Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 20 2019 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 20 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Humorous verse from the mid-West	LIMERICK
In legal possession of	OWNING
Is Oman a bit in Canada, strangely?	MANITOBA
Large piece without defined shape	LUMP
Make greater in size, number etc.	AUGMENT
Masticate	CHEW
Normally, generally	USUALLY
Political troublemaker	AGITATOR
Reduce in rank	DEMOTE
Reproaches	UPBRAIDS
Respectful and considerate	POLITE
Singing to pre-recorded tune	KARAOKE
Small round spotted beetle	LADYBIRD
Tranquillising drug	SEDATIVE
Travelled through water	SWAM
US passenger railway	AMTRAK

Clues	Answers
''..., ... Night'' (Don McLean's Vincent)	STARRY
Ardent follower and admirer	DEVOTEE
Aromatic substances	SPICES
Assist, aid	HELP
Bails CIA out of the church	BASILICA
Brief pauses in car racing for maintenance	PITSTOPS
Castor and Pollux	GEMINI
Coax, sweet-talk	CAJOLE
Conforming to established doctrine	ORTHODOX
Continental is curiously A-one pure	EUROPEAN
Dignified, sombre	SOLEMN
Expel from a community	BANISH
Harsh order issued by authority	DIKTAT
Highly respected	ESTEEMED
His wings melted when he flew too near the sun	ICARUS
House on a Spanish ranch	HACIENDA