Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 15 2016 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 15 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Adjust figures for chopped up trees	RESET
Bitter French wine for detective from vice freely swallowing last of the Merlot	VINDICTIVE
Con is a problem for the gamblers	CASINO
Detective in car is pretentious in a manner of speaking	LADIDA
Doesn't cater for the dreamers and presumably won't let sleeping dogs sleep either	INSOMNIA
Drunk earns a reputation for showing off fighting skills and blood sports	ARENAS
Escapes to tip off losers	EJECTS
Gets the measure of someone from eighth suspect	HEIGHT
Graduate returns to America for stag do perhaps for electrician on a power trip, for example (1,6?1,7)	ABUSMANSHOLIDAY
Guarantee offers assurances to leader's husband	OATH
Gun is as old as the hills for gangster in final battle	ARMAGEDDON
Heads for a cry in dark - the drug dealer possibly made it	ACID
Is on the door at the golf club and it's ideal for those looking for a quick getaway	BOLTHOLE
Left in taxi reversing over racing vehicle - it's a sinister practice	BLACKART

Clues	Answers
Limits of political system in Limerick	POEM
Lover and drunk in Madrid swallow last of the spirits and nearly all the end of the Tempranillo	CASANOVA
Made it up for deli salad	LIED
No lads in Midlands give a damn	MIND
Pass on reports from the allotment	LEEK
Put too much emphasis on half of 17 down joining party	OVERDO
Score in the bottom corner perhaps includes finish that's all the rage	TRENDY
Sick and tired of what's said to the photographers and director not getting on	CHEESEDOFF
Student of comedy perhaps produces quality performance	CLASSACT
Subservient type of foreign honour to pass on for good books	OBEDIENT
Swear it's a small measure - Clare is not letting it go	INSISTENCE
The House framework for ex-trainers providing intelligence work overseas	FASCIA
Turns up, is looking for the three little pigs for Father Ring in flood	OVERFLOW
Withdrawn by secretive type	RETICENT