Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 12 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Breaks apart	SPLITS
Bring into being	CREATE
Call off	CANCEL
Clean with hard rubbing	SCRUB
Come to an end	CONCLUDE
Dissection and examination	ANALYSIS
Ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the Styx	CHARON
Gathering of people or fitting parts together	ASSEMBLY
Grow, add to	INCREASE
Is in want of	NEEDS
Latest or last of very many	UMPTEENTH
Lender who charges exorbitant interest rates	USURER
Literary genre	DRAMA
Long-necked bird	EMU
Male relatives	UNCLES
Not derived or copied	ORIGINAL
Offspring or edition	ISSUE
On the outside	EXTERNAL
Part of the digestive system	GUT
Peers at the cricket ground	LORDS
Physical material	SUBSTANCE
Praise enthusiastically	EXTOL
Prime Minister	TAOISEACH
Printing term to denote accuracy though it appears otherwise	SIC
Pursues	CHASES
Save from a dangerous situation	RESCUE
Scatters liquid	SPLASHES
Scorches on the surface	SINGES
Snakes and lizards	REPTILES
Song of praise	PAEAN
Sounding sad and mournful	PLAINTIVE
State, country	NATION
Towards the stern of a boat	AFT
Tropical fruit	BANANA
Uttered a sudden loud cry	YELLED
VIII	EIGHT