EXPAT
School yet to deal with inflammation	STYE
Whips around the eyes	LASHES
Form different heaps	SHAPE
Make sure to lean on inventory	CHECKLIST
Cases of trendy positions	INSTANCES
Material makes club fold first	PLYWOOD
Kept in vinegar and drunk	PICKLED
Holding racket inside	DIN
Frank may be the son	HONEST
Page about having registered fruit	GRAPE
Remove a seer forcibly	ERASE
Laugh to behold a ring	HALO