Irish Times Simplex - Crossword Answers | 2022 05 10

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Demanding obedience or close observance of rules STRICT
It can be made by a court of law AWARD
Meander, ramble about WANDER
POINT AT A TARGET AIM
ON ONE'S OWN ALONE
Round crisp fruits APPLES
OFFSPRING OR EDITION ISSUE
OFFICIALS TO ENSURE FAIR PLAY REFEREES
MOVING STAIRCASE ESCALATOR
MOST UNCLEAN DIRTIEST
MONGREL DOG CUR
LOUD, HARSH NOISE DIN
JUSTIFYING EXPLANATION EXCUSE
EMIT LOW RUMBLING SOUNDS GROWL
Appointed to a duty or task ASSIGNED
ALLEVIATED, LIGHTENED RELIEVED
SMALL PURPLE PLUM DAMSON
TWO OR MORE PLURAL
SLEEP-LIKE, HALF-CONSCIOUS STATE TRANCE
VERY SURE, CERTAIN POSITIVE
Soulful or amorous ROMANTIC
Word or expression used in a figurative way TROPE
Precisely accurate EXACT
'I will ... and go now' (Yeats) ARISE
SHE'S ABOUT TO BE MARRIED BRIDE
TENSE, NERVOUS ONEDGE
One is from Tokyo, say JAPANESE
Had forty feline winks CATNAPPED
White garment worn by a priest ALB
Short?accounts of incidents ANECDOTES