August 31st 2021 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers

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Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 33 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third (3)
Recluse's side-splitting joke (5)
Exhaust on one vehicle (4)
Kind of school mark covering reading and writing, perhaps (7)
Lassie named in second paper or in short periodical (5)
Core point rejected in half of Greece (7)
As specially ordered, make scarce culinary treats (5,5)
Timeless part of flower as symbol of summer? (5)
Say OK — conclusion drawn from one such as Plato (5)
A couple of characters put over edge about orator's tirade (9)
The speaker arranged time before last in series is listed (8)
Draw representation of Athens in strange hue (9)
Awful ninnies holding power — they fall dramatically (8)
Mature medic returned for last in series (5)
An annoying summer visitor's back in minimalist garment (5)
Old merchant ship making ancient city before day's end (6)
Grave situation as doc sees it (4)
Eagle seen in sky holding, for instance, one flower (9)
As expressed in Greek, unlimited fame (6)
Investigated and turned up modern colour, then old (4,4)
Art patron beset by defeats in final trials (4,5)
Source of shots being set up in part of pub (4)
Tense, as is pupil in audition (4)
Part of speech in dialect, old language (5)
Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps — it's very small (4)
Didn't accept immature setter, say, since second editor intervenes (6,2)
Expert in fix, under threat (7)
Letter containing a kind of tea (4)
Having cut off tails, has to dispose of shellfish (6)
Bit of Greek text about a number of Brazilians (7)
Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially? (5,5)
Name held by tragic hero — it ends with delta (5)
Point in old article showing hidden motivation? (6)

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