Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answer - Aug 22, 2014

 Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Solutions - Aug 22, 2014

Clue	Answer
Ambassador to get someone else to do it	DELEGATE
Backing account from paper article found in hippy's shop perhaps	CAFTAN
Call for the French to informally provoke it	NEEDLE
Can be seen during the day on solid ground provided they are recognizable from the pictures	MATINEEIDOLS
Candleholder celebrates time of arrival	BIRTHDAYCAKE
Celebrity catches first part of flight	STAIR
Class issues perhaps taken up by teacher	ESSAYS
For the people by the people?	CITIZENRY
Gauge half the Merlot and last of the Gamay produced in Polish capital	ZLOTY
Good-natured friend in Lyon on the line	AMICABLE
Hector gets to jeer mistake	BOOBOO
High-flyer discovered in Swansea glens	EAGLE
In Kildare hospital ward, pollen collector is aggressive around queen presumably	KILLERBEE
It's not hard for policeman detecting last burglary - it's on computer!	SOFTCOPY
It's settled - old politician and runner-up are both retiring	RESOLVED
It's the paper's opinion, aside from the letter writers	EDITORIAL
May be the only way out to secure or adapt	RECOURSE
No cash in scrap heaps for what 8 down gives?	PAPERS
Organisation sure it's not definite	UNCERTAIN
Principal heard Behan near enough made everything up from nothing	SUPREMEBEING
Pulse has nothing - it's comic for such a menace!	BEANO
Sailor takes drugs with addict	ABUSER
Sister desperate not to give in	RESIST
Sounds like taste of wine can be shape or can strip paint	PALETTEKNIFE
They are found in church for saints to compile	STATIONS
Uncooked meat for dog from centre of Macedonia is lean	RAWBONED
Very particular head of state to exercise change initially if in charge	SPECIFIC
Whistler leaves daughters-in-law in Africa	UGANDA