The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 997

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Clues Answers
A little man, I'm a lowly beast ANIMAL
Bit of a looker, hot European IRISH
Cardinal studied, we hear? RED
Conductor refining some art MAESTRO
Daddy sheds fat for that woman HER
Deputy required for jilted bride? There's space for late arrivals standing-room
Fake tears bewilderingly over the end of showbiz ERSATZ
Fascinating period putting books together? SPELLBINDING
Good line erased, dreadfully vague GENERALISED
Granny just the same, looking back? NAN
Huge load placed on modern physicist NEWTON
Ideology is mesmerising at first ISM
Clues Answers
Kitchen device, metal key? tin-opener
Last Shakespearean character BOTTOM
Part of Cardiff lower in essential decorative quality FLOWERINESS
Plastic layers in, as metal out LAMINATES
Power left in the grip of lessees, terribly disturbed? SLEEPLESS
Reading, but covering writing or arithmetic? EXCERPT
Suspense is rising in joint TENSION
Tea after second coffee MOCHA
Total suggesting two wickets down? out-and-out
University involved in class meeting FORUM
Very good levels of pay for buccaneers PIRATES
Well-known, like a musical score? NOTED