Irish Times Simplex - Crossword Answers | 2021 07 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Control, hold in check RESTRAIN
GAS USED CHIEFLY IN WELDING ACETYLENE
Mad as a March hare CRAZY
NEARER IN SPACE OR TIME CLOSER
MARS REDPLANET
LOWER GARMENTS SKIRTS
Groove or furrow RUT
STANDARDS ON WHICH TO BASE JUDGEMENTS CRITERIA
OF A FEMALE HER
GOLD OR COPPER, SAY METAL
Film maker who pioneered animated cartoons DISNEY
EXERTION, ENDEAVOUR EFFORT
DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA GERMS
DEFACE, HARM DAMAGE
CARDINAL COMPASS POINT NORTH
CAME OR WENT BEFORE PRECEDED
BUILDING FOR TRAVELLERS HOTEL
ARTIFICIALLY-MADE COMPOUND SYNTHETIC
UNITS OF WEIGHT KILOGRAMS
OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER
THREE EQUAL PARTS THIRDS
THINLY SCATTERED SPARSE
ROUGH CALCULATION ESTIMATE
STRAINED OR EMPHASISED STRESSED
Sharp spike on a plant THORN
POINT AT A TARGET AIM
SUFFER FROM LACK OF FOOD STARVE
Golfing starts here TEE
Essential substances turn up in mini vats VITAMINS