Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 17 2019

Clues	Answers
Admitted formally to a post or organization	INDUCTED
Amuse or cause to change direction	DIVERT
Bird of prey	FALCON
Brought up	RAISED
Caption on a newspaper article	HEADLINE
Choose, pick out	SELECT
Deliberately avoids using	ESCHEWS
Destroyer or defacer of property	VANDAL
Dish of shredded cabbage, etc.	COLESLAW
Exercised authority over	GOVERNED
Explosion of air from the nose	SNEEZE
Extinct land reptile	DINOSAUR
Greatest in amount or degree	MOST
Greatly surprised	AMAZED
Inclination to believe the worst of people	CYNICISM
Indicating by suggestion	IMPLYING

Clues	Answers
It favours staying part of the UK	UNIONISM
It's almost at the centre of a piano keyboard	MIDDLEC
Justifying explanation	EXCUSE
Minute piece of matter	PARTICLE
Mount of the ancient Greek gods	OLYMPUS
Not long ago	RECENT
Relating to groups with common customs	ETHNIC
Sediment that settles at the bottom of wine	LEES
Single line of traffic	LANE
Skilled craftsperson	ARTISAN
Sounds	NOISES
South American river	AMAZON
The Enterprise in Star Trek is one	STARSHIP
Top or highest point	ACME
Triangular space between the top of an arch and its rectangular frame	SPANDREL
With everything considered	ALLINALL

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