Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 2 2016 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Apr 2 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A number of programmes to transform Israel	SERIAL
Approach extremes of New York spectacular	NEAR
Bound to be in the soup, as horsey type lost last race	LADLE
Check behaviour in Red Bulletin doing the rounds	REIN
Club hothead is so backward, it gives one a sense of anticlimax	BATHOS
Confuse agent by flipping place with old partner	PERPLEX
Cover exposed in holiday resort	LID
Discovered in container driven by local technical specialist	NERD
Draw from right bank	TIER
Finest traveller pretends to go one way then another	FEINTS
Flower opens with lovely engaging scent in the middle	LEE
Fresh pasta served in Spanish restaurant	TAPAS
Having a look inside of Times for a sign of hope in Government	XRAYING
Heads act quickly under attack from sea marine?	AQUA
I'm sorry for Swift opening lament	EXPRESSREGRET
Judge offering informer last chance	RATE
Keep away from what the film unit has capturing party leader	REPEL
Let's leave Belfast with local dandy	FAB
Little rascal is on the drink with Spike	IMPALE

Clues	Answers
Little thanks to begin with from American city port	TAWNY
Mark and Ned leave dancers	SCAR
Not as cold in snug with Cockney girl	WARMER
Old leader and head of Education saw off mature type	DEVELOP
Paper close to independent contacts Simon Duff from art movement	EXPRESSIONISM
Parking at hospital for Alan Cross in military wing	PHALANX
Pat Weir designed surveillance device	WIRETAP
Quieter model to return a favour	REQUITE
Raise the French getting poor result - is that an indication of something?	SIGNAL
Sell local revolutionary game	FLOG
Servile European is half Polish	SLAVISH
She's in love with leader's image and one of those employed in the chip business	SILICON
Show your bald spot to Bob?	BOW
They tend to be fast-tracked presumably in state schools	EXPRESSTRAINS
To threaten half of 5 down to close up shop	IMPEND
Took a snapshot of the Liffey swim, in a manner of speaking, first	EXPRESSIONIST
Two thirds of wine that's charged in bar is on display in the window	MULLION
Type of champagne going around centre of Marseilles and in Middle Eastern capital	BEIRUT
Wrong element with a special quality	XFACTOR