Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 07, 2015

 Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 07, 2015

Clue	Answer
Also known as, initially	AKA
Average, mediocre	MIDDLING
Be present at	ATTEND
Building for butchering animals	ABATTOIR
Casualty or prey	VICTIM
Combination of notes	CHORD
Concurred	AGREED
Court proceedings	TRIAL
Decorate a cake	ICE
Device to hold things, car wheels say	CLAMPS
Dwelling place	RESIDENCE
Exclamation of disgust	UGH
Flooded lands	SWAMPS
Foot digit	TOE
Ghost, spectre	WRAITH
Gives in, to pressure say	SUCCUMBS
Glass triangle that separates light into the colour spectrum	PRISM
Hired	EMPLOYED

Clue	Answer
Holds the attention	INTERESTS
Lessen the seriousness of	MITIGATE
Obstruct progress	IMPEDE
Obtain in return for payment	PURCHASE
One or the other	EITHER
Photographers who pursue celebrities	PAPARAZZI
Principles on which practices are based	THEORIES
Quantity, sum	AMOUNT
Read through, browse	PERUSE
Relating to the countryside	RURAL
Requiring less effort	EASIER
Say the words	UTTER
Single parts of a whole	UNITS
Sound of two vowels in one syllable	DIPHTHONG
Strict, forbidding	STERN
Strong and energetic	VIGOROUS
Sudden strong attack, from air say	BLITZ
The study of plants	BOTANY