The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1943

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Affable countryman crossing lake PLEASANT
Church official of greater seniority ELDER
Demand little sibling enters in time INSIST
Derbyshire town developing leftish creed CHESTERFIELD
English graduate digesting opening of major novel EMMA
Family member spent so recklessly STEPSON
Friend having drink knocked back PAL
Genuine as our type, ultimately SINCERE
Go off at a tangent about son in rented accommodation DIGRESS
Huge amounts of corporal punishment! LASHINGS
In defeat he named a Greek goddess ATHENA
Initially horror and despair engulf sufferers here HADES
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It’s nothing, darling LOVE
Lack of enthusiasm, a disadvantage to shoppers? LISTLESSNESS
Leader of Mexicans in America less MINUS
Magistrate in Venice finally meeting man’s best friend DOGE
Non-Christian minister’s ties misrepresented in section of media PRIESTESS
Pallid daughter getting stick WAND
Society dramatist welcoming second unmarried woman SPINSTER
Soldiers go separate ways, initially enjoying easy banter REPARTEE
Thick-skinned type taking fruit by Italian river HIPPO
Throw a party — and do some conjuring, perhaps? ENTERTAIN
Traipse around Virginia? That’s hard work TRAVAIL
Tree that’s not quite stable FIR