Mirror Cryptic Crossword December 1 2022 Answers

ACROSS

• Initial delivery of a military alert
  FIRSTPOST
• A step taken quickly
  APACE
• Clever to get trams to return
  SMART
• Draw a digit, say
  TOW
• Starting with sailor
  TAR
• Eager to have knee operation
  KEEN
• Hang about to behold new rite
  LOITER
• Quiet, however
  STILL
• Concerning wrong reply
  RETORT
• Pub contains old swine
  BOAR
• Is more than one?
  ARE
• Break from holding a position
  GAP
• Tapas turns out to be Italian food
  PASTA
• Lively beer with soldier
  AGILE
• Herald in confusion, turning green
  MESSENGER

DOWN

• Angry corsair loses head
  IRATE
• Dish gone west
  STEW
• Plot is involving gun
  PISTOL
• Begin with small cake
  START
• Support falls for settings
  BACKDROPS
• Red fir, it’s badly cooked
  STIRFRIED
• Kind prisoner starts to agree
  CONSORT
• Graduates have one large key to some letters
  MAILBAG
• Left object illuminated
  LIT
• Paces of trades varies
  TREADS
• Set a test for flavour
  TASTE
• Mention old tree
  OPINE
• Spirit has a profit
  GAIN