Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 2 2019 Clues and Answers

Clues	Answers
Afternoon performance	MATINEE
Bottle from which a liquid is forced by pressure of gas	SIPHON
Brief indulgences of impulses	SPREES
Californian company specialising in electric cars	TESLA
Circulated, a statement perhaps	ISSUED
Commitments, vows	PROMISES
Container or room for bones of the dead	OSSUARY
Continuation of an earlier story	SEQUEL
Declare to be the case	AVER
Deface, harm	DAMAGE
Diving duck with black plumage	SCOTER
Dutch post-impressionist painter	VANGOGH
Evil or morally depraved	CORRUPT
Ferocious, savage	FIERCE
Fertile tracts in a desert	OASES
Futures as arranged by fate or God	DESTINIES
Greek muse of history	CLIO
Grimaced slightly	WINCED

Clues	Answers
Hydrogen and carbon monoxide, say	GASES
In the red at the bank	OVERDRAWN
Layer, row	TIER
Leisure time away from work	VACATION
Lies	UNTRUTHS
Look hard through narrowed eyes	PEER
One from Damascus, say	SYRIAN
One pays rent	TENANT
Ornamental covering over a horse's saddle or harness	CAPARISON
Quick and clever	ADROIT
Sticks marked off in units	RULERS
Temporary suspension of business	RECESS
Think highly of, esteem	ADMIRE
Time allowed to pay	CREDIT
Tree and Mormon church officer	ELDER
Turtle, polo or sweetheart, say	NECKLINE
Very surprising, astonishing	STARTLING
Where bread and cakes are made	BAKERY

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