Irish Times (Crosaire) - May 18 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - May 18 2017 

Clues	Answers
Addict is familiar with something that is idiot-proof	USERFRIENDLY
Aide lies ridiculously to glamorize it	IDEALISE
Ambassador fails to get Mass on a ship	ABOARD
Blithe Spirit described as mild-mannered	EASYGOING
Canoe out of place in large body of water	OCEAN
Check your lines in advance for catches in lough	REHEARSE
Eat her soup to warm up	REHEAT
Engineer finds test site to address complicated design	ELABORATE
Feeding off racket in Government	DINING
Is honoured half the lads returning did time in the army	OBSERVED
It makes sense to Bill and Spud Cook	ADDSUP
It's the last time Daisy's relative has a day of rest after period of abstinence	EASTERSUNDAY
Jar with most of 23 down after midnight	GRATE
Most of the country is charged with initial shoplifting of religious pictures	STATIONS

 

Clues	Answers
Old conservative Shakespearean character gets to start new affair	OCCASION
Old judge to say a few words	ORATE
One Italian retires to a townhouse primarily for a female lover	INAMORATA
Penny and Mary sent back children heading off to the old vaults	PYRAMIDS
Pussy foot around centre with one buck	WAPITI
Reserve in the restaurant the last table mid-morning inside and don't question whatever orders one gets	SUBSERVIENCE
Road anger - the like of which you don't really see in barren space	MIRAGE
Scores an equaliser in line with last defenders	LEVELS
Sets up CIA working for outfit you'd be over the moon if you were in	SPACESUIT
States there is nothing in crime and corruption	VOICES
Support two reports by regular when excitement dies down	BACKTONORMAL
They have targets and they give it their best shot	MARKSMEN
What the counter-intelligence community do to back part of the plot by uppity global leaders	DEBUG
Your own flesh and blood presumably had a part in Roots	PEDIGREE