Irish Times Simplex - Crossword Answers | 2022 02 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
More unpleasant to look at or hear UGLIER
Make someone feel drained of energy or vitality ENERVATE
PERSUADE NOT TO DISSUADE
The capacity for vigorous activity ENERGY
Stir up or provoke to action INCITE
Special prayers and services held over a period of nine days NOVENA
Settings in which a real or imaginary events takes place SCENES
Prepare, a book perhaps, for publication EDIT
SWISS CITY GENEVA
On land as opposed to at sea ASHORE
OPERATIC AIR ARIA
ONE-STOREYED BUILDING BUNGALOW
Very tall sequoia, native to California REDWOOD
Its capital city is Baghdad IRAQ
APERTURES OR OPPORTUNITIES OPENINGS
''Many are called, but few are ...'' (Bible) CHOSEN
Having low moral standards DECADENT
Expensive or beloved DEAR
Crushed or flattened by pressing or squeezing SQUASHED
Co-operating states in times of war ALLIES
A line of atmospheric pressure ISOBARS
A geographical area REGION
Standards or principles on which to base a judgement CRITERIA
Rolls of tobacco leaves for smoking CIGARS
Short official statement of news BULLETIN
BEHAVING IN A CERTAIN WAY ACTING