The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Answers - Mar 17, 2014

The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - Mar 17, 2014

Clue	Answer
18, for example, I malign	ISLANDER
Appointed as agent, as expressed in legal document	DEPUTED
Attached to foundation since being retired?	BASED
Bird's nest found in country area put back	AERIE
Boy present for a musical performance	SONATA
Cheer up with piano that's traditionally played in Ireland	HARP
Conversed in old language? Just the opposite	ERSE
Duke, libertine, sailor, MP and knight	DRAKE
Emerging forcefully from hot Irish capital in fall	DEHISCENT
For instance, Shaw creating non-U flower person	IRISHMAN
Guardian, for example, hasn't finished making house in Ireland	DAIL
Illicit stuff has power over young person	POTEEN
Incensed as Irish scoffed	IRATE
Indication of agreement a company set up for playwright	OCASEY
Irish pubs feeling incomplete without barmaid	SHEBEENS
Irish tax that's somewhat excessive	CESS
Left thrown in fight — Paddy's harmless nonsense	BLARNEY
Legendary snake handler, in past, contrived a deception	SAINT
Limerick's next for this English poet	CLARE
Old verse penned by some rulers in parts of Ireland	PROVINCES
Piece of 1 in container — cooked it with a chop	POTATOCHIP
Piece of jewellery one found in ancient site near Dublin	TIARA
Poverty observed, going west — has food taken in	NEEDINESS
Queen preserved, in a way — turned into mythological heroine	DEIRDRE
Rascals taking naps sleep badly	SPALPEENS
Remained dormant in Ireland after one's left with Edward	HIBERNATED
Row after daughter had a Guinness, say	DRANK
See 17	PATRICK
So-called teacher of Irish trimmed back	SIR
Staple food in second and last course reduced	SPUD
Statement Dorian Gray didn't make put in picture	IMAGED
Teenager's drunk nonalcoholic drink suitable for today?	GREENTEA
Traditional Irish dish in Wild West	STEW