Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 9 2020 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 9 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Laugh at or deride	RIDICULE
Log Naomi into the vast Asian region	MONGOLIA
Loud and harsh	STRIDENT
Not active or at work	IDLE
One gives us the news	REPORTER
Pointing towards a target	AIMING
Potion once thought to prolong life	ELIXIR
Profit earned on money	RETURN
Repeat	ITERATE
Separate, distinct	DISCRETE
Small game birds	QUAILS
Still in existence	EXTANT
Unobtrusive, circumspect	DISCREET
Vehicles for transporting goods	LORRIES
Viscous liquid from green or black fruit	OLIVEOIL
Wispy white cloud	CIRRUS

Clues	Answers
''The ... Jar'' (Sylvia Plath)	BELL
Admit as a member	INDUCT
Area of level high ground	PLATEAU
Block passage or view	OBSTRUCT
Call for a repeat performance	ENCORE
Cause to die	KILL
Circle of light around the sun during an eclipse	CORONA
Compulsively concerned with something	OBSESSED
Drought-stricken prairies in the US that suffered storms of fine powder in the 1930s	DUSTBOWL
Hearing, touch etc.	SENSES
High hereditary title in Britain	DUKE
Hung about, with intent perhaps	LOITERED
In addition	ASWELL
Increasing threefold	TRIPLING
Intoxicating drink	ALCOHOL
It joins a soloist in parts of songs	CHORUS