Irish Times (Simplex) – Jul 25 2018

Clues	Answers
Absolve from blame	EXONERATE
Artificially-made compound	SYNTHETIC
Band of contrasting colour	STRIPE
Believes to be guilty but without proof	SUSPECTS
Cares about these measurements	ACRES
Conclude by reasoning	DEDUCE
Excessively preoccupied	OBSESSED
Forced into a narrow space	WEDGED
Frozen water	ICE
Go into	ENTER
Have being	EXIST
He’d nap under this shiny shrub	DAPHNE
Heavy blocks for blacksmiths	ANVILS
Imaginary one-horned animals	UNICORNS
In many cases	OFTEN
In that place	THERE
It’s placed at the end of a word	SUFFIX
Japanese invasive plant species	KNOTWEED

Clues	Answers
Large container, for tea say	URN
Looked with fixed gaze	STARED
Loud raucous cries of an owl	HOOTS
Man-made lake to store water	RESERVOIR
No longer wishes to punish for offence	FORGIVES
One beer	ALE
One makes beer	BREWER
Prefix for fake	PSEUDO
Principles or standards by which to judge	CRITERIA
Repaired	MENDED
Restless or short-tempered	IMPATIENT
Seats for singles	CHAIRS
Stately, dignified	MAJESTIC
Stiffened with a carbohydrate	STARCHED
Trace of colour	TINGE
Unit of measurement of work	ERG
Very great fear	TERROR
White heron	EGRET